Dr. Kajal Biswas
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Dr. Kajal Biswas

Researcher
National Cancer Institute Frederick, USA

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biology from University of Wuerzburg, Germany

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Biography

Dr. Kajal Biswas is currently working as Research Postdoctoral Fellow. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biology from University of Wuerzburg, Germany. His main area of interest related to Breast Cancer Research, Mutagenesis, and Cancer Biology. His main area of interest related to Breast Cancer Genetics, Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Cancer Genetics, Recombineering, Cell Biology, Meiosis, and DNA Repair. He has 10 publications in journals contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
100%
Breast Cancer Research
62%
Mutagenesis
90%
Cancer Biology
75%
Molecular Biology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
41
Abstracts
2

Selected Publications

  1. Biswas, K., S. Stauffer and S.K. Sharan, 2012. Using Recombineering to Generate Point Mutations:galK-Based Positive-Negative Selection Method. Methods Mol. Biol., 852: 121-131.
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  2. Biswas, K., R. Das, J.M. Eggington, H. Qiao and S.L. North et al., 2012. Functional Evaluation of BRCA2 Variants Mapping to the PALB2-Binding and C-Terminal DNA-Binding Domains Using A Mouse ES Cell-Based Assay. Hum. Mol. Genet., 21: 3993-4006.
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  3. Biswas, K., R. Das, B.P. Alter, S.G. Kuznetsov and S. Stauffer et al., 2011. A Comprehensive Functional Characterization of BRCA2 Variants Associated With Fanconi Anemia Using Mouse ES Cell-Based Assay. Blood, 118: 2430-2442.
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  4. Li, L., K. Biswas, L.A. Habib, S.G. Kuznetsov and N. Hamel et al., 2009. Functional redundancy of exon 12 of BRCA2 revealed by a comprehensive analysis of the BRCA2 variant c.6853A>G, p.I2285V. Hum. Mutat., 30: 1543-1550.
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  5. Chang, S., K. Biswas, B.K. Martin, S. Stauffer and S.K. Sharan, 2009. Expression of human BRCA1 variants in mouse ES cells allows functional analysis of BRCA1 mutations. J. Clin. Invest., 119: 3160-3171.
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  6. Philip, S., S. Swaminathan, S.G. Kuznetsov, S. Kanugula and K. Biswas et al., 2008. Degradation of BRCA2 in alkyltransferase-mediated DNA repair and its clinical implication. Cancer Res., 68: 9973-9981.
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  7. Biswas, K. and J. Morschhauser, 2005. The Mep2 ammonium permease controls nitrogen starvation-induced filamentous growth in Candida albicans. Mol. Microbiol., 56: 649-669.
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  8. Kusch, H., K. Biswas, S. Schwanfelder, S. Engelmann, P.D. Rogers, M. Hecker and J. Morschhauser, 2004. A proteomic approach to understanding the development of multidrug-resistant Candida albicans strains. Mol. Genet. Genomics, 271: 554-565.
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  9. Biswas, K., K.J. Rieger and J. Morschhauser, 2003. Functional characterization of CaCBF1, the Candida albicans homolog of centromere binding factor 1. Gene, 323: 43-55.
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  10. Biswas, K., K.J. Rieger and J. Morschhauser, 2003. Functional analysis of CaRAP1, encoding the repressor/activator protein 1 of Candida albicans. Gene, 307: 151-158.
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