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Tapas Kumar Maiti

	T K Maiti Ph.D.(Kalyani Univ) Professor, Biotechnology
	T K Maiti joined the Institute in 1995

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Residence	B-161, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 283766
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 283767 (IIT Phone) +91 - 3222 - 279971 (Private Phone)
email	tkmaiti @ hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Research Areas

plant lectins and lectin derived peptides in cancer therapy
Mushroom derived glucan as immunomodulator
Tissue engineering
Biomicrofluiidcs and biochip development

Awards & Honours

UNESCO-IUMS-SGM fellowship (2004)

Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Novel anticancer peptides from typtic digest abrus agglutinin
Principal Investigator : T.K.Maiti
Sponsor : CSIR
Project Title : Development of novel nano-composite osteogenic metrices for cell based tissue engineering
Principal Investigator : T.K.Maiti
Co-Principal-Investigators : A.Mitra( SMST)
Sponsor : DRDO
Project Title : Highthroughput Glycomics with Lectin microarray
Principal Investigator : T.K.Maiti
Co-Principal-Investigators : S.Chakraborty ( ME)
Sponsor : DBT
Project Title : Exploring Immunomodulatory potential of mushroom glucan/proteoglucan as Biological response modifier in cancer therapy
Principal Investigator : T.K.Maiti
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : Molecular approach for monitoring drug resistant malaria parasite in the malaria endemic zone in West bengal
Principal Investigator : T.K.Maiti
Sponsor : DST

Patents

A kit for semi-quatification of CRP in whole blood and process related for manufacture of the same : Granted (Ref : 727/CAL/2002 )
Artficial Skin Graft : Filled (Ref : 139/KOL/2010 )

Publications: 2009 - 2010

Abrus abrin derived peptides induce apoptosis by targeting mitochondria in HeLa cells. by S. K. Bhutia, S. K. Mallick, T. K Maiti Cell Biology International, 33 , pp. 720-727 (2009)
In vitro immunostimulatory properties of Abrus lectins derived peptides in tumor bearing mice by S. K. Bhutia, S. K. Mallick, S. Maiti, T. K Maiti Phytomedicine, 16 , 776-782 (2009)
Tumor escape mechanisms and its therapeutic implication in combination tumor therapy by S. K. Bhutia, S. K. Mallick, T. K Maiti Cell Biology International, In Press (2010)
Immunostimulatory properties of a polysaccharide isolated from Astraeus hygrometricus. by S K. Mallick, S.Maiti ,S. K. Bhutia, & T. K. Maiti Journal of Medicinal Food, In Press (2010)
Macrophage Stimulation by Polysaccharides Isolated from Barometer Earthstar Mushroom, Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morgan (Gasteromycetideae) by S. K. Mallick, S. K. Bhutia, & T. K. Maiti International Journal of Medicinal Mushroom, 11, 237-248. (2009)
Screening of wound healing potential of different Aloe vera L. Germplasms at the cellular leve by K.Manoj,D.Mishra,T.K.Maiti, S.DuttaGupta Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Science and Biotechnology, 3, 62-64 (2009)
Enhanced Cell Adhesion to Helium Plasma-Treated Polypropylene by Nageswaran Gomathi , Debasish Mishra , Tapas Kumar Maiti and Sudarsan Neogi Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 23, 1861â€“1874 (2009)
Biofunctionalized, Phosphonate-Grafted, Ultrasmall Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Combined Targeted Cancer Therapy and Multimodal Imaging by Manasmita Das, Debasish Mishra, Prasanta Dhak, Satyajit Gupta, Tapas Kumar Maiti, Amit Basak, Panchanan Pramanik Small, DOI.10.1002/smll.200 (2009)
Amperometric Detection of Glucose Biomolecules Using ZnO Tripods and Nanorods: A Comparative Study by S. Mandal, K.Sambasivarao, H.Mullick, A. Dhar,T. K. Maiti, and S.K. Ray Sensor Letters, 7, 1â€“5 (2009)
Isolation and characterization of a heteropolysaccharide from the corm of Amorphophallus campanulatus by Debsankar Das , Subhas Mondal , Sadhan K. Roy , Debabrata Maiti , Bibhas Bhunia , Tapas K. Maiti , Syed S. Islam Carbohydrate Research, 344(18), 2581-2585. (2009)
Structural studies of an immunoenhancing water-soluble glucan isolated from hot water extract of an edible mushroom, Pleurotus florida, cultivar Assam Florida by Sadhan K. Roy , Debsankar Das , Subhas Mondal , Debabrata Maiti , Bibhas Bhunia , Tapas K. Maiti , Syed S. Islam Carbohydrate Research, 344(18), 2596-2601. (2009)
Structural analysis of an immunoenhancing heteropolysaccharide isolated from the green (unripe) fruits of Solenum melongena (Brinjal) by Arnab K. Ojha a, Krishnendu Chandra a, Kaushik Ghosh a, Bibhas Bhunia b, Tapas K. Maiti b, Syed S. Islam Carbohydrate Research, 344(17), 2357-2363. (2009)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

PLGA microspheres incorporated gelatin scaffold: Microspheres modulate scaffold properties by I. Banerjee, D Mishra, T.K.Maiti. International Journal of Biomaterials, In press (2009)
Inhibitory effect of Abrus abrin derived peptide fraction against Daltonâ€™s lymphoma ascites model by S. K. Bhutia, S. K. Mallick, S. Maiti, T. K Maiti. Phytomedicine, In press (2009)
Chemical synthesis, characterization and biocompatibility study of hydroxyapatite (HAp)/chitosan phosphate (CSP) nanocomposite for bone tissue engineering applications. by Nabakumar Pramanik, Debasish Mishra, Indranil Banerjee, Tapas Kumar Maiti, Panchanan Pramanik and P. Bhargava International Journal of Biomaterials, 2009 8pp (2009)
Stimulation of murine B and T lymphocytes by native and heat-denatured Abrus agglutinin by D.Ghosh, S. K. Bhutia, S. K. Mallick, I. Banerjee, T.K.Maiti Immunobiology, 214, 227-234 (2009)
Sustained release of antibiotic from polyurethane coated implant materials by Piyali Basak , Basudam Adhikari, Indranil Banerjee,Tapas K. Maiti J Mater Sci: Mater Med, DOI 10.1007/s 10856 (2008)
Biofunctionalization of magnetite nanoparticles using an aminophosphonic acid coupling agent: New, ultradispersed, iron-oxide-folate nanoconjugates for cancer-specific targeting by Manasmita Das, Debashish Mishra, T. K. Maiti, A. Basak and P. Pramanik Nanotechnology, 19, 14pp (2008)
Carbon microelectromechanical systems as a substratum for cell growth by 8. G Turon Teixidor, R A Gorkin III, P P Tripathi, G S Bisht, M Kulkarni, T K Maiti, T K Battacharyya, J R Subramaniam, Ashutosh Sharma, B Y Park and M Madou BioMedical Material., 3, 8 pp (2008)
Traction Force Microscopy On-Chip: Shear Deformation of Fibroblast Cells. by T. Das, T. K. Maiti, S. Chakraborty. Lab on Chip, 8, 1308 - 1318 (2008)
Antitumor and proapoptotic effect of Abrus agglutinin derived peptide in Dalton Lymphoma tumor model by S. K. Bhutia, S. K. Mallick, S. Maiti, T. K Maiti Chemico-Biological Interactions, 174, 11-18 (2008)
Antiproliferative and immunostimulatory protein fraction from edible mushrooms by S. Maiti, S. K. Bhutia, S. K. Mallick, A.Kumar, N. Khadgi, Tapas K Maiti Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 26,187-191 (2008)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

Micro contact Printing of Concanavalin A and its effect on mammalian cell morphology. by T. Das, S. K. Mallick, D. Paul, S. K. Bhutia, T. K. Bhattacharyya and T.K.Maiti, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 314, 71-79. (2007)
Immunomodulatory and antitumor activities of native and heat denatured Abrus agglutinin in mouse model by D.Ghosh, T.K.Maiti, Immunobiology, 212(7)589-599. (2007)
Synthesis of highly stable folic acid conjugated magnetite nanoparticles for targeting cancer cell by S. Mohapatra, S. K. Mallick, T. K. Maiti, S. K. Ghosh and P. Pramanik, Nanotechnology, 18, 385102 (2007)
Effects of native and heat denatured Abrus agglutinin on tumor associated macrophages in Dalton's lymphoma mice by D.Ghosh, T.K.Maiti, Immunobiology, 212(8),667-673. (2007)
Transient expression, purification and characterization of bioactive human fibroblast growth factor in plants by H. H. Surya K. Potula, S. Roy, A. K. Ghosh, T.K. Maiti and S. Dey., Transgenic Research., Transgenic Research. (2008)
Effects of a glucan from the edible mushroom Pleurotus florida, as immunostimulant in farmed Indian major carp, catla (Catla catla) by Dibyendu Kamilya, Siddhartha N. Joardar, Bimal C. Mal and Tapas K. Maiti, The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture, 60(1),37- 45. (2008)
Induction of mitochondria-dependent apoptosis by Abrus agglutinin derived peptides in human cervical cancer cel by 2. Sujit K Bhutia, Sanjaya K Mallick, Stanley M Stevens, Laszlo Prokai, Jamboor K Vishwanatha and Tapas K Maiti, Toxicology in Vitro, 22,344-351 (2008)
Targeting tumors with peptides from natural source. by Sujit K Bhutia and Tapas K Maiti., Trends in Biotechnology, 25(4),210-217 (2008)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

Growth and nutrient removal rates of Spirulina platensisand Nostoc muscorumin fish culture effluent: a laboratory-scale study by Dibyendu Kamilya, Sudipto Sarkar,Tapas K Maiti, Sukumar Bandyopadhyay & Bimal C Mal, Aquaculture Research, 37, 1594-1597 (2006)
Biocompatability of Diamond like nanocomposite thin films by T. Das, D Ghosh, T. K. Bhattachryya, T. K. Maiti, Journal of Biomaterial Science: Materials in Medicine, 18(3),493-500 (2007)
Laser Surface Treatment of Ti-6Al-4V for Bio-Implant Application by A. Biswas, L. Li, T. K. Maiti, U. K. Chatterjee, B. L. Mordike, I. Manna, and J. Dutta Majumdar, Lasers in Eng, 17, 59â€“73 (2007)
Immunomodulatory and antitumor activities of water-soluble proteoglycan islolated from the fruiting bodies of edible mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus by S. Shah, D. Ghosh, S. K. Bhutia, I. Benerjee, S. K. Mallick, S. Maiti and T. K Maiti, International Journal of Medicinal Mushroom, 9 (2), 123-138 (2007)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Anti-tumor and immunomodulating effects of Pleurotus ostreatus mycelia derived proteoglycans by I. Sarangi, D Ghosh, S K Bhutia, S Mallick and T. K. Maiti, International Immunopharmacology, 6,1287-1297 (2006)
Immunomodulatory effect of bovine lectoferrin, mushroom glucan and lectin from Abrus precatorius in Indian major carp, catla ( Catla catla) by D.Kamilya, D.Ghosh, B.C.Mal, S.Bandopadhya and T. K. Maiti, Aqua Culture, 253, 130-139 (2006)
Adjuvant effect of mushroom glucan and bovine lactoferrin upon Aeromonas hydrophila vaccination in catla Catla catla (Hamilton) by D Kamilya, T K Maiti, S N Joardar and B C Mal, Journal of Fish Diseases, 29, 331-337 (2006)
Laser Surface Nitriding of Ti-6Al-4V for Bio-implant Application by Amit Biswas, T. K. Maiti, U. K. Chatterjee, I. Manna, Lin Li and J. Dutta Majumdar, Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs, 20(1),68-72 (2006)
N. Mishra, S Pal, T. K. Maiti and S.Dey by Production and characterization of arabinogalactan protein ( AGP) from a hairy root line of Catharanthus roseus ( L.) G. Don, Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 5,211-216 (2006)

Publications: 2004 - 2005

Immunomodulatory role of native and heat denatured agglutinin from Abrus precatorious by Tripathi S and Maiti T.K., International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 37 (2005) 451-462
Immunostimulatory role of tryptic digest of Abrus agglutinin by Tripathi S , Ghosh D and Maiti T.K., Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology, 26 (2004) 411-424
In vitro effects of bovine lactoferrin, mushroom glucan and abrus agglutininon Indian major carp, catla ( Catla catla) head kidney leukocytes by Kamilya D, Ghosh D, Bandyopadhay, Mal B C, and Maiti T K, Aquaculture, (0)

Some Earlier Publications

Stimulation of murine macrophages by native and heat denatural lectin from by S. Tripathi and T.K. Maiti, Abrus precatorious, International Immunopharmacology, 3 (2003) 375-381

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