Faculty Profile - University

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
Post-Doctoral Experience	Jadavpur University	2018
Post-Doctoral Research Associate	CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology	2016
Ph.D.	CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (Degree awarded by Jadavpur University)	2013

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis
“Synthesis of substituted derivatives of plant alkaloid berberine and studies on their DNA and RNA binding aspects”.

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Description of Experience
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology at Vidyasagar University from 8th August, 2018.
Guest Lecturer at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College (affiliated to University of Calcutta) in the Department of Chemistry for the academic session 2017-2018.

Specialization/Research Area

Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)	Detailed Description
Field of Specialization	Organic Chemistry & Biophysical Chemistry
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Synthesis of analogs of medicinally important alkaloids with better therapeutic potential.
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Interaction of Drugs with DNA and RNA: Molecular basis of the antitumor and anticancer action of alkaloids through biophysical studies.
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Binding of a number of medicinally important natural products and small molecules to polymorphic nucleic acid structures like duplex, triplex and quadruplexes.
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Micro RNA-mRNA interaction.
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	DNA and RNA polymorphism.
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Photochemistry and photobiology of alkaloids.
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions.
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Protein-ligand interaction.
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Protein folding and aggregation.
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Synthesis and characterization of nanoconjugates of therapeutically important small molecules and studies on their interaction with nucleic acids and transport proteins.

Course/ Subject Taught

Course Name
Organometallic Chemistry
Photochemistry
Heterocyclic Chemistry
Biologically Active Molecules
Alkaloids

Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper

Title	Publication Type	Published in	Published on	Publisher's Name	Role	Details
Inhibition of Insulin Amyloid Fibrillation by the Putative AnticancerAlkaloid Chelerythrine: Spectroscopic, Imaging, and TheoreticalInvestigations	International	J. Phys. Chem. B 129,10243-10255.	Sep, 2025	American Chemical Society	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 2.90000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c03665
Interaction, inhibition and disruption of lysozyme fibrillar aggregates by the plant alkaloid berberine.	International	Spectrochim. Acta Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. J. Biol. Macromol. 335, 125965.	Feb, 2025	ELSEVIER	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 4.30000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2025.125965
Examining the interaction and inhibition of lysozyme fibrillation by chelerythrine through multispectroscopic and imaging studies.	International	J. Mol. Liq. 411, 125678.	Aug, 2024	ELSEVIER	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 5.30000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.125678
Interaction of food colorant indigo carmine with human and bovine serum albumins: A multispectroscopic, calorimetric, and theoretical investigation.	International	Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 259, 129143.	Jan, 2024	ELSEVIER	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 7.70000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.129143
Insights into the interaction and inhibitory action of palmatine on lysozyme fibrillogenesis: Spectroscopic and computational studies.	International	Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 268, 131703.	Jan, 2024	ELSEVIER	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 7.70000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131703
Interaction and inhibition of lysozyme amyloid fibrillation by benzophenanthridine alkaloid sanguinarine: Photophysical, molecular docking and imaging studies.	International	J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 444, 114996	Jul, 2023	ELSEVIER	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 4.10000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114996
3D Ag(I) coordination polymer sandwiched by water-muconate anionic layers: Synthesis, structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis, binding with BSA, and photocatalytic activity.	International	J. Mol. Struct. 1293, 136291	Jul, 2023	ELSEVIER	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 4.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.136291
Examining the effect of the crown ether,18-crown-6, on lysozyme fibrillation.	International	New J. Chem. 47, 2924-2931.	Jan, 2023	RSC	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 3.59100 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: DOI: 10.1039/d2nj05900b
Inhibition of the formation of lysozyme fibrillar assemblies by the isoquinoline alkaloid coralyne.	International	New J. Chem.	Jan, 2022	RSC	First Author,Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 3.59100 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: DOI: 10.1039/d1nj06007d
Interaction of proflavine with the RNA polynucleotide polyriboadenylic acid-polyribouridylic acid: Photophysical and calorimetric studies.	International	J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 38, 1590-1597.	Jan, 2020	Taylor & Francis		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Interaction of the putative anticanceralkaloid chelerythrine with nucleic acids:biophysical perspectives	International	Biophys. Rev. 12, 1369-1386.	Jan, 2020	Springer		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A calorimetric characterization of the interaction of quinacrine with poly(I).poly(C) and its comparison to proflavine	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 131, 592-598.	Jan, 2019	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Antiamyloid activity of functionalized cerium oxide nanoparticle on lysozyme fibrillation: Spectroscopic and microscopic investigation	International	Materialia, 6, 100285.	Jan, 2019	Elsevier		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Effect of crown ether, 15-crown-5, on lysozyme amyloid fibrillation.	International	J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn., 37 (Supplement), 7.	Jan, 2019	Taylor & Francis		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Thermodynamic investigation of Hoechst 33258-poly(A).poly(U) binding through calorimetric studies.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 126, 91-96.	Jan, 2018	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Nucleic acids binding strategies of small molecules: Lessons from alkaloids.	International	Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1862, 1995-2016.	Jan, 2018	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Thermodynamic analysis of the complexation of quinacrine with tRNAPhe.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 120, 27-32.	Jan, 2018	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Influence of the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide on amyloid fibrillogenesis in lysozyme: Evidence from photophysical and imaging studies.	International	Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 107, 2643-2649.	Jan, 2018	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Interaction and inhibitory influence of the azo dye carmoisine on lysozyme amyloid fibrillogenesis.	International	Mol. BioSyst. 13, 1552-1564.	Jan, 2017	RSC		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Binding and inhibitory effect of dyes amaranth and tartrazine on amyloid fibrillation in lysozyme.	International	J. Phys. Chem. B 121, 1222–1239.	Jan, 2017	ACS		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A biophysical investigation on the binding of proflavine with human hemoglobin: Insights from spectroscopy, thermodynamics and AFM studies.	International	J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 165, 42-50.	Jan, 2016	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Binding of the putative anticancer agent chelerythrine to double stranded poly(A): Calorimetry and spectral characterization studies.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 103, 228-233.	Jan, 2016	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Multispectroscopic and calorimetric studies on the binding of the food colorant tartrazine with human hemoglobin.	International	J. Hazard. Mater. 318, 468-476.	Jan, 2016	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Spectroscopic and microcalorimetric studies on the molecular binding of food colorant acid red 27 with deoxyribonucleic acid.	International	J. Mol. Recognit. 29, 363-369.	Jan, 2016	John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Coralyne induced self-structure in polyadenylic acid: Thermodynamics of the structural reorganization.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 101, 221-226.	Jan, 2016	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Thermodynamics of the induction of self-structure in polyadenylic acid by proflavine.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 100, 100-105.	Jan, 2016	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Calorimetric investigation on the interaction of proflavine with human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 98, 208-213.	Jan, 2016	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A microcalorimetric study on the binding of proflavine with tRNAphe.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 97, 173-178.	Jan, 2016	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Studies on the interaction of the food colorant tartrazine with double stranded deoxyribonucleic acid.	International	J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 35, 935-942.	Jan, 2016	Taylor & Francis		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The use of calorimetry in the biophysical characterization of small molecule alkaloids binding to RNA structures.	International	Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1860, 930-944.	Jan, 2016	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Thermodynamic characterization of proflavine-DNA binding through microcalorimetric studies.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 87, 1-7.	Jan, 2015	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Binding of carmoisine, a food colorant, with hemoglobin: Spectroscopic and calorimetric studies.	International	Food Res. Int. 72, 54-61.	Jan, 2015	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Interaction of toxic azo dyes with heme protein: Biophysical insights into the binding aspect of the food additive amaranth with human hemoglobin.	International	J. Hazard. Mater. 289, 204-209.	Jan, 2015	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Thermodynamics of the interaction of the food additive tartrazine with serum albumins: A microcalorimetric investigation.	International	Food Chem. 175, 137-142.	Jan, 2015	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Interaction of human hemoglobin with food colorants: a multifaceted biophysical study.	International	J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 33 (Supplement 1), 131-132.	Jan, 2015	Taylor & Francis		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Targeting proteins with toxic azo dyes: A microcalorimetric characterization of the interaction of the food colorant amaranth with serum proteins.	International	J. Agric. Food Chem. 62, 7955-7962.	Jan, 2014	ACS		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Interaction of the dietary pigment curcumin with hemoglobin: Energetics of the complexation.	International	Food Funct. 5, 1949-1955.	Jan, 2014	RSC		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Binding of novel 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl berberine analogs to poly(U)-poly(A)•poly(U) triplex and comparison to the duplex poly(A)-poly(U).	International	Mol. Biol. Rep. 41, 5473-5483.	Jan, 2014	Springer		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Intercalative interaction of the anticancer drug mitoxantrone with double stranded DNA: A calorimetric characterization of the energetics.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 75, 45-51.	Jan, 2014	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A microcalorimetric study on the interaction of the toxic food additive carmoisine with serum albumins.	International	J. Hazard. Mater. 273, 200-206.	Jan, 2014	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Interaction of 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl berberine analogs with single stranded ribonucleotides.	International	J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 134, 64-74.	Jan, 2014	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Elucidating the energetics of the interaction of non-toxic dietary pigment curcumin with human serum albumin: A calorimetric study.	International	J. Chem. Thermodyn. 70, 176-181.	Jan, 2014	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Minor groove binding of the food colorant carmoisine to DNA: Spectroscopic and calorimetric characterization studies.	International	J. Agric. Food Chem. 62, 317-326.	Jan, 2014	ACS		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Biophysical studies on curcumin-deoxyribonucleic acid interaction: spectroscopic and calorimetric approach.	International	Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 62, 257-264.	Jan, 2013	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Photophysical and calorimetric studies on the binding of 9-O-substituted analogs of the plant alkaloid berberine to double stranded poly(A).	International	J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 125, 105-114.	Jan, 2013	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Binding of the 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituted berberine analogs to tRNAphe.	International	PLoS ONE 8, e58279.	Jan, 2013	Public Library of Science		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
DNA binding and cleavage activity of a structurally characterized oxobridged diiron(III) complex.	International	Indian J. Chem. Sec. A 52A, 1576-1583.	Jan, 2013	CSIR-NISCAIR		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituted berberine analogues induce self-structure in polyadenylic acid.	International	RSC Adv. 2, 7714-7723.	Jan, 2012	RSC		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Synthesis of novel 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituted berberine analogs and evaluation of DNA binding aspects.	International	Bioorg. Med. Chem. 20, 2498-2505.	Jan, 2012	ELSEVIER		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Binding of 9-(O-?-amino) alkyl ether analogs of the plant alkaloid berberine to poly(A): insights into self-structure induction.	International	Med. Chem. Commun. 2, 631-637.	Jan, 2011	RSC		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Enhanced DNA binding of 9-?-amino alkyl ether analogs from the plant alkaloid berberine.	International	DNA Cell Biol. 30, 123-133.	Jan, 2011	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Binding of food colorants to functional protein Hemoglobin in Handbook of Food Bioengineering, Edited by A.M. Grumezescu and A.M. Holban, VOLUME 7: Natural and Artificial Flavoring Agents and Food Dyes, pp 133-163.	ELSEVIER	Jan, 2017	First Author	Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Research Project

Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration	Period	Status
Principal Investigator	Dept. of Science & Technology and Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal	997800	3 years	2019-2024	Complete

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized By	Venue	Date
Inhibitory effect of ionic liquid 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide on amyloid fibrillation in lysozyme	26th FAOBMB Conference and ConBio 2017 held at Kobe, Japan	Kobe, Japan	Jan, 2017

Membership of Learned Society

Title/Name of the Society
DNA SOCIETY OF INDIA
INDIAN PHOTOBIOLOGY SOCIETY
SOCIETY OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTS, INDIA

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role	Held at and Organiser
Albany 2019: The 20th Conversation	Jan, 2019	Speaker under Young Scientists Programme	Albany, State University of New York, USA
26th FAOBMB Conference and ConBio 2017	Jan, 2017	Oral Presentation	Kobe, Japan from 6-9 December, 2017
International Symposium on Chemical Biology and Drug Design	Jan, 2016	Paper Presenter	March 1st-3rd, 2016, Taj Bengal, Kolkata, India.
Albany 2015: The 19th Conversation	Jan, 2015	Paper Presenter	June 9th-13th, 2015, Albany, State University of New York, USA.
Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens	Jan, 2014	Paper Presenter	December 10th-12th, 2014, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata, India.
International Symposium on Challenges in Chemical Biology	Jan, 2013	Paper Presenter	January 27th-29th, 2013, Kolkata, India.
National Conference on Photosciences: Contemporary Challenges and Future Perspectives	Jan, 2013	Paper Presenter	Jadavpur University, December 12th-14th, 2013, Kolkata, India.
National Seminar on Recent Advances in Chemistry	Jan, 2012	Paper Presenter	February 10th-11th, 2012, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Annual Meeting of the Indian Biophysical Society (IBS)	Jan, 2012	Paper Presenter	January 19th-21st, 2012, University of Madras, Maraimalai (Guindy) Campus, Chennai, India.
7th Asian Biophysics Association (ABA) Symposium & Annual Meeting of the Indian Biophysical Society (IBS)	Jan, 2011	Paper Presenter	29th January-2nd February, 2011, Delhi, India.
National Symposium on Recent Trends in Biophysics	Jan, 2011	Paper Presenter	February 13th-15th, 2010, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
International Symposium on Chemistry and Complexity	Jan, 2011	Paper Presenter	December 6th-8th, 2011, Kolkata, India

Awards

Award Name	Awarded by	Date
International Travel Support	SERB	Jan, 2019
FAOBMB Young Scientist Travel Fellowship Award	FAOBMB	Jan, 2017
SERB National Post Doctoral Fellowship	SERB	Jan, 2016
International Travel Support	SERB	Jan, 2015

Dr. Anirban Basu