Dr Alok Sil, Associate Professor

To study the underlying mechanism involved in waste water stabilization at East Kolkata Wetland, India

To isolate and characterize microorganism(s) capable of degrading synthetic polymers

Studies on natural and synthetic compounds for developing new anti-mycobacterial agents

To study the molecular mechanism of cigarette smoke induced NF-kappaB activation in alveolar epithelial cells

To study the underlying mechanism involved in cigarette smoke induced atherosclerosis

List of Recent Publications

Tribedi P and Sil AK (2012). Low density poly ethylene degradation by Pseudomonas sp. AKS2 biofilm. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. DOI 10.1007/s11356-012-1378-y

Mukherjee K, Tribedi P, Mukhopadhyay B, Sil AK (2012). Antibacterial activity of long-chain fatty alcohols against Mycobacteria. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 338(2):177-83

Tribedi P and Sil AK (2012). Bioaugmentation of polyethylene succinate-contaminated soil with Pseudomonas sp. AKS2 results in increased microbial activity and better polymer degradation. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 20(3):1318-26

Maity PC, Ray T, Das B and Sil AK (2012). IKKβ–I-κBε–c-Rel/p50: a new axis of NF-κB activation in lung epithelial cells. Oncogenesis 1, e8; doi:10.1038/oncsis.2012.8

Tribedi P, Sarkar S, Mukherjee, K and Sil AK (2012). Isolation of a novel Pseudomonas sp from soil that can efficiently degrade polyethylene succinate. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 19: 2115-2126

Sarkar S, Ghosh PB, Sil AK, Saha, T. (2011). Heavy metal pollution assessment through comparison of different indices in sewage-fed fishery pond sediments at East Kolkata Wetland, India. Environ Earth Sci, 63: 915–924

Mukherjee K, Tribedi P, Chowdhury A, Ray T, Joardar A, Giri S, Sil A.K. (2011). Isolation of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain from soil that can degrade polyurethane diol. Biodegradation, 22: 377-88

Ray, T., Maity, P.C., Banerjee, S., Deb, S., Dasgupta, A.K., Sarkar, S., Sil, A.K. (2010). Vitamin C Prevents Cigarette Smoke Induced Atherosclerosis in Guinea Pig Model. J Atheroscler Thromb, 17: 817-27

Sarkar, S., Ghosh, P. B., Mukherjee, K., Sil, A.K.*., and Tapan Saha (2009). Sewage treatment in a single pond system at East Kolkata Wetland, India. Water Science and Technology, 60, 2309-2317 (* corresponding author)

Chakraborty, K, Maity, P.C., Sil, A.K, Takeda, Y., Das, S. (2009). cAMP stringently regulates human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide expression in the mucosal epithelial cells by activating CREB, AP-1 and icer. J Biol Chem., 284:21810-27

Maity, P.C., Bhattacharjee, S., Majumdar, S., Sil, A.K. (2009). Potentiation by cigarette smoke of macrophage function against Leishmania donovani infection. Inflamm Res., 58: 22-29

Descargues, P., Sil, A.K., Karin, M.(2008). IKKalpha, a critical regulator of epidermal differentiation and a suppressor of skin cancer. EMBO J., 27: 2639-2347, Review.

Descargues P*, Sil, A. K.*, Sano, Y.*, Korchynskyi, O*, Han, G., Owens, P., Wang, X.J,. and Karin, M (2008). IKK is a critical coregulator of a Smad4-independent TGFβ-Smad2/3 signaling pathway that controls keratinocyte differentiation. PNAS, 19, 2487-2492 (* these authors contribute equally)

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