PROFESSIONAL/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 31st October-2008- Present : Department of Biotechnology, B. C Guha Centre for Genetic engineering and Biotechnology
• 3rd August 2005- 31st Oct 2008 : Department Biotechnology, West Bengal University of Technology
• Feb 2002-Jun 2004 : Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany Post Doctorate Fellow in the Department of Plant Microbe Interaction
• August 1997 to March 2002 : Calcutta University (CU), Dept. of Biochemistry PhD

GRANTS AND PROJECTS

• Principal investigator of a project funded by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences entitled Molecular investigation of heavy metal tolerance/hyperaccumulation in plants growing on the Uranium tailing ponds in Jaduguda sanction no2005/36/30/BRNS2006-2010
• Principal investigator of a project funded byCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Government of India entitled Investigating the molecular basis of heavy metal tolerance in Brassica juncea (Indian Mustard) using yeast as a functional model sanction no 38(1120)/06/EMR-II2006-2010
• Isolation of interacting partner for Brassica juncea NRAMP metal transporters: on a Yeast Two-Hybrid platform- All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) 2008-2010
• Using mutation and domain swap to investigate function of two metallothionein genes from the Typhaangustifolia in heavy metal tolerance, detoxification and ROS scavengingNo. 56-BT (EStt.)/RD-28/09 West Bengal State DBT 2010-2014
• Investigation of the Role of Three Yellow Stripe Genes in the Cadmium and Lead Accumulation in Brassica juncea 38(1276)/11/EMR-II CSIR 2011-2014
• Functional Characterization and Validation of Protein Interactors of BjNRAMP4.1 obtained in Split-Ubiquitin Yeast Two-Hybrid Screen. SR/S0/PS/0019/2012 2012-2015
• Endophytic microbes-mediated growth promotion mechanisms in an Arsenic accumulator terrestrial plant and a heavy metal accumulator aquatic macrophyteTypha angustifolia. BT/PR15410/BCE/08/861/2011 2012-2016

PUBLICATIONS

1. An Endophytic Bacterial Consortium modulates multiple strategies to improve Arsenic Phytoremediation Efficacy in Solanum nigrum (2018) Mukherjee, G., Saha, C., Naskar, N., Mukherjee A., Lahiri, S., Majumder, A.L., Seal A, Scientific Reports (2018) 8:6979 doi no 10.1038/s41598-018-25306-x I. F. 4.122
2. A unique life-strategy of an endophytic yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa JGTA-S1a comparative genomics viewpoint Diya Sen, Karnelia Paul, Chinmay Saha, Gairik Mukherjee, Mayurakshi Nag, Samrat Ghosh, Abhisek Das, Anindita Seal¥, and Sucheta Tripathy¥ I. F. 5.415
3. Comparative profiling of the rhzospheric soil of Typha augustifolia L from heavy metal contaminated and free sites reveals the selective abundance of -Proteobacteria and - Proteobacteria Upal Das Ghosh, Pankaj K Singh, Sayak Ganguli, Chinmay Saha , Ayan Chandra, Anindita Seal, Mahashweta Mitra Ghosh Indian Journal of Experimental Biology Accepted
4. Split-ubiquitin yeast two-hybrid interaction reveals a novel interaction between a natural resistance-associated macrophage protein and a membrane bound thioredoxin in Brassica juncea. Ananya Marik, Haraprasad Naiya, Madhumanti Das, Gairik Mukherjee, Soumalee Basu, Chinmay Saha, Rajdeep Chowdhury, Kankan Bhattacharyya, Anindita Seal. Plant Mol Biol. 2016 92 (4-5), 519-537 I. F. 3.543
5. A consortium of non-rhizobial endophytic microbes from Typha angustifolia functions as probiotics in rice and improves nitrogen metabolism. Chinmay Saha, Gairik Mukherjee, Prerana Agarwal Banka, Anindita Seal Plant Biol (Stuttg). 2016 18 (6), 938-946 I. F. 2.156 Early changes in shoot transcriptome of rice in response to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa JGTA-S1. Chinmay Saha, Anindita Seal Genom Data. 2015 Oct 24;6:237-40. doi: 10.1016/j.gdata.2015.09.023 Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.345