Dr.Santanu Roy

BSc (Chemistry Hons.), MSc (Biochemistry), PhD (Science), NET, GATE

Contact Details :

State Aided College Teacher
Department of Microbiology
Ph No.: 033 2534 1927 (LL), 98300 59919 (M). E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kolkata-700131 West Bengal, India

Research Areas :

Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Bioinformatics.

Title of PhD Thesis

Studies of Cell Cycle Related Proteins of Leishmaniaparasites.

List of Publications

Attached in separate sheet. Please refer Annexure 1.

Research/Project Guidance/Supervision

PhD Supervision : None.
Summer Project : 05 (five) students.
M.Sc. Project : 70 (seventy) MSc students of Lady Brabourne College (From 2006-2012).
80 (eighty) MSc students of Acharya Prafulla Chandra College (From 2009).

Further plan if any:

To continue work with the following ongoing projects:-

• In silico structure design of Cyclins and CDKs.
• Studies of interactions of lipid molecules with Coomassie Blue dye.
• Effects of various plant extracts on microbial growth.

Annexure 1

• Santanu Roy and ParthaSaha, ‘Studies of Cell Cycle related Proteins of Leishmania Parasites’, National Symposium on 21st Century Research in Biochemistry & Biophysics, February 1-3, 2007, organised by the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Kalyani, held at University of Kalyani, Kalyani, abstract O-11, pp. 91.
• Santanu Roy and ParthaSaha, ‘Studies of Cell Cycle related Proteins of Leishmania Parasites’, 18th National Congress of Parasitology on Advances in Parasitology Research of Tropical Diseases, November 22-24, 2006, held at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, abstract P-17, pp. 126.
• Santanu Roy, SampaliBannerjee, Swadesh Dutta Gupta and ParthaSaha, ‘Identification of Two Interactors of Leishmaniadonovani Cell cycle regulatory protein LdCyc1’, FAOBMB Satellite Symposium on Regulation of gene expression, December 5-6, 2003, held at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, abstract, pp. 31.
• Shreya Bhattacharya, Santanu Roy and Rini Roy, ‘Utilisation of cupric engulfment by Escherichia coli for PcoC (a superoxide dismutase) induction’, Indian Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2010, 87: 975-979.
• Rini Roy, Natasha Das Gupta, Santanu Roy and Aditi Nag Chaudhuri, ‘Mathematical Modeling of Organophosphorus Pesticide for Software Development’, proceedings of One Day National Seminar on ‘Logic: From Philosophy to Computer Science through Mathematics’, Departments of Mathematics and Philosophy, Vivekananda College for Women in association with Vivekananda College, Thakurpukur, Kolkata, 11 December, 2010, pp. 100-122.
• Shreya Bhattacharya, Santanu Roy and Rini Roy, ‘Utilisation of cupric engulfment by Escherichia coli for PcoC (a superoxide dismutase) induction’, Indian Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2010, 87: 975-979, ISSN No. 0019 4522.
• AvishekBhuniya, Arup Ranjan Patra, Prajna Mandal and Santanu Roy, ‘Study of Interfering Agents in the Bradford Protein Assay’, proceedings of Two Day National Seminar on Recent Trends in Spectroscopy: Its application in Chemistry and Biology, Departments of Microbiology and Chemistry, Maulana Azad College and Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, February 2-3, 2011, ISBN-13-978-81-928246-1-1.
• Sukanya Roy, Rinku Sarkar, Santanu Roy, Neena Mishra and Prajna Mandal, Bacteria isolated from air produces an extracellular protease which is both cryophilic and thermophilic, abstract in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Microbiology: Development and Challenges in Basic and Applied Research, organised by Department of Microbiology, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira in Collaboration with Bose Institute, Kolkata, April 6-7, 2011.
• PuiaJhunjhuwala, Rini Roy, SoumiGuhaPolley, Aditi Nag Chaudhuri and Santanu Roy, ‘Characteristics of Chromium reducing Bacteria Isolated from East Kolkata Wetland’, proceedings of UGC sponsored National Seminar on Applied Sciences in Bioinformatics, Netaji Nagar Day College, 16 & 17 March, 2012, pp. 35-37.
• Shalu Agarwal, Aditi Nag Chaudhuri, SoumiGuhaPolley and Santanu Roy, ‘Study of Pseudomonassp isolated from East Kolkata Wetland and Analysis of its Sequence Using Bioinformatics Tools’, proceedings of UGC sponsored National Seminar on Applied Sciences in Bioinformatics, Netaji Nagar Day College, 16 & 17 March, 2012, pp. 43-45.
• Sreyashee Mukherjee, SoumiGuhaPolley, Aditi Nag Chaudhuri and Santanu Roy, ‘Microbial Biodiversity of East Kolkata Wetland’, proceedings of UGC sponsored National Seminar on Applied Sciences in Bioinformatics, Netaji Nagar Day College on 16 & 17 March, 2012, pp. 58-60.
• Nicky Didwania, Aditi Nag Chaudhuri, SoumiGuhaPolley and Santanu Roy, ‘Study of Pigment Producing Bacteria from Waste Water using Nutrient Agar Medium’, proceedings of UGC sponsored National Seminar on Applied Sciences in Bioinformatics, Netaji Nagar Day College on 16 & 17 March, 2012, pp. 65-69.
• Anindita Mukherjee and Santanu Roy, ‘Effects of Coomassie Blue Dye on Lipids in Aqueous Media’, Abstract, Poster 215, New Biology, Proceedings of the Centenary Session of the Indian Science Congress, Kolkata, January 3-7, 2013.
• Upasana Das, SarojKanti Das, Prajna Mandal and Santanu Roy, ‘Effects of an Edible Plant Extract on Bacterial Growth’, Abstract, Poster 78, New Biology, Proceedings of the Centenary Session of the Indian Science Congress, Kolkata, January 3-7, 2013.
• Puja Jhunjhunwala, Rini Roy, Santanu Roy and Aditi Nag Chaudhuri, ‘Unique chromium reductase activity from Proteus sp.’, paper communicated to Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 2013.

Annexure 2

• Attended ‘AsCA'01’, IV meeting of the Asian Crystallographic Association at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, November 18-21, 2001.
• Presented a poster titled ‘Identification of Two Interactors of Leishmaniadonovani Cell cycle regulatory protein LdCyc1’, at FAOBMB Satellite Symposium on Regulation of gene expression, held at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, December 5-6, 2003.
• Participated in The Second RNA Group meeting at Biophysics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, December 21-22, 2004.
• Attended a seminar on ‘Drug initiatives in Leishmaniasis’, held at the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER), Kolkata, February 9, 2005.
• Attended a seminar on Mass Spectrometry for Proteomics at ITC Sonar Bangla, Kolkata, organized by LABINIDA Instruments Pvt. Ltd., September 12, 2005.
• Attended a One Day Symposium on ‘Excitements in Modern Biology’ at Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta University, organised by Society of Biological Chemists (Kolkata Chapter), September 24, 2005.
• Attended a three day Symposium on Molecular Mechanism of Diseases and Drug Action (MMDDA) at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, organized by Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, November 16-18, 2005.
• Attended a two day Symposium on ‘TRendys in BIOCHEMISTRY-2005’ on the theme ‘Science in the post Genomic era’, at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, December 29-30, 2005.
• Presented a poster titled ‘Studies of Cell Cycle related Proteins of Leishmania Parasites’, at the 18th National Congress of Parasitology on ‘Advances in Parasitology Research of Tropical Diseases’, held at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata November 22-24, 2006.
• Delivered an Oral Presentation titled ‘Studies of Cell Cycle related Proteins of Leishmania Parasites’, at the National Symposium on 21st Century Research in Biochemistry & Biophysics, organised by the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Kalyani, held at University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, February 1-3, 2007.
• Co-presented poster with Anindita Mukherjee, entitled ‘Effects of Coomassie Blue Dye on Lipids in Aqueous Media’, Poster 215, New Biology, Proceedings of the Centenary Session of the Indian Science Congress, Kolkata, January 3-7, 2013.
• Co-presented poster with Upasana Das, SarojKanti Das, Prajna Mandal, entitled ‘Effects of an Edible Plant Extract on Bacterial Growth’, Poster 78, New Biology, Proceedings of the Centenary Session of the Indian Science Congress, Kolkata, January 3-7, 2013.
• Acted as a Resource Person to deliver lecture on Molecular Biology Concepts, Biological Databases and Database Searching in the DBT Star College Faculty Improvement Programme organised by Department of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, March 4, 2013.
• Acted as a Resource Person to deliver lecture on Molecular Biology Concepts, Bioinformatics and Proteomics Pairwise and Multiple Sequence Analysis (BLAST, FASTA, ClustalW2) in the DBT Star College Faculty Improvement Programme organised by Department of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, March 5, 2013.
• Acted as a Resource Person to deliver lecture on Molecular Biology Concepts, Motif and Domain Assignments Worldwide Databases, Database Searching, Pattern Recognition, other applications in the DBT Star College Faculty Improvement Programme organised by Department of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, March 7, 2013.