Research Publications 

Stewart, M. and Padalia U., Electron Beam Irradiation – An environmentally safe method of fungal decontamination and food preservation: A review, International Journal of Life Sciences, Special Issue, A5: 7-10, 2015 ISSN 2320-7817/eISSN: 2320- 964X

Chavan S, Sarangdhar V, Vigneshwaran N (2020), Toxicological effects of TiO2 nanoparticles on plant growth promoting soil bacteria. Emerging Contaminants, Vol 6, 87 – 92.  doi: 10.1016/j.emcon.2020.01.003

Chavan S, Vigneshwaran N (2020), Shifts in metabolic patterns of soil bacterial communities on exposure to metal engineered nanomaterials. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2020 Feb; 189:110012. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110012.

Chavan S, Vigneshwaran N (2019), Effects of Nanoparticles on Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria in Indian Agricultural Soil, Agronomy 2019, Volume 9, Issue 3, 140. doi:10.3390/agronomy9030140

Chavan S, Gokarn K (2014), Isolation and characterization of a free-living nitrogen fixing bacterium with multiple plant growth promoting characteristics, XPLORE, Xavier’s Research Journal, 5(1), ISSN 2249-1878

Chavan S, Rashmi G, Saju G (2012), Exploring English language needs of undergraduate Science and Commerce students at St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, XPLORE, Xavier’s Research Journal Vol 3, Issue 1, 2012. 

Chavan S, Sapna R (2011), Synthesis of Silver nanoparticles from chemical and fungal sources and evaluation of antibacterial activity of nanoparticles impregnated on textiles, XPLORE, Xavier’s Research Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1

Chavan S, Lobo E (2010), Survival of Lactobacillus sp. in Simulated Gastric Environment, in Association with Prebiotics and in Tomato Juice to Study Its Probiotic Potential, XPLORE, Xavier’s Research Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1.

Karuna Gokarn, Rajeshwari Kundar. CRISPR-Cas system: A tool to eliminate drug-resistant Gram-negative Bacteria, Pharmaceuticals 2022, 15(12), 1498; MDPI, IF 5.215

Dsouza N., Gokarn K. Anagha Nair, Bhavna Gurram. Comparative sequence analysis of PE5 proteins in Mycobacterium species – A computational study (2022), Xplore – The Xavier’s Research Journal

Gokarn K, Jadhav P, Sagar R, Pankar P, Odapalli S. Repurposing Over-the-Counter Drugs and an Iron-Chelator as Antibacterial Agents Vol. 19 (04) (2022), Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia

Falcao B., Dsouza N., Gokarn K. Effect of mutations on the structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis KatG protein and interactions with Isoniazid - An in-silico study Page No: 66-73; Vol. 17 (9) September (2022), Research Journal of Biotechnology

Gokarn, K., Pal, R. B. Repurposing Siderophores as Antitubercular Agents. Emerging Trends in Disease and Health Research Vol. 9, 92–108 (2022). Emerging Trends in Disease and Health Research Vol. 9 Book Chapter

Talekar A, Amonkar V, Gokarn K (2020) “A student-centric approach for developing scientific communication skills in undergraduate microbiology students” Proceedings - epiSTEME 8: Eighth International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai 

Gokarn K and Pal RB (2018). Activity of siderophores against drug-resistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, Infection and Drug Resistance, 11: 61—75, Dove Medical Press, Albany, New Zealand, Auckland, IF: 3.779. 

Gokarn K, Sarangdhar V and Pal RB (2017), Effect of microbial siderophores on mammalian non-malignant and malignant cell lines. BMC Complement. Altern. Med., 17:145-156. DOI 10.1186/s12906-017-1657-8, Biomed Central Ltd, London, England. Springer Nature publishers. Impact Factor of 2.288. 

Gokarn K and Pal RB (2017), Preliminary evaluation of anti-tuberculosis potential of siderophores against drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by mycobacteria growth indicator tube-drug susceptibility test. BMC Complement. Altern. Med., 17:161-168. DOI 10.1186/s12906-017-1665-8. Biomed Central Ltd, London, England. Springer Nature publishers. Impact Factor of 2.288. 

Gokarn K, Sarangdhar V and Pal RB (2016), Cloning of Mycobacterium smegmatis Exochelin MS genes fxbA, fxbC and exiT in Escherichia coli. Mol. Biol., 5(4), 2016, 176-180. doi:10.4172/2168-9547.1000176. 

Gokarn K, Sarangdhar V and Pal RB (2016), Ethanol extraction method for DNA isolation from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Int. J. Curr. Res., 8(9), 2016, 39013-39015. 

Gokarn K and Kalgutkar D, Biosorption of Industrial Dyes Using Dead Fungal Biomass, XPLORE, Xavier’s Research Journal, 1(1), 2010. 

Pal RB, Gokarn K, “Siderophores and Pathogenicity of Microorganisms” in the Journal of BioSci Tech, 1(3), 2010, 127-134. 

Comments: Siderophore production by uropathogenic Escherichia coli, 53(3), 2010, 570. DOI:10.4103/0377-4929.68243 PMID:20699532

Talekar A, Amonkar V, Gokarn K (2020) “A student-centric approach for developing scientific communication skills in undergraduate microbiology students” Proceedings - epiSTEME 8: Eighth International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai 

Fernandes C, Sherin, Chaudhary N, Gheewala N, Chakraborti P, Talekar A, Amonkar V. 2015. A study of a thermostable protease from   Brevibacillus agri using agro industrial waste as substrate for potential use as a detergent additive. Xplore 6:56–65.

Welsch JC*, Talekar A*, Mathieu C*, Pessi A, Moscona A, Horvat B, Porotto M. “Fatal Measles Infection Prevented by Brain-Penetrant Fusion Inhibitors. J Virol. 2013 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print] (Selected by the editors of the Journal of Virology for inclusion in "Spotlight," a feature in the Journal that highlights research articles of significant interest from the current issue.) 

Talekar A, Moscona A, Porotto M. “Measles fusion machinery activated by sialic acid binding globular domain.” J Virol. 2013 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print] 

Talekar A*, Devito I*, Salah Z, Palmer SG, Chattopadhyay A, Rose J, Xu R, Wilson IA, Moscona A, Porotto M. “Identification of a region in the stalk domain of the Nipah virus receptor binding protein that is critical for fusion activation.” J Virol. 2013 Jul 31. [Epub ahead of print] (Selected by the editors of the Journal of Virology for inclusion in "Spotlight," a feature in the Journal that highlights research articles of significant interest from the current issue.)

Porotto M, Salah Z, DeVito I, Talekar A, Palmer SG, Xu R, Wilson IA, Moscona A. “The second receptor binding site of the globular head of the Newcastle disease virus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase activates the stalk of multiple paramyxovirus receptor binding proteins to trigger fusion.” J Virol. 2012 May;86(10):5730-41. 

Talekar A, Pessi A, Glickman F, Sengupta U, Briese T, Whitt MA, Mathieu C, Horvat B, Moscona A, Porotto M. “Rapid screening for entry inhibitors of highly pathogenic viruses under low-level biocontainment.” PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e30538. 

Lee KK, Pessi A, Gui L, Santoprete A, Talekar A, Moscona A, Porotto M. “Capturing a fusion intermediate of influenza hemagglutinin with a cholesterol-conjugated peptide, a new antiviral strategy for influenza virus.” J Biol Chem. 2011 Dec 9;286(49):42141-9. 

Talekar A, Pessi A, Porotto M. “Infection of primary neurons mediated by nipah virus envelope proteins: role of host target cells in antiviral action.” J Virol. 2011 Aug;85(16):8422-6. 

Porotto M, Rockx B, Yokoyama CC, Talekar A, Devito I, Palermo LM, Liu J, Cortese R, Lu M, Feldmann H, Pessi A, Moscona A. “Inhibition of Nipah virus infection in vivo: targeting an early stage of paramyxovirus fusion activation during viral entry.” PLoS Pathog. 2010 Oct 28;6(10):e1001168.

Pampi Chakraborty, Savita Kulkarni, M.G.R. Rajan, K. B. Sainis (2013). Drug resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from different genotypes exhibit differential host responses in THP-1 cells.  PLoS ONE, 8(5): e62966.    doi: 10. 1371 / journal. pone.0062966

Custan Fernandes, Sherin, Nazia Chaudhary, Nazneen Gheewala, Pampi Chakraborty, Aparna Talekar, Vivien Amonkar (2015). A study of a thermostable protease from   Brevibacillus agri using agro industrial waste as substrate for potential use as a detergent additive XPLORE, Xavier’s research   journal, Vol. 6, Issue 1, ISSN 2249-1878

Gupta PK, Chakraborty P, Kumar S, Singh PK, Rajan MGR, Sainis KB, Savita Kulkarni (2016) G1-4A, a Polysaccharide from Tinospora cordifolia Inhibits the Survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Modulating Host Immune Responses in TLR4 Dependent Manner, PLoS ONE 11(5): e0154725., doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154725

Patrawala R, Odakayi R, Palkar S, Rodricks C, Algamary B, Amonkar V and Chakraborty P (2017) Screening of feather degrading bacteria and its application. International Journal of Advanced Research 5(7):565-573: doi:10.21474/IJAR01/4753 

Chakraborty P, Kulkarni S., M.G.R. Rajan and Sainis KB (2017). Mycobacterium tuberculosis trains from ancient and modern lineages induce distinct patterns of immune responses, Journal of infection in developing countries, 11(12):904-n 911 doi:10.3855/jidc.8596 

Hait, S. , Chemburkar, G. , Murlidhar, D. , Almeida, U. , Fernandez, R. , Amonkar, V. , & Chakraborty, P. (2018). Strengthening Water Retention Capacity of Marine Soft Clay Using Bio-cement. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 6(3), 93-98.

Damle P and Vaidya V K, Isolation, identification and characterization of polyhydroxybutyrate producing Bacillus flexus. Int. J. Eng. Sci. Res. Technol. 5(11): 106-114.

Damle, P. and Vaidya V K, Identification and characterization of polyhydroxybutyrate producing Paenibacillus sp., Indian J. Appl. Res. 6(11): 201-203