
Dr. Sanmitra Ghosh
Present Position: Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, School of Life Science & Biotechnology
E-mail: sanmitra.ghosh@adamasuniversity.ac.in
Education:
- PhD , Department of Biochemistry (University of Calcutta)
 - Sc. in Microbiology, University of Calcutta
 
Research Key Areas:
- Cancer genetics and epigenetics
 - MicroRNA mediated regulation of gene expression
 - Molecular Biology
 - Environmental Microbiology
 
Research Highlights:
- Regulation of EMT pathway and DNA repair pathways in different cancer models (patient samples as well as cell lines)
 - Best poster award in 3rd International Cancer Research symposium 2012: Defining and Translating Science for Disease Prevention and Therapy.
 
Experience:
- Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Science & Biotechnology, Adamas University, India since 2019 till date
 - Visiting faculty, Department of Life Science, Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Kolkata from 2016-2019.
 - UGC-University research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, 2012-2016
 - CSIR Project fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, 2009-2012
 - Part-time Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Dinabandhu Andrews College , Kolkata, 2008-2009.
 
Research Publication (s):
- Number of research papers published in International refereed journals: 9
 - Number of invited Book-Chapters: 2
 
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Selected Publication (s):
- Deborupa Paul, Sanmitra Ghosh. (2022) An overview of heat-stress response regulation in Gram-negative bacteria considering Escherichia colias a model organism. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences, February-2022; Volume –10(1-BIONEXT-2021) page 190–200.
 - Sanmitra Ghosh, Abinit Saha, Saikat Samanta and Rudra P. Saha. (2021) Genome Structure and Genetic Diversity in the Ebola Virus. Current Opinion in Pharmacology.
 - Chiranjib Chakraborty,Ashish Ranjan Sharma, Manojit Bhattacharya,Rudra P.Saha, Sanmitra Ghosh, Soham Biswas, Saikat Samanta, Garima Sharma, GovindasamyAgoramoorthy, Sang-SooLee.(2021) SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses: Mapping of protease recognition sites, antigenic variation of spike protein and their grouping through molecular phylogenetics. Infection, Genetics and Evolution.89: 104729.
 - Basu S, ChaudharyA, Chowdhury P, Karmakar D, Basu K, Karmakar D, Chatterjee J, Sengupta S.(2019) Evaluating the role of hsa-miR-200c in reversing the epithelial to mesenchymal transition in prostate cancer. Gene. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.144264.
 - Bhowal A, Majumder S, Ghosh S, Basu S, Sen D, Roychowdhury S, Sengupta S, Chatterji U. (2017) Pathway-based expression profiling of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer delineates an immunophilin molecule associated with cancer progression. Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 29;7(1):9763.
 - MicroRNAs In Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy. Sanmitra Basu. Intl. J. Bioinformatics and Biological Sci.: (V. 5 n.1, p. 27-33): June 2017
 - Majumder S, Bhowal A, Basu S, Mukherjee P, Chatterji U, Sengupta S. (2016) Deregulated E2F5/p38/SMAD3 Circuitry Reinforces the Pro-Tumorigenic Switch of TGFβ Signaling in Prostate Cancer. J Cell Physiol. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25361.
 - Basu S, Majumder S, Bhowal A, Ghosh A, Naskar S, Nandy S, Mukherjee S, Sinha RK, Basu K, Karmakar D, Banerjee S, Sengupta S. (2015) A study of molecular signals deregulating mismatch repair genes in prostate cancer compared to benign prostatic hyperplasia. PLoS One. 10(5):e0125560.
 - L Das, S Basu, Sanghamitra Sengupta, Soumen Das, Jyotirmoy Chatterjee. (2014) Differential Effect of Isooctane Doses on HaCaT and HeLa: A Multimodal Analysis. Advances in Toxicology: Article ID 371497.
 
Research Projects:
- Grant-in-Aid for SEED Fund Research project titled “Investigating the role of tumor-associated macrophage activities in the tumor microenvironment in progression of breast cancer” funded by Adamas University, Kolkata.
 
Research Advisor / Supervisor:
- Post Graduate Thesis Advisor : 3 (Awarded)
 
Award/ Academic Recognition/ Major Professional Activity:
- Enlisted reviewer in iScience, Infection Genetics and Evolution.
 

