Faculty Profile

Dr. Surajit Ganguly

Email : surajit.ganguly@jamiahamdard.ac.in


Research Area :

Neurosciences, Neuro-immune Interaction, Impact of peripheral infection in the CNS. The central thrust of my laboratory at JH-IMM is to understand how pathogens via neuro-immune interactions modulate neuronal functions in brain, particularly in the hippocampus. Masters or PhD students interested to work in my lab should directly contact me at surajit.ganguly@jamiahamdard.ac.in


Name : Dr. Surajit Ganguly

Gender : Male

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Designation : Team Lead Scientist

Department : Molecular Medicine

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PG Courses : MSc in Biomedical Sciences, MPharm in Pharmacy

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No. Degree/Diploma Institute/ Organization Year Branch/Specialization
1 Ph. D.  (Philosophy of Doctorate ) 1998 CSIR/Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
No. Publication Journal Month Year
1 Arnab Choudhury, Bhawna Solanki, Seema Singh, Upasana Sahu, Suhel Parvez, Sudeshna Kar and Surajit Ganguly (2019) Persistent peripheral presence of Staphylococcus aureus promotes histone H3 hypoacetylation and decreases tyrosine hydroxylase protein level in rat brain tissues. NeuroReport Sept 9, 2019. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001322. 2019
2 Ganguly S, Seth S. A translational perspective on histone acetylation modulators in psychiatric disorders. Psychopharmacology (Berl). Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 Jul;235(7):1867-1873. 2018
3 Choudhury A, Singh S, Palit G, Shukla S, Ganguly S (2016) Administration of N-acetylserotonin and melatonin alleviate chronic ketamine-induced behavioural phenotype accompanying BDNF-independent and dependent converging cytoprotective mechanisms in the hippocampus. Behav Brain Res. 297:204-212. 2016
4 Singh S, Choudhury A, Gusain P, Parvez S, Palit G, Shukla S, Ganguly S (2016) Oral acetate supplementation attenuates N-methyl D-aspartate receptor hypofunction-induced behavioral phenotypes accompanied by restoration of acetyl-histone homeostasis. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 233(7):1257-68. 2016
5 Bose S, Ganguly S, Kumar S, Boockfor FR. (2016) A Pit-1 Binding Site Adjacent to E-box133 in the Rat PRL Promoter is Necessary for Pulsatile Gene Expression Activity. Neurochem Res. 41(6):1390-400. 2016
6 Chatterjee M, Verma R, Ganguly S,* and Palit G *(2012) Neurochemical and molecular characterization of ketamine induced experimental psychosis model in mice. Neuropharmacology. 63 (6):1161-1171;*Corresponding authors 2012
7 Chatterjee M, Ganguly S, Srivastava M, Palit G. (2011) Effect of 'chronic' versus 'acute' ketamine administration and its 'withdrawal' effect on behavioural alterations in mice: implications for experimental psychosis. Behav Brain Res. 216(1):247-54. 2011
8 Klein DC, Bailey MJ, Carter DA, Kim JS, Shi Q, Ho AK, Chik CL, Gaildrat P, Morin F, Ganguly S, Rath MF, Møller M, Sugden D, Rangel ZG, Munson PJ, Weller JL, Coon SL. (2010) Pineal function:impact of microarray analysis. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 314(2):170-83. 2010
9 Bailey MJ, Coon SL, Carter DA, Humphries A, Kim JS, Shi Q, Gaildrat P, Morin F, Ganguly S, Hogenesch JB, Weller JL, Rath MF, Møller M, Baler R, Sugden D, Rangel ZG, Munson PJ, Klein DC. (2009) Night/day changes in pineal expression of >600 genes: Central role of adrenergic/cAMP signaling. J Biol Chem. 284(12):7606-22. 2009
10 Pavlicek J, Coon SL, Ganguly S, Weller JL, Hassan SA, Sackett DL, Klein DC.(2008) Evidence that proline focuses movement of the floppy loop of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (ec 2.3.1.87). J Biol Chem.;283(21):14552-8. 2008
11 Ganguly S, Grodzki C, Sugden D, et al (2007) Neural Adrenergic/Cyclic AMP Regulation of the Immunoglobulin E Receptor {alpha}-Subunit Expression in the Mammalian Pinealocyte: A Neuroendocrine/Immune Response Link? J Biol Chem. 282(45):32758-64. 2007
12 Szewczuk LM, Saldanha SA, Ganguly S, Bowers EM, Javoroncov M, Karanam B, Culhane JC, Holbert MA, Klein DC, Abagyan R, Cole PA. (2007) De novo discovery of serotonin N-acetyltransferase inhibitors. J Med Chem. 50(22):5330-8. 2007
13 Rath MF, Munoz E, Ganguly S, Morin F, Shi Q, Klein DC, Moller M. (2006) Expression of the Otx2 homeobox gene in the developing mammalian brain: embryonic and adult expression in the pineal gland. J Neurochem. 97(2):556-66. 2006
14 Ganguly S, Weller JL , Ho A , Chemineau P, Malpaux B, Klein DC (2005) Melatonin synthesis: 14-3-3-dependent activation and inhibition of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase mediated by phosphoserine-205. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jan 25;102(4):1222-7. 2005
15 Klein, D.C., Ganguly, S., Coon, S.L., Weller, J.L., Shi, Q., Gaildrat, P., Morin, F., Weller, J. L.Obsil, T., Hickman, A. and Dyda, F. (2003) 14-3-3 Proteins in pineal photoneuroendocrine transduction: How many roles? Journal of Neuroendocrinology 85: 851-60. 2003
16 Zheng W, Zhang Z, Ganguly S, Weller JL, Klein DC, Cole PA. (2003) Cellular stabilization of the melatonin rhythm enzyme induced by nonhydrolyzable phosphonate incorporation. Nature Struct and Mol. Biol. 10(12):1054-7. 2003
17 Ganguly S, Coon SL, Klein DC. (2002) Control of melatonin synthesis in the mammalian pineal gland: the critical role of serotonin acetylation. Cell Tissue Res. 2002 Jul;309(1):127-37. 2002
18 Obsil T, Ghirlando R, Klein DC, Ganguly S, Dyda F. (2001) Crystal structure of the 14-3- 3zeta:serotonin N-acetyltransferase complex. a role for scaffolding in enzyme regulation. Cell 105(2):257-267. 2001
19 Ganguly S, Gastel JA, Weller JL, Schwartz C, Jaffe H, Namboodiri MA, Coon SL, Hickman AB, Rollag M, Obsil T, Beauverger P, Ferry G, Boutin JA, Klein DC. (2001) Role of a pineal cAMPoperated arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase/14-3-3-binding switch in melatonin synthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98(14):8083-8088. 2001
20 Ganguly S, Mummaneni P, Steinbach PJ, Klein DC, Coon SL. (2001) Characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Homolog of the Melatonin Rhythm Enzyme Arylalkylamine NAcetyltransferase EC 2.3.1.87). J Biol Chem 276(50):47239-47247 2001
21 Chakrabarti SR, Sood R, Ganguly S, Bohlander S, Shen Z, Nucifora G. (1999) Modulation of TEL transcription activity by interaction with the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBC9. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96 (13):7467-7472. 1999
No. Book Published Year
1 S Ganguly#, DC Klein (2017) The Timezyme and Melatonin: Essential Elements of Vertebrate Timekeeping In Biological Timekeeping: Clocks, Rhythms and Behaviour (Springer India; Vinod Kumar ed), pp 503-520 (Chapter) 2017
No. Patent Description Year
1 A CHIP AND A METHOD FOR HEAD & NECK CANCER PROGNOSIS - Application number: PCT/IN2019/050386 2019
No. Achievement Description Year
1 Prof. B Uvnas Prize (Gold Medal) from the Indian Pharmacological Society 2014
2 Award of Merit - National Institutes of Health, Maryland USA for discovering the regulation of night-time melatonin synthesis in higher vertebrate 2002