Research Interests
- Plant abiotic stress biology with special emphasis on inositol metabolism.
- Interested in exploration, ex situ and in situ conservation of medicinally important plant species.
- In silico study of secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathway genes in plants
Teaching Responsibilities
- Undergraduate course in Botany as per West Bengal State University and University of Calcutta Syllabus (CBCS and NEP)
- Postgraduate course in Botany as per University of Calcutta Syllabus (CBCS)
- Supervision of PG dissertation in the field of
Molecular biology, plant tissue culture and
bioinformatics, exploring medicinal plants.
Publications
Journals
- Ray R, Ray S and Mukherjee S, (2023) In silico characterization of Ajmaline biosynthesis pathway genes in plants. Plant Gene 34 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2023.10042012
- Mukherjee S, Mukherjee A, Das P , Bandyopadhyay S, Chattopadhyay D Chatterjee J , Majumder A L (2021) A salt‐tolerant chloroplastic FBPase from Oryza coarctata confers improved photosynthesis with higher yield and multi‐stress tolerance to indica rice, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-021-02026-1
- Mukherjee R, Mukherjee A, Bandyopadhyay S, Mukherjee S, Sengupta S, Ray S, and Majumder AL (2019) Selective manipulation of the inositol metabolic pathway for induction of salt-tolerant in indica rice variety. Scientific Reports, 9:5358 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41809-7
- Mukherjee S, Sengupta S, Mukherjee A, Basak P and Majumder AL. (2018) Abiotic stress regulates expression of galactinol synthase genes post-transcriptionally through intron retention in rice. Planta, doi:10.1007/s00425-018-3046-z.
- Sengupta S, Mukherjee S, Basak P and Majumder AL Significance of galactinol and raffinose family oligosaccharide synthesis in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00656.
- Chatterjee J, Patra B, Mukherjee R, Basak P, Mukherjee S, Ray S, Bhattacharyya S, Maitra S , Ghosh Dastidar K, Ghosh S, Sengupta S, Majumder AL, Cloning, characterization and expression of a chloroplastic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from Porteresia coarctata conferring salt-tolerance in transgenic tobacco. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, September 2013, Volume 114, Issue3, pp395-409.
- Goswami L, Sengupta S, Mukherjee S , Mukherjee R, Ray S and Majumder AL, Targeted expression of L-myo- inositol 1-phosphate synthase from Porteresia coarctata (Roxb.) Tateoka confers multiple stress tolerance in transgenic crop plants. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, (July-September 2014) 23(3):316-330.
- Sengupta S, Mukherjee S, Goswami L, Sangma S, Mukherjee A, Mukherjee R, Ray N, Basak P, Majumder AL, Manipulation of Inositol Metabolism for Improved Plant survival under Stress: A "Network Engineering Approach". Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2012, Volume 21, Issue 1 Supplement, pp 15-23.
- Sengupta S*, Mukherjee S*, Parween S and Majumder AL, Galactinol synthase across evolutionary diverse taxa: Preference for higher plants? FEBS Letters, 2012, Volume 586, pp1488-1496.*Equal contributors.
- Mukherjee S, Ghosh S, Sadhu S, Ghosh P and Maiti TK, Extracellular polysaccharide production by a Rhizobium sp. Isolated from legume herb Crotalaria saltiana Andr. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 2011, Volume 10, pp 340-345.
Book Chapters
- Ray S, Mukherjee S and Ghosh S (2021) Medicinal Plants: A Boom Towards Antiviral Drug Development, pp:231-257. In Sinha D eds. Handbook of Agriculture and Plant Sciences, ABS Books, Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-91002-25-1.
- Dey C and Mukherjee S (2021), An overview of multifarious importance of pteridophytes in Sinha D eds. Hand Book of agriculture and plant sciences, ABS Books, Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-91002-25-1.
- Mukherjee S, Ray S, Ghosh S and Sinha Ray D (2020) Women and Nature interface in Voices beyond silence: issues and insights, Bethune College publication, (ISBN: 978-81-948279-2-4).
- Mukherjee S (2020) Ocean acidification in Proceedings of State level Seminar on Environment: Issues for concern, pg:44-48, held on 24th Feb, 2020,Bethune College.
Conference Proceedings
- Ghosh D, Ray S and Mukherjee M (2022) In silico characterization of
Phytochelatin Synthase in Plants. In Biosystematics and Bioresources:
The proceedings of the International Conference on Algae, Fungi and
Plants: Systematics to Applications (AFPSA-2020)" in celebration of the
100 years Anniversary of the Calcutta university Herbarium (CUH).
Editor: Debabrata Maity and Krishnendu Acharya
Year of Publication: 2022, Pages: xii, 250, ISBN : 978-93-93628-21-33
Conference/ Seminar Paper Presentation Details
- Acted as Departmental Co-ordinator for DBT-STAR College Scheme (2020-2023).
- Acted as a resource person in the workshops conducted by Department of Botany, Bethune College under DBT-STAR College Scheme ?- Workshop on Instrumentation to celebrate National Science Day 28th February, 2023'; One Day workshop on the "Synthesis of Ag Nano Particles from neem and curry leaf extract and study of their antimicrobial activity" on 15.02.2023; Workshop on Lab Techniques on Phycology, Mycology, Plant Pathology and Microbiology, 6th-7th December, 2022 and '7 day workshop in Research Techniques', , , 25.04.2022-02.05.2022.
- Acted as an Organizing Secretary in an International Webinar on "Human Ailment: Basic Research and Clinical Implications", organized by the PG Department of Botany in collaboration with IQAC, Bethune College on 22nd August, 2020
- Participated in a FDP on 'On-line teaching and E-content Development' from 31.08.2020 to 7.08.2020 organized by Bethune College; Oral Presentation on 'Responses of medicinal plant Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettest. to abiotic stresses: salinity and drought' in International Conference on "Engineering biotic interactions in the light of social applicability" by MUC women's college, Burdwan(7th -10th August 2020) , workshop on 'Developing skills through tools and techniques' from 02.07.2020 to 04.07.2020 organized by Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, Kolkata; Online STC 'National workshop on Statistical analysis using SPSS' from 22.06.2020 to 26.06.2020 organized by Lovely Professional University, Punjab; Online National FDP on 'Moodle-Learning Management System" from 22.05.2020 to 26.05.2020 organized by Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Act as an Organizing Secretary in the Webinar on "Coastal areas of West Bengal: Botany and Beyond" organized by the PG Department of Botany in collaboration with IQAC, Bethune College on 18th July 2020.
- Participated in the Workshop on B.Sc. Syllabus organized by Probir Chatterjee Foundation in collaboration with CAS, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta from 4th to 6th March 2020.
- Presented poster entitled 'Standardization of a rapid micropropagation protocol for the medicinal herb, Bacopa monnieri (L.)Pennell.' at University of Calcutta sponsored National Seminar on "Advancement in Plant Sciences: An Insight" on 30th September 2019.
- Presented poster entitled '"Diversification of Flavonol Synthase"
at International Conference on Biotechnology & Biological Sciences 'Biospectrum',
at Unversity of Engineering & Management Kolkata on 8th-10th August,
2019.
Administrative/Additional Responsibilities
- Program Officer, NSS Unit, Bethune College (July 2021-till date)