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Sushil Kumar Pathak

Dr. Sushil Kumar Pathak

Designation: Associate Professor

Qualification: Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2009 , M.Sc. (Botany) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2002

Phone No.: 9821562409

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9075-9006

VIDWAN ID: https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/258956

Google Scholar ID: http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Pdj0q9YAAAAJ

E-mail ID: skp.bt@buodisha.edu.in, skpathak.ku@gmail.com

Biosketch

Dr. Sushil K. Pathak completed his M.Sc. in Botany from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 2002 and obtained his Ph.D. degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in the year 2009. Subsequently, he served as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (2009-2011) and Stockholm University, Sweden (2011-2017)....

He joined Khallikote University as an Associate Professor in the year 2018. Since October 2021, he is serving as an Associate Professor at Berhampur University, Berhampur. He was awarded with Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India in the year 2018. His research work focuses on studying host-pathogen interactions. Two Ph.D. scholars have been awarded with their degree under his supervision. He has published several research papers in journals of international repute.

Host-pathogen interactions

  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Berhampur University (October 2021- till date).
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Bioscience & Bioinformatics, Khallikote University (May 2018 to September 2021)
  • Researcher (Independent Group Leader), Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (January 2013 – December 2017)
  • Post-doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Genetics, Molecular Biology and Toxicology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (August 2011 – December 2012)
  • Post-doctoral Researcher, Centre for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (August 2009 – August 2011)

  • Dash D and Pathak, SK. Cloning, Over-expression and Purification of Helicobacter pylori Protein HP0305 and in silico Studies. Research Journal of Berhampur University, 2023 Vol V, pp 70- 74. ISSN-2250-168.
  • Lahiri D, Nag M, Banerjee R, Mukherjee D, Garai S, Sarkar T, Dey A, Sheikh HI, Pathak SK, Edinur HA, Pati S and Ray RR. Amylases: Biofilm Inducer or Biofilm Inhibitor? Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021 Apr 27;11:660048. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.660048. (IF 5.7)
  • Ghosh S, Lahiri D, Nag M, Dey A, Sarkar T, Pathak SK, Atan Edinur H, Pati S and Ray RR. Bacterial Biopolymer: Its Role in Pathogenesis to Effective Biomaterials. Polymers (Basel). 2021 Apr 12;13(8):1242. doi: 10.3390/polym13081242. (IF- 5)
  • Gebremariam HG, Qazi KR, Somiah T, Pathak SK, Sjölinder H, Sverremark Ekström E, Jonsson AB. Lactobacillus gasseri Suppresses the Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Helicobacter pylori-Infected Macrophages by Inhibiting the Expression of ADAM17. ISSN- 1664-3224 Front Immunol. 2019 Oct 4;10:2326. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02326. (IF- 7.3)
  • Tavares R and Pathak SK. Induction of TNF, CXCL8 and IL-1β in macrophages by Helicobacter pylori secreted protein HP1173 occurs via MAP-kinases, NF-κB and AP-1 signaling pathways. Microbial Pathogenesis, ISSN: 0882-4010, (2018) Dec; 125:295-305. DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.09.037. (IF- 3.8)
  • Tavares R and Pathak SK. Helicobacter pylori Secreted Protein HP1286 Triggers Apoptosis in Macrophages via TNF-Independent and ERK MAPK-Dependent Pathways. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. ISSN-2235-2988, (2017) Feb 28;7:58. DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00058. (IF- 5.7).
  • Tavares R and Pathak SK. Helicobacter pylori secreted protein HP1286 triggers apoptosis in macrophages via TNF-independent and ERK MAPK-dependent pathways. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2017, Feb 28;7:58. ISSN-2235-2988 IF – 5.21.
  • Tavares R and Pathak SK. Helicobacter pylori Protein JHP0290 Exhibits Proliferative and Anti-Apoptotic Effects in Gastric Epithelial Cells. PLos One, 2015 10(4):e0124407. ISSN-1932-6203 (IF – 3.7).

Ph.D. students: Completed – 02 (Main supervisor – 01, Co-supervisor – 01),
Continuing – 03 (Main supervisor – 01, Co-supervisor – 02)
M.Sc. Project students: 16

Funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, The Swedish Research Council, Sweden, Åke Wibergs Foundation, Sweden and Carl Tryggers Foundation, Sweden.

BIOT-C-103 (Microbiology), BIOT-P-109 (Laboratory II: Microbiology Practical), BIOT-C-202 (Immunology), BIOT-E-207 (Vaccines), BIOT-P-209 (Laboratory IV: Immunology Practical), BIOT-C-302 (Emerging Technologies), BIOT-C-303 (Plant & Animal Biotechnology), BIOT-P-307 (Laboratory V: Plant and Animal Biotechnology & Bioprocess Engineering and Technology), PPBIOT-C-101 (Bioinstrumentation), PPBIOT-E-103 (Infectious Diseases and Autoimmune Disorders) etc.

  • DBT-Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellowship 2018.
  • Travel Grant & Poster award, 10th International Workshop on Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter Infections, Helsingor, Denmark (July 4-7, 2012).
  • Travel grant, Miami Winter Symposium 2007 on Innate Immunity and Novel Vaccines, Miami, Florida, USA (January 27-31, 2007).
  • Travel Grant & Poster award, RIKEN Research Centre for Allergy and Immunology Summer Program 2006, Japan (September 4-15, 2006),
  • Sir Nilratan Sirkar Prize, Bose Institute Kolkata, 2005
  • Qualified for CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship 2002
  • Qualified for ICMR Junior Research Fellowship 2002