Tandra R. Chakraborty
Associate Professor and Director
Biology
Adelphi University
United States of America
Biography
Tandra R. Chakraborty completed Postdoctoral Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (2006) Ph.D., Calcutta University, India (2000).2015 Granted research sabbatical leave for one semester 2013 Invited foreign delegate to centenary celebration of Indian Science Congress 2012 Elected Graduate Director of Biology Department 2011 Faculty Development Career Grant, Adelphi University 2011 Mentor of the student recipient for Undergraduate Student Travel Award at ASBMB 2010 Nominated for ‘Teaching Excellence Award’, Adelphi University for non-tenured teaching award 2009 Individual Merit Award, Adelphi University 2009 Elected Vice-Chair of the Senate Executive Committee.
Research Interest
Major interest is focused on three chief issues in the interplay between Endocrinology and Neurobiology. First, changes in the estrogen receptors with senescence, second changes with obesity and third the action of estrogen in the glucose homeostasis and apoptosis of cell in tissues subjected to hypoglycemic conditions.
Publications
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Chakraborty, S., Babu, S., Adhikary, D., and Chakraborty, T. R. (2016). Long term exposure of very high fat diet on energy intake, hormones, cellularity and morphology of tissue- a male rodent study. In American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. San Diego, CA.
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Chakraborty, T.R. (2016). Pros and Cons of Active Learning. In American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. San Diego, CA.
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T. R. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty and N. Klimova (2016). Effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on pregnancy. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Occurrence, Exposures and Health Risks. New York, NY: Nova Science Publiser.
