NAME
: DR. SOMNATH MANDAL
DESIGNATION
: ASSISSTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT
: BIOCHEMISTRY
CONTACT DETAILS:
PHONE NO.
: +91-9679353881
E-MAIL ID
: smandal8183@gmail.com
somnath@ubkv.ac.in
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION : B.Sc. (Ag.)Hons., M.Sc. (Biochemistry), Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (POST HELD WITH PERIOD): 1 year 5 months (Jan,2013 to May,2014) Post
Doctoral experience in ‘Chemical Biology and Epigenetics’ as DBT-RA fellow at Molecular biology and
Genetics Unit (MBGU), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore.
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: Enzymology, Lipid Biochemistry, Plant Compounds, Chemical Biology.
AREA OF INTEREST: Enzyme Engineering, Metabolic Flux Analysis, Epigenetics and Plant Chemical
Biology.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
Journal Papers:
1. Vasudevarao,M.D., Mizar,P., Kumari,S., Mandal,S, Siddhanta,S., Swamy, M.M., Kaypee,S.,
Ravindra, K.C.,Banerjee,A., Narayana,C., Dasgupta,D.and KunduT.K. (2014) Naphthoquinones
Mediated Inhibition of Lysine Acetyltransferase KAT3B/p300, Basis for Non-toxic Inhibitor
Synthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry,289: 7702-7717.DOI:10.1074/jbc.M113.486522.
2. Mandal,S., Dahuja,A., Kar,A.and Santha,I.M.(2014) In vitro kinetics of soybean lipoxygenase with
combinatorial fatty substrates and its functional significance in off flavour development.Food
Chemistry, 146: 394-403. DOI.org/10.1016/j.foodchem. 2013.08.100.
3. Mandal,S., Dahuja,A., and Santha,I.M.(2014) Lipoxygenase activity in soybean is modulated by
enzyme-substrate ratio.Journal ofPlant Biochemistry andBiotechnology, 23(2): 217-220. DOI
10.1007/s13562-013-0203-0.
4. Mandal,S., Sahana,N., Rajarani,A.P.and Santha,I.M.(2013) Molecular cloning, characterization
and expression of lipoxygenase 2 (lox 2) isozyme from Indian soybean [Glycine max (L.) merril]
cv. Pusa 16. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 50: 54-63.
5. Mandal,S., Bose,P., Dawar,S., Rajarani,A.P.and Santha,I.M.(2011) Kinetic and expression
profiling of cytosolic pyruvate kinase enzyme during seed development of Indian mustard
(Brassica juncea). Journal ofPlant Biochemistry andBiotechnology,20: 102-109.
Conference/Seminar/Symposium:
1. Poster presentation entitled “Characterization and expression of pyruvate kinase from
developing seeds of Brassica juncea” in Golden Jubilee conference on “Challenges and
Emerging Strategies for Improving Plant Productivity” from November 12-14, 2008,
organized by Indian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi.
2. Poster presentation entitled “Combating Off flavor Generation in Soybean using Biochemical
Tools” in International Conference on Plant Biotechnology for Food Security: New Frontiers2012 from February 21-24, 2012, organized by Society for Plant Biochemistry and
Biotechnology (SPBB), New Delhi.
3. Poster
presentation
entitled
“Naphthoquinones
Mediated
Inhibition
of
Lysine
Acetyltransferase KAT3B/p300, Basis for Non-toxic Inhibitor Synthesis” in International
Conference on Chemical Biology:Disease Mechanism and Therapeutics (ICCB-2014) organized
by Chemical Biology Society of India (CBS) from February 6-8, 2014 at Hyderabad. (Awarded
ACS Chemical Biology Sponsored Best Poster Award).