Banerjee (Surname)

Abhijit G. (First Name and middle initials)

PhD (terminal degree qualification)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2277-1968/print

Contact info: J-55, Dhanora-1, PO: HANODA, opp. ST Xavier’s high school DURG, Chhattisgarh PIN-491001, India.

Email: abhiban66@gmail.com

Mob: 9039090968/ 9300827016 (WSapp)

Skills/Area of research expertise

★ Biotechnology of recombinant therapeutics and bioprocessing in pro-/eukaryotic expression systems/Biosimilars/Biologics (including CGT)

★ Bioinformatics-enabled microarray/biological data mining/drug discovery

★ Chronic inflammation and cancer progression from premalignant stages

★ Therapeutic targets for chronic inflammation and disease progression

★ Functional genomics, RNA interference and systems biology-based molecular target discovery and validation

★ High-throughput expression profiling and NCE screening bioassay platforms

★ The nutraceutical/biological prevention of chronic inflammatory diseases includes but is not limited to cancer, biologics/living drugs, vectorology, or natural gene delivery methods.

Professional and Academic Experience

2012 onward- Chief Mentor (Biotechnology R&D) and EMD, at Consultants in Genomic Biomedicine Research and Inc., DURG, Chhattisgarh, India (a regd. Biotechnology MSME organization)

Jan 2012 - Professor-Biotechnology, Raipur Institute of Technology, CSVTU, Bhilai and Govt. VYTPG Autonomous College, Durg, India (Visiting Professorship) Nov 2009-Dec 2012 Adjunct Professor, International Center for Oral-Systemic Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CANADA

Feb 2010-Dec 2010 Associate Professor, Medical Biotechnology, DDU Ayush and Health Science University of Chhattisgarh, Pt. JNM Medical College, RAIPUR, India.

Jan 2008-Oct 2009 Graduate Chair, Oral Bio-Medical Sciences, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Jan 2005-Oct 2009 Assistant Professor, Dental Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba (Joint-appointment) and Research Affiliate Member, Center on Aging, Rady Faculty of Medicine

Jul 2004-Oct 2009 Assistant Professor, Oral Bio-Medical Sciences and Program Director, Molecular Oncology & Medicine Laboratories, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (Primary appointment – tenure track) Institutional and Corporate R&D Experience

Aug 2001-Jun 2004 Postdoctoral Associate Scientist-J1, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eppley Institute for Cancer & Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA

Jun 1999-Jul 2001 Senior Research Scientist (Senior Manager) Molecular Biology, New Durg Discovery Research-II, Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurugram, NCR, IN

Apr 1997-Jun 1999 Scientific Officer-D(DAE,GOI), Genetic Engineering unit, Tata Memorial Cancer Center and Research Institute, Parel, Mumbai, IN

Dec 1994-Mar 1997 Scientist-I (Manager)Biotechnology, Torrent Research Center, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Gandhinagar, India

Aug 1994-Dec 1994 Jr. Research Scientific Officer, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biotechnology R&D, Cadila Laboratories Ltd., Ahmedabad, India

Total Teaching and Postdoctoral Research Experiences (in yrs): 16 years and 26 years, respectively.

• Nutraceuticals
• Biotechnology
• Genomics
• Drug Target
• Cancer
• Inflammation
• Immunotherapy
• Biologics
• Drug Discovery
• Development
• Precision Medicine
• Prognostication
• Validation
• Facility Design
• Program Management
• Nano-medicine Delivery

• Parth Dhila, Mamta Shukla, Sukant Khurana and Abhijit G Banerjee (2021) Food Therapy andHealth Care, Multiple pharmacological properties and uses of an edible herb - Cassia tora, DOI: 10.53388/fthc20210304106, Part of ISSN: 2624-2656
• Dil, N and Banerjee AG (2013), American Journal of Molecular Biology 3: 248-254, TLR5 involvement in attenuated IL-8 production in nuclear decorin silenced oral mucosal dysplastic keratinocytes and squamous cell carcinoma, https://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajmb.2013.34032
• Dil, N and Banerjee AG (2012), Head and Neck Oncology 4(1):11, Knockdown of aberrantly expressed nuclear localized decorin attenuates tumor angiogenesis related mediators in oral cancer progression model in vitro (# 16 citations)*
• Dil, N and Banerjee AG (2011), Head and Neck Oncology 3(1):44, A role for aberrantly expressed nuclear localized decorin in migration and invasion of dysplastic and malignant oral epithelial cells (# 24 citations)*
• Stolf DP, Karim AC, Banerjee AG (2007) Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2(3):116-122, Genetic aspects of ameloblastoma: a brief review (# 23 citations)*
• Banerjee AG, Gopalakrishnan VK, Vishwanatha JK (2007), Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 305 (1-2):113-121, Inhibition of nitric oxide-induced apoptosis by nicotine in oral epithelial cells (# 32 citations)
• Yuan Y-W, Sun AM, Lui Y, Chen LH, Banerjee AG (2007) Chin Med Sci J., 22(1): 33-37, RNA interference of annexin II gene in PC3 cells by using small interference RNA synthesized with in vitro transcription (# 4 citations)
• Banerjee AG (2007), Gene network analysis in oral premalignancy, in BMC Systems Biol. 1: suppl 1, Abs.
• Banerjee AG, Bhattacharyya I, Vishwanatha JK (2005), Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 4(6):865-75. Identification of genes and molecular pathways involved in the progression of premalignant oral epithelia (# 81 citations)*
• Vishwanatha, JK, Banerjee AG, Liu, J, Gopalakrishnan, VK (2004), The Journal of Urology, European Urology Supplements, 3(2):116, Biomarkers modulating angiogenesis in prostate cancers from USA and India*
• Banerjee AG, Biswal, S., Mandal, S., Bhattacharya, I., Vishwanatha, JK (2004) Transcriptional profiling in oral precancer: Molecular markers of impending progression to malignancy, Proceedings of 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), in Orlando, Florida, USA- Cancer Research Volume. 64 Issue. 7 Supplement, pp. 769-770, Abs.
• Mandal S, Banerjee AG, Vishwanatha JK (2004) FASEB J., 18(8):C204- 80.20 (spl. issue), Regulation of S100A7 during Malignant Progression of Oral Dysplasia
• Banerjee AG, Bhattacharyya I, Lydiatt WM, Vishwanatha JK (2003) Cancer Research, 63(22):7769-76, Aberrant expression and localization of decorin in human oral dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma (# 70 citations)*
• Banerjee AG, Liu J, Yuan Y, Gopalakrishnan VK, Johansson SL, Dinda AK, Gupta NP, Trevino L, Vishwanatha JK(2003) Molecular Cancer, 2(1) :34, Expression of biomarkers modulating prostate cancer angiogenesis: differential expression of annexin II in prostate carcinomas from India and USA. [electronic resource], (# 79 citations)*
• Gopalakrishnan VK, Banerjee AG$, Vishwanatha JK (2003) Pancreatology -Official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (iap).. [et Al.], 3(4): 293-302, Effect of FHIT gene replacement on growth, cell cycle and apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells (# 23 citations)*
• Vishwanatha JK, Swinney R, Banerjee AG (2003) Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 248(1-2): 67-75, Modulation of annexin I and cyclooxygenase-2 in smokeless tobacco-induced inflammation and oral cancer (# 24 citations)*
• Banerjee AG, Gopalakrishnan VK, Bhattacharya I, Vishwanatha JK (2002) Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 1(14): 1265-71. Deregulated cyclooxygenase-2 expression in oral premalignant tissues (# 57 citations)*
• Mitra DK, Mehra NK, Maiti TK, Banerjee A, Taneja V, Rajalingam R, Ahuja RK, Bhattacharya BC (1995) International Journal of Leprosy -Official Organ of the International Leprosy Association., 63(4): 518-28, CD4+ T-cell responses to recombinant hsp65 and hsp18 of M. leprae and their trypsin-digested fragments in leprosy: diversity in HLA-DR restriction.,(# 11 citations)*

• Dil, N and Banerjee AG (2011), Gene Expression Profiling in Gynecological Cancers, In Current Advances in Gynecological Oncology –Basic and Clinical aspects, Eds. Chauhan SC, Kumar D, Jaggi, M and Bell MC; Research Signpost/Transworld Research Network, pp. 65-80, ISBN=9788130804422
• Banerjee AG (2007) L-PGDS in Cancer Progression: expression, role and potential as therapeutic target, In Prostaglandin- D2- Synthase: A multitude of biological functions, Ed. Ragolia, L.,Research Signpost, pp. 201-209: ISBN=9788130801
• Vishwanatha, JK, Swinney, R., Banerjee AG (2002), Smokeless tobacco-induced inflammation and oral cancer, in Tobacco Counters Health, Vol.2:McMillan India Ltd., Delhi, India, pp.200, ISBN=9781403908438
• Banerjee, A., Shrivastava, SK., Upadhyay, SN. (1992), An immobilized microbial sensor for glucose, In Industrial Biotechnology, New Delhi, INDIA, Oxford & IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi pp.493-500, Ebook OCLC ID: 624390320

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