Swagata Ghosh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Kalyani Kalyani 741235, India Email: ghosh_4@ klyuniv.ac.in ghosh_4@ yahoo.co.in Office Tel: +91-033- 2582-8750 (EPBX) Ext: 344 Education • Ph.D. Laboratory of Prof. Asis Datta, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. • Post M.Sc. Research Experience: Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Prof. Ramdas Chatterjee (Viral Associated Human Cancer) • M.Sc. (Botany, Spl Paper: Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics): 1st Class (2nd rank), University of Calcutta. • B.Sc. (Botany Honours): 1st Class, Presidency College, University of Calcutta. Post Doctoral Research • As Research Associate and Pool Scientist (CSIR) in the lab of Prof.Asis Datta (National Institute of Plant Genome Research). Career History Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Kalyani since November, 2015. Teaching Microscopy, Plant Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Proteomics and Microbial Biotechnology at Post- Graduate level. Research Interests My research plans are aimed at understanding the specialized gene regulatory mechanisms and stress tolerance strategies those are adapted by pathogenic microorganisms during utilization of specialized sugars and environmental insults at the time of establishment in the host niche. To understand these molecular circuitries I would employ both eukaryotic and prokaryotic pathogens namely Candida albicans and Vibrio cholerae. .My research interest also covers the understanding of fundamental cellular processes like Endosomal traffiking and vesicular dynamics at TransGolgiNetwork (TGN) in the model fungal pathogen , Candida albicans. Funding DST-SERB (Early Career Research Award) –Rs.54,99,560/ (ongoing) “Genome-wide protein DNA binding dynamics and protein interaction studies to understand sugar specific responses of a transcription in the model prokaryotic pathogen Vibrio cholerae” Lab members 1. Kasturi Roy (INSPIRE fellow) 2. Soumita Paul (Project J.R.F.) Publications 1. Swagata Ghosh†, Kongara Hanumantha Rao†, Manjistha Sengupta, Sujit K. Bhattacharya and Asis Datta. 2011. Two gene clusters co-ordinate for a functional Nacetylglucosamine catabolic pathway in Vibrio cholerae. Molecular Microbiology. 80: 6, 1549–1560. Impact Factor: 5.026. (This work was featured in Global Medical Discovery) 2. Kongara Hanumantha Rao†, Swagata Ghosh†, K.Natarajan and Asis Datta. 2013 Nacetylglucosamine kinase, HXK1 is involved in morphogenetic transition and metabolic gene expression in Candida albicans. PLoS One. 8(1). Impact Factor: 3.24. 3. Swagata Ghosh†, Kongara Hanumantha Rao†, Neel Sarovar Bhavesh, Gobardhan Das, Ved Prakash Dwivedi, and Asis Datta. 2014 N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) inducible gene, GIG2, is a novel component of GlcNAc metabolism in Candida albicans. Eukaryot Cell. 13(1): 66-76.Impact Factor: 3.586 4. Kongara Hanumantha Rao, Deepa Ruhela, Swagata Ghosh, M. Z. Abdin, Asis Datta. 2014 N-acetylglucosamine kinase, HXK1 contributes to White-Opaque morphological transition in Candida albicans. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 28;445(1):138-144. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.01.123.Impact Factor: 2.29 5. Kongara Hanumantha Rao ., Swagata Ghosh† and Asis Datta. 2016. Env7p associates with the Golgin protein Imh1 at Trans-Golgi network in Candida albicans. mSphere. 3;1(4). Impact Factor: Computing 6. Cloning, expression, purification and crystallization of a novel GlcNAc metabolic protein, Gig2 (DUF1479) from pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. Priya Rani,Gunjan Gautam, Kongara Hanumantha Rao, Swagata Ghosh, Samudrala Gourinath, Suman Kumar Dhar, Asis Datta . Journal of Proteins and Proteomics (vol8, issue2, 2017) † Authors contributed equally Patent Patent 1: Recombinant microorganisms and uses thereof. US Patent US 13/451,481. Granted. Publication number: US8734814 B2. Asis Datta, Swagata Ghosh, K. Hanumantha Rao Patent 2: Mutant microorganisms and uses thereof. Indian Patent 622/DEL/2012. Asis Datta, Swagata Ghosh, K. Hanumantha Rao.