Research Interest

1. Plant-microbe interaction 2. Molecular Evolution 3. Holistic approaches and well-being

Position held

Joined as a lecturer (11 February 2002 - 2010) 

Associate Professor (10 June 2010 - 2017)

Professor from 3rd April 2017 Onwards 

Head of the department (2014 - 2017)

Education qualification

    • Schooling was in village (Khardasahi, Brundaban Chandra Vidyamandir, Redhua, Jagatsinghpur)
    • 10+2 in J.K.B.K., College, Cuttack and BSc in Christ College, Cuttack. I studied Zoology, Botany and Chemistry in BSc (1992). During BSc I tried to learn biochemistry properly, which helped me to qualify JNU, New Delhi conducted MSc Biotech entrance.
    • MSc Biotech at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and passed out from there in 1994.
    • Ph.D. at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad in 1995 and got the degree in 2002. I worked with Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti. The topic of my PhD research was to study virulence functions of the phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. My seven year at CCMB and interaction with eminent scientists of the country gave me a new way to look at science.
    • Joined as a faculty in Tezpur University in 2002.
    • On a DBT overseas Associateship I got an opportunity to go and work in the laboratory of Dr. C. Boucher, CNRS- INRA, Castanet- Tolosan, France for one year (Sept 2010 to Aug 2011). There I worked with Dr. Stephane Genin. This is a leading laboratory in studying type III protein secretion system and effectors of R. solanacearum. The training in France at a different age and stage of life is being immensely helpful in developing a different attitude in doing science.

Ongoing projects

Sl. Title Sponsored Start date End date Fund
1 Exploiting chemical ecology for IPM: Deciphering the phytosemiochemicals involved in insect-plant interactions of major crop pests on North east region-India DBT- Govt. of India 2021-03-31 54.92 lakhs

Completed projects

SL Title Sponsored Start date End date Fund
1 Protein Folding Kinetics is a Selection Force on Shaping Codon Usage Bias in the High Expression Genes. DBT, Twinning Under U-EXCEL-NER 2014-08-11 2016-08-10 24.72 lakhs to TU(out of 42.32)lakhs
2 Sequencing genomes of some bacteria that invade/resides in tomato plant DBT, Govt. of India Under U-EXCEL-NER 2013-10-01 2017-10-01 127.63 lakhs
3 Studying the role of rpoN, the alternative sigma factor, in the pathogenicity of R. solanacearum, the causal agent of bacterial wilt in plants IFCPAR/CEFIPRA, New Delhi, India 2013-12-01 2016-12-01 Rs. 44.17 lakhs(Indian) and 45000.00 €(French)
4 Characterization of a potential auto transporter adhesion function in Ralstonia solanacearum, the causal agent of bacterial wilt in plants DBT, Govt. of India (Twining) 2012-11-29 2016-05-29 35.66 lakhs (out of 61.32)
5 Understanding causes of codon usage bias in organisms DBT, Govt. of India (Twining) 2012-11-01 2014-11-01 15.50 lakhs (out of 26.36)

Publication

  1. Satapathy SS, Powdel BR, Dutta M, Buragohain AK, Ray SK., Selection on GGU and CGU codons in the high expression genes in bacteria. , Journal of Molecular Evolution, 78:13-23, 2014, 78:13-23, Click Here (DOI)
  2. Satapathy SS, Powdel BR, Buragohain AK, Ray SK. , Discrepancy among the synonymous codons with respect to their selection as optimal codon in bacteria. , DNA Research, 23:441–449, 2016, 23:441–449, Click Here (DOI)
  3. Singh N, Phukan T, Sharma P L, Kabyashree K, Barman A, Kumar R, Sonti RV, Genin S, Ray SK, An innovative root inoculation method to study Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenicity in tomato seedlings. , Phytopathology, 108:436-442., 2018, 108:436-442., Click Here (DOI)
  4. Sen P, Aziz R, Deka RC, Feil EJ, Ray SK, Satapathy SS, Stem region of tRNA genes favors transition substitution towards keto bases in bacteria., J Mol Evol , 90:114–123, 2022, , Click Here (DOI)
  5. Phukan T, Kabyashree K, Singh R, Sharma PL, Singh NS, Barman A, Jena BR and Ray SK., Ralstonia solanacearum virulence in eggplant seedlings by the leaf clip inoculation, Phytopathology Research, 1:23, 2019, 1:23, Click Here (DOI)
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Books

Awards

SL Awards Year

Research Scholars

Pratyush Kumar Beura
Pratyush Kumar Beura Contact: 9938635737 Email: kumar.pratyush09@gmail.com

Year of joining: Autumn 2020

Area of research: Molecular Evolution

Shubhra Jyoti Giri
Shubhra Jyoti Giri Contact: 6370226068 Email: mbp20105@tezu.ac.in

Year of joining: Autumn 2020

Area of research: Plant-endophyte and pathogen interaction

Lukapriya Dutta
Lukapriya Dutta Contact: 9957452100 Email: lukapriyadutta@gmail.com

Year of joining: Autumn 2020

Area of research: Understanding the role of p450 gene in Ralstonia solanacearum.

Anurag Jayswal
Anurag Jayswal Contact: 7037418146 Email: anurag13198@gmail.com

Year of joining: Spring 2021

Area of research: Meditation in relation to human physiology

Shuhada Begum
Shuhada Begum Contact: 88120 12852 Email: mbp21104@tezu.ac.in

Year of joining: Autumn 2021

Area of research: Ralstonia solanacearum mutants exhibiting differential virulence through root and shoot inoculation.

Monika Jain
Monika Jain Contact: 9706756465 Email: mbp22105@tezu.ac.in

Year of joining: Autumn 2022

Area of research: Pathogenicity study of R. Solanacearum with respect to the multi-drug efflux pump.

 Nishita Deka
Nishita Deka Contact: 7638822354 Email: mbp22102@tezu.ac.in

Year of joining: Autumn 2022

Area of research: Molecular Evolution, Computational Chemistry


Project Students


M.Sc. students


Integrated M.Sc. students


Alumni

Dr. B. R. Powdel (Ph. D, 2010)

Dr. B. R. Powdel (Ph. D, 2010)

Contact: xxxx Email: xxxx@xxx.xx

Thesis title: A statistical study on the nucleotide composition of bacterial chromosomes 

Dr. Rahul Kumar (PhD , 2015)

Dr. Rahul Kumar (PhD , 2015)

Contact: +1-9406293167 Email: rahuls697@gmail.com

Thesis title: Studying virulence function of Ralstonia solanacearum, the causal agent of bacterial wilt in plants. 

Current status: Postdoc fellow at the University of North Texas.

Dr. Anjan Barman (PhD, 2016)

Dr. Anjan Barman (PhD, 2016)

Contact: +91-9101341393 Email: anjbth@gmail.com

Thesis title: Characterization of Autotransporter and ComA Homologs for Virulence in Ralstonia solanacearum F1C1 Strain by a Leaf Clip Inoculation Method in Tomato Seedlings.

Current status: Assistant Professor

Dr. Tarinee Phukan (PhD, 2018)

Dr. Tarinee Phukan (PhD, 2018)

Contact: 6000496929 Email: tarineebiotech90@gmail.com

Thesis title: A Study On Ralstonia Solanacearum Virulence In Eggplant And Tomato Seedlings And The Role Of Polyphosphate Metabolism Homologues In Virulence.

 

Dr. Niraj Singh (PhD, 2019)

Dr. Niraj Singh (PhD, 2019)

Contact: 9678462554 Email: neerajsingh710@gmail.com

Thesis title: Development of an efficient root inoculation method of Ralstonia solanacearum (F1C1)  in Tomato and Eggplant seedlings and its application to study plant-microbe interaction.

Current status: Assistant Professor, RGU

Dr. Kristi Kabyashree (PhD, 2021)

Dr. Kristi Kabyashree (PhD, 2021)

Contact: 6003149853 Email: kkabyashree29@gmail.com

Thesis title: A study on Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenicity by root and leaf inoculations in tomato seedlings.

Current status: Research Associate at NIPGR, New Delhi.

Dr. Ruksana Aziz (PhD, 2022)

Dr. Ruksana Aziz (PhD, 2022)

Contact: +91 8399966064 Email: ruksana1989aziz@gmail.com

Thesis title: A comparative genomic study on synonymous and nonsynonymous codon stability in _Escherichia coli_ and _Salmonella enterica.

Current status: Technical Assistant, College of Veterinary Science, AAU, Guwahati.

Dr. Pankaj Losan Sharma (PhD, 2023)

Dr. Pankaj Losan Sharma (PhD, 2023)

Contact: 8822384403 Email: plsharma@rgu.ac

Thesis title : A study on bacteria isolated from tomato seedlings and their effect against Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenicity.

Current status: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology,The Assam Royal Global University,Ghy, Assam.

Dr. S. S. Satapathy (2013)

Dr. S. S. Satapathy (2013)

Contact: 9435979648 Email: ssankar@tezu.ac.in

Thesis title: Computational analysis of genome sequences to find out factors

influencing codon usage bias in bacteria

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