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Editorial Board – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India ( Section B – Biological Sciences )

CHIEF EDITOR

Dr. Amit Ghosh, NASI Senior Scientist, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR), P-33, CIT Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata, India, Email: ,; Sp. Molecarular Biology; Antimicrobials and cholera, Carbapenem resistance in clinical Vibrio fluvialis, Gene cassettes in EnterotoxigenicBacteroidsfragilis, Genetic engineering and molecular cloning, New Delhi Metalo B lactamase producers, Viable but nonculturable pathogenic bacteria;Immunogenicity and cholera vaccine

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS (in alphabetical order)

  1. Dr. Ajeet Kumar, Assistant Professor, Center for  Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) 337, Clarkson University, New York, USA, Email: ; Phone : 315-261-9003; Sp. Nanomaterials, dispersion and coating/colloids/catalysis/Solar cells/printings/effluent treatment/polymer for drug delivery/Biosensors; Nanoparticle synthesis/nanosensors
  2. Dr. Alok Dhawan, Director, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, PO Box 80, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226007, India, Email: ; 09925120444(M); Sp. Molecular Epidemiology/ Genetic Toxicology/Nanomaterial Toxicology/DNA damage, comet assay, alternate animal models in toxicology, ZnO nanoparticles and genotoxicity
  3. Dr. Amit P. Sharma, Group Leader, Structural and Computational Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India, Email: ; 09810111336(M); Sp. Structural Biology/Malaria/Protein Function; malaria parasite proteins; bioinformatics, biochemistry, molecular cell biology, parasitology and protein crystallography; parasite invasion of liver and red blood cells, nucleosome assembly, gametocytogenesis and cytoadherence, crystal structures of key proteins from the sporozoite
  4. Dr. Amitava Mukherjee, Senior Professor & Deputy Director, Centre for Nanobiotechnology, Vellore, India, Phone No.91 416 220 2620/2808  (Office); Email: ; Sp. nanotechnology, biomaterials, and nanobioscience /nanotoxicology; genotoxicity, DNA damage, metal microbe interaction, bioremediation, environmental nanobiotechnology, cytogenic evaluation of nanorods
  5. Dr. Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran (b. 1965) Ph.D.,FNA, FNASc, FAPAS, Professor & Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, PO Central University, Hyderabad – 500046; Res. A47, Faculty Quarters, University ofHyderabad Campus PO Central University, Gachibowli, Hyderabad -500046; Tel. (040) 23134562(O), 23011854(R), 09440140637(M); Fax :23010120; Email : ; ; Sp. Fish Molecular Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology/ Developmental Biology/Sexual Development, Expression analysis and gonadal development
  6. Dr. Davis Joseph Bagyaraj, Centre for Natural Biological Resources and Community Development (CNBRCD), 41, R.B.I. Colony, Anand Nagar, Bangalore, India, Email: ; 09448465368(M); Sp. Agricultural microbiology; mycorrhizal symbiosis, biofertlizers, biocontrol, microbial consortia and PGPR inoculation
  7. Dr. Debapriya Mondal, Lecturer in Safety, Health & Environment, School of Environment & Life Sciences, Peel Building Room 322, University of Salford, Manchester, UK, Tel. +44(0)161-295-4137, Email: , Sp. Environmental toxicologyand health risk assessment, biosafety; Public health, pigment and animal colouration; pollutants, sex hormone and growth factor in children; arsenic contamination and human health
  8. Dr. Isan Kumar Patro, Professor of Zoology, School of Studies in Neuroscience, Jiwaji University,Gwalior, India,Email: ; 09425110063(M); Sp. Glial Neurobiology/Brain ageing/neurodegeneration and neuroprotection; apoptosis of astrocytes, cognitive deficits in epilepsy
  9. Dr. Justin McCarthy, Senior Lecturer & SFI Principal Investigator, Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 3.41 Western Gateway Building, Western Road, University College Cork, Ireland; Tel. +353 21 420 5993, Email: , Sp. Cell biology, biochemistry; cell signalling, neuroscience, neuroimmunology,cancer andinnate immunity
  10. Dr. Kikuchi Haruhisa, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, Tohoku University, Japan, Email: , Sp. Pharmaceutical chemistry/drug discovery/ natural products; Anti-tumor agent, mitochondrial activity, cell differentiation
  11. Dr. Madhoolika Agrawal, Professor, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Email: ; 9415628573(M); Sp. Ecology/ environmental science/global climate change/air pollution; phytoremediation, heavy metals in sewage sludge, fly ash, humic acid separation
  12. Dr. Makarla Udayakumar, Dept. of Crop Physiology, GKVK Campus, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, Email: ; 09448376357(M); Sp. Physiological and molecular basis of stress response/ physiology of water use efficiency in plants/canopy photosynthesis; biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, transcriptome analysis and oxidative stress in genotypes
  13. Dr. Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, MBA, FRCP, FRCPI. MD (h.c.), DSc (h.c.), Professor of Medicine and of Structural and Chemical Biology, Director, Mount Sinai Bone Program, Chair, Nominations and Awards Committee, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, On Gustave L. Levy Place, PO 1055, New York, NY 10029, USA, Tel: +1-212 241 8797, Fax +1-212 426 8312, Email: ; Sp. Clinical, genetic, and structural basis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, pituitary hormone  and skeletal regulation, bone mass regulation
  14. Dr. Paramjit Khurana, Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, DhaulaKuan, New Delhi, India,Email: ; 09711006512(M); Sp. Molecular Basis of cellular differentiation/genetic transformation of crops /Genomics and Bioinformatics; Indian wheat resistance against the cereal cyst nematode, abiotic stress tolerance, mulberry transgenics withstanding salinity and drought stress, sustaining agriculture under changing climatic conditions, sequencing of chromosomes, chloroplast genome of mulberry
  15. Dr. Phalguni Gupta, Professor& Vice-Chairman, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 605 Parran Hall, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, Primary Phone: 412-624-7998, Fax: 412-624-4953, Email: , Sp. Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Virology; Iodine deficiency disorder and salt consumption,nanomedicine, Image processing and biometrics, Computer vision
  16. Dr. Puskar Sharma, Staff Scientist, National Institute of Immunology, ArunaAsaf Ali Marg, New Delhi – 110067; India, Email: pushkar@nii.ac.in, 09810725454(M); Sp. Genetics, cell signaling, cancer biology; eukaryotic cell signaling pathways in malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and mammalian neurons, neuronal apoptosis, regulation of malarial calcium dependent protein kinase 1
  17. Dr. S.N. Raina, Senior Scientist, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Sector 125, Noida-201303, India; Tel. 09818978323(M); Email: ; Sp. Cellular & Molecular Cytogenetics/Molecular Biology; ISSR markers for gender identification and genetic diagnosis, karyotype diversification,chromosome banding, meiosis, fluorescence in situ hybridization, chromosome mapping,duplication, inversion, disorder, andbreakage;mitosis, DNA sequencing
  18. Dr. Samir Bhattacharya, INSA Senior Scientist, Centre of Advance Studies in Zoology, School of Life Sciences, VisvaBharatiSatiniketan, Kolkata-731235, India, Email: ; 09433145002(M) Sp. Comparative Endocrinology & Molecular Signaling; molecular basis of diseases, oral polio vaccination program,  receptor and proinflammatory response in macrophages,stability analysis in Graphenenanoribbon interconnects, insulinomimetic molecule,insulin sensitivity in diabetic mice, paediatric oncology hemangioendothelioma of urinary bladder,pregnancy induced hypertension, spondylitis, peripheral arthritis,proximal femoral morphometry by radiography and body mass index
  19. Dr. Saumen Kumar Maitra (b.1953) Ph.D., FAScT, FRE, FZS, Professor of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan – 731235; Res.137/3/1 Mission Compound (North), Bolpur – 731204; Tel.(03463) 261268(O), 255979(R), 09434375781(M); Fax : 261268,262672; Email: ; Sp. Environmental Fish Endocrinology/Reproductive Biology/ Chronobiology; melatonin on the oocyte growth and oxidative status of ovary, microbial infection in carp, major digestive enzymes in carp
  20. Dr. Subhra Chakraborty, Staff Scientist VI, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, ArunaAsaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067, India, Email: ; Tel. (011) 26735186(O), 26139428(R); Sp. Nutritional and Stress Genomics/ Proteomics /Molecular Biology/Genetic Engineering; high temperature stress responses in bread wheat, seed, legume and plant fungus interaction proteomics, RNA-seq analysis genes in chickpea shoot development, fruit ripening regulation, producing stress tolerant plants overexpressing genes, polynucleotide sequence for enhancing fruit shelf life
  21. Dr. Sunil K. Lal, Professor of Microbiology, Monash University, Selangor DE, Malayasia. Email: ; , Tel. (+603) 5514 6000, ext: 59606; Sp. Molecular Virology, Emerging Infectious Diseases; SARS-Coronavirus, Hepatitis E virus, Influenza A virus, receptors, Zika Virus: transmission, detection, control, and prevention
  22. Dr. Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, National Chair, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, FaridabadGurgaon Expressway, PO Box #04, Faridabad – 121001; Res. A-13, Cluster IX, Sector III, Purbachal Housing Estate, Salt Lake City, Kolkata – 700091; Tel. (0129) 2876473(O), 09432114945(M); Fax: 2876500; Email: ; ; Sp. Microbiology, Cholera and Enteric Diseases; colicinogenic plasmids from Shigellasonnei, gastroenteritis, diarrhea in children,Carbapenem resistance in clinical Vibrio fluvialis, Gene cassettes in enterotoxigenicBacteroidsfragilis, New DelhiMetalo B lactamase producers, viable but non culturable pathogenic bacteria, immunogenicity and cholera vaccine
  23. Dr. Uppeandra Dhar, CSIR Emeritus Scientist, UniversitySchool of Environmental Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Sector 16 CDwarka, New Delhi-110078, India, 09818335379(M); Email: ; Sp. Conservation Biology/Plant Ecology/Ex-situ Conservation; Genetic Diversity and Differentiation in Hedychiumspicatum, in vitro regeneration and propagation methodology, conservation of medicinal plants endemism in high-altitude Himalaya
  24. Dr. Vinay Kumar Nandikoori, Staff Scientist VI, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asif Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067, India, Email: ; 09891497516(M); Sp. Molecular Biology/Cell Biology/Biochemistry; Mycobacterium tuberculosishypermethylation in macrophages, serine/threonine protein phosphatase,proteomic analyses of avirulent, virulent, and clinical strains, computational sampling and simulation, glutamine synthetase inhibitors and  drug design, regulation of homocysteine metabolism, protein kinase A and B
  25. Prof. Monica Butnariu, Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Discipline, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Romania; Email ; Sp. Chemistry and Biochemistry, Vegetables,Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Weed science; Antioxidant; stability of lutein from Tropaeolummajus
  26. Prof. Malcolm Jobling, Professor, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromso, Norway; Email ; Sp. Fish biology, Feeding, Nutrition and growth, Finfish aquaculture, Physiological Ecology (ecophysiology) of aquatic animals,Behavioral Ecology – Applications to Aquaculture, Physiological Energetics of Cold-water Ectotherms, energy budgets, energy requirement and partitioning
  27. Dr. Julie Graham, Research Scientist, Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Scotland, UK; , Sp. Genetics, Gene expression, raspberry, fruit crops and mapping QTL, breeding, pest and disease control, quantitative trait loci
  28. Dr. Subodh Kumar Jain, (b.1958) PhD, Professor & Head, Department of Biotechnology, Dr. HS GourVishwavidyalaya, Sagar -470003;Res. 271/9, Manorama Colony, Madhukarshah Ward, Sagar -470001;Tel. (07582) 261910(O), 237175(R), 09406519485(M); Email :  ; Sp. Cell and Molecular Biology/Stress Physiology Biodiversity, antimalarial drug, drug delivery through nanoparticles, insulin therapy, typhoid, cancer biomarker, proteomics

MANAGING EDITOR

Prof. U.C. Srivastava, Emeritus Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India, 09335120178(M); Email: ; Sp. Cell Biology/ Neuroanatomy/Neurochemistry.