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{{short description| Indian molecular biologist and epigeneticist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|10|4}}
| birth_place = [[Harinavi]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Molecular biology]] | [[Epigenetics]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Harinavi DVAS High School]] | [[Ballygunge]] Campus | [[Calcutta University]] | [[Jadavpur University]] | [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] | [[Friedrich Miescher Institute]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on [[Leishmaniasis]]
| awards = {{ublist | 2004 [[American Association for the Advancement of Science|AAAS]]-[[GE Healthcare]] Young Scientist Award | 2004 [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Young Scientist Award | 2008 [[Human Frontier Science Program|IHFSPO]] Career Development Award | 2015 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] | 2015 NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award | 2016 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 2016 Prof. B. K. Bachhawat Memorial Travel Award}}
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'''Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya''' (born 4 October 1975) is an Indian [[Molecular biology|molecular biologist]], [[Epigenetics|epigeneticist]] and the principal scientist at the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.<ref name="CSIR-IICB Scientist Receives Swarnajayanti Fellowship and NASI-Scopus Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.niscair.res.in/sciencecommunication/RnDNewsLetters/csirnews2k16/csirnews_may16.pdf | title=CSIR-IICB Scientist Receives Swarnajayanti Fellowship and NASI-Scopus Award | publisher=CSIR News | date=May 2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=521 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> He is a recipient of the Swarnajayanthi Fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] and the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|National Bioscience Award]] of the [[Department of Biotechnology]].<ref name="N-BIOS Awardees 2015">{{cite web | url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/bioscience-award.pdf | title=N-BIOS Awardees 2015 | publisher=Department of Biotechnology | date=2015 | access-date=4 November 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 2016, 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=5 October 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya, born on 4 October 1975 in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], did his early schooling at [[Harinavi DVAS High School]].<ref name="A Galaxy Rediscovered in its Sesquicentennial Celebrations">{{cite web | url=http://harinavidvashighschool.org/about.php | title=A Galaxy Rediscovered in its Sesquicentennial Celebrations | publisher=Harinavi DVAS High School | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> He completed his M.Sc. from [[Ballygunge]] Campus of [[Calcutta University]]. After securing a PhD from [[Jadavpur University]], he joined the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] (IICB) as a research fellow in 1998 and on completion of the fellowship in 2003, he moved to [[Friedrich Miescher Institute]] where he did his post-doctoral studies from 2004 to 2008 on a [[Human Frontier Science Program]] fellowship.<ref name="Dr. Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya IICB">{{cite web | url=http://iicb.res.in/divisionwiselistofscientists/mhg/suvendra.html | title=Dr. Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya IICB | publisher=Indian Institute of Chemical Biology | work=List of scientists | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> Returning to India the same year, he joined IICB as a scientist at the Molecular and Human Genetics Division.<ref name="CSIR-IICB Scientist Receives Swarnajayanti Fellowship and NASI-Scopus Award" /> He heads the RNA Biology Research Laboratory (RBRL, popularly known as ''Bhattacharyya Lab'')<ref name="Bhattacharyya Lab">{{cite web | url=http://rnabiolab.wixsite.com/suvendralab | title=Bhattacharyya Lab | publisher=RNA Biology Research Laboratory | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> of the institute where serves as the principal investigator and hosts a number of research scholars.<ref name="People - RNA Biology Research Laboratory">{{cite web | url=http://rnabiolab.wixsite.com/suvendralab/people | title=People - RNA Biology Research Laboratory | publisher=RNA Biology Research Laboratory | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:Skin ulcer due to leishmaniasis, hand of Central American adult 3MG0037 lores.jpg|thumb|235px|Skin ulcer due to [[leishmaniasis]].]]
Bhattacharyya's researches at RBRL is mainly on [[microRNA]] (miRNA), focusing on its compartmentalization, regulation and mediation as well as its alteration in Leishmania invaded macrophage and neighboring non-macrophage cells.<ref name="Research">{{cite web | url=http://rnabiolab.wixsite.com/suvendralab/research | title=Research | publisher=RNA Biology Research Laboratory | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> His researches assisted in identifying cholesterol as a modulator in [[leishmaniasis]] infection and his team has developed a therapeutic protocol for treating [[leishmaniasis]] by administering microRNA molecules in patients which has been found to raise the [[cholesterol]] level which in turn reduced the parasite levels.<ref name="Battling Kala azar: Indian scientists overcoming drug resistance">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2013/09/03/battling-kala-azar-indian-scientists-overcoming-drug-resistance/ | title=Battling Kala azar: Indian scientists overcoming drug resistance | work=India Medical Times | date=3 September 2013 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> The treatment, combined with other drugs have been reported to be effective in treating the disease commonly known as Kala azar, which has a reported high drug resistance. One of his earlier projects, ''Mechanism of mRNA compartmentalization in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells'', was funded by the [[Wellcome Trust]].<ref name="Walk in Interview for a Research Assistant in The Wellcome Trust project at IICB">{{cite web | url=http://archives.biotecnika.org/content/july-2013/walk-interview-research-assistant-wellcome-trust-project-iicb-freshers-eligible | title=Walk in Interview for a Research Assistant in The Wellcome Trust project at IICB | publisher=Biotecnika | date=7 March 2013 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> On his current project, ''miRNA {{not a typo|expoprt}} and Stability'',<ref name="miRNA expoprt and Stability">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/project/miRNA-expoprt-and-Stability | title=miRNA expoprt and Stability | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> he has worked on the mammalian immune and cancer cells and reportedly discovered miRNA activity modulation mechanisms in those cells.<ref name="CSIR-IICB Scientist Receives Swarnajayanti Fellowship and NASI-Scopus Award" />

At his laboratory, Bhattacharyya mentors many post-doctoral and doctoral researchers.<ref name="People - RNA Biology Research Laboratory" /> He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and the online knowledge repositories which have listed his articles include [[ResearchGate]],<ref name="Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya on ResearchGate">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suvendra_Bhattacharyya/publications | title=Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya on ResearchGate | work=Author profile | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> [[Google Scholar]],<ref name="Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya on Google Scholar">{{cite web | url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iX-lv08AAAAJ&hl=ko | title=Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya on Google Scholar | publisher=Google Scholar | work=Author profile | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> and [[PubMed]].<ref name="Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya on PubMed">{{cite web | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Bhattacharyya%20SN%5BAuthor | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713222000/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term%3DBhattacharyya+SN%5BAuthor | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 July 2025 | title=Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya on PubMed | publisher=PubMed | work=Author profile | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> He is a member of the Neurobiology Task force of the [[Department of Biotechnology]]<ref name="Neurobiology Task force">{{cite web | url=http://dbt-neuro.ncbs.res.in/node/30 | title=Neurobiology Task force | publisher=Department of Biotechnology | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> and was a member of Local Organizing Committee of the ''APSN-ISN Neuroscience School'' held in January 2014.<ref name="Local Organizing Committee">{{cite web | url=http://www.bgc.org.in/ACTIVITIES-NOTICE/Indo-Brazil-Symposium-Schedule.pdf | title=Local Organizing Committee | publisher=APSN-ISN Neuroscience School | date=2014 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> He has delivered several featured talks<ref name="Scientific Program on Indo-Brazil Symposium ">{{cite web | url=http://www.bgc.org.in/ACTIVITIES-NOTICE/Indo-Brazil-Symposium-Schedule.pdf | title=Scientific Program on Indo-Brazil Symposium | publisher=Indo-Brazil Symposium | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> and has assisted others in their researches.<ref name="Lipid Isolated from a Leishmania donovani Strain Reduces Escherichia coli Induced Sepsis in Mice through Inhibition of Inflammatory Responses">{{cite journal | title=Lipid Isolated from a Leishmania donovani Strain Reduces Escherichia coli Induced Sepsis in Mice through Inhibition of Inflammatory Responses |author1=Subhadip Das |author2=Nabanita Chatterjee |author3=Dipayan Bose |author4=Somenath Banerjee |author5=Prajnamoy Pal |author6=Tarun Jha |author7=Krishna Das Saha | journal=Mediators of Inflammation | year=2014 | doi=10.1155/2014/409694 | pmid=25120287 | volume=2014 | pages=1–15|pmc=4120923 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Suvendra Bhattacharyya received the Young Scientist Award of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science|AAAS]]-[[GE Healthcare]] in 2004.<ref name="Dr. Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya IICB" /> He also received the Young Scientist Award of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] the same year.<ref name="Young Scientist Award">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/youngmedal.php | title=Young Scientist Award | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> The [[Human Frontier Science Program|Human Frontier Science Program Organization]] awarded him the Career Development Award<ref name="Dr. Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya IICB" /> and he was selected for the Swarnajayanthi Fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]], both the honors reaching him in 2008.<ref name="List of Candidates -SwarnaJayanti Fellowship Award 2014-2015">{{cite web | url=http://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/List-SJF-Award-2014-15.pdf | title=List of Candidates -SwarnaJayanti Fellowship Award 2014-2015 | publisher=Department of Science and Technology | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> He received the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]] of the [[Department of Biotechnology]]<ref name="N-BIOS Awardees 2015" /> and the NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award of the [[Elsevier]] and [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2015.<ref name="Elsevier and National Academy of Sciences, India, Announce Ten Winners of the 2015 NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Awards">{{cite web | url=https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/science-and-technology/elsevier-and-national-academy-of-sciences,-india,-announce-ten-winners-of-the-2015-nasi-scopus-young-scientist-awards | title=Elsevier and National Academy of Sciences, India, Announce Ten Winners of the 2015 NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Awards | publisher=Elsevier | date=22 September 2015 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="9th NASI-Scopus Young Scientists Awards">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/scopus%20-%20award%20announcement%209th%20(2015).htm | title=9th NASI-Scopus Young Scientists Awards | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded Bhattacharyya, a recipient of the 2016 Prof. B. K. Bachhawat Memorial Travel Award, the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2016.<ref name="Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards presented to Rishikesh Narayanan, and Suvendra Nath Bhattacharya">{{cite web | url=http://www.ableindia.in/frontend/briefnews/165 | title=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards presented to Rishikesh Narayanan, and Suvendra Nath Bhattacharya | publisher=Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises | work=News report | date=27 September 2016 | access-date=3 November 2016}}</ref> He was one among the 12 Young Achievers of Modern India and featured in the 2016 Calendar of the Shoolini University.<ref name="CSIR-IICB Scientist Receives Swarnajayanti Fellowship and NASI-Scopus Award" /> In 2017, Bhattacharyya became a laureate of the [[Asian Scientist 100]] by the ''[[Asian Scientist]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |title=The Asian Scientist 100 |author=  |date= |website= |publisher= [[Asian Scientist]] |access-date= 13 March 2025 |quote= |language= }}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{cite journal | title=Insulin-like growth factor-1 prevents miR-122 production in neighbouring cells to curtail its intercellular transfer to ensure proliferation of human hepatoma cells | author1=Sudarshana Basu | author2 = Suvendra N Bhattacharyya | journal=Nucleic Acids Research | volume=42 | issue=11 | pages=7170–7185 | date=May 2014 | doi=10.1093/nar/gku346| pmid=24813441 | pmc=4066773 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Leishmania donovani targets Dicer1 to downregulate miR-122, lower serum cholesterol, and facilitate murine liver infection |author1=June Ghosh |author2=Mainak Bose |author3=Syamal Roy |author4=Suvendra N Bhattacharyya | journal=Cell Host & Microbe | date=March 2013 | volume=13 | issue=3 | pages=277–288 | doi=10.1016/j.chom.2013.02.005|pmid=23498953 | pmc=3605572 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Dendrites of mammalian neurons contain specialized P-body-like structures that respond to neuronal activation |author1=Nicolas Cougot |author2=Suvendra N Bhattacharyya |author3=Lucie Tapia-Arancibia |author4=Remy Bordonné |author5=Witold Filipowicz |author6=Edouard Bertrand |author7=Florence Rage | journal=The Journal of Neuroscience | date=December 2008 | volume=28 | issue=51 | pages=13793–13804 | doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4155-08.2008 | pmid=19091970|pmc=6671906 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation by microRNAs: are the answers in sight? |author1=Witold Filipowicz |author2=Suvendra N Bhattacharyya |author3=Nahum Sonenberg | journal=Nature Reviews Genetics | date=February 2008 | volume=9 | issue=2 | pages=102–114 | doi=10.1038/nrg2290 | pmid=18197166|s2cid=11824239 |url=https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/articles/cz30pz55f }}
* {{cite journal | title=Repression of protein synthesis by miRNAs: how many mechanisms? |author1=Ramesh S Pillai |author2=Suvendra N Bhattacharyya |author3=Witold Filipowicz | journal=Trends in Cell Biology | date=March 2007 | volume=17 | issue=3 | pages=118–126 | doi=10.1016/j.tcb.2006.12.007 | pmid=17197185}}
* {{cite journal | title=The chromatoid body of male germ cells: similarity with processing bodies and presence of Dicer and microRNA pathway components |author1=Noora Kotaja |author2=Suvendra N Bhattacharyya |author3=Lukasz Jaskiewicz |author4=Sarah Kimmins |author5=Martti Parvinen |author6=Witold Filipowicz |author7=Paolo Sassone-Corsi | journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | date=February 2006 | volume=103 | issue=8 | pages=2647–2652 | doi=10.1073/pnas.0509333103 | pmid=16477042 | pmc=1413789|bibcode=2006PNAS..103.2647K |doi-access=free }}
* {{cite journal | title=Stress-induced reversal of microRNA repression and mRNA P-body localization in human cells |author1=SN Bhattacharyya |author2=R Habermacher |author3=U Martine |author4=EI Closs |author5=W Filipowicz | journal=Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology | date=January 2006 | volume=71 | pages=513–521 | doi=10.1101/sqb.2006.71.038|pmid=17381334 |doi-access=free }}

== See also ==
* [[microRNA]]
* [[Leishmaniasis]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Govt-announces-recipients-of-Shanti-Swarup-Bhatnagar-award/articleshow/54528228.cms | title=Govt announces recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award | publisher=Times of India | work=News report | date=26 September 2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}
* {{cite web | url=http://engagecolleges.com/Dr.%20Suvendra%20Nath%20Bhattacharyya%20-28505-teacher-details.html | title=Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya | publisher=Engage Guru | work=Teacher listing | date=2016 | access-date=4 November 2016}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/supplements/moment-of-pride/95492.html | title=Moment of pride | publisher=The Statesman | date=8 October 2015 | access-date=4 November 2016}}

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