Dr. Sanjay Kumar Dey

Assistant Professor
Principle Investigator

Phone:

+91-9205337595

Email:
sdey@acbr.du.ac.in

Designation:
Assistant Professor (Biomedical Sciences), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research (ACBR), University of Delhi

Date of Birth:

July 12th, 1986

2011-2017: Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, India. Thesis/Research topic: “Characterization of Dopamine β Hydroxylase and Cytochrome b5 Reductase3 and their Interactions with Small Molecule Inhibitors Identified by Structure-based Methods and their Validation in Animal Models of Hypertension and Cardiac Hypertrophy”
2007-2009: M.Sc., Molecular Biology and Genetics, Presidency College (now Presidency University), University of Calcutta, India (First Class First)
2004-2007: B.Sc. Hons. in Human Physiology, Ananda Mohan College, University of Calcutta, India (Medalist, Secured Highest Marks among all Honors Courses in the College)
2002-2004: Higher Secondary (12th Standard) in Science, Nalikul Desh Bandhu Bani Mandir, Nalikul, West Bengal, India (Secured Highest Marks among all streams in the school)
2002: Secondary (10th Standard), Kinkarbati Agricultural Institution, Kinkarbati, West Bengal, India

CSIR-UGC NET Junior Research Fellow (2011-2013)
CSIR-UGC NET Senior Research Fellow (2013-2015)
CSIR-UGC NET-Lectureship (LS), 2010
DST INSPIRE Fellowship for pursuing PhD, December, 2010
West Bengal Govt. Merit cum Means Scholarship for pursuing M.Sc. during 2007-2009
DBT, GoI sponsored studentship to pursue research in Bioinformatics, 2008-2009.
DBT, GoI sponsored traineeship to pursue research in Bioinformatics, 2010.
‘Professor Ratna Phadke Young Scientist Award 2013’ in the 37th Annual Meeting of Indian Biophysical Society
‘Prof. Devendra K. Agrawal Young Investigator Award 2018’ by the International Academy for Cardiovascular Research (Indian Section) at Madurai Kamaraj University, India
‘Professor Atul Chandra Biswas Memorial Award 2009’ as Best All-round Academic Performer among the P.G. Students of Presidency College, Kolkata
‘Professor Sivotosh Mukherjee Memorial Award 2009’ for securing highest marks in M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics in Presidency College, Kolkata
‘Govt. Eden Hindu Hostel Excellence Award 2008’ for securing highest marks in M.Sc. among all subjects in the Govt. Eden Hindu Hostel of Presidency College, Kolkata.
‘Professor Hemendra Nath Mukherjee Memorial Medal 2007’ for securing highest marks in Bio-science in Ananda Mohan College, Kolkata
Awarded a grant and selected to present work in the 58th Course of the International School of Crystallography, “Structural Drug Design 2023: Biology, Chemistry and Computers”, by the International School of Crystallography, Italy.
Won international travel award to attend “The 2020 International School of Crystallography” organized by The University of Florence, Italy
‘American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2018 Graduate/Postdoctoral Travel Award 2018’ by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for attending and presenting research work in the annual meeting of the Experimental Biology Symposium, San Diego, USA
‘Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds travel award 2015 for basic research in medicine’ to pursue research at the Hamburg University, Germany, by the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, Germany
Awarded ‘ISH Research Fellow’ by the International Society of Hypertension, UK, 2015
Awarded “travel grant to attend ISH2016” meeting in South Korea by ISH, UK
Won first prize/best poster award among ~220 posters in the 7th Symposium on the “Current trends in drug discovery research 2019” organized by CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, February, 2019
Won third best poster award in the “International Symposium on Structure Assisted Design on Novel Therapeutics 2019” organized by the Regional Center for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, India during February, 2019
‘Council of Scientific and Industrial Research International Travel Award 2018’, for attending the EB Annual Meeting 2018 of the ASBMB, USA by CSIR, Govt. of India.
‘Best Poster Award 2018’ in the Indian Section of the International Society for Heart Research annual meeting held at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
‘Best Poster Award 2017’ in the Indian Biophysical Society Meeting, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali
Awarded “travel grant to attend IBS Meeting2017” in IISER, Mohali by IBS, India
‘INSA-CSIR-DAE/BRNS-CICS International Travel Award’, for attending the Council on Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2015 of the American Heart Association, USA by CICS, GoI
‘Indian Council of Medical Research International Travel Award’, for attending the Council on Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2015 of the AHA, USA by ICMR, Govt. of India
‘DBT Travel Award’ to attend the Council on Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2015 of the AHA, USA by the Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
‘Immunology Foundation Bursary Award’ to attend the Council on Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2015 of the American Heart Association, USA by the Immunology Foundation, India
‘Best Poster Award 2015’ in the Cardiovascular Research Convergence-2, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
‘Science and Engineering Research Board Financial Award’, for attending HBPR2014 and ISH New Investigator Symposium on Hypertension & Cardiovascular Disease 2014, USA by the Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
‘DBT Travel award’ to attend HBPR2014, USA by the Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
‘Best Poster Award 2013’ in the Society for Young Scientists’ Conference, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
‘3rd Best Poster Award 2013’ in the National Conference on Recent Advances in Computational Drug Design, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Obtained B certificate in National Cadet Corps (NCC), India, (2009).
Won 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively in State Level Essay and Lecture Competitions on ‘Scientists against superstitions’, organized by Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha, Kolkata on the occasion of celebrating International Year of Physics, (2005)
Won 1st prize in the District Level Essay Competition on ‘National Integration and Communal Harmony’ organized jointly by Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India and Ministry of Information & Culture, Govt. of W.B., (2004)
Won 1st prize in State Level Essay Competition on ‘Nature Needs Proper Feedback’, (2004) organized by the Burdwan University, West Bengal.

Shreetama Bandyopadhayaya, Pooja Yadav, Ankit Sharma, Sanjay Kumar Dey, Alo Nag, Rekha Maheshwari, Bridget M. Ford, Chandi C. Mandal (16-05-2023). Oncogenic role of an uncharacterized cold-induced zinc finger protein 726 in breast cancer. J of Cellular Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.30417, Impact Factor: 4.48
Yadav R, Courouble VV, Dey SK, Harrison JJEK, Timm J, Hopkins JB, Slack RL, Sarafianos SG, Ruiz FX, Griffin PR, and Arnold E (09-12-2022). Biochemical and structural insights into SARS-CoV-2 polyprotein processing by Mpro. Science Advances, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add2191, Impact Factor: 14.14
Far BF, Bokov D, Widjaja G, Budi HS, Abdelbasset WK, Javanshir S, Seif F, Pazoki-Toroudi H, and Dey SK (2022). Metronidazole, acyclovir and tetrahydrobiopterin may be promising to treat COVID-19 patients, through interaction with interleukin-12, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2022.2064917 , Impact Factor: 5.24
Courouble VV*, Dey SK*, Yadav R*, Timm J, Harrison JJ, Ruiz FX, Arnold E, Griffin PR. Revealing the Structural Plasticity of SARS-CoV-2 nsp7 and nsp8 Using Structural Proteomics. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. (2021) *co-first author. https://doi.org/10.1021/jasms.1c00086 , Impact Factor: 3.26
Dey SK, Saini M, Dhembla C, Bhatt S, Rajesh A S, Anand V, Das HK, and Kundu S. Suramin, Penciclovir and Anidulafungin exhibit potential in the treatment of COVID-19 via binding to nsp12 of SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. (2021) https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2021.2000498 , Impact Factor: 5.24
Rizwan T, Kothidar A, Meghwani H, Sharma V, Shobhawat R, Saini R, Vaishnav HK, Singh V, Pratap M, Sihag H, Dey JK, and Dey SK. Comparative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 envelope viroporin mutations from COVID-19 deceased and surviving patients revealed implications on its ion-channel activities and correlation with patient mortality. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. (2021) 21:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2021.1944319 , Impact Factor: 5.24
Dey SK, Bhaduri S, and Midya T. An analysis on the divergence of Chironomid spp. based on the study of 18S rRNA and polytene chromosome organization in the species revealing the role of environment on speciation. The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology. (2021); 82(1):1-2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41936-021-00215-0 , Impact Factor: 1
Pandey AK, Saxena A, Dey SK, Kanjilal M, Kumar U, Thelma BK. Correlation between an intronic SNP genotype and ARL15 level in rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Genetics. (30-04-2021) 100(2):1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-021-01286-2 , Impact Factor: 1.5
Dey JK, Dey SK. SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, COVID-19 Case Fatality Rates and Deaths per Million Population in India. Journal of Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology. (2020); 2(1):110, Impact Factor: 1
Dey JK*, Dey SK* and Sihag H. Current Insights into the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Its Homoeopathic Management. Homœopathic Links, (2020); 33(03):171–181. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1715636 . *Equal contributions, Impact Factor: 1
Kumar P, Nag TC, Jha KA, Dey SK, Kathpalia P, Maurya M, Gupta CL, Bhatia J, Roy TS, Wadhwa S. Experimental oral iron administration: Histological investigations and expressions of iron handling proteins in rat retina with aging. Toxicology. (2017); 392:22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2017.10.005 , Impact Factor: 4.57
Punchaichira TJ, Dey SK, Mukhopadhyay A, Kundu S, Thelma BK. Characterization of SNPs in the dopamine-β-hydroxylase gene providing new insights into its structure-function relationship. Neurogenetics. (2017); 18(3):155-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-017-0519-3 , Impact Factor:3
Jangir DK, Dey SK, Kundu S, Mehrotra R. Assessment of amsacrine binding with DNA using UV–visible, circular dichroism and Raman spectroscopic techniques. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. (2012); 114:38-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2012.05.005 , Impact Factor: 6.81
Dey SK, Ganguli S, Roy P, Basu P, Chakraborty HJ and Datta A. Pseudoknots in Human snRNPs. International Journal of Bioinformatics Research, 3(1): 194-199, (2011), Impact Factor: 1
Dey SK, Ganguli S, Basu P, Roy P, and Datta, A. (2010). Lysine richness in human snurps possible sites for electrophilic attacks. Bioinformation, 4(9): 409, DOI: 10.6026/97320630004409, Impact Factor: 1
Ganguli S, Dey SK, Dhar P, Basu P, Roy P, and Datta A. Catalytic RNA world relics in Dicer RNAs. International Journal of Genetics. (2010); 2(1):8, Impact Factor: 1
Dey SK, Sarkar NK and Mukherjee TK. A study of amylase activity in silk moth gut". Journal of Natural History (India), 5 (1): 41-45, (2009), Impact Factor: 1

DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Dey