Dr. Diptiman Choudhury
Assistant Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
India
Biography
Academic Profile Ph.D. in Biotechnology (2012), University of Calcutta, Kolkata India M.Sc. in Chemistry (2006), in Biotechnology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata India B.Sc. in Chemistry (2004), in Microbiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata India Ph.D. Thesis Title: Study of antimitotic activity of gold nanoparticles, apigenin and ginger aqueous extract by targeting tubulin-microtubule system. National level examination qualified: National Eligibility Test (NET) 2009; qualified for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under CSIR category. National Eligibility Test (NET) CSIR 2007; qualified for Lectureship (LS) category. Graduate aptitude test in engineering (GATE), 2006. Professional Experience Post doctoral Scientist: Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Research Interest
Cell and Molecular Biology, Infection Immunity, Nanotechnology and Drug Development
Publications
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Ganguli, A., Choudhury, D., Datta, S., Bhattacharya, S., and Chakrabarti, G. (2014) Inhibition of autophagy by chloroquine potentiates synergistically anticancer property of artemisinin by promoting ROS dependent apoptosis. Biochimie 2014, 107(B), 338-349. (Impact Factor: 2.96)
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Mishra, R., Watanabe, T., Kimura, M., Koshikawa, N., Ikeda, M., Uekusa, S., Kawashima, H., Wang, X., Igarashi, J., Choudhury, D., Grandori, C., Kemp, C., Ohira, M., Verma, N., Kobayashi, Y., Takeuchi, J., Koshinaga, T., Nemoto, N., Fukuda, N., Soma, M., Kusafuka, T., Fujiwara, K., and Nagase. H. (2015) Identification of a novel E-box binding PI polyamide inhibiting MYC-driven cell-proliferation. Cancer Sci. 106(4), 421-429. (Highlighted as best paper of the week in the journal) (Impact Factor: 3.523)
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Haldar. S., Dru, C., Choudhury, D., Fernandez, A., Biondi, S., Liu, Z., Shimada, K., Arditi, M., and Bhowmick, N. (2015) Inflammation and pyroptosis mediate muscle expansion in an IL-1β; -dependent manner. J. Biol. Chem. 290(10), 6574-6583. (Impact Factor: 4.574)
