Prof. Ashoke Ranjan Thakur
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Prof. Ashoke Ranjan Thakur

Ex-Vice Chancellor
Techno India University, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Physics from Calcutta University, India

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Area of Interest:

Environmental Sciences
100%
Bioremediation
62%
Nitrate Reduction
90%
Molecular Dynamics
75%
Protein-DNA Interaction
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
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Abstracts
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Selected Publications

  1. Gupta, M., R. Arindam, B. Srimoyee, K. Raman, Adhikari, B., R.T. Ashoke and R.C. Shaon, 2015. Bacillus sp mcc2138: A potential candidate for microbial degumming of ramie. Int. J. Fiber Text. Res., 5: 39-43.
  2. Mishra, M., J. Savita, R.T. Ashoke and R.C. Shaon, 2014. Microbial community in packed bed bioreactor involved in nitrate remediation from low level radioactive waste. J. Basic Microbiol., 54: 198-203.
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  3. Ghoshal, T., S. Ghosh, A. Saha, N. Haldar, A.R. Thakur and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2014. Combination of conventional and in-silico approach for identifying an industrially important isolate of aeromonas. OnLine J. Biol. Sci., 14: 70-83.
  4. Sumana, D., M. Sudarshan, A.R. Thakur and S.C. Ray, 2013. Degumming of raw silk fabric with help of marine extracellular protease. Am. J. Biochem. Biotechnol., 9: 12-18.
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  5. Shiphrah, V.H., S. Sayanti, R.T. Ashoke and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2013. Screening of bacteria for lactic acid production from whey water. Am. J. Biochem. Biotechnol., 9: 118-123.
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  6. Roy, S.D., M. Pallavi, R. Sujata, R.T. Ashoke and R.C. Shaon, 2013. Draft genome of a phosphate accumulating bacillus sp wbunb004. Genome Announcement, 10.1128/genomeA.00251-12.
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  7. Roy, S.D., B. Amrita, R.T. Ashoke and R.C. Shaon, 2013. Draft genome of a nitrate and phosphate accumulating bacillus sp MCC0008. Genome Announcement, 10.1128/genomeA.00189-12.
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  8. Nandy, P., R.T. Ashoke and R.C. Shaon, 2013. Rapid real time pcr based detection of cell count in case of urinary tract infection. Am. J. Biochem. Biotechnol., 9: 133-143.
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  9. Nandy, P., M. Aftabuddin, R.T. Ashoke and R.C. Shaon, 2013. Differential banding pattern based identification of UTI causing bacteria. Am. J. Biochem. Biotechnol., 9: 124-132.
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  10. Saurav, G., M. Indranil, R.T. Ashoke and R.C. Shaon, 2012. Assay for rapid screening of phytochemicals as antimicrobial agents. Am. J. Biochem. Biotechnol., 9: 8-11.
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  11. Das, S., I. Mukherjee, M. Sudarshan, T.P. Sinha, A.R. Thakur and R.C. Shaon, 2012. Bacterial isolates of marine coast as commercial producers of protease. Online J. Biol. Sci., 12: 96-107.
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  12. Chaudhuri, S.R., I. Mukherjee, D. Ghosh and A.R. Thakur, 2012. East kolkata wetland: a multifunctional niche of international importance. Online J. Biol. Sci., 12: 80-88.
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  13. Roy, S. and A.R. Thakur, 2011. Two models of Smad4 and Hoxa9 complex are proposed: Structural and interactional perspective. J. Biomol. Struct. Dynam., 28: 729-742.
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  14. Nasipuri, P., L.E. Alex, I. Mukherjee, G.G. Pandit, A.R. Thakur, S. Ray Chaudhuri, 2011. Enhancement of crystal size by microbes. Res. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 1: 42-47.
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  15. Mishra, M., N. Poulomi, D. Sarvani, D. Mainak and K.S. Aditya et al., 2011. Condoms-As sources of extracellular enzyme producing microbes. Am. J. Microbiol., 1: 14-22.
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  16. Chowdhury, S., A.R. Thakur and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2011. Novel microbial consortium for laboratory scale lead removal from city effluent. J. Environ. Sci. Technol., 4: 41-54.
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  17. Yadav, J.S., S. Chowdhury and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2010. Purification and characterization of an extracellular protease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from east calcutta wetland. J. Biol. Sci., 10: 424-431.
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  18. Roy, S. and A.R. Thakur, 2010. 20ns molecular dynamics simulation of the antennapedia homeodomain-DNA complex: Water interaction and DNA structure analysis. J. Biomol. Struct. Dynam., 27: 443-456.
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  19. Nasipuri, P., G.G. Pandit, A.R. Thakur and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2010. Comparative study of soluble sulfate reduction by bacterial consortia from varied regions of India. Am. J. Environ. Sci., 6: 152-158.
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  20. Mukherjee, I., P. Bhaumik, M. Mishra, A.R. Thakur and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2010. Bheri-a unique example of biological complex system. Special issue on biological complexity trends and perspectives. Online J. Biol. Sci., 10: 1-10.
  21. Nandy, P., S. Roy, A.R. Thakur and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2009. Comparative study on characterization of three Staphylococcal isolates from varied origin. J. Cult. Collection, 6: 52-60.
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  22. Chowdhury, S., A. Chakraborty, A.R. Thakur and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2009. Radiation induced DNA double strand break studies of a metal sensitive novel bacterial isolate from East Calcutta Wetland. Am. J. Environ. Sci., 5: 398-405.
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  23. Thakur, A.R., M. Mishra, P. Nandy and S. Raychaudhuri, 2008. Waste management: A case study of ongoing traditional practices at East Calcutta Wetland. Am. J. Agric. Biol. Sci., 3: 315-320.
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  24. Roy, S., A.N. Ghosh and A.R. Thakur, 2008. Uptake of Pb2+ by a cyanobacterium belonging to the genus Synechocystis, isolated from East Kolkata Wetlands. Biometals, 21: 515-524.
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  25. Raychaudhuri, S., M. Mishra, S. Salodkar, M. Sudarshan and A.R. Thakur, 2008. Traditional aquaculture practice at East Calcutta wetland: The safety assessment. Am. J. Environ. Sci., 4: 173-177.
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  26. Pradhan, A., P. Bhaumik, S. Das, M. Mishra and S. Khanam et al., 2008. Phytoplankton diversity as indicator of water quality for fish cultivation. Am. J. Environ. Sci., 4: 406-411.
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  27. Malathu, R., S. Chowdhury, M. Mishra, S. Das and P. Moharana et al., 2008. Characterization and wash performance analysis of microbial extracellular enzymes from East Calcutta Wetland of India. Am. J. Applied Sci., 5: 1650-1661.
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  28. Chowdhury, S., M. Mishra, V.K. Adarsh, A. Mukherjee, A.R. Thakur and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2008. Novel metal accumulator and protease secretor microbes from East Calcutta Wetland. Am. J. Biochem. Biotechnol., 4: 255-264.
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  29. Chaudhuri, S.R., S. Salodkar, M. Sudarshan, I. Mukherjee and A.R. Thakur, 2008. Role of water hyacinth-mediated phytoremediation in waste water purification at East Calcutta Wetland. Environ. Sci., 5: 53-62.
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  30. Chaudhuri, S.R., A.R. Thakur, P. Nandy and S. Samanta, 2008. Urinary tract infection-a survey of local population. Am. J. Infect. Dis., 4: 117-123.
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  31. Nandy, P., A.R. Thakur, S.R. Chaudhuri, 2007. Characterization of bacterial strains isolated through microbial profiling of urine samples. Online J. Biol. Sci., 7: 44-51.
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  32. Chaudhuri, S.R., S. Salodkar, M. Sudarshan and A.R. Thakur, 2007. Integrated resource recovery at East Calcutta Wetland: How safe is these. Am. J. Agric. Biol. Sci., 2: 75-80.
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  33. Adarsh, V.K., M. Mishra, S. Chowdhury, M. Sudarshan, A.R. Thakur and S.R. Chaudhuri, 2007. Studies on metal microbe interaction of three bacterial isolates from East Calcutta Wetland. Online J. Biol. Sci., 7: 80-88.
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  34. Chaudhuri, S.R., A.K. Pattanayak and A.R. Thakur, 2006. Microbial DNA extraction from samples of varied origin. Curr. Sci., 91: 1697-1700.
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  35. Chaudhuri, S.R. and A.R. Thakur, 2006. Microbial genetic resource mapping of East Calcutta Wetland. Curr. Sci., 91: 212-217.
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  36. Sengupta, A., I. Ghosh, J. Mallick, A.R. Thakur and K. Datta, 2004. Presence of a Human Hyaluronan Binding Protein 1 (HABP1) pseudogene-like sequence in Methanosarcina barkeri suggests its linkage in evolution. DNA Cell Biol., 23: 301-310.
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  37. Chaudhuri, R.S., P. Karmakar, D. Choudhary, A. Sarma and A.R. Thakur, 2003. Effect of heavy ion irradiation on DNA DSB repair in Methanosarcina barkeri. Anaerobe, 9: 15-21.
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  38. Chattopadhyay, B.D. and A.R. Thakur, 2003. Inhibition of methanogenesis by interaction of aluminium ion with co-factor, F-420, in Methanosarcina barkeri. Indian J. Exp. Biol., 41: 915-917.
  39. Kundu, S., D. Bhattacharya, A.R. Thakur and R. Majumdar, 2001. Nucleosomal positioning and genetic divergence study based on DNA flexibility map. J. Biomol. Struct. Dynam., 18: 527-533.
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  40. Kundu, S., D. Bandyopadhyay and A.R. Thakur, 2001. Sequence based structural signatures of genome evolution. Ind. J. Biochem. Biophys., 38: 104-106.
  41. Das, N. and A.R. Thakur, 2000. Identification of a type I topoisomerase activity from a mesophilic archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri. Anaerobe, 6: 241-247.
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  42. Chaudhuri, S.R., P. Karmaker and A.R. Thakur, 2000. γ-ray induced DNA damage and repair in Methanosarcina barkeri. Anaerobe, 6: 325-331.
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  43. De, S., S.R. Chaudhuri, A. Sarma and A.R. Thakur, 1999. Effect of ionizing radiation induced damage and protection in normal and denatured supercoiled DNA and minichromatins formed on them. Indian J. Phys., 73: 795-804.
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  44. Bhattacharyya, D., S. Kundu, A.R. Thakur and R. Majumdar, 1999. Sequence directed flexibility of DNA and the role of cross-strand hydrogen bonds. J. Biomol. Struct. Dynam., 17: 289-300.
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  45. Kundu, S., A. Lahiri and A.R. Thakur, 1998. Denaturation of supercoiled DNA: A monte Carlo study. Biophys. Chem., 75: 177-186.
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  46. Thakur, A.R. and S. Mukherjee, 1994. Biophysics, molecular biology and genetics some experience and experiments with teaching. Biochem. Educ., 22: 27-29.
  47. Maitra, R. and A.R. Thakur, 1994. Multiple fragment ligation on glass surface: A novel approach. Indian J. Biochem. Biophys., 31: 97-99.
  48. Chattopadhyay, B.D., A.R. Thakur, P.C. Mangal, N.N. Purkait and A.K. Saha, 1994. Inhibitory role of aluminium in methane emission in rice fields. Indian J. Exp. Biol., 32: 495-500.
  49. Santra, C.R., S.K. Mukherjee and A.R. Thakur, 1993. Denatured supercoiled DNA-structural and biological activity. Indian J. Biochem. Biophys., 30: 252-256.
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  50. Santra, C.R., S.K. Mukherjee and A.R. Thakur, 1993. Biochemical activities of denatured covalently closed circular duplex DNA. Indian J. Biochem. Biophys., 30: 123-127.
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  51. Majumdar, R., A. Lahiri and A.R. Thakur, 1993. Computational approach to the study of supercoil-induced structural polymorphism in DNA. J. Mol. Struct. Theochem, 286: 211-218.
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  52. Chattopadhyay, B.D., A.R. Thakur, R.K. Poddar and D. Dasgupta, 1993. Effect of Ca+2 ion son Methanosarcina. Ind. J. Exp. Biol., 31: 738-742.
  53. Maitra, R. and A.R. Thakur, 1992. Silanizatin of DNA bound baked glass permits enhanced polymerization by DNA polymerase. Curr. Sci., 62: 586-588.
  54. Thakur, A.R., C. Ramu, P.K. Parrack and S. Mukhopadhyay, 1991. Methanog: A specialized database on methanogenic bacteria. Protein Sequences Data Anal., 4: 363-366.
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  55. Choubey, D.I., J. Snoddy, V. Chaturvedi, E. Toniato and G. Opdenakker et al., 1989. Interferons as gene activators. Indications for repeated gene duplication during the evolution of a cluster of interferon-activatable genes on murine chromosome 1. J. Biol. Chem., 264: 17182-17189.
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  56. Samanta, H., D.A. Engel, H.M. Chao, A. Thakur, M.A. Garcia-Blanco and P. Lengyel, 1986. Interferons as gene activators. Cloning of the 5'terminus and the control segment of an interferon activated gene. J. Biol. Chem., 261: 11849-11858.
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  57. Majumdar, R. and A.R. Thakur, 1985. Melting transition of covalently closed DNA with supercoil-induced cruciforms. Nucleic Acids Res., 13: 5883-5893.
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  58. Santra, C.R. and A.R. Thakur, 1984. Retention of helical structure of pBR322 covalently closed circular duplex DNA at high alkaline pH. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 6: 152-154.
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  59. Thakur, A.R. and R.K. Poddar, 1977. Growth and reactivation of single stranded DNA phageϕX174 in E. coli undergoing thymineless death. Mol. Gen. Genet., 151: 313-318.
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