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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Sunil Kumar Manna
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|8|27}}
| birth_place = [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date =
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| residence = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Immunobiology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Calcutta]] | [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] | [[Jadavpur University]] | [[University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center]] }}
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist | [[Bharat Aggarwal]] }}
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on [[apoptosis]] in cancer
| awards = {{ublist| 2009 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] }}
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'''Sunil Kumar Manna''' (27 August 1968) is an Indian immunologist and the head of the immunology lab of the [[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]]. He is known for his studies on [[cell signaling]] and [[apoptosis]]. 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 2009.

== Biography ==
Sunil Kumar Manna, born on 27 August 1968, pursued his post-graduate education at the [[University of Calcutta]] and after earning an MSc, he did his doctoral research at the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] which secured him a PhD from [[Jadavpur University]].<ref name="CDFD :: Immunology :: Sunil Kumar Manna">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdfd.org.in/labpages/sunil_kumar_manna.html |title=CDFD :: Immunology :: Sunil Kumar Manna |date=2018-01-21 |website=www.cdfd.org.in |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> His post-doctoral work was at the [[University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center]] under the guidance of [[Bharat Aggarwal]]<ref name="Two retractions for scientist whose work is not fully supported by the available laboratory records - Retraction Watch">{{Cite web |url=http://retractionwatch.com/2013/03/04/two-retractions-for-scientist-whose-work-is-not-fully-supported-by-the-available-laboratory-records/ |title=Two retractions for scientist whose work is not fully supported by the available laboratory records - Retraction Watch |date=2013-03-04 |website=Retraction Watch |language=en-US |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> and on his return to India, he was reportedly offered a faculty position at the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]] which he declined to take up a position at the [[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]],<ref name="BioTechniques - Seven Retractions for Indian Immunologist">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biotechniques.com/news/Seven-Retractions-for-Indian-Immunologist/biotechniques-341840.html |title=BioTechniques - Seven Retractions for Indian Immunologist |date=5 April 2013 |website=www.biotechniques.com |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> where he serves as the head of the Lab of Immunology.<ref name="CDFD :: Immunology :: Sunil Kumar Manna" /> His research focus is in the field of immunology and he is known to have carried out work on [[Cytokine]] mediated [[immunoregulation]] as well as [[apoptosis]] in cancer. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 115 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sunil_Manna |title=On ResearchGate |date=2018-01-20 |access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref> He also holds a patent for an anticancer agent, jointly developed by him.<ref name="Patent - Anticancer Agent">{{Cite web |url=http://patentsgazette.uspto.gov/week16/OG/html/1437-3/US09624277-20170418.html |title=Patent - Anticancer Agent |date=2018-01-21 |website=Patent Gazette |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref>

The [[Department of Biotechnology]] (DBT) of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2009.<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> He resides in [[Nacharam]], a suburb of [[Hyderabad]] in the south Indian state of [[Telangana]].<ref name="Vidwan - Profile Page">{{Cite web |url=https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/16396 |title=Vidwan - Profile Page |date=2018-01-21 |website=vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in |language=en |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
In 2012, a Japanese scientist accused Manna of plagiarism with regard to some of the images used by him in one of his articles published in the [[Journal of Biological Chemistry]].<ref name="Centre for DNA and Fingerprinting Diagnostics scientist in plagiarism controversy">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Centre-for-DNA-and-Fingerprinting-Diagnostics-scientist-in-plagiarism-controversy/articleshow/16496700.cms |title=Centre for DNA and Fingerprinting Diagnostics scientist in plagiarism controversy |work=The Times of India |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref><ref name="Selection of CDFD director halted">{{Cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150627/nation-current-affairs/article/selection-cdfd-director-halted |title=Selection of CDFD director halted |date=2015-06-27 |work=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=2018-01-21 |language=en}}</ref> Two of his articles were immediately retracted,<ref name="Two retractions for scientist whose work is not fully supported by the available laboratory records - Retraction Watch" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Manna |first1=S K |last2=Manna |first2=P |last3=Sarkar |first3=A |date=May 2013 |title=Retraction Note to: Retraction: Inhibition of RelA phosphorylation sensitizes chemotherapeutic agents-mediated apoptosis in constitutive NF-kappaB-expressing and chemoresistant cells |journal=Cell Death & Differentiation |language=En |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=784 |doi=10.1038/cdd.2013.18 |pmid=23449392 |issn=1476-5403|pmc=3619240 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bose |first1=Julie S. |last2=Gangan |first2=Vijay |last3=Prakash |first3=Ravi |last4=Jain |first4=Swatantra Kumar |last5=Manna |first5=Sunil Kumar |date=2013-02-28 |title=Retraction: A Dihydrobenzofuran Lignan Induces Cell Death by Modulating Mitochondrial Pathway and G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest |journal=Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=1787 |doi=10.1021/jm4001456 |pmid=23387381 |issn=0022-2623}}</ref> and some were corrected, leading to seven of his papers being finally retracted.<ref name="BioTechniques - Seven Retractions for Indian Immunologist" /><ref name="Scientist whose work is “not fully supported by the available laboratory records” to retract 8 more papers - Retraction Watch">{{Cite news |url=http://retractionwatch.com/2013/03/05/scientist-whose-work-is-not-fully-supported-by-the-available-laboratory-records-to-retract-8-more-papers/ |title=Scientist whose work is "not fully supported by the available laboratory records" to retract 8 more papers - Retraction Watch |date=2013-03-05 |work=Retraction Watch |access-date=2018-01-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> He was suspended from his job, after the institute found [[prima facie]] evidence against him but he was later reinstated.<ref name="Centre for DNA and Fingerprinting Diagnostics scientist in plagiarism controversy" />

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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite journal |title=Erratum to: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Late phase activation of nuclear transcription factor kappaB by doxorubicin is mediated by interleukin-8 and induction of apoptosis via FasL |journal=Breast Cancer Research and Treatment |volume=136 |issue=2 |pages=625 |date=2018-01-21 |doi=10.1007/s10549-012-2293-0 |last1 = Gangadharan|first1 = Charitha|last2=Thoh |first2=Maikho |last3=Manna |first3=Sunil Kumar |doi-access=free }}

{{N-BIOS Laureates 1999–2009}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian biologists]]
[[Category:Cancer researchers]]
[[Category:Indian immunologists]]
[[Category:Indian scientific authors]]
[[Category:Jadavpur University alumni]]
[[Category:N-BIOS Prize recipients]]
[[Category:People involved in plagiarism controversies]]
[[Category:People involved in scientific misconduct incidents]]
[[Category:Scientists from West Bengal]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center alumni]]

Sunil Kumar Manna - Revision history