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Faculty Details
Dr. Bhattacharyya completed her B. Sc. degree in 1991 with Chemistry Hons. from the Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta and M. Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Calcutta in 1993. She obtained her PhD degree from the Department of Biophysics, Bose Institute, Kolkata in 2001, where she worked on the solution structure of lambda repressor.
In 2001, she joined Professor Flyod Randy Bryant's laboratory at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University as a postdoctoral fellow, where she worked on the biochemistry of bacterial RecA protein. In 2004, she moved to Tulane University and joined Professor Charles Miller's laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow. In that period (2004-2007) she worked on role of Hsp90 in steroid hormone receptor signalling.
In 2007, she came back to India and participated in the teaching program of University of Hyderabad, School of Life Sciences as a guest faculty. Followed by which, in 2009, she joined the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics as an Assistant Professor. Currently, she is an associate professor. She teaches Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering to the MSc. and integrated MSc-PhD students of the department.
Dr. Sunanda Bhattacharyya's laboratory works on the roles of Hsp90 and its cochaperones on genome stability. Another focus of her research is understanding the mechanism of DNA replication in human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
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Students/Projects Trainees
| Name | Joined As | Contact | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akanksha Gotmare | Integrated MSc-PhD student | --- | --- |
| Nupur Fangaria | PhD | --- | --- |
| Priyanka Singh | PhD | --- | --- |
| Khushboo Rani | PhD | --- | --- |
| Tirthankar Saha | MSc Project student | --- | --- |
| Gayatri Banerjee | MSc project student | --- | --- |
| Ms. Iman Alkhatib | International PhD student | --- | --- |
| Ms. Khamitkar Shradha Ravindra | PhD student | --- | --- |
Former Students/Projects Trainees
| Name | Joined As | Working |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. SureshKumar Chalapareddy | PhD | Post doctoral fellow at the NIH, Bethesda, USA |
| Dr. Nidhi Khurana | Integrated MSc-PhD student | Chief Scientific Officer at the StemGenn Therapeutics, Coordinator, FABA Academy |
| Dr. Tanvi Suhane | PhD | Post doctoral fellow at the Department of Genetics The Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel |
| Dr. Swati Chakraborti | Post Doctoral Fellow | |
| Dr. Shyamasree Laskar | PhD | |
| Dr. Shephali Bansod | Integrated MSc-PhD | Teaching at the St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad |
| 29 | Priyanka Singh, Khushboo Rani, Akanksha Gotmare, Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2022) , A tale of Topoisomerases and the knotty genetic material in the backdrop of Plasmodium biology , Bioscience Reports, Portland Press,,42 (6): BSR20212847,. |
| 28 | Wahida Tabassum, Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Shalu Verunan, Mrinal K. Bhattacharyya (2021) , Febrile temperature causes transcriptional down-regulation of Plasmodium falciparum Sirtuins through Hsp90 dependent epigenetic modification , Molecular Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14692, ,,,. |
| 27 | Shephali Bansod, Navya Raj, Amjesh R, Achutshankar S. Nair and Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2021) , Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation identify a novel Radicicol derivative that predicts exclusive binding to Plasmodium falciparum Topoisomerase VIB , Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, ,,,. |
| 26 | Wahida Tabassum, Priyanka Singh, Niranjan Suthram, Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya (2021) , Elevated DNA damage sensitivity in malaria parasite induced by the synergistic action between PfHsp90 inhibitor and PfRad51 inhibitor , Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, American Society for Microbiology,,,. |
| 25 | Payal Jha, Abhilasha Gahlawat, Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Sandeep Dey, Kota Arun Kumar, and Mrinal Bhattacharyya (2021) , Bloom helicase along with recombinase Rad51 repairs the mitochondrial genome of the malaria parasite , mSphere, ,,,. |
| 24 | Niranjan Suthram, Siladitya Padhi, Payal Jha, Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Gopalakrishnan Bulusu, Arijit Roy, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya (2020) , Elucidation of DNA Repair Function of PfBlm and Potentiation of Artemisinin Action by a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of RecQ Helicase , mSphere, ASM,5,10.1128/mSphere.00956-20,19. |
| 23 | Shephali Bansod; Navneet Bung; Priyanka Singh; Niranjan Suthram; Himashree Choudhury; Arijit Roy; Gopalkrishnan Balusu; Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2020) , Elucidation of an essential function of the unique charged domain of Plasmodium topoisomerase III , Biochemical Journal, Portland Press,,Biochem J (2020) BCJ20200318.,. |
| 22 | Pratap Vydyam, Dibyendu Dutta, Niranjan Sutram, Sunanda Bhattacharyya and Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya (2019) , A Small molecule inhibitor of DNA recombinase Rad51 from Plasmodium falciparum synergizes with the anti-malarial drugs artemisinin and chloroquine , Journal of Biological Chemistry, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,294,20,8171-8183. |
| 21 | Tanvi Suhane, Vijayalakshmi Prasad, Nupur Fangaria, Achutsankar S. Nair, Wahida Tabassum, Poorvaja Muley, Mrinal K. Bhattacharyya and Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2019) , Glu-108 in ScRad51 is critical for DNA damage induced nuclear function , mSphere, American Society for Microbiology,,,mSphere.00082-19. |
| 20 | Nidhi Khurana, Sayan Bakshi, Wahida Tabassum, Mrinal K. Bhattacharyya and Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2018) , Hsp90 is essential for Chl1 mediated chromosome segregation and sister chromatid cohesion , mSphere, American Society for Microbiology,,,doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00225-18. |
| 19 | Payal Jha, Shyamasree Laskar, Swati Dubey, Mrinal K Bhattacharyya and Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2017) , Plasmodium Hsp40 and human Hsp70: A potential cochaperone chaperone complex , Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Elsevier,214,10-13,. |
| 18 | Nidhi Khurana, Shyamasree Laskar, Mrinal K. Bhattacharyya and Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2016) , Hsp90 induces increased genomic instability towards DNA damaging agents by tuning down RAD53 transcription , Molecular Biology of the Cell, American Society for Cell Biology,,,10.1091/mbc.E15-12-0867. |
| 17 | Sureshkumar Chalapareddy, Swati Chakrabarti, Mrinal K. Bhattacharyya, and Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2015) , Radicicol mediated inhibition of Topoisomerase VIB-VIA activity of human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum , mSphere, American Society for Microbiology,,,10.1128/mSphere.0002515. |
| 16 | Nidhi Khurana, Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2015) , Hsp90, the concertmaster: tuning transcription , Frontiers in Oncology, ,,,doi: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00100. |
| 15 | Badugu SB, Nabi SA, Vaidyam P, Laskar S, Bhattacharyya S, Bhattacharyya MK (2015) , Identification of Plasmodium falciparum DNA Repair Protein Mre11 with an Evolutionarily Conserved Nuclease Function , PLoS One, ,,,10.1371/journal.pone.0125358. |
| 14 | Shyamasree Laskar, Sheeba K, Mrinal K. Bhattacharyya, Achuthsankar S. Nair, Pawan Dhar, Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2014) , Heat stress induced Cup9 dependent transcriptional regulation of Sir2 , Molecular and Cellular Biology, American Society for Microbiology,,,10.1128/MCB.01046-14. |
| 13 | Tanvi Suhane, Shyamasree Laskar, Siddheshwari Advani, Nabamita Roy, Shalu Varunan, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya (2014) , Both charged linker region and ATPase domain of Hsp90 are essential for Rad51 dependent DNA repair , Eukaryotic Cell, American Society for Microbiology,,,10.1128/EC.00159-14. |
| 12 | Suresh Chalapareddy, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya, Seema Mishra, Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2014) , Radicicol confers mid schizont arrest by inhibiting mitochondrial replication in Plasmodium falciparum , Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy , American Society for Microbiology,,,AAC.02519-13, 2014. |
| 11 | Nabamita Roy, Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Swati Chakrabarty, Shyamasree Laskar, Somepalli Mastan Babu and Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya (2014) , Dominant negative mutant of Plasmodium Rad51 causes reduced parasite burden in host by abrogating DNA double strand break repair , Molecular Microbiology, ,94,,353-366. |
| 10 | Shalu M. Varunan, Jaishree Tripathi, Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Tanvi Suhane, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyy (2013) , Plasmodium falciparum origin recognition complex subunit 1 (PfOrc1)functionally complements Δsir3 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology , ,119,,28-35. |
| 9 | Sita Swati Achanta, Shalu M. Varunan, Sunanda Bhattacharyya and Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya (2012) , Characterization of Rad51 from apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii: an implication for inefficient gene targeting , PLoS One, ,,,7(7): e41925. |
| 8 | Abhishek Mazumder, Sumita Bandyopadhyay, Dale Lewis, Amlanjyoti Dhar, Sunanda Deb, Sucharita Dey, Pinak Chakrabarti, Sankar Adhya and Siddhartha Roy (2012) , A Genetic Network that Balances Two Outcomes Utilizes Asymmetric Recognition of Operator Sites , Biophysical Journal, ,102,,1580-1589. |
| 7 | Shyamasree Laskar, M. K. Bhattacharyya, Rama Shankar, Sunanda Bhattacharyya (2011) , Hsp90 controls Sir2 mediated gene silencing , PLoS One, ,,,6(8): e23406. |
| 6 | Charles A. Miller III, Xiaobing Tan, Mark Wilson, Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Sara Ludwig (2010) , Single plasmids expressing human steroid hormone receptors and a reporter gene for use in yeast signaling assays , Plasmids, ,63,,73-78. |
| 5 | M. K. Bhattacharyya, Sunanda Bhattacharyya (nee Deb), Jayabalasingham, B. and Kumar, N. (2005) , Characterization of kinetics of DNA-strand exchange and ATP hydrolysis activities of Plasmodium falciparum recombinase PfRad51 , Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, ,139,,33-39. |
| 4 | Sumita Bandyopadhyay, Sunanda Deb, Sudeep Bose and Siddhartha Roy (2002) , Half-of-the sites reactivity of F235C lambda-repressor: implications for the structure of the whole repressor , Protein Engineering, ,15,,393-401. |
| 3 | Nandan K. Jana, Sunanda Deb, Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya, Nitai C. Mandal and Siddhartha Roy (2001) , Energetics of cooperative interaction studied using a mutant λ-repressor , Protein Engineering, ,13,,629-33. |
| 2 | Sunanda Deb, Sumita Bandyopadhyay and Siddhartha Roy (2000) , DNA sequence dependent and independent conformational changes in multipartite operator recognition by λ-repressor , Biochemistry, ,39,,3377-3383. |
| 1 | Sunanda Deb, Sumita Bandyopadhyay and Siddhartha Roy (1998) , Spectroscopic study of Y210C lambda repressor: implications for cooperative interaction , Protein Engineering, ,11,,481-87. |
| Title | Year | Duration | Amount(In Lakhs) | PI/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molecular and biochemical investigation of heat shock protein (PfHsp90) and its cochaperones in modulating DNA double strand break repair pathway of human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum | 2022 | 3 | 75 | Sunanda Bhattacharyya (PI) |
| Role of Topoisomerase VI in the biology of malaria parasite | 2018 | 3 | 72.28 | Sunanda Bhattacharyya (PI) |
| Role of Hsp90 in Rad51 mediated DNA repair | 2016 | 3 | 15.5 | Sunanda Bhattacharyya (PI) |
| Understanding the role of homologous recombination in genomic rearrangements leading to antigenic diversification in malaria parasites | 2016 | 3 | 49.3 | Sunanda Bhattacharyya (Co-PI) |
| Role of proteins and protein aggregates in cellular physiology and disease progression | 2016 | 1 | 3 | Sunanda Bhattacharyya (Co-PI) |
| Structure function relationship of Hsp90 in yeast telomere | 2014 | 3 | 40 | Sunanda Bhattacharyya (PI) |
| Cloning and characterization of Plasmodium falciparum Topoisomerase VI | 2012 | 3 | 30 | Sunanda Bhattacharyya (PI) |
| To study the role of Hsp90 in DNA double strand break repair pathway | 2012 | 1 | 3 | Sunanda Bhattacharyya (PI) |