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{{Short description|Indian biologist}}
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| birth_place = [[Kalimpong]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| residence = Delhi, India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Parasitology]] | [[Molecular biology]] }}
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'''Suman Kumar Dhar''' (born 1968) is an Indian molecular biologist and a professor at the ''Special Centre for Molecular Medicine'' of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name="Winners of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2012">{{cite web | url=https://ias.org.in/2012/09/winners-of-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar.html | title=Winners of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2012 | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=September 28, 2012 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> He is known for his studies on the [[DNA replication]] and [[cell cycle regulation]] in [[Helicobacter pylori]] and [[Plasmodium falciparum]], two pathogens affecting humans.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=139 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> An elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]], Indian National Science Academy<ref name="Indian fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P16-1715 | title=Indian fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> and the Indian Academy of Sciences,<ref name="Fellow Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Dhar,_Prof._Suman_Kumar | title=Fellow Profile | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> he is also a recipient of the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]] of the [[Department of Biotechnology]] in 2010.<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 | publisher=Department of Biotechnology | date=2016 | access-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2012, for his contributions to biological sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Suman Kumar Dhar, born on 6 March 1968 in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], graduated in chemistry from [[Burdwan University]] in 1989 and completed his master's degree in biochemistry in 1992 from [[Kalyani University]] before securing a PhD in molecular biology from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) in 1998.<ref name="Faculty profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/sdhar/cv.pdf | title=Faculty profile | publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru University | date=2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> After working briefly (1997–98) as a research assistant at the department of microbiology of the [[University of Nebraska]], he did his post-doctoral studies at [[Brigham and Women’s Hospital]] of [[Harvard Medical School]] which he completed in 2001.<ref name="Decoding deadly pathogens - Dr Suman Kumar Dhar">{{cite web | url=http://www.biospectrumindia.com/biospecindia/features/123058/decoding-deadly-pathogens-i-dr-suman-kumar-dhar-i | title=Decoding deadly pathogens - Dr Suman Kumar Dhar | publisher=Biospectrum India | date=December 12, 2012 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> Returning to India the same year, he joined Jawaharlal Nehru University as an assistant professor at the ''Special Centre for Molecular Medicine'' (SCMM) of the university where he rose in ranks to become an associate professor in 2005 and a professor in 2011, finally reaching the position of the chairperson of SCMM in 2011. In between, he served as a visiting fellow at Harvard Medical School (2002–03), [[Harvard School of Public Health]] (2003–04) and [[Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine]] (2007); he also served as a Humboldt Research Fellow at Bernhard Nocht Institute in 2008. Besides his academic duties at JNU, Dhar is involved in the establishment of ''Centre of Excellence in Parasitology'', a [[Department of Biotechnology]]-funded project.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> He was also a member of the proctorial committee constituted by JNU to inquire about the [[2016 JNU protests]].<ref name="Afzal Guru protests: Police slap charges of sedition, conspiracy">{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/afzal-guru-protests-police-slap-charges-of-sedition-conspiracy/ | title=Afzal Guru protests: Police slap charges of sedition, conspiracy | publisher=Indian Express | date=February 12, 2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Arrest ‘Anti India Elements’ Says Rajnath, So Police Pin ‘Sedition’ on JNUSU Head">{{cite web | url=http://thewire.in/21455/arrest-anti-india-elements-says-rajnath-so-police-pin-sedition-on-jnusu-head/ | title=Arrest 'Anti India Elements' Says Rajnath, So Police Pin 'Sedition' on JNUSU Head | publisher=The Wire | date=February 13, 2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref>

== Career ==
Dhar's research history starts during his graduate studies when he worked on [[Entamoeba histolytica]], the protozoan which causes [[amoebiasis]], focusing on its ribosomal DNA circle.<ref name="Suman Kumar Dhar, Associate Professor and present Chairperson">{{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/SCMM/FacultyProfile.asp | title=Suman Kumar Dhar, Associate Professor and present Chairperson | publisher=JNU - SCMM | date=2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> Later at Harvard Medical School, his post-doctoral studies were centered on mammalian DNA replication which assisted him to identify the [[ORC6]] (origin recognition complex subunit six) and its role in viral DNA replication. He also identified [[geminin]], a replication inhibitor, as a blocking factor of viral DNA replication, a discovery which earned him a US patent.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> Later, he studied the human pathogens, [[Helicobacter pylori]] and [[Plasmodium falciparum]] and their DNA replication and cell cycle regulation.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=October 5, 2016 | pages=34}}</ref> He also worked on anti-malarial drugs and proposed [[Acriflavine]] as an anti-malarial agent, which has also been patented by him.<ref name="US Patent Issued to Suman Kumar Dhar on June 28 for Method of Screening Anti-Plasmodial Activity of Acriflavin and Acriflavin as an Anti-Malarial Agent ">{{cite web | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-4103625881.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002438/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-4103625881.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 11, 2018 | title=US Patent Issued to Suman Kumar Dhar on June 28 for "Method of Screening Anti-Plasmodial Activity of Acriflavin and Acriflavin as an Anti-Malarial Agent" | publisher=High Beam | date=June 28, 2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> His work has identified PfGyrase for P. falciparum and HpDnaB helicase for H. pylori as targets<ref name="Suman Kumar Dhar on Global Professor Rank">{{cite web | url=https://globalprofessorrank.com/professor/suman-kumar-dhar/jawaharlal-nehru-university-new-delhi | title=Suman Kumar Dhar on Global Professor Rank | publisher=Global Professor Rank | date=2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> and these researches are reported to be helpful in drug discovery efforts for [[Gastric ulcer]]s, [[Gastric adenocarcinoma]]s and Malaria.<ref name="Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Sciences - Suman Dhar">{{cite journal | url=https://indiabioscience.org/news/2012/shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award-in-biological-sciences-suman-dhar | title=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Sciences - Suman Dhar | author=Ajeena Ramanujan | journal=India Bioscience | date=October 2, 2012}}</ref>
Dhar has documented his research by way of a number of articles{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and online repositories such as [[PubMed]]<ref name="Dhar on PubMed">{{cite web | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Dhar%20SK%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=11509178 | title=Dhar on PubMed | publisher=PubMed | date=2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> and Pubfacts have listed many of them.<ref name="Dhar on Pubfacts">{{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Suman+Kumar+Dhar?tr=1 | title=Dhar on Pubfacts | publisher=Pubfacts | date=2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> He has contributed chapters to three books which include ''Epigenetics: Development and Disease'' by [[Tapas Kumar Kundu]].<ref name="Kundu2012">{{cite book|author=Tapas Kumar Kundu|title=Epigenetics: Development and Disease|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2OBaKOyavwC&pg=PA659|date=13 November 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-007-4525-4|pages=659–}}</ref> He is associated with many science journals such as [[Journal of Biological Chemistry]], [[Molecular Microbiology (journal)|Molecular Microbiology]], [[FEBS Journal]] and [[Medical Science Monitor]] as an ad-hoc reviewer and has delivered featured talks including his oration at the Gordon Research Conference on Host-Parasite interaction held in [[Rhode Island]] in 2012.<ref name="Faculty profile" />

== Awards and honors ==
While in the US, Dhar received two grants for his researches, a grant from the [[National Institutes of Health]] for studies on emerging infectious diseases (1997–98) and the [[United States Department of the Army]] grant for research on breast cancer (2000–03).<ref name="Faculty profile" /> He received the Senior International Research Fellowship of the [[Wellcome Trust]] in 2005, the tenancy of the fellowship extending to 2010, and on its expiry, he received the Wellcome Trust-[[Department of Biotechnology|DBT]] Senior Research Fellowship in 2010. In 2006, Dhar received the Swarnajayanthi Fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)<ref name="Swarnajayanthi Fellowship">{{cite web | url=http://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/sjaward06-07.pdf | title=Swarnajayanthi Fellowship | publisher=Department of Biotechnology | date=2006 | access-date=November 1, 2016}}</ref> and four years later, DBT honored him again with the 2010 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]].<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" /> He was elected to the [[Guha Research Conference]] in 2007 and the next year brought him the Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship and the Swarnajayanti Fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]].<ref name="SwarnaJayanti Fellowship Awards">{{cite web | url=http://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/sjaward06-07.pdf | title=SwarnaJayanti Fellowship Awards | publisher=Department of Science and Technology | date=2007 | access-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref>

A member of the [[American Society for Microbiology]], Dhar was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, by the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] in 2012.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees" /> The National Academy of Sciences, India elected him as a fellow in 2011<ref name="NASI fellows">{{cite web | url=http://nasi.nic.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=D | title=NASI fellows | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> and he became a fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2016.<ref name="Indian fellow" /><ref name="Fellow Profile" />

== Patents ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/sdhar/cv.pdf | title=Geminin and ORC3N Inhibit Replication of Herpes Viruses, Pamiloma Viruses and Polyoma Viruses | publisher=Dhar Suman Kumar | work=Patent No. No. B0801.70253US00 | date=2001 | author=Anindya Dutta, Suman Kumar Dhar}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.google.com/patents/WO2014030171A1?cl=en | title=Method of screening anti-plasmodial activity of acriflavin and acriflavin as an anti-malarial agent | publisher=Dhar Suman Kumar | work=Patent No. WO2014030171 A1 | date=August 24, 2012 |author1=Suman Kumar Dhar |author2=Srikanta Dana |author3=Dhaneswar Prusty |author4=Ashraf Dar |author5=Pritam Mukhopadhyay }}

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{cite journal | title=Modulation of the enzymatic activities of replicative helicase (DnaB) by interaction with Hp0897: a possible mechanism for helicase loading in Helicobacter pylori |author1=Vijay Verma |author2=Ajay Kumar |author3=Ram Gopal Nitharwal |author4=Jawed Alam |author5=Asish Kumar Mukhopadhyay |author6=Santanu Dasgupta |author7=Suman Kumar Dhar | journal=Nucleic Acids Research | date=December 2014 | doi=10.1093/nar/gkw148 | volume=44 |issue=7 | pages=3288–3303 | pmid=27001508 | pmc=4838378}}
* {{cite journal | title=Inhibition of eukaryotic DNA replication by geminin binding to Cdt1 |vauthors=Wohlschlegel JA, Dwyer BT, Dhar SK, Cvetic C, Walter JC, Dutta A | journal=Science | date=December 2000 | volume=290 | issue=5500 | pages=2309–12 | doi=10.1126/science.290.5500.2309 | pmid=11125146}}
* {{cite journal | title=Xenopus Mcm10 binds to origins of DNA replication after Mcm2-7 and stimulates origin binding of Cdc45. |vauthors=Wohlschlegel JA, Dhar SK, Prokhorova TA, Dutta A, Walter JC | journal=Mol Cell | date=February 2002 | volume=9 | issue=2 | pages=233–40 | pmid=11864598 | doi=10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00456-2| doi-access=free }}
* {{cite journal | title=Replication from oriP of Epstein-Barr virus requires human ORC and is inhibited by geminin |vauthors=Dhar SK, Yoshida K, Machida Y, Khaira P, Chaudhuri B, Wohlschlegel JA, Leffak M, Yates J, Dutta A | journal=Cell | date=August 2001 | volume=106 | issue=3 | pages=287–96 | pmid=11509178 | doi=10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00458-5|s2cid=12479646 | doi-access=free }}

== See also ==
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* [[Entamoeba histolytica]]
* [[Amoebiasis]]
* [[ORC6]]
* [[Geminin]]
* [[Helicobacter pylori]]
* [[Plasmodium falciparum]]
* [[Acriflavine]]
* [[Tapas Kumar Kundu]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/FacultyStaff/ShowProfile.asp?SendUserName=sdhar | title=Suman Kumar Dhar | publisher=Special Centre for Molecular Medicine - Jawaharlal Nehru University | work=Faculty profile | date=2016 | access-date=November 2, 2016}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.pubpdf.com/search/author/Suman+Kumar+Dhar | title=Author: Suman Kumar Dhar | publisher=PubPDF | work=Author listing | date=2016 | access-date=November 3, 2016}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Suman+Kumar+Dhar?tr=1 | title=Publications Authored by Suman Kumar Dhar | publisher=PubFacts | work=Author profile | date=2016 | access-date=November 3, 2016}}

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