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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian biochemist and a senior scientist}}<br />
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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Subrata Adak<br />
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| birth_place = [[West Bengal]], India<br />
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| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Chemical biology]] | [[Biochemistry]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Jadavpur University]] }}<br />
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| known_for = Studies on [[Leishmania]]<br />
| awards = {{ublist| 2012&nbsp;[[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] }}<br />
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'''Subrata Adak''' is an Indian biochemist and a senior scientist at the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]].<ref name="Subrata Adak on IICB">{{Cite web |url=http://iicb.res.in/index.php/2017/04/19/subrata-adak/ |title=Subrata Adak on IICB |date=2018-02-01 |website=iicb.res.in |language=en-US |access-date=2018-02-01}}</ref> An alumnus of [[Jadavpur University]] from where he secured a PhD, Adak is known for his studies on [[Leishmania]], the causative pathogen of [[Leishmaniasis]]. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 55 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/39561376_Subrata_Adak |title=On ResearchGate |date=2018-01-30 |publisher=On ResearchGate |access-date=2018-01-30}}</ref> Besides, he has published one [[monograph]] on Leishmania<ref name="Adak2015">{{cite book|author=Subrata Adak|title=Leishmania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG07DwAAQBAJ|date=15 January 2015|publisher=Caister Academic Press|isbn=978-1-908230-53-9}}</ref> where he has also contributed chapters.<ref name="Adak2015-chapters">{{cite book|author=Subrata Adak|title=Leishmania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG07DwAAQBAJ&pg=PR5|date=15 January 2015|publisher=Caister Academic Press|isbn=978-1-908230-53-9|pages=5–}}</ref> The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2012.<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}}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
=== Books ===<br />
* {{cite book|author=Subrata Adak|title=Leishmania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG07DwAAQBAJ|date=15 January 2015|publisher=Caister Academic Press|isbn=978-1-908230-53-9}}<br />
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=== Articles ===<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Mukherjee |first=Supratim |last2=Santara |first2=Sumit Sen |last3=Das |first3=Shantanabha |last4=Bose |first4=Moumita |last5=Roy |first5=Jayasree |last6=Adak |first6=Subrata |date=2012-10-12 |title=NAD(P)H Cytochrome b5 Oxidoreductase Deficiency in Leishmania major Results in Impaired Linoleate Synthesis Followed by Increased Oxidative Stress and Cell Death |url=http://www.jbc.org/content/287/42/34992 |journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry |language=en |volume=287 |issue=42 |pages=34992–35003 |doi=10.1074/jbc.m112.389338 |issn=0021-9258 |pmid=22923617|pmc=3471740 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Pal |first=Swati |last2=Dolai |first2=Subhankar |last3=Yadav |first3=Rajesh K. |last4=Adak |first4=Subrata |date=2010-06-23 |title=Ascorbate Peroxidase from Leishmania major Controls the Virulence of Infective Stage of Promastigotes by Regulating Oxidative Stress |url=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0011271 |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=e11271 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0011271 |issn=1932-6203|bibcode=2010PLoSO...511271P |doi-access=free }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Pal |first=Swati |last2=Dolai |first2=Subhankar |last3=Yadav |first3=Rajesh K. |last4=Adak |first4=Subrata |date=2010-06-23 |title=Ascorbate Peroxidase from Leishmania major Controls the Virulence of Infective Stage of Promastigotes by Regulating Oxidative Stress |url=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0011271 |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=e11271 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0011271 |issn=1932-6203|bibcode=2010PLoSO...511271P |doi-access=free }}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/upload_files/scroll_info/1433492578.pdf |title=Faculty of Science |date=2018-02-01 |website=Jadavpur University |access-date=2018-02-01}}<br />
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