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{{short description|Indian molecular biologist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Sangita Mukhopadhyay
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|1|1}}
| birth_place = [[Khargapur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Cell biology]] | [[Immunology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Central Drug Research Institute]] | [[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar]] | [[Utkal University]] |[[National Institute of Immunology, India|National Institute of Immunology]] | [[University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on [[immunosuppression]]
| awards = {{ublist| 1993 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund Award | 1996 IIS Apeeza Trust Award | 2003 [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|DST]] Young Scientist Award | 2003 Third World Women Scientist Grant Award | 2004 [[Indian Science Congress Association|ISCA]] Young Women Bioscientist Award | 2007 [[Department of Biotechnology|DBT]] National Young Woman Bioscientist Award | 2008 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] | 2008 Woman Bioscientist Award | 2011 [[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize | 2015 [[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Chaturvedi Ghanshyam Das Jaigopal Memorial Award }}
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'''Sangita Mukhopadhyay''' (born 1 January 1966) is an Indian molecular cell biologist, immunologist and the head of the molecular biology group at the [[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]]. Known for her studies on [[immunosuppression]] and infection biology, Mukhopadhyay is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies namely the [[Indian National Science Academy]], the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded her the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for her contributions to biosciences in 2008.

== Biography ==
[[File:Utkal University Main Gate.jpg|thumb|left|Utkal University - main gate]]
Born on the [[New Year's Day]] of 1966 at [[Khargapur]] in the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]],<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Mukhopadhyay,_Dr_Sangita |title=Fellow profile |date=2018-01-16 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> Sangita Mukhopadhyay completed her MSc with a gold medal and did her doctoral studies at the [[Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar]] which fetched her a Phd from [[Utkal University]] in 1998 for her thesis on ''[[immunoregulation]] in [[filariasis]]''.<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdfd.org.in/labpages/sangita.html |title=Faculty profile |date=2018-01-17 |website=Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics |access-date=2018-01-17 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Subsequently, she did the post-doctoral work at the [[National Institute of Immunology, India|National Institute of Immunology]] and, later, in U.S.A. at the [[University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston]].<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P16-1721 |title=Indian fellow |date=2018-01-12 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2018-01-12 |archive-date=18 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181818/http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P16-1721 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On her return to India, she joined the [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 1999 and after a short stint, moved to the [[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]] (CDFD). She later became the head of the Molecular Biology Group at the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of the institute and holds the position of a Grade IV staff scientist. At her laboratory, she hosts many research scholars who are involved in the studies in the disciplines of [[cell signaling]] and [[signal transduction]], [[Immunity (medical)|immunity]], [[macrophage|macrophage biology]] and [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="Sangita Group">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdfd.org.in/labpages/sangita_group.html |title=Sangita Group |website=www.cdfd.org.in |access-date=2018-01-18 |archive-date=28 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128221518/http://cdfd.org.in/labpages/sangita_group.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mukhopadhyay resides at [[Jamia Osmania]], a suburb of [[Hyderabad]] in [[Telangana]].<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=A |title=NASI fellows |date=2018-01-12 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2018-01-12 |archive-date=26 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726040729/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=A |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:CDC Tuberculosis (TB) Transmission and Pathogenesis Video.webm|thumb|235px|CDC Tuberculosis (TB) Transmission and Pathogenesis Video]]
Mukhopadhyay's research focus is on the molecular study of the ''immune responses signaling networks'' caused by the [[pathogens]].<ref name="Molecular Cell Biology -: Research">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdfd.org.in/labpages/molecular_cell_biology.html |title=Molecular Cell Biology -: Research |date=2018-01-18 |website=www.cdfd.org.in |access-date=2018-01-18 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201114506/http://cdfd.org.in/labpages/molecular_cell_biology.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> During her post-doctoral days, she worked on the immunological studies of ''macrophage signaling pathways and regulation of [[T cell]] functions'' and elucidated how the macrophage effector-APC functions were affected by the enzyme, [[bruton's tyrosine kinase]] (Btk).<ref name="Indian fellow" /> Later, concentrating on the [[pathogenesis]] of [[tuberculosis]], she identified several [[Phycoerythrin|PE]]/PPE family proteins of [[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]], the causative pathogen of tuberculosis, and described the roles of two such proteins; her findings have reportedly assisted in developing new diagnostic tools, drug targets and therapeutic protocols. Her studies have been documented by way of a number of articles<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QRA6ohEAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2018-01-08 |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 45 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/39276227_Sangita_Mukhopadhyay |title=On ResearchGate |date=2018-01-09 |access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref> Besides, she has also contributed chapters to books published by others.<ref name="PrasadFavas2018">{{cite book|author1=M.N.V. Prasad|author2=Paulo Jorge de Campos Favas|author3=Subodh Kumar Maiti|title=Bio-Geotechnologies for Mine Site Rehabilitation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zh8wDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR12|date=10 January 2018|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-0-12-812987-6|pages=12–}}</ref>

Mukhopadhyay is a member of the Task Force on Infectious Disease Biology of the Department of Biotechnology of India<ref name="Task Force on Infectious Disease Biology">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/IDB-Task-Force.pdf |title=Task Force on Infectious Disease Biology |date=2014 |website=Department of Biotechnology of India |access-date=2018-01-18 |archive-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629072357/http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/IDB-Task-Force.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is a life member of the Indian Immunology Society,<ref name="Life member - IIS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianimmunology.org/Copy%20of%20IIS%20Members%20List%20(Merged%20Second%20List_900-957)_Updated%20as%20on%2003-10-2017.htm |title=Life member - IIS |date=2018-01-18 |website=Indian Immunology Society |access-date=2018-01-18}}</ref> the Molecular Immunology Forum, India and the [[Indian Science Congress Association]].<ref name="Government of India, Indian Science Congress">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sciencecongress.nic.in/life_members.php |title=Government of India, Indian Science Congress |date=2018-01-18 |website=www.sciencecongress.nic.in |access-date=2018-01-18}}</ref> She has undertaken several research projects for agencies such as the Department of Biotechnology of India, the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]], the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] and [[The World Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="Molecular Cell Biology -: Research" /> She has also served as a reviewer for various journals including [[BMC Hematology]], a [[BioMed Central]] publication.<ref name="BMC Hematology reviewer acknowledgement 2015">{{Cite journal |last=Boodhun |first=Nawsheen |date=2016-02-22 |title=BMC Hematology reviewer acknowledgement 2015 |journal=BMC Hematology |volume=16 |pages=5 |doi=10.1186/s12878-016-0044-x |issn=2052-1839|pmc=4340858 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Jawahralal Nehru Memorial Fund Award in 1993 for academic excellence and the Apeeza Trust Award of the Indian Immunology Society in 1996.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> She has received two Young Scientist Awards, the Best Best Young Scientist Award of the Indian Immunology Society in 1997 and the Young Scientist Award of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] in 2003.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> The next year, she received the 2004 Young Women Bioscientist of Promise Award of the [[Indian Science Congress Association]].<ref name="Indian fellow" /> The [[Department of Biotechnology]] (DBT) of the Government of India awarded her the National Young Woman Bioscientist Award in 2007<ref name="Women scientists zindabad!">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-life/women-scientists-zindabad/article1115132.ece |title=Women scientists zindabad! |date=2008-05-30 |work=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=2018-01-18 |language=en}}</ref> and a year later, DBT honored her again with the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2008.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304191331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has received two awards from the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]]; the Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize in 2011<ref name="Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.icmr.nic.in/award/ICMR%20Awards%20citations%2020011-12.pdf |title=Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize |date=2018-01-18 |website=Indian Council of Medical Research |access-date=2018-01-18 |archive-date=12 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112230725/http://icmr.nic.in/award/ICMR%20Awards%20citations%2020011-12.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Chaturvedi Ghanshyam Das Jaigopal Memorial Award in 2015.<ref name="Chaturvedi Ghanshyam Das Jaigopal Memorial Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.icmr.nic.in/award/ICMR_Award_citations_2015-16.pdf |title=Chaturvedi Ghanshyam Das Jaigopal Memorial Award |date=2018-01-18 |website=Indian Council of Medical Research |access-date=2018-01-18}}</ref>

The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected her as a fellow in 2010<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI Year Book 2015 |date=2018-01-12 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2018-01-12 |archive-date=6 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and she received the elected fellowship of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2013.<ref name="Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/fellows/M |title=Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences |date=2018-01-16 |website=www.ias.ac.in |language=en |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> In 2016, the [[Indian National Science Academy]] also elected her as a fellow.<ref name="INSA Year Book 2016">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |title=INSA Year Book 2016 |date=2017-12-26 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-12-26}}</ref> She is also an elected fellow of the [[American Society of Hematology]] and the [[American Association of Immunologists]] and a former overseas associate of the [[Department of Biotechnology]] (2005).<ref name="Indian fellow" /> The award orations delivered by her include the Kanishka Oration of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]].<ref name="Ghulam Nabi Azad presents ICMR Awards to 51 scientists">{{Cite news |url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2013/09/24/ghulam-nabi-azad-presents-icmr-awards-to-51-scientists/ |title=Ghulam Nabi Azad presents ICMR Awards to 51 scientists |work=India Medical Times |access-date=2018-01-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> She is also a recipient of the women scientist research grant of [[The World Academy of Sciences]] which she received in 2003.<ref name="Indian fellow" />

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |last1=Bhat |first1=Khalid Hussain |last2=Mukhopadhyay |first2=Sangita |date=2015-05-01 |title=Macrophage takeover and the host–bacilli interplay during tuberculosis |journal=Future Microbiology |volume=10 |issue=5 |pages=853–872 |doi=10.2217/fmb.15.11 |pmid=26000654 |issn=1746-0913}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Mukhopadhyay |first1=Sangita |last2=Nair |first2=Shiny |last3=Ghosh |first3=Sudip |date=2012-03-01 |title=Pathogenesis in tuberculosis: transcriptomic approaches to unraveling virulence mechanisms and finding new drug targets |journal=FEMS Microbiology Reviews |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=463–485 |doi=10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00302.x |pmid=22092372 |issn=0168-6445|doi-access=free }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Mukhopadhyay |first1=Sangita |last2=Balaji |first2=Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy |title=The PE and PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |journal=Tuberculosis |volume=91 |issue=5 |pages=441–447 |doi=10.1016/j.tube.2011.04.004|year=2011 |pmid=21527209 }}

== See also ==
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* [[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]
* [[Macrophage]]
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{{portal|India|Biology|Medicine}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.mgu.ac.in/files/Temperary%20Vacances.pdf |title=Principal Investigator - Research Projects |date=2018-01-18 |website=Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics |access-date=2018-01-18}}

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