Surajit  Ganguly,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Principal Investigator  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Institute of Molecular Medicine 
                           
                                                                                                        
                            254 Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III 
                           
                                                    
                            New Delhi - 110 020                                 
                           
                          						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: surajitg@immindia.org 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-11-41028710 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-11-41028709     
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://immindia.org/surajit.htm  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Position  
                                  Affiliation  
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                                  Team Lead  
                                  Institute of Molecular Medicine, New Delhi, India. 
                                  
								  2007-Present 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Research Scientist  
                                  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 
                                  
								  2007 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Research Scientist  
                                  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. 
                                  
								  2005-2007 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Adjunct Scientist  
                                  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 
                                  
								  2005-2007 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Staff Fellow  
                                  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 
                                  
								  2003-2005 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Visiting Fellow  
                                  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 
                                  
								  1998-2003 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Research Associate  
                                  Loyola University Medical center, Maywood, Illinois, USA 
                                  
								  1998 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Molecular Biology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  To obtain novel molecular profile of breast cancer in the context of Indian population and to apply this knowledge to the early detection, diagnosis and therapy of breast cancer 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
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				Chatterjee, M., Ganguly, S. , Srivastava, M. and Palit, G.  Effect of 'chronic' versus 'acute' ketamine administration and its 'withdrawal' effect on behavioural alterations in mice: implications for experimental psychosis. Behavioural Brain Research.  2011.  216, 247-254. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Klein, D. C., Bailey, M. J., Carter, D. A., Kim, J. S., Shi, Q., Ho, A. K., Chik, C. L., Gaildrat, P., Morin, F., Ganguly, S. , Rath, M. F., Moller, M., Sugden, D., Rangel, Z. G., Munson, P. J., Weller, J. L. and Coon, S. L.  Pineal function: impact of microarray analysis. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.  2010.  314, 170-183. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bailey, M. J., Coon, S. L., Carter, D. A., Humphries, A., Kim, J. S., Shi, Q., Gaildrat, P., Morin, F., Ganguly,  S. , Hogenesch, J. B., Weller, J. L., Rath, M. F., Moller, M., Baler, R., Sugden, D., Rangel, Z. G., Munson, P. J. and Klein, D. C.  Night/day changes in pineal expression of >600 genes: central role of adrenergic/cAMP signaling. The Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2009.  284, 7606-7622. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pavlicek, J., Coon, S. L., Ganguly, S. , Weller, J. L., Hassan, S. A., Sackett, D. L. and Klein, D. C.  Evidence that proline focuses movement of the floppy loop of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.87). The Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2008.  283, 14552-14558. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Szewczuk, L. M., Saldanha, S. A., Ganguly, S. , Bowers, E. M., Javoroncov, M., Karanam, B., Culhane, J. C., Holbert, M. A., Klein, D. C., Abagyan, R. and Cole, P. A.  De novo discovery of serotonin N-acetyltransferase inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.  2007.  50, 5330-5338. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ganguly, S. , Grodzki, C., Sugden, D., Moller, M., Odom, S., Gaildrat, P., Gery, I., Siraganian, R. P., Rivera, J. and Klein, D. C.  Neural adrenergic/cyclic AMP regulation of the immunoglobulin E receptor alpha-subunit expression in the mammalian pinealocyte: a neuroendocrine/immune response link? The Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2007.  282, 32758-32764. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rath, M. F., Munoz, E., Ganguly, S. , Morin, F., Shi, Q., Klein, D. C. and Moller, M.  Expression of the Otx2 homeobox gene in the developing mammalian brain: embryonic and adult expression in the pineal gland. Journal of Neurochemistry.  2006.  97, 556-566. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ganguly, S. , Weller, J. L., Ho, A., Chemineau, P., Malpaux, B. and Klein, D. C.  Melatonin synthesis: 14-3-3-dependent activation and inhibition of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase mediated by phosphoserine-205. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  2005.  102, 1222-1227. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Zheng, W., Zhang, Z., Ganguly, S. , Weller, J. L., Klein, D. C. and Cole, P. A.  Cellular stabilization of the melatonin rhythm enzyme induced by nonhydrolyzable phosphonate incorporation. Nature Structural Biology.  2003.  10, 1054-1057. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ganguly, S. , Coon, S. L. and Klein, D. C.  Control of melatonin synthesis in the mammalian pineal gland: the critical role of serotonin acetylation. Cell and Tissue Research.  2002.  309, 127-137. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ganguly, S., Mummaneni, P., Steinbach, P. J., Klein, D. C. and Coon, S. L.  Characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae homolog of the melatonin rhythm enzyme arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.87). The Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2001.  276, 47239-47247. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ganguly, S. , Gastel, J. A., Weller, J. L., Schwartz, C., Jaffe, H., Namboodiri, M. A., Coon, S. L., Hickman, A. B., Rollag, M., Obsil, T., Beauverger, P., Ferry, G., Boutin, J. A. and Klein, D. C.  Role of a pineal cAMP-operated arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase/14-3-3-binding switch in melatonin synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  2001.  98, 8083-8088. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Obsil, T., Ghirlando, R., Klein, D. C., Ganguly, S.  and Dyda, F.  Crystal structure of the 14-3-3zeta:serotonin N-acetyltransferase complex. a role for scaffolding in enzyme regulation. Cell.  2001.  105, 257-267. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakrabarti, S. R., Sood, R., Ganguly, S. , Bohlander, S., Shen, Z. and Nucifora, G.  Modulation of TEL transcription activity by interaction with the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBC9. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  1999.  96, 7467-7472. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                            Education  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            M.Sc.                                                    				
				 
                                                    Calcutta University, India                                                                        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    				
				 
                                                    Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta, India                                                                        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
                                            Honors and Awards  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2002, Award of Merit for Productivity and Cutting-edge Research, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, USA.      
 
                                           
                                                                                  
                                       
                                       
                                   
                              
 
                             
                          
                        
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                                                
                                  
                                    
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                                      Breast 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Female