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Dr. Alak Kumar Buragohain |
Academic Profile:
·
1994 D.I.C Plant Virology (Microbiology), Imperial College of
Science, Technology & Medicine, London
· 1993 Ph.D. Plant Molecular Virology,
University of London
· 1977 M.Sc, Botany (Specialization
in Cytogenetics & Plant Breeding), Gauhati University, Assam, India
· 1975 B.Sc (Botany Honors), North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya,, India
Career Profile:
1978-1994 Lecturer, Department of Botany, Handique College Guwahati, Assam, India.
1987-1988 Senior Scientific Officer, Biology Division, Forensic Science Laboratory Government of Assam, Guwahati, Assam, India.
1994-1995 Part time Faculty, Department of Biotechnology, Guwahati University, Assam, India
1995-1997 Reader, Department of Botany, Guwahati University, Assam, India
1997-2002 Reader and Founder Head, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur Central University, Tezpur, Assam, India.
2002-2003 Head, Department of Botany and Biotechnology, Tocklai Experimental Station, Tea Research Association, Jorhat, Assam, India
2003-2004 Associate Professor, Division of Life Science, Institute of Advance Studies in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, Assam, India
1997-2004 Reader, Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur -784 028, Assam
2004 -Till date Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur -784 028, Assam
2008 Till date Registrar, Tezpur University (On internal deputation)
Members of Universities/Boards:
1. Member, Post Graduate Studies, Department of Botany, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong.
2. Member, Post Graduate Studies, department of Botany, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh.
3. Member, Board of Studies, Manipur University, Manipur.
1. Drug discovery from medicinal plants and other natural products
2. Drug discovery from medicinal plants against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
3. Diatom nanotechnology
4. Evolutionary Genomics
5. Petroleum Biotechnology
2014
1.
B Gogoi,
P Chatterjee ,S Mukherjee ,A K Buragohaina, S
Bhattacharya, S Dasguptaa,
A polyphenol rescues lipid induced insulin resistance in skeletal muscle cells
and adipocytes Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (accepted, doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.08.079).
2.
S Barua,
P Chattopadhyay, L Aidew,
AK Buragohain, N Karak,
Infection resistant implantable hyperbranched epoxy/
clay-silver nanocomposite. (Accepted in Polymer
International).
3.
G Das, R D Kalita,
P Gogoi, AK Buragohain, N Karak, Antibacterial activities of copper
nanoparticle-decorated organically modified montmorillonite/epoxy
nanocomposites. Applied Clay Science 90 (2014) 18–26.
4.
K. Bhattacharya, B. Gogoi, A.K.Buragohain, P Deb,
(2014) Fe2O3/C nanocomposites having distinctive
antioxidant activity and hemolysis prevention activity, Material Science and
Engineering C, 42, 595-600.
5.
Mukul Kalita,
Prasanta Gogoi, Pranjit Barman, Bipul Sarma, Alak K. Buragohain, Ranjan D. Kalita, (2014) A new series of Ni(II), Cu(II), Co(II) and Pd(II)complexes with an ONS donor Schiff base: Synthesis,
crystal structure, catalytic
properties and bioactivities, Polyhedron 74, 93- 98.
6.
J. Upadhyaya, A.
Kumar, B. Gogoi, A.K. Buragohain
(2014) Biocompatibility and antioxidant activity of polypyrrole
nanotubes, Synthetic Metals, 189, 119–125.
7.
Satapathy, S.S., Powdel,
B.R., Dutta, M., Buragohain,
A.K. and Ray, S.K. (2014) Constraint on dinucleotides
by codon usage bias in bacterial genomes. Gene, 536, 18-28.
8.
Satapathy, S.S., Powdel,
B.R., Dutta, M., Buragohain,
A.K. and Ray, S.K. (2014) Selection on GGU and CGU codons in the high
expression genes in bacteria. J MolEvol.
78, 13-23.
9.
S Barua, N Dutta, S Karmakar, P Chattopadhyay, L Aidew, AK Buragohain, N KarakBiocompatible
high performance hyperbranched epoxy/clay nanocomposite as an implantable material, Biomed. Mater.9
(2014) 025006 (14pp).
10. S Barua, S Thakur, L
Aidew, AK Buragohain, P Chattopadhyay, N Karak, One step
preparation of a biocompatible,antimicrobial reduced graphene oxide–silver nanohybrid
as a topical antimicrobial agent, RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 9777–9783.
2013
11. Lisha Gurung, Bhaben
Tanti, Alak K. Buragohain
and Sailendra P Boorah,
(2013), Freshwater diatom diversity in Deepor Beel- a Ramsar site, J. Res.
Plant. Sci,
2 (2), 182- 191.
12. S Barua, G Das,
L Aidew, AK Buragohain, N Karak- Copper/copper oxide coated nanofibrillar
cellulose-a promising biomaterial, RSC Adv. 3, 14997-15004, 2013.
13. Buragohain,
A.K., Tanti, B., Sarma, H.K., Barman, P. and Das, K.
(2013) Characterization of yeast starter cultures used in household alcoholic
beverage preparation by a few ethnic communities of Northeast India. Annals of
Microbiology.(Springer). 63(3): 863-869. doi: 10.1007/s13213-012-0537-1.
14. Bhaben Tanti, Alak K Buragohain, Biodegradation
of Petroleum Tar by Pseudomonas spp. from Oil Field of Assam, India,
Bioremediation Journal, 17 (2), 107-112, 2013.
15. G. Das, R. D. Kalita, A. K. Buragohain, N. Karak, Biodegradation, cytocompatibility
and performance studies of vegetable oil based hyperbranched
polyurethane modified biocompatible sulfonated epoxy
resin/clay nanocomposites, Progress in Organic
Coatings, 76, 1103-1111, 2013.
16. J. Upadhyay, B. Gogoi, A. Kumar, A.
K. Buragohain, Diameter dependent antioxident
property of polypyrrole nanotubes for biomedical
applications, Materials Letters, 102/103, 33-35, 2013.
17. Shubhendu Shekhar, Lalit Agrawal, Alak Kumar Buragohain, Asis Datta, Subhra
Chakraborty, Niranjan Chakraborty, (2013) Genotype Independent Regeneration and
Agrobacterium‐mediated
Genetic Transformation of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas
L.), Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 23(1): 87‐100.
18. Ranjan D Kalita, Yutika Nath,
Martins E Ochubiojo, Alak K
Buragohain, extraction and Characterization of
Microcrystalline Cellulose from fodder grass; Setariaglauca
(L) P. Beauv, and its potential as a drug delivery
vehicle for isoniazid, a first line antituberculosis
drug, Collids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces,
2013, Vol 108, 85-89.
19. Sanchita Roy, NilakshiBarua, Alak K Buragohain, Gazi A. Ahmed, Study of ZnO
nanoparticle: Antibacterial property and light depolarization property using
light scattering tool, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2013,Vol
118,8-13.
20. Susmita Singh, Jyoti P. Saikia, Alak K. Buragohain, A novel reusable PAni-PVA-Amylase
film: Activity and Analysis, Collids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2013, Vol 106,
46-50.
21. Susmita Singh, Jyoti P. Saikia, Alak.K. Buragohain, A novel green synthesis of colloidal silver
nanoparticles (SNP) using Dilleniaindicafruit
extract, Collids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces,
2013, Vol 102, 83-85.
23.S Pramanik, R Konwarh, R C Deka, L Aidew, N Barua, A K Buragohain, D Mohanta, N Karak,
Microwave-assisted poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-3
functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes 4 with a tendrillarnanofibrouspolyaniline
wrapping and their interaction at bio-interface, Carbon, 2013, Vol 55, 34-43
24.
Alak K Buragohain, Bhaben Tanti, HridipSarma, Pranjan Barman and Kishore Das, Characterization of yeast
starter cultures used in household alcoholic beverage preparation by a few
ethnic communities of North East India, Annals of Microbiology, 63, 863-869,
2013.
2012
25.
Lisha Gurung, Bhaben Tanti, Alak K Buragohain and Sailendra P.
Borah, (2012) Studies on the freshwater diatom diversity in Deepar
Beel, Assam, India, JASS, 53(2), 1-6.
26.
Satapathy SS, Dutta M, Buragohain AK, Ray SK, Transfer RNA Gene Numbers May Not Be
Completely Responsible For The Codon Usage Bias In Asparagine, Isoleucine,
Phenylalanine, And Tyrosine In The High Expression Genes In Bacteria, Journal
of Molecular Evolution, 2012, Vol 75 (Issue 1-2),
34-42.
27.
Emeje M., Kalita R., Isimi C., Buragohain A., Kunle O., Ofoefule S., Synthesis,
physicochemical characterization, and functional properties of an esterified
starch from an underutilized source in Nigeria, African Journal of Food,
Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND Online), 2012, Volume 12(7).
28.
Nilakshi Barua, Pubalee Sarmah, Iftikar Hussain, Ramesh ChDeka and Alak Kumar Buragohain, DFT-based QSAR Models to Predict the
Antimycobacterial Activity of Chalcones, Journal of
Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 2012, Vol 79 (4):
553-559.
29.
Bhaben Tanti, Suvendra Kr
Ray and Alak Kumar Buragohain,
Differentiation of petroleum hydrocarbon degrading Pseudomonas spp. based on
PCR-RFLP of the 16S-23S rDNAintergenic spacer region,
Folia Microbiologica, 2012, Vol
57 (1): 47-52
30. Goswami B, Choudhury A, Buragohain A K, Luminescence properties of a nanoporous freshwater diatom, Luminescence, 2012, Vol 27(1): 16-
2011
31.
S Roy, N Barua, A. K. Buragohain,
G. A. Ahmed, Light scattering study of ZnO
nanoparticles for the application of its antibacterial property, AAPP, AttidellaAccademiaPeloritamadei Pericolanti,2011, Vol 89, Suppl No 1, C1V89S1P001
32.
Sanchita Roy, RupjyotiMahatta,
NilakshiBarua, Alak K. Buragohain, Gazi A. Ahmed,
Monitoring of pathogen carrying air-borne tea dust particles by light
scattering , Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative
Transfer, 2011, Vol 112 (11): 1784-1791
2010
33. HarekrishnaDeka,
NiranjanKarak, RanjanDuttaKalita
and Alak Kumar Buragohain, Biobasedthermostable biodegradable and biocompatible hyperbranched silver nanocomposites
with antimicrobial activity, Journal of Polymer Degradation and Stability,2010,Vol 95(9):1509-1517.
34. Bhaben Tanti, Alak Kumar Buragohain, LishaGurung, DebashreeKakati, Ajoy Kumar Das ansSailendra
Prasad Borah, Assessment of antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Dendrocnidesinuata
(Blume) Chew leaves - A medicinal plant used by
ethnic communities of North-east India, Indian Journal of Natural Product and
Resources, 2010,Vol 1 (1):17-21
35. Bhaben Tanti, LishaGurung, hridip K Sarma and Alak Kumar Buragohain, Ethnobotany of
starter cultures used in alcohol fermentation by a few ethnic tribes of North-east India, Indian Journal of
Traditional Knowledge, 2010, Vol 9 (3):463-466
36. Bhaben Tanti. andA.K. Buragohain,
Differentiation of petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading Pseudomonas based on lectin binding of cell extracts in an agglutination assay,
Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 2010, Vol 9 (1):
74-79
37. HarekrishnaDeka,
NiranjanKarak, RanjanDuttaKalita
and Alak Kumar Buragohain,
Biocompatible hyperbranched polyurethane/multi-walled
carbon nanotube composites as shape memory materials, Carbon, 2010, 4 8(7):
2013:2022
38. Nirmal Mazumder, Ankur Gogoi, Ranjan Dutta
Kalita, Gazi A Ahmed, Alak K Buragohain and Amarjyoti Choudhury, Luminescence
studies of fresh water diatom frustules, Indian Journal of Physics, 2010, Vol 84 (6):665-669
39. Vijay Kumar Mishra, RachnaGoswami, A. K Buragohain ,
S. K Ray, Analysis of Compositional, Transmembrane
and Signal Peptide Sequence of SITs of Diatom, International Journal of
Microbes and Environmental Management, 2010, Vol 1
(1): 17-24
2009
40. B.R. Powdel,
Siddhartha SankarSatapathy, Aditya
Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Jha, Alak Kumar Buragohain, Munindra Borah, and Suvendra
Kumar Ray, A Study in Entire Chromosomes of Violations of the Intra-strand
Parity of Complementary Nucleotides (Chargaff's Second Parity Rule), DNA
Research, 2009; 16(6): 325 343
41. AnkurGogoi, Alak K Buragohain, AmarjyotiChoudhury and Gazi A
Ahmed, Laboratory measurements of light
scattering by tropical fresh water diatoms, Journal of Quantitative
Spectroscopy &Radiative Transfer, 2009, Vol 110 (15-16): 1566-1578
42. Bhaben Tanti, Alak K. Buragohain, SnehashishDutta, LishaGurung, MadhuShastry, Sailendra Prasad
Borah, Studies on the cytotoxic effects of oil refinery sludge on root
meristems, Advances in Environmental Biology, 2009, 3(1): 10-14
43. Dubey, B, Buragohain A. K. and Ray S. K., 2009, Positive correlation
of bacterial genome G + C % with the number of different anticodons used by the
genome to decode all the codons. IcfaiUniv J Biotech
2009; III: 39-47
2008
44. Bhaben Tanti
and Alak Kumar Buragohain,
Assessment of Diversity and Hydrocarbon utilizing ability of Pseudomonas spp.
from Petroleum rich Soil of Assam, India, Journal of Applied Biosciences and
Biotechnology, 2008, Vol 4 (1).
45. Bhaben Tanti
and Alak Kumar Buragohain,
Potential of five Pseudomonas spp. in biodegradation of petroleum tar, Journal
of Biotechnology, 2008, Vol 136S, 696-697, as abstracts (
VII5-Y-067)
46. Ranjan,
A, Sinha, A.
Y., Dubey, B.,
Saikia, A., Buragohain, A.
K. and Ray S. K., Analysis of in-frame dinucleotides,
encoded amino acids and synonymous codon choice in bacterial genomes reveals a common pattern.
Current Science 2008, 94(2):225-232
47. Suvendra Kumar
Ray, Alak Kumar Buragohain
and ShuvamSen, A simple approach to estimate the
minimum bending angle between the two adjacent codons on a mRNA to overcome the steric hindrance between
the anticodon stemloops of two tRNA
molecules binding to the codons, ICFAI University Journal of Biotechnology,
2008,Vol 2: 60-64.
1987- 2007
48. SaurovMahanta
and Alak Kumar Buragohain, In
silicoscreening of potent inhibitors of Plasmepsin II- a putative drug target in Plasmodium
falciparum- Journal of Applied
Biosciences and Biotechnology, Vol 3 (1), 53-62,
2007.
49. Das, D., Satapathy,
S. S., Buragohain, A. K. and Ray, S. K., Occurrence
of all nucleotide combinations at the third and the first positions of two
adjacent codons in open reading frames of bacteria. Current Science, 2006,
90(1): 22 � 24
50. Nath, S. and Buragohain,
A. K., Establishment of callus and suspension cultures of Centellaasiatica.
BiologiaPlantarum, 2005, 49(3): 411-413
51. Nath, S. and Buragohain,
A. K., Micropropagation of AdhatodavasicaNees-A
woody medicinal plant by shoot tip culture. Indian Journal of Biotechnology,
2005, Vol 4: 396-399.
52. Verma, S. K.,
Das, D., Satapathy, S. S., Buragohain,
A. K., and Ray, S. K., Compositional Symmetry of DNA Duplex in Bacterial
Genomes. Current Science, 2005, Vol 89(2):374-384
53. Nath, S. and Buragohain,
A. K, , In vitro Method for Propagation of Centellaasiatica(L)
Urban by Shoot Tip Culture- Journal of Plant Biochemistry and
Biotechnology 2003, 12: 167-169
54. A.K. Buragohain,
Y.K.Sung, R.S. Cofin, RHA
Coutts, The infectivity of dimeric PYMV clones in
different hosts-, Journal of General Virology, 1994, 75, 2857-286
55. R.S.Coffin,
RHA Coutts, A.K.Buragohain and J.E. Bradley, ECL
Random Prime System, a Southern Blot Application. ECL Highlights (Technical
Bulletin of Amersham International Plc.) 2, 1991
56. M.C. Kalita,
A.K. Buragohain and N. Bora, Effects of Malathion on Green Gram Vignaradiata
L., Journal of Assam Science Society 29 (4) 34-37, 1987
Conference/ Proceedings/ Workshops:
1. L. Aidew, N. Barua, A K Buragohain, Identification of potent antimycobacterial agents from indigenous plants of Assam, National Seminar cum workshop on Recent Advances in Microbial Biotechnology and Molecular Evolution, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, March 1-4, 2013
2. N. Barua, L. Aidew, A K Buragohain, In silico investigation of new inhibitor(s) of Enoyl-ACP Reductase InhA: A Therapeutic Target of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, National Seminar cum workshop on Recent Advances in Microbial Biotechnology and Molecular Evolution, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, March 1-4, 2013
3. Bhaskarjyoti Gogoi, Lipika Aidew, Nilakshi Barua, Alak K Buragohain, In silico investigation of new inhibitor(s) of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP 1B) and Toll Like Receptor 4 (TLR4): the therapeutic targets of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, International Symposium in Molecular Signaling, Visva- Bharati University, Shantiniketan, Kolkata, February18- 21 , 2013
4. Gautam Das, Ranjan Dutta Kalita, Alak K Buragohain and Niranjan Karak, Antimicrobial properties of copper nanoparticles decorated nanoclay and epoxy nanocomposites, National conference on Chemistry, Chemical Technology and Society, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, November 11-12, 2011
5. L. Aidew and A.K.Buragohain, Synergistic activity of plant extracts against Mycobacterium smegmatis, The 4th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS), Geneva, Switzerland, June 26-30, 2011.
6. N. Barua and A.K.Buragohain, Flavin dependent thymidylate synthase (Thy X) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a potential target for isoniazid and paclitaxel, The 4th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS), Geneva, Switzerland, June 26-30, 2011
7. Bondita Goswami, Amarjyoti Choudhury and Alak K Buragohain, Study of modification of luminescent and structural properties of fresh water diatom frustules after annealing at different temperatures. National Conference on Smart Nanostructures (NCSN-2011), Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India, January 18-20, 2011
8. P.P. Duwarah, R. Dutta Kalita, A.Choudhury and A.K. Buragohain, Starch Nanoparticles for drug delivery: A preliminary investigation. National Conference on Smart Nanostructures (NCSN-2011), Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India, January 18-20, 2011
9. Ranjan Dutta Kalita, Nilakshi Barua, Lipika Aidew and Alak Kumar Buragohain, Evaluation of the antimycobacterial potential of Xanthium strumarium, National seminar on Medicinal Plant and Microbe Diversity and their Pharmaceuticals, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India, December 19-21, 2010
10. S. Roy, R. Mahatta, N. Barua, A.K. Buragohain and G.A. Ahmed, Monitoring of pathogen carrying air-borne Camellia sinensis dust particles by light scattering, XII International Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering, University of Helsinki, Finland, June 28- July 2, 2010
11. P.P. Nath, A.Gogoi, R.D. Kalita, N.Mazumder, G.A. Ahmed, A.K. Buragohain and A. Choudhury, Structural and optical properties of nanoporous diatom frustules, National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics (with a focus on Bose Einstein Condensation and nano-particles), Department of Physics, NEHU, Shillong, March 22-23, 2010
12. Ranjan Dutta Kalita , Nilakshi Barua , Lipika Aidew and Alak Kumar Buragohain, "Antimycobacterial activity of the methanol extract of latex from Jatropha curcus", Indian National Science Academy Platinum Jubilee International Symposium on Research in Molecular Medicine Based on Natural Resources and Traditional Knowledge, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, November 21-23, 2009
13. Nilakshi Barua , Ranjan Dutta Kalita , Md Imran Ullaha Farooqui, Lipika Aidew and Alak Kumar Buragohain, "A Study on the Antimicrobial Activity of Some Locally Available Medicinal Plants Against Staphylococcus aureus", Indian National Science Academy Platinum Jubilee International Symposium on Research in Molecular Medicine Based on Natural Resources and Traditional Knowledge, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, November 21-23, 2009
14. Nirmal Mazumder, Ankur Gogoi, Ranjan Dutta Kalita, Gazi A Ahmed, Alak K Buragohain and Amarjyoti Choudhury, "Luminescence studies of fresh water diatom frustules", National Conference of the Physics Academy of North East, Tripura University, Tripura, India, April 2-4, 2009
15. G A Ahmed, N. Mazumdar, P.P. Nath, A. Gogoi, R.D. Kalita, A. K. Buragohain and A. J. Choudhury, FTIR and luminescence study of diatom frustules, National Seminar on Photonics and Quantum Structure, Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Tezpur, India, November4-6, 2009
16. B. Goswami, S. Paul A. J. Choudhury, R. Kalita, A. K. Buragohain, Study of optical properties of fresh water diatom frustules modified by Zinc Sulphate, First International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, December 9-11, 2009
17. Bhaben Tanti and Alak Kumar Buragohain Potential of five Pseudomonas spp. in biodegradation of petroleum tar 13th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exibition, Dalian, China, October 12-17, 2008
18.Ankur Gogoi, Alak K. Buragohain, Amarjyoti Choudhury, Gazi A. Ahmed,Light Scattering study of tropical fresh water diatoms, 11th International Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK, September 7-12, 2008
19. B. R. Powdel, Aditya Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Jha, Siddhartha Sankar Satapathy, Munindra Borah, Alak Kumar Buragohain, and Suvendra Kumar Ray, Frequency distribution of complimentary nucleotides and Intra-Strand parity in chromosomes: an approach to the Parity Rule II, 16th Annual International Conference Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology organized by International Society for Computational Biology held at Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) Toronto, Canada, July 20-23, 2008
20. A.K.Buragohain, Multidisciplinary teaching and Learning : Concept, Issues and Challenges, National Seminar on Educational Summit on Higher Education, Globalisation and Autonomous Colleges organized by IQAC, Darrang College, Tezpur, Assam- 784001 and Sponsored by NAAC, Bangalore-10, May 9-10, 2008
21. B. Tanti, L. Gurung, S.P. Borah and A.K. Buragohain, Isolation and Characterization of Fresh Water Diatom. National Conference on Current Trends in algal Biodiversity and Biotechnology, Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai-600025, Feb7-8, 2008
22. S.Mahanta and A.K. Buragohain, Structural comparison of HrcN of Pseudomononas syringae and HrpE International Conference of Ralstonia solanacearum through Molecular Modeling, 5th on Bioinformatics at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi, organized by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University and IIT Delhi under the aegis of Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBionet) , Dec 18-20, 2006.
23. S.K. Ray, A.K. Buragohain, S. Sen, mRNA bending between the P and the A site codons allowing the simultaneous binding of two tRNAs to the codons: A Mathematical Appraisal, The 21st International tRNA workshop, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, December 2-7, 2005
24. B. Bera, S. Mahanta, H.Saikia, C.S. Mazumdar, A.K.Buragohain, S.Sanyat, P.Tamuly and M. Hazarika, Use of DNA Marker in understanding Molecular basis of quality in Tea, National Symposium on Biochemical Approaches for Utilization and Exploitation of Commercially Important Plants at Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, organized by The Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists, November 12-14, 2003
25. B. Behra and A.K.Buragohain, Molecular and phenotyping markers for marker assisted selection in tea at the International Symposium on Plant Biodiversity Conservation and Evaluation at the Bose Institute, Kolkata, India in December 2002
26. A.K.Buragohain et al., International Conference on Radiation Biology, DNA damage, repair and Carcinogenesis in North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, April 1998
27. A.K.Buragohain et al., Infectivity of dimeric PYMV clones- XVth International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Satellite Symposium on Plant Biotechnology Applications at Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Osmania University, Hyderabad September, 1994
28. A.K.Buragohain et al.,Investigation on the replication of PYMV in the IXth International Congress of Virology, Glassgow, the U.K., August, 1993
29. A.K.Buragohain et al., Royal Society Discussion meeting on Production and uses of genetically transformed plants, London, May, 1993
Book Chapters:
1. Gazi A Ahmed, Alak K Buragohain, Partha P Nath, Ankur Gogoi, Nirmal Mazumdar, Ranjan D Kalita, Amarjyoti Choudhury. FTIR and luminescence studies of nanoporous diatom frustules, Photonics and Nanostructures, Narosa Publications, New Delhi, 2010, 83-89 (In Press)
2. Buragohain A. K., Plant Resources of Assam- In the Book (Assam and her people, published by KC Das, Commerce College, Guwahati on the occasion of Silver Jubilee celebrations,2009.)
3. Buragohain A. K., Mitigating green house effect and stratospheric ozone depletion; Approaches based on biotechnology and environmental biotechnology. Editors: Dwibedi, P., Dwibedi, S. K. and Kalita, M. C., Scientific publisher, Jodhpur India, 2007.
4. Ray, S. K. and Buragohain, A. K. Evolutionary genomics: a computational approach to find out common genomic patterns in eubacterial genomes, In network, security and soft computing (edts: Bhattacharyya D. K. and Hazarika, S. M.), Narosa Publications, New Delhi, pp 224-229 2007.
5. Buragohain A. K., Axomor Bigyan Prajuktir Itihas in Assam Darpan, published by Bani mandir, Guwahati, 2007.
RCSB Protein Databank deposits:
1. Theoretical model structure of POPA, a protein from R. solanacearum Hrp secretion system. J.Deka, S. Mahanta, A.K.Buragohain. Accession no. 1VO1.
2. Theoretical model structure of HrPE, a putative ATPase from R. solanacearum typeIII secretion system. . J.Deka, S. Mahanta, A.K.Buragohain, P.R.Nath. Accession no. 1VOI.
3. Theoretical model structure of dnaA. A DNA binding protein from R. solanacearum S. Mahanta, C. Bauah, A.K.Buragohain. Accession no. 1VOG.
4. Theoretical model structure of POPB, a protein from R. solanacearum Hrp secretion system, C. Baruah, S. Mahanta, A.K.Buragohain. Accession no. 1V12.
5. Theoretical model structure of lysozyme of A. assama (Assam Muga Silk). S. Mahanta, A.K.Buragohain. Accession no. 1V1L.
Popular Articles:
More than 100 articles in Assamese and English
Invited Lectures:
More than 50 invited lectures
Sl No. |
Project
Title |
Funding Agency |
Total Fund |
Project duration |
1 |
"Investigation of the antidiabetic property of Potentilla
anserine- a traditionally used medicinal plant of the North East using
contemporary Biochemical and Molecular approaches." |
DBT |
62.37 Lakhs |
2011-2013 |
2 |
"Isolation,
purification and characterization of compounds with activity against
Mycobacterium species from some medicinal plants of North- East India." |
AYUSH-NMPB |
16.92 Lakhs |
2011-2014 |
Doctoral Fellow
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Ranjan Dutta Kalita Email: dkranjan@gmail.com
Area of Research - Medicinal plants of North East India and their antimycobacterium properties. |
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Nilakshi Barua Email: nilubarua@gmail.com
Area of Research - Antimycobacterial activity of plant derived compounds
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Lipika Aidew Email: lipikaaidew85@gmail.com
Area of Research - Ethnomedicinal plants of North- East India and their activity against Mycobacterium species
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Shubhendu Shekhar Email: shubhendu.21@gmail.com
Area of Research - Overexpression of a seed albumin and metabolite profiling tuber of sweet potato (Ipomoea batata L.)
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Bhaskarjyoti Gogoi Email: gogoi.bhaskar2608@gmail.com
Area of Research - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Natural Products |
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Yutika Nath Email: yutikanath@gmail.com Area of Research - Mechanism of action of antimycobacterial drug"
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Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Susmita Singh, (January 2012 - January 2014) Email: susmitasingh123@gmail.com Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow, UGC Area of Research - Enzyme immobilization for the development of Biosensors |
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Dr. Martins Emeje Ochubiojo, (April 2010 - July 2010) Email: martinsemeje@yahoo.com CCSTDS Fellow National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development Abuja, Nigeria Area of Research - Biopolymer, Nanomedicine and Biophysical drug delivery |
Present Project Students:
Anandita Basu ( 2011- 2013) |
Pratima Gurung (2011- 2013) |
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Lab Alumni:
Ph.D Completed
1. Dr. Bhaben Tanti ( Thesis Title- "Assessment of Genetic Diversity and Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degrading ability of Soil Borne Pseudomonas")
Present Occupation: Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Assam
2. Dr. Sangeeta Nath ( Thesis Title- "Development of micropropagation and suspension culture methods for some medicinal plant species of North-East India and study of their antimicrobial potentials")
Present Occupation: Research Associate, USA
Project Students:
Ankur Saikia (Alumni, 2003-2005) (Research Scientist at TATA Advinus, Pune, India)
Ajanita Mazumdar (Alumni, 2003-2005)(NET LS, Assistant Professor at Cotton College, PhD student, Gauhati University, India)
Ranjan Dutta Kalita (Alumni, 2004-2006) (PhD student at Tezpur University, Assam, India)
Dr. Aurelia Syngkon (Alumni, 2004-2006) (DBT JRF, PhD from National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, PDF - (USA)
Vijay Kumar Mishra (Alumni, 2005-2007) (NET JRF, GATE, PhD student at IIT, Guwahati, Assam, India)
Dr. Rachna Goswami (Alumni, 2005-2007) (NET JRF, PhD from IIT, Guwahati, Assam, India, Lecturer, Rajib Gandhi University of Knowlegde and Technology, Andhra Pradesh, India)
Kamal Das (Alumni, 2006-2008) (GATE, PhD student at Delhi University, New Delhi, India)
Md. Imran Ullaha Farooqui (Alumni, 2007-2009) (NET-LS, GATE, SRF, AIIMS, India)
Alakesh Das (2008-2010) (NET-LS) (PhD student IIT, Bombay, Mumbai. India)
Anupama Das (2008-2010) (Teacher, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tinsukia, Assam, India)
Mrinmoyee Datta (2009-2011)
Arti Kumari (2009-2011) (Avecon Healthcare Pvt.ltd, Ambala, Haryana, India)
Abid Hussain (2010- 2011) (GATE)
Atlanta Borah (2010- 2011) (NET- LS, GATE, JRF at IIT, Guwahati, Assam, India)
Yutika Nath (2010- 2011) (GATE) (PhD student at Tezpur University, Assam, India)