Research Articles
Halder S, Sharma A, Acharjee S, Biju N, Kunjumon M, Khadilkar RJ, Prasad M* (2025). TOR signalling mediates the collective movement of Border cells in Drosophila oogenesis. Development. Aug 11:dev.204612. doi: 10.1242/dev.204612. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40787757.
Ghosh G, Das D, Nandi A, De S, Gangappa SN, Prasad M.* (2025). Ecdysone regulates phagocytic cell fate of epithelial cells in developing Drosophila eggs. J Cell Biol. 2025 Aug 4;224(8):e202411073. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202411073. Epub 2025 May 28. PMID: 40434296; PMCID: PMC12118371.
Sareng, H.R., Dutta, N., Ghosh, S., Chowdhury, U., Nelson, V.K., Prasad, M., Mandal, S.C., Mandal, A.K. and Pal, M., (2025). HSF1 Activator Azadiradione Ameliorates Parkinson’s Disease and Extends Lifespan in Preclinical Models: Analysis of Underlying Molecular Mechanism. bioRxiv, pp.2025-04.
Ghosh, G.,Halder, S., Sahu A., and Prasad, M.* (2023). Ecdysone Orchestrates Notch and Broad Symphony to Craft Epithelial Cell Shape Change. BioRxiv
Halder, S., Ghosh, G., Gayen, B., and Prasad, M.* (2022). TOR signalling regulates epithelial cell shape transition in Drosophila oogenesis. bioRxiv
Saha, B., Acharjee, S., Ghosh, G., Dasgupta, P., & Prasad, M.* (2023). Germline protein, Cup, non-cell autonomously limits migratory cell fate in Drosophila oogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 2023 Feb 15;19(2):e1010631.
Ghosh B, Karmakar S, Prasad M , and Mandal,A K. (2021)."Praja1 ubiquitin ligase facilitates degradation of polyglutamine proteins and suppresses polyglutamine-mediated toxicity." Mol Biol Cell .2021, E20, 0747.
Bar, Sudipta; Prasad, M.* and Datta, Rupak*. (2018). Neuromuscular degeneration and locomotor deficit in a Drosophila model of mucopolysaccharidosis VII is attenuated by treatment with resveratrol. Disease Models and Mechanisms 11, 1-11. (* co-corresponding author)
Sharma A, Halder S, Felix M, Nisaa K, Deshpande G, Prasad M.* (2018). Insulin signaling modulates border cell movement in Drosophila oogenesis. Development 145(14). pii: dev166165. doi: 10.1242/dev.166165.
Sahu, A., Ghosh, R., Deshpande, G., and Prasad M. * (2017). A Gap Junction Protein, Inx2, Modulates Calcium Flux to Specify Border Cell Fate during Drosophila oogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 2017 Jan 23;13(1):e1006542.
Felix, M., Chayengia, M., Ghosh, R., Sharma, A., and Prasad, M*. (2015). Pak3 regulates apical-basal polarity in migrating border cells during Drosophila oogenesis. Development 142, 3692-703.
Cai, D., Chen#, S.C., Prasad, M#,., He, L., Wang, X., Choesmel-Cadamuro, V., Sawyer, J.K., Danuser, G., and Montell, D.J. (2014). Mechanical feedback through E-cadherin promotes direction sensing during collective cell migration. Cell 157, 1146-59. (#, equal contribution) (Post Doctoral work)
Before joining IISER-Kolkata
Prasad, M., Jang, A.C., Starz-Gaiano, M., Melani, M., and Montell, D.J. (2007). A protocol for culturing Drosophila melanogaster stage 9 egg chambers for live imaging. Nat. Protoc. 2, 2467-73.
Prasad, M., and Montell, D.J. (2007). Cellular and molecular mechanisms of border cell migration analyzed using time-lapse live-cell imaging. Dev. Cell 12, 997-1005.
Mohit, P., Makhijani, K., Madhavi, M.B., Bharathi, V., Lal ,A., Sirdesai ,G., Reddy, V.R., Ramesh, P., Kannan, R., Dhawan, J., and Shashidhara, L.S. (2006). Modulation of AP and DV signaling pathways by the homeotic gene Ultrabithorax during haltere development in Drosophila. Dev. Biol. 291, 356-67.
Berger, C., Pallavi, S.K., Prasad, M., Shashidhara, L.S., and Technau, G.M. (2005). Cyclin E acts under the control of Hox-genes as a cell fate determinant in the developing central nervous system. Cell Cycle 4, 422-5.
Berger, C., Pallavi, S.K., Prasad, M., Shashidhara, L.S., and Technau, G.M. (2005). A critical role for cyclin E in cell fate determination in the central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster. Nat. Cell Biol. 7, 56-62.
Prasad, M., Bajpai, R., and Shashidhara, L.S. (2003). Regulation of Wingless and Vestigial expression in wing and haltere discs of Drosophila. Development 130, 1537-47.
Book Chapters
Felix M and Prasad M (2022). Mapping asymmetry in collective cell migration: Lessons from border cells in Drosophila oogenesis. Methods Mol. Biol. 2438:483-494. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2035-9_28.
Prasad M. (2021)."Teach, train and test: Laboratory exercises using flies." J Biosci . , 46, 1-2.
Prasad, M., Wang, X., He, L., Cai, D., and Montell, D.J. (2015). Border Cell Migration: A Model System for Live Imaging and Genetic Analysis of Collective Cell Movement. Methods Mol. Biol. 1328, 89-97. (Collaborative)
Prasad, M., Wang, X., He, L., and Montell, D.J. (2011). Border cell migration: a model system for live imaging and genetic analysis of collective cell movement. Methods Mol. Biol. 769, 277-86. (Collaborative)