DR. MONISHA BANERJEE
Professor
Molecular and Human Genetics, Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
Zoology
Basic Details
DR. MONISHA BANERJEE
52091847
Professor
Zoology
Qualification Details
| S.No. | Qualification | Name Of University | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ph.D | BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY | 1996 |
| 2 | M.Sc | BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY | 1990 |
| 3 | B.Sc | UNIVERSITY OF KOLKATA | 1987 |
Positions Held
| S.No. | Employer | Designation | Employment Period | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date from | Date to | |||
| 1 | O4735University of Lucknow | Professor | 19/03/2016 | Presently Working |
| 2 | O4736University of Lucknow | Associate Professor | 12/07/2011 | 19/03/2016 |
| 3 | O4737University of Lucknow | Assistant Professor | 21/09/2005 | 12/07/2011 |
| 4 | O4738Banaras Hindu University | Assistant Professor | 03/03/2004 | 20/09/2005 |
| 5 | O4739SGPGIMS, Lucknow | CSIR-Senior Research Associate | 01/04/2002 | 02/03/2004 |
| 6 | O4740SGPGIMS, Lucknow | CSIR-Research Associate | 01/07/1999 | 31/03/2002 |
| 7 | O4741NBRI, Lucknow | CSIR-Research Associate | 01/10/1997 | 30/06/1999 |
| 8 | O4742CDRI, Lucknow | CSIR-Research Associate | 01/04/1997 | 30/09/1997 |
Academic Details
Recent Significant Publications, Articles, Cases
| S.No. | Title | Journal | Volume/Issue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O20411Centrosomal Protein 55: A New Paradigm in Tumorigenesis | European Journal of Cell Biology | Accepted | 2020 |
| 2 | O20410Designing of precise vaccine construct against visceral leishmaniasis through predicted epitope ensemble: a contemporary approach | Computational Biology and Chemistry | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2020.107259 | 2020 |
| 3 | O20382Gupta MK, Kushwah AS, Singh R, Banerjee M. Genotypic analysis of XRCC4 and susceptibility to cervical cancer. | British Journal of Biomedical Science | 77:1, 7-12 | 2020 |
| 4 | O20381Kushwah AS, Gupta MK, Singh R, Banerjee M. Cytokine gene variants and treatment outcome of cisplatin based concomitant chemoradiotherapy in cervical cancer. | British J Biomedical Science Available online 14 January 2020 • | PMID: 31935340 | 2020 |
| 5 | O20409Potential of nano-phytochemicals in cervical cancer therapy | Clinica Chimica Acta | doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2020.01.035 | 2020 |
| 6 | O20383Sangwan R , Verma R, Kumar S, Banerjee M, Jain S. Synthesis of 1,8-dioxooctahydroxanthene derivatives using ionic liquids, quantum chemical studies and anticancer activity. | Journal of Molecular Structure Available online 27 January 2020 | doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.127786 | 2020 |
| 7 | O20384Yadav N, Parveen S, Banerjee M. Potential of nano-phytochemicals in cervical cancer therapy. | Clinica Chimica Acta Available online 1 February 2020 | doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2020.01.035 | 2020 |
| 8 | O20386Abbas M, Srivastava K, Imran M, Banerjee M. Genetic polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and their association with cervical cancer in North Indian population. | British Journal of Biomedical Science | doi.org/10.1080/09674845.2019.1592884 | 2019 |
| 9 | O20385Banerjee M, Vats P, Kushwah AS, Srivastava N. Interaction of antioxidant gene variants and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus. | British Journal of Biomedical Science | doi.org/10.1080/09674845.2019.1595869 . | 2019 |
| 10 | O20387Sethi A, Singh P, Yadav N, Yadav P, Banerjee M, Singh RP. Greener approach for synthesis of novel steroidal prodrugs using ionic liquid, their DFT study and apoptosis activity in prostrate cancer cell | Journal of Molecular Structure | 1180: 733-740. | 2019 |
| 11 | O20388Abbas M, Kushwaha VS, Srivastava K, Raza ST, Banerjee M. Impact of GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 genes polymorphisms on clinical toxicities and response to concomitant chemoradiotherapy in cervical cancer. | British Journal of Biomedical Science | doi.org/10.1080/09674845.2018.1482734. | 2018 |
| 12 | O20389Sethi A , Singh RP, Yadav N, Banerjee M. Synthesis, spectroscopic analysis (FT-IR, UV and NMR) and DFT analysis of novel prodrugs of pregnane, their apoptotic activity in cervical cancer cell lines. | Journal of Molecular Structure | 1166: 54-62. | 2018 |
| 13 | O20391Saxena M, Srivastava N, Banerjee M. Cytokine gene variants as predictors of type 2 diabetes mellitus. | Current Diabetes Reviews | 13, DOI: 10.2174/1573399813666170112145429. | 2017 |
| 14 | O20390Srivastava S, Gupta P, Singh RP, Jafri A, Arshad M, Banerjee M. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, theoretical study and antihepatic cancer activity study of 4-(1E,3Z,6E)-3-hydroxy-7-(4-hydrox | Journal of Molecular Structure | 1141: 678-686. | 2017 |
| 15 | O20392Singh S, Usman K, Banerjee M. Pharmacogenetic studies update in type 2 diabetes mellitus. | World Journal of Diabetes | 7(15): 302-315. | 2016 |
| 16 | O20396Abbas M, Kushwaha VS, Srivastava K, Banerjee M. Glutathione S-Transferase gene polymorphisms and treatment outcome in cervical cancer patients under concomitant chemoradiation. | PLoS ONE | 10(11): e0142501. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0142501. | 2015 |
| 17 | O20393Gautam S, Agrawal CG, Banerjee M. CD36 Gene variants in early prediction of type 2 diabetes mellitus. | Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers | 19(3): 144-149. | 2015 |
| 18 | O20395Siddiqui S, Ahmad E, Gupta M, Rawat V, Shivnath N, Banerjee M, Khan MS, Arshad M. Cissus quandrangularis Linn exerts dose-dependent biphasic effects: osteogenic and anti-proliferative, through modulat | Cell Proliferation | 48: 443-454. | 2015 |
| 19 | O20394Vats P, Sagar N, Singh TP, Banerjee M. Association of superoxide dismutases (SOD1 and SOD2) and Glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx1) gene polymorphisms with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. | Free Radical Research | 49(1): 17-24. | 2015 |
| 20 | O20397Abbas M, Srivastava K, Imran M, Banerjee M. Association of CYP1A1 gene variants rs4646903 (T>C) and rs1048943 (A>G) with cervical cancer in North Indian population. | European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology | 176: 68-74. | 2014 |
| 21 | O20398Banerjee M, Vats P. Reactive metabolites and antioxidant gene polymorphisms in type 2 diabetes mellitus. | Redox Biology | 2: 170-177. | 2014 |
| 22 | O20399Saxena M, Agrawal CG, Srivastava N, Banerjee M. IL-6-597 A/G (rs1800797) and -174 G/C (rs1800795) gene polymorphisms in Type 2 diabetes. | Indian Journal Medical Research | 140: 77-85. | 2014 |
| 23 | O20402Banerjee M, Misra D. Fetal nucleic acids in maternal circulation: A genetic resource for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. | ISRN Genetics, Volume 2013, Article ID 961293 | doi.org/10.5402/2013/961293. | 2013 |
| 24 | O20401Biswas RK, Dutta D, Tripathi A, Feng Y, Banerjee M, Singh BN. Identification and characterization of Rv0494: a fatty acid responsive protein of the GntR/FadR family from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. | Microbiology | 159: 913–923. | 2013 |
| 25 | O20403Gautam S, Pirabu L, Agrawal CG, Banerjee M. CD36 gene variants and their association with type 2 diabetes in an Indian population. | Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics | 15(8): 680-687. | 2013 |
| 26 | O20404Saxena M, Agrawal CG, Banerjee M. Association of Interleukin-10 (IL-10), Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Tumour Necrosis Factor-a (TNF-a) gene polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes mellitus in north India. | Molecular Biology Reports | 40(11): 6271-6279. | 2013 |
| 27 | O20400Tabassum R, Chauhan G, Dwivedi OP,…………Saxena M, Banerjee M, …….Mohan V, Tandon N, Bharadwaj D. Genome wide association study for type 2 diabetes in Indians identifies a new susceptibility locus at 2q2 | Diabetes | 62: 977-986. | 2013 |
| 28 | O20408Banerjee M, Saxena M. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) family of cytokines: Role in Type 2 Diabetes. | Clinica Chemica Acta . | 413: 1163–1170 | 2012 |
| 29 | O20405Saxena M, Agrawal CG, Bid HK, Banerjee M. Interleukin-lL-10 A-592C gene polymorphism associated with Type 2 Diabetes: A North Indian study. | Biochemical Genetics | 50(7-8): 549-559. | 2012 |
| 30 | O20406Saxena M, Srivastava N, Banerjee M. Genetic association of adiponectin gene polymorphisms (+45T/G and +10211T/G) with type 2 diabetes in North Indians. | Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome : Clinical Reviews and Research | 6(2): 65-69. | 2012 |
| 31 | O20407Saxena M, Vats P, Agrawal K, Banerjee M. Expression of Macrophage Scavenger receptor CD36 in humans – its implication in Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus. | Annals of Biological Research | 3(6): 3015-3021. | 2012 |
Conferences, Seminars &Talks
| S.No. | Details | Year. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | O17291International Conference on Current Perspectives of Biochemistry in Health and Diseases, Banaras Hindu University, Department of Zoology, Varanasi, India. Jan 11-12, 2020 | 2020 |
| 2 | O17288CENTRAL ZONE-ACBICON-2019: Recent trends in Biomedical Research: Advances and Challenges, Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences. Organized by Department of Biochemistry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow (U.P.), India. Feb 2-3, 2019. | 2019 |
| 3 | O17289American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting (ASHG 2019), Houston, USA. Oct 15-19, 2019 | 2019 |
| 4 | O17290SCON World Summit on Cancer Science and Oncology Research (SCON Cancer 2019), Las Vegas, USA. Nov 14-15, 2019 | 2019 |
| 5 | O1725244th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Human Genetics ISHG-2019: Genomics for Health and Precision Medicine organized by National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG) and University of Kalyani (KU), Kalyani, WB, India. 30 Jan-01 Feb | 2019 |
| 6 | O17253International Symposium on Current Trends in Biological Sciences, Department of Zoology, LU. Mar 27-28 | 2018 |
| 7 | O17254Workshop on Molecular HPV-Testing, the first molecular HPV test based cancer screening program, Department of Molecular Medicine & Biotechnology, SGPGI, Lucknow, India, Feb 10 | 2018 |
| 8 | O17255World Congress on Genetics, Genomics and Personalized Medicine, BioGenesis Health Cluster, IISc, Bangalore. Nov 15-17 | 2017 |
| 9 | O17256CME on Diagnosis of Genetics Disorder in NGS Era” Organized by Department of Medical Genetics, SGPGIMS, Lucknow and CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, New Delhi held at SGPGIMS, Lucknow. 21 August | 2017 |
| 10 | O17257Workshop Jointly organized by Springer Nature & Tagore Library, University of Lucknow, held at University of Lucknow, Lucknow. 26 July | 2017 |
| 11 | O1725812th National Conference of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study group India (DIPSI 2017), KGMU, Lucknow. March 24-26 | 2017 |
| 12 | O17259National Conference on Forensic Science at the Service of Mankind, Department of Anthropology, Lucknow. Mar 23-24 | 2017 |
| 13 | O17260Analytical Solution for Today’s Science Seminar held at The Golden Orchid, Lucknow organized by Agilent Technologies, March 23 | 2017 |
| 14 | O1726142nd Annual Conference of ISHG and International Symposium on Trends in Human Genetics Research & Management, IISc, Bangalore. Mar 2-4 | 2017 |
| 15 | O17262International Conference on Updates in Cancer Prevention and Research (ICUCPR-2017), BBAU, Lucknow. .Feb 14-16 | 2017 |
| 16 | O17263International Symposium on “Applicability of Genomic Technologies in Oncology and Constitutional Genetic Disorders” held at Department of Molecular Biology, KGMU,LUCKNOW , Oct 14 | 2016 |
| 17 | O17264National Symposium on Recent Advances in Zoological Research, in Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, March 30 | 2016 |
| 18 | O17265International Conference on Trends in Cell and Molecular Biology, BITS Pilani, Goa. Dec 19 -21 | 2015 |
| 19 | O172667th Indo Global Diabetes Summit and Medicare Expo, 434th OMICS International Conference, Bangalore, India. Nov 23-25 | 2015 |
| 20 | O17267International Conference on Biotechnological Advancements in Free Radical Biology and Medicine held at Integral University, Lucknow. Nov 14-16 | 2015 |
| 21 | O1726843rd Annual Conference of Research Society For The Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI 2015 ), Indira Gandhi Pratisthan, Lucknow. 30 Oct–01 Nov | 2015 |
| 22 | O17269Current Regulatory Requirements for Members of Institutional Ethics Committee organized by Clinical Development Services Agency (CDSA) at BBD University, Lucknow, Sept 15-16 | 2015 |
| 23 | O17270International Symposium on Genomics in Health and Disease & 40th Annual Conference of ISHG organized by NIIH (ICMR), Mumbai. Jan 28-30 | 2015 |
| 24 | O17271National Seminar on Current Trends in Biological Sciences: Advances and Challenges organized by Department of Zoology, Janta College, Bakewar, Etawa, UP (Invited Talk). Dec 13-14 | 2014 |
| 25 | O17272XXXVIII All India Cell Biology Conference and Internal Symposium on “Cellular Response to Drugs” organized by CDRI, Lucknow (Chairperson). Dec 10-12 | 2014 |
| 26 | O17273National Conference on Impact of Environmental Xenobiotics on human health and biodiversity, Shibli National PG College, Azamgarh, UP, India (Invited talk & Chairperson). Nov 02-03 | 2014 |
| 27 | O17274Indo-US Symposium on Contemporary issues in Cell Kinetics, BBAU, Lucknow (Invited talk). Oct 29-30 | 2014 |
| 28 | O17275National Seminar on Public Health and Development in India organized by G.L. Gupta Institute of Public Health, Lucknow University, Lucknow on Aug 8-9 | 2014 |
| 29 | O17276DST sponsored INSPIRE Internship Science Camp organized by Institute of Engineering & Technology, Sitapur. (invited talk). July 29-Aug 02 | 2014 |
| 30 | O17277The Human Genome Meeting 2014, Geneva, Switzerland. April 27-30 | 2014 |
| 31 | O17278International Conference of Human Genetics & 39th Annual Meeting of ISHG 2014 organized by FRIGE & Univ. of Gujarat, Ahmedabad. Jan 22-25 | 2014 |
| 32 | O17279Department of Biotechnology, South Gujarat University, Surat (Invited Talk). Jan 21 | 2014 |
| 33 | O17280Seminar on Science Terminology in Higher Education organized by Commission for Scientific & Technical Terminology at DSN Post Graduate College, Unnao on Dec 10 | 2013 |
| 34 | O17281National Symposium on Recent Advances in Biochemistry and Biotechnology : Applications in Health, Environment and Agriculture, organized Department of Biochemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow. Oct 29-31 | 2013 |
| 35 | O17282Star College Scheme of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology at Department of Zoology, Mahila Mahavidayalaya, BHU, Varanasi. Feb 07 | 2013 |
| 36 | O17283Refresher Course’ in Zoology organized by UGC Academic Staff College, University of Lucknow, Lucknow from Jan 15-Feb 04 | 2013 |
| 37 | O17284KGMU Pulmonary Update 2012 & 66th Foundation Day Ceremony, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, KGMU, Lucknow on Dec 29 | 2012 |
| 38 | O1728538th Annual Conference of ISHG:Genomics and Community Health & International Symposium on Developmental and Complex Disorders, Centre for Genetic Disorders & Interdisciplinary School of Life Sciences, BHU, Varanasi. Dec 9-11 | 2012 |
| 39 | O17286XXXVI All India Cell Biology Conference and International Symposium on “Stress Adaptive Response and Genome Integrity (SARGI)” organized by BARC, Mumbai, Oct 17-19 | 2012 |
| 40 | O17287Annual Symposium under UGC-SAP DRS I programme, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow. (Invited Talk) Mar 30-31 | 2012 |
Awards & Recognitions
| S.No. | Name Of Awards | Year. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | O17302Teacher Excellence Award | 2025 |
| 2 | O17292SHIKSHAK SHREE Award for excellence in research & teaching from Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh | 2018 |
| 3 | O17293Travel award from DST-SERB, New Delhi for International Conference: The Human Genome Meeting held at Geneva, Switzerland | 2014 |
| 4 | O17297Appreciation Medal and Citation from Zoological Society of India for outstanding research and academic contribution in the field of Molecular Genetics | |
| 5 | O17299BHU Gold Medal and AB Misra Award for securing highest marks in M.Sc. Late Ramakrishna Reddy Memorial Award for securing highest in Biochemistry & Mol | |
| 6 | O17301Elected Member of Executive Committee of Indian Society of Cell Biology 2013-2015 | |
| 7 | O17294Elected Treasurer of Executive Committee of Indian Society of Cell Biology 2011-2013 | |
| 8 | O17298Fellowship from INSA, CSIR, DST for attending and presenting paper at the 10th International Congress of Human Genetics held at Vienna, Austria 2000 | |
| 9 | O17300Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship during M.Sc at BHU, Varanasi. 1989-1990 | |
| 10 | O17295Member of INdian DIabetes COnsortium (INDICO) for research in T2DM 2011 | |
| 11 | O17296Travel grant from ICMR, New Delhi for invited lecture in 2nd World Congress on Diabetes & Metabolism held in Philadelphia, USA 2011 |
Academic/Administrative Services to the University
| S.No. | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 | O12990Director, Institute of Advanced Molecular Genetics and Infectious Diseases (IAMGID), (2021-2024) |
| 2 | O12991Dean, Research, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (2020-2022) |
| 3 | O12992Additional Chief Provost (Dec 2019-2022) |
| 4 | O12993Provost, Chandra Shekhar Azad (CSA) Hall (2016-2023) |
| 5 | O12994Assistant DSW, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (2007-2013) |
| 6 | O12995Faculty Incharge, Central Instrumentation Facility & Computer Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow |
| 7 | O12996Member of Project Implementation Group, DST-PURSE, Faculty of Science, University of Lucknow |
| 8 | O12997Member of Technical & Purchase committees of Department of Zoology |
| 9 | O12998Resource person in Refresher Courses in Zoology and Botany Departments |
| 10 | O12999Chairperson, Selection Committee of Research Personnels in various projects, University of Lucknow |
| 11 | O13000Vice President, Lucknow University Teachers' Association (LUTA), 2025 |
| 12 | O13001Director, Institute of Advanced Molecular Genetics and Infectious Diseases (IAMGID), 2026 |
Teaching Areas / Specialization
| S.No. | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 | O12980Faculty in B.Sc/M.Sc Zoology (Specialization: Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology, Human Genetics) |
| 2 | O12981B.Sc. Genetics & Genomics |
| 3 | O12982M.Sc Biostatistics (Statistical Genetics) |
| 4 | O12983M.Sc Microbiology (Bioinformatics) |
Research Areas & Interests
| S.No. | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 | O12984Genetic association and epigenetic studies in Type 2 diabetes,Gestational Diabetes Mellitus,Cervical cancer and Pulmonary diseases. |
| 2 | O12985Pharmacogenetics of antidiabetic and anticancer treatments. |
| 3 | O12986Formulation of nano-phytochemicals as newer treatment strategies in T2DM and cancer. |
Consulting Areas
| S.No. | Consulting Areas |
|---|---|
| 1 | O12987Training Faculty, Researchers and B.Sc/M.Sc and B.Tech/M.Tech students in Cell & Molecular Techniques |
| 2 | O12988Collaboration with Departments of Medicine, Radiotherapy, Obstretrics & Gynecology & Physiology, KGMU, Lucknow. |
| 3 | O12989Collaboration with CDRI and CIMAP, Lucknow |