Assistant Professor in The Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan (2016 to till date)

Google scholar id: vW07YXoAAAAJ

Vidwan id: 273201

ORCID id: 0000-0001-9971-342X

Researcher id: ABC-3253-2021

Completed Ph.D in 2015 from National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani on cervical cancer genomics under the guidance of Prof. Sharmila Sengupta

Positions held:

• Research Associate in the Department of Haematology, NRS Medical College and Hospital from 01/06/2015 to 31/07/2016

• Visiting Scientist in the Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute from 01/02/2015 to 31/05/2015

• CSIR-Junior and Senior Research Fellow in National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata from 2009-2015

Academic qualifications:

• M.Sc. in Zoology in 2008 from University of Calcutta

• B.Sc. in Zoology in 2006 from Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta

Fellowships and awards:

• Qualified CSIR-NET JRF in 2009

• Qualified GATE in 2009

• Qualified SET in 2009

• Presented a poster at the one day symposium of the Cancer Foundation of India on 4^th December, 2009 and awarded 2^nd prize [Received the prize and certificate from Nobel Laureate Professor Harold zurHausen]

• Oral cum poster presentation at the “2^7th INTERNATIONAL PAPILLOMAVIRUS CONFERENCE, 2011”, September 18-22, 2011 at International Congress Centre (ICC), Berlin, Germany and received travel award from the International Papillomavirus Society

• Oral presentation at the 9th Indian Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Annual Conference at Kolkata on 22^nd February, 2014 and received 2^nd Prize award

• Oral presentation at 2^nd symposium of Calcutta Consortium of Human Genetics at Deulti, West Bengal on 18-19^th November, 2014 and received 3^rd Prize award.

Editorial Review Board Member:

Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment

Reviewer:

1. PLoS ONE

2. Science of total environment

3. Food and chemical toxicology

4. Scientific Reports

5. Environmental Toxicology

6. Biomarkers

7. Oncotargets and Therapy

8. Emerging Contaminants

9. Technology of Cancer Research and Treatment

10. Anaerobe

11. Nutrition reviews

12. Bioengineered

13. Tissue and cell

14. Frontiers in Genetics

Membership:

1. Indian Society of Haematology

2. Bengal Society of Haematology

3. Indian Association of Cancer Research

Publications from Ph.D Thesis

1. Mandal P, Bhattacharjee B, Sen S, Bhattacharya A, Saha SS, Chowdhury RR, Mondal NR, Chakrabarty B, Chatterjee T, Roy S, Sengupta S. Predominance of genomically defined A lineage of HPV16 over D lineage in Indian patients from eastern India with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix in association with distinct oncogenic phenotypes. Transl Oncol. 2022 Jan;15(1):101256 [IF:4.24]

2. Mandal P, Sharma Saha S, Sen S, Bhattacharya A, Bhattacharya NP, Bucha S, Sinha M, Roy Chowdhury R, Mondal NR, Chakravarty B, Chatterjee T, Roy S, Chattapadhyay A, Sengupta S. 2019. Cervical cancer subtypes harbouring integrated and/or episomal HPV16 portray distinct molecular phenotypes based on transcriptome profiling of mRNAs and miRNAs.Cell Death Discovery, 5(1) 81[IF:4.53]

3. Bhattacharya A, Sen S, Mandal P, Sharma Saha S, Sarkar S, Pathak.OP, Biswas L, Roy J, Banerjee R, Roy Chowdhury R, Pal M, Mukherjee A, Sengupta S. Prevalence and age-wise distribution of Human Papillomavirus type 16/18 infections among hospital screened women of a peri-urban area in West Bengal: impact of socio-demographic factors. Cancer Epidemiol. 2018 Jun;54:31-37. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2018.03.005. Epub 2018 Mar 20 [IF:2.98]

4. Sen S, Mandal P, Bhattacharya A, Kundu S, Roy Chowdhury R, Mondal NR, Chatterjee T, Chakravarty B, Sengupta S. 2017. Impact of viral and host DNA methylations on HPV16 related cervical cancer pathogenesis. Tumor Biology 39 (5), 1010428317699799 [IF:3.65]

5. Mandal P, Bhattacharjee B, Sen S, Bhattacharya A, Roy Chowdhury R, Mondal NR, Sengupta S. 2016. Complete genome sequences of eight human papillomavirus type 16 Asian American and European variant isolates from cervical biopsies and lesions in Indian women. Genome Announc 4(3):e00243-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00243-16.

6. Sharma S, Mandal P, Sadhukhan T, Roy Chowdhury R, Mondal NR, Chakravarty B, Chatterjee T, Roy S, Sengupta S (2015) Bridging Links between Long Noncoding RNA HOTAIR and HPV Oncoprotein E7 in Cervical Cancer Pathogenesis. Sci. Rep.5, 11724 [IF:4.38]

7. Sen S, Bhattacharjee S, Mukhopadhyay I, Mandal P, Sharma S, Roy Chowdhury R, Sengupta S (2015) Abstract 1056: Impact of host methylome on cervical cancer pathogenesis. Cancer Res August 1, 2015 75; 1056 [IF:12.7]

8. Mandal P, Bhattacharjee B, Das Ghosh D, Mondal NR, Roy Chowdhury R, Roy S, Sengupta S (2013) Differential Expression of HPV16 L2 Gene in Cervical Cancers HarboringEpisomal HPV16 Genomes: Influence of Synonymous and Non-Coding Region Variations. PLoS ONE 8(6): e65647 [IF:3.24]