Soumen  Chakraborty,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Scientist C  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Institute of Life Sciences 
                           
                                                                                                        
                            Nalco Square 
                           
                                                    
                            Bhubaneswar - 751 023                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Orissa                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: soumen@ils.res.in, soumen_ils@yahoo.co.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-674-2302420, 2300137, 2301476, Extn. 207 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-674-2300728  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://ils.res.in/schakrabarty.htm  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Position  
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                                  Scientist C  
                                  Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India 
                                  
								  2007-Present 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Scientist B  
                                  Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India 
                                  
								  2005-2007 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Research Assistant Professor  
                                  University of Illinois, Chicago, USA 
                                  
								  2003-2005 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Instructor  
                                  University of Illinois, Chicago, USA 
                                  
								  2002-2003 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Research Associate  
                                  The Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, USA 
                                  
								  2000-2001 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Molecular Biology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Transcription factors related to leukemia 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Regulation of gene activity, mechanisms of gene repression and gene activation  
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Post-translational modification of proteins involved in leukemia 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
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								Kuila, N., Dash, N., Sahoo, D. P., Pattnayak, N. C., Biswas, G. and Chakraborty, S.   Presence of a new BCR-ABL kinase domain mutation, C330G in an imatinib naive patient with chronic myeloid leukemia: very low prevalence of BCR-ABL kinase domain mutations in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia from eastern India. Leukemia & Lymphoma.  2009.  50, 663-666. [PubMed]  
						 
					 
				
			 
		 
		
			
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				Kuila, N., Sahoo, D. P., Kumari, M., Biswas, S., Patnaik, R. S., Pattnayak, N. C., Biswas, G. and Chakraborty, S.   EVI1, BAALC and AME: prevalence of the secondary mutations in chronic and accelerated phases of chronic myeloid leukemia patients from eastern India. Leukemia Research.  2009.  33, 594-596. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Chakrabarti, A., Mukhopadhyay, S., Mukhopadhyay, S., Basu, A. J. and Mondal, S.  Orbital rhinosporidiosis. Journal of the Indian Medical Association.  2005.  103, 383-384. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Chakrabarti, A., Maity, P. and Ray, B.  Atypical presentation of a primary iris cyst. Journal of the Indian Medical Association.  2004.  102, 36-37. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chi, Y., Senyuk, V., Chakraborty, S.  and Nucifora, G.  EVI1 promotes cell proliferation by interacting with BRG1 and blocking the repression of BRG1 on E2F1 activity. The Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2003.  278, 49806-49811. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Buonamici, S., Chakraborty, S. , Senyuk, V. and Nucifora, G.  The role of EVI1 in normal and leukemic cells. Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases.  2003.  31, 206-212. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Senyuk, V., Sinha, K. K., Chakraborty, S. , Buonamici, S. and Nucifora, G.  P/CAF and GCN5 acetylate the AML1/MDS1/EVI1 fusion oncoprotein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  2003.  307, 980-986. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Sinha, K. K., Senyuk, V. and Nucifora, G.  SUV39H1 interacts with AML1 and abrogates AML1 transactivity. AML1 is methylated in vivo. Oncogene.  2003.  22, 5229-5237. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Buonamici, S., Senyuk, V., Nucifora, G.  Ecotropic Viral Integration 1 Site (EVI1) and Myelodysplastic Syndrome 1 (MDS1)-EVI1. Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology.  2003. 
		 
		
			
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				Senyuk, V., Chakraborty, S. , Mikhail, F. M., Zhao, R., Chi, Y. and Nucifora, G.  The leukemia-associated transcription repressor AML1/MDS1/EVI1 requires CtBP to induce abnormal growth and differentiation of murine hematopoietic cells. Oncogene.  2002.  21, 3232-3240. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chhotray, G. P., Pal, B. B., Khuntia, H. K., Chowdhury, N. R., Chakraborty, S. , Yamasaki, S., Ramamurthy, T., Takeda, Y., Bhattacharya, S. K. and Nair, G. B.  Incidence and molecular analysis of Vibrio cholerae associated with cholera outbreak subsequent to the super cyclone in Orissa, India. Epidemiology and Infection.  2002.  128, 131-138. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Senyuk, V. and Nucifora, G.  Genetic lesions and perturbation of chromatin architecture: a road to cell transformation. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry.  2001.  82, 310-325. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mukhopadhyay, A. K., Chakraborty, S. , Takeda, Y., Nair, G. B. and Berg, D. E.  Characterization of VPI pathogenicity island and CTXphi prophage in environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae. Journal of Bacteriology.  2001.  183, 4737-4746. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Garg, P., Ramamurthy, R., Thungapathra, M., Gautam, J.K., Kumar, C., Maiti, S., Yamasaki, S., Shimada, T., Takeda, Y., Ghosh, A., Nair, G.B.  Comparison of antibiogram, virulence genes, ribotypes and DNA fingerprints of Vibrio cholerae of matching serogroups isolated from hospitalized diarrhoea cases and from the environment during 1997-1998 in Calcutta. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology . 2001. 50, 879-888. 
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Senyuk, V., Sitailo, S., Chi, Y., Nucifora G.  Interaction of EVI1 with c-AMP-responsive element-binding protein-binding protein (CBP) and p300/CBP-associated factor (P/CAF) results in reversible acetylation of EVI1 and in co-localization in nuclear speckles. The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 2001. 276, 44936-44943. 
		 
		
			
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				Basu, A., Mukhopadhyay, A. K., Garg, P., Chakraborty, S. , Ramamurthy, T., Yamasaki, S., Takeda, Y. and Nair, G. B.  Diversity in the arrangement of the CTX prophages in classical strains of Vibrio cholerae O1. FEMS Microbiology Letters.  2000.  182, 35-40. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Basu, A., Garg, P., Datta, S., Chakraborty, S. , Bhattacharya, T., Khan, A., Ramamurthy, S., Bhattacharya, S. K., Yamasaki, S., Takeda, Y. and Nair, G. B.  Vibrio cholerae O139 in Calcutta, 1992-1998: incidence, antibiograms, and genotypes. Emerging Infectious Diseases.  2000.  6, 139-147. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ramamurthy, T., Chakraborty, S. , Nair, G. B. and Bhattacharya, S. K.  Health impairments arising from drinking water resources contaminated with Vibrio cholerae. Schriftenreihe Des Vereins Fur Wasser-, Boden- Und Lufthygiene.  2000.  105, 29-34. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Mukhopadhyay, A. K., Bhadra, R. K., Ghosh, A. N., Mitra, R., Shimada, T., Yamasaki, S., Faruque, S. M., Takeda, Y., Colwell, R. R. and Nair, G. B.  Virulence genes in environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  2000.  66, 4022-4028. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Garg, P., Chakraborty, S. , Basu, I., Datta, S., Rajendran, K., Bhattacharya, T., Yamasaki, S., Bhattacharya, S. K., Takeda, Y., Nair, G. B. and Ramamurthy, T.  Expanding multiple antibiotic resistance among clinical strains of Vibrio cholerae isolated from 1992-7 in Calcutta, India. Epidemiology and Infection.  2000.  124, 393-399. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chowdhury, N. R., Chakraborty, S. , Eampokalap, B., Chaicumpa, W., Chongsa-Nguan, M., Moolasart, P., Mitra, R., Ramamurthy, T., Bhattacharya, S. K., Nishibuchi, M., Takeda, Y. and Nair, G. B.  Clonal dissemination of Vibrio parahaemolyticus displaying similar DNA fingerprint but belonging to two different serovars (O3:K6 and O4:K68) in Thailand and India. Epidemiology and Infection.  2000.  125, 17-25. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chowdhury, N. R., Chakraborty, S. , Ramamurthy, T., Nishibuchi, M., Yamasaki, S., Takeda, Y. and Nair, G. B.  Molecular evidence of clonal Vibrio parahaemolyticus pandemic strains. Emerging Infectious Diseases.  2000.  6, 631-636. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Khanam, J., Takeda, Y. and Nair, G. B.  Application of PCR for detection of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in water samples during an outbreak of cholera. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  1999.  93, 527-528. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Guhathakurta, B., Sasmal, D., Pal, S., Chakraborty, S. , Nair, G. B. and Datta, A.  Comparative analysis of cytotoxin, hemolysin, hemagglutinin and exocellular enzymes among clinical and environmental isolates of vibrio cholerae O139 and non-O1, non-O139. FEMS Microbiology Letters.  1999.  179, 401-407. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bhattacharya, M. K., Dutta, D., Deb, A., Garg, P., Chakraborty, S. , Mukhopadhyay, A. K., Bhattacharya, S. K. and Moitra, A.  Acute secretory traveller's diarrhoea caused by Vibrio cholerae which does not belong to the O1 or O139 serogroup. The National Medical Journal of India.  1998.  11, 248-249. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Hoshino, K., Yamasaki, S., Mukhopadhyay, A. K., Chakraborty, S. , Basu, A., Bhattacharya, S. K., Nair, G. B., Shimada, T. and Takeda, Y.  Development and evaluation of a multiplex PCR assay for rapid detection of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139. FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology.  1998.  20, 201-207. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakraborty, S. , Nair, G. B. and Shinoda, S.  Pathogenic vibrios in the natural aquatic environment. Reviews On Environmental Health.  1997.  12, 63-80. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                    
                            Grant Support:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
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                                  Consequences of Post-translational Modification on the Proto-oncogene EVI1 
                                   
                                  Department of Science & Technology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2006-2009								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Molecular Monitoring of Secondary Mutations Potentially Involved in Disease Transformation of CML to CML-Blast Crisis 
                                   
                                  Department of Biotechnology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2006-2009								   
                                 
                                                              
                                 
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                            Education  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            M.Sc.                                                    in Marine Microbiology, , 				
				 
                                                    National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India,                             1992-1993                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    in Microbiology, 				
				 
                                                    National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India,                             1996-1999                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
                                            Honors and Awards  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            1998-1999, Fellowship was awarded by the Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University                      
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            1998-1999, Senior Research Fellowship from the Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India                       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            1996-1998, Junior Research Fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India                      
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            1994-1995, Junior Research Fellowship from the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India                      
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2011, ICMR international fellow for Stem Cell Institute, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium    
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Indian Association of Cancer Research