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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Ashis. K. Mukherjee
| image = AKM.jpg
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| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Purulia]], [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date =
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| residence = [[Tezpur]], [[Assam]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Snake venom]] [[biochemistry]] | [[Environmental biotechnology]] | [[Industrial microbiology]] | [[Drug discovery]] from natural resources }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Tezpur University]] | [[University of Northern Colorado]] | [[University of Connecticut Health Center]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Banaras Hindu University]] | [[Burdwan Medical College]] | [[University of Calcutta]] | [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] }}
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on snake venom biochemistry
| awards = {{ublist| 2008 [[Tezpur University|TU]] Best Researcher Award | 2010 [[Department of Biotechnology|DBT]] Dr. J. N. Baruah Memorial Science Award | 2013 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] | 2013 Unit of Excellence Award | 2014 SBCI Sreenivasaya Memorial Award | [[Indian Science Congress Association|ISCA]] Young Scientist Award | AMBI Young Scientist Award | ZSI Young Scientist Award | PSI Young Scientist Award | 2014 Sreenivasaya Memorial Award | 2018 Visitor’s Award }}
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'''Ashis K. Mukherjee''' is an Indian biochemist specializing in snake venom biochemistry, molecular biology and microbiology. He served as the Head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of [[Tezpur University]] during 2008– 2011. Known for his research on snake venom biochemistry, proteomic composition and other proteins related work from microbial and plant background, Mukherjee serves as the head and coordinator of the ''Nodal Center for Medical Colleges and Biomedical Research Institutes of North East India'' at Tezpur University. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], for his contributions to biosciences, in 2013. Mukherjee has also received the Visitor's Award 2018 for research in the fields of basic and applied sciences from the [[President of India]].

== Biography ==
[[File:MainView.png|thumb|left|Tezpur University]]
A. K. Mukherjee, born in [[Purulia]], in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], graduated in science with [[Honours degree|honours]] from [[Banaras Hindu University]] in 1990 with first rank and continued at the university for his master's degree in biochemistry which he completed in 1992, again with first rank.<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dmbbt/people/AKM/FACULTY%20PROFILE2.htm |title=Faculty profile |date=2018-05-10 |website=Tezpur University |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> Moving to Burdwan Medical College of [[Burdwan University]] for his doctoral research as a junior research fellow of [[University Grants Commission of India|UGC]]-[[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] NET, Mukherjee earned a PhD in 1998; later, he would also receive a DSc from the [[University of Kolkata]] in 2017. He joined the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of [[Tezpur University]] in 1997 as a lecturer where he continues his career<ref name="Faculty members">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dmbbt/people/faculty.html |title=Faculty members |date=2018-05-10 |website=Tezu University |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref><ref name="Prof A. K. Mukherjee">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dmbbt/people/AKM/MUKHEERJEE%20SIR%20LAB.htm |title=Prof A. K. Mukherjee |date=2018-05-10 |website=tezu.ernet.in |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> and holds the position of a professor since 2009,<ref name="BABRONE - Scientist Profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.babrone.edu.in/vfacultyD.php?id=f_id000278 |title=BABRONE - Scientist Profile |date=2018-05-10 |website=www.babrone.edu.in |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> heading the Centre for Petroleum Biotechnology (CPBT).<ref name="Academic Heads,Tezpur Univrsity,INDIA">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/contact/heads.html |title=Heads of Academic Departments/Centres, Tezpur University, India |date=2018-05-10 |website=www.tezu.ernet.in |language=en |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref>

Mukherjee also serves as the head and coordinator of the Nodal Center for Medical Colleges and Biomedical Research Institutes of North East India at Tezpur University<ref name="DBT Nodal Center">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dmbbt/centres/DBT_nodal.html |title=DBT Nodal Center |date=2018-05-10 |website=Tezpur University |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref><ref name="People, DBT Nodal Cell, Tezpur University">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dbt/People.html |title=People, DBT Nodal Cell, Tezpur University |date=2018-05-10 |website=www.tezu.ernet.in |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref><ref name="DBT Nodal Centre,Tezpur">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dbt/personal.html |title=DBT Nodal Centre,Tezpur |date=2018-05-10 |website=www.tezu.ernet.in |language=en |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> and is associated with the [[University of Connecticut Health Center]] as a Sabbatical Visitor at their Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, and with the [[University of Northern Colorado]] as a visiting scientist at the School of Biological Sciences.<ref name="Faculty profile" />

== Professional profile ==
[[File:Russellsviper sal.jpg|thumb|left|[[Russell's viper]] - a focus of Mukherjee's [[Toxinology|toxinological]] research]]
Mukherjee focuses his research on [[toxinology]] with special focus on snake venom biochemistry and has headed a number of projects as the principal investigator.<ref name="Assessment of thrombolytic potential and anticancer activity of fibrinolytic enzymes purified from Russell’s viper venom and bacteria isolated from NEIndia">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/ProjectWalkin/Advt-AKM-4124-A.pdf |title=Assessment of thrombolytic potential and anticancer activity of fibrinolytic enzymes purified from Russell's viper venom and bacteria isolated from NEIndia |date=2018-05-10 |website=Tezpur University |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref><ref name="Phosphoproteins—Advances in Research and Application">{{cite book|title=Phosphoproteins—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzWo5qy77G0C&pg=PT122|date=26 December 2012|publisher=ScholarlyEditions|isbn=978-1-4649-9795-2|pages=122–}}</ref> His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 126 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashis_Mukherjee3 |title=On ResearchGate |date=2018-05-10 |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> Mukherjee has contributed chapters to books published by others<ref name="ChakrabortiDhalla2013">{{cite book|author1=Sajal Chakraborti|author2=Naranjan S. Dhalla|title=Proteases in Health and Disease|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHG8BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162|date=4 December 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4614-9233-7|pages=162–}}</ref> and has guided several masters and doctoral researchers.<ref name="Prof. A. K. Mukherjee - National Seminar on Snake Venom Research and Snake-bite Therapy">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dmbbt/SnakSymp-2016/mukherjee.php |title=Prof. A. K. Mukherjee |date=2018-05-10 |website=www.tezu.ernet.in |language=en |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> He is also a resource person for the Tezpur Regional Office of Pollution Control Board.<ref name="Call to take action on bio-medical wastes">{{Cite news |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2113/state07 |title=Call to take action on bio-medical wastes |date=10 May 2018 |work=The Assam Tribune Online |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> and is one of the founders of Tezpur University chapter of the Toxinology Society of India.<ref name="Prof. A. K. Mukherjee - National Seminar on Snake Venom Research and Snake-bite Therapy" />

== Awards and honors ==
Mukherjee, who has received the BOYSCAST fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology, has also received the Young Scientist Award from a number of institutions such as the [[Indian Science Congress Association]], the Association of Medical Biochemists of India, the Zoological Society of India, and the Physiological Society of India.<ref name="Prof. A. K. Mukherjee - National Seminar on Snake Venom Research and Snake-bite Therapy" /> He received the Best Researcher Award of Tezpur University in 2008 and the Assam Science Society awarded him the Dr J. N. Baruah Memorial Science Award in 2010.<ref name="Details of teachers who have received national recognition">{{Cite news |url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/ugc_data/ANNEXURE-II.pdf |title=Details of teachers who have received national recognition |date=10 May 2018 |access-date=10 May 2018 |publisher=TEZU University}}</ref> The [[Department of Biotechnology]] (DBT) of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2013.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref> Mukherjee received the Sreenivasaya Memorial Award of the Society of Biological Chemists (India) in 2014.<ref name=" Prof. A. K. Mukherjee - National Seminar on Snake Venom Research and Snake-bite Therapy" /> He is also a recipient of the Crest Award and the Units of Excellence Award of the [[Department of Biotechnology]]<ref name="Faculty profile" /> and the Visitor's Award 2018 for research in the fields of basic and applied sciences.<ref name="President of India presents Visitor’s Awards 2018; addresses the meeting of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities on the issue of promotion of research and innovation">{{Cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=179066 |title=President of India presents Visitor's Awards 2018; addresses the meeting of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities on the issue of promotion of research and innovation |date=2018-07-16 |website=pib.nic.in |access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
=== Chapters ===
* {{cite book|author1=Sajal Chakraborti|author2=Naranjan S. Dhalla|title=Proteases in Health and Disease|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHG8BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162|date=4 December 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4614-9233-7|pages=162–}}

=== Articles ===
* {{Cite journal |last1=Gogoi |first1=Debananda |last2=Arora |first2=Neha |last3=Kalita |first3=Bhargab |last4=Sarma |first4=Rahul |last5=Islam |first5=Taufikul |last6=S. Ghosh |first6=Sidhhartha |last7=Devi |first7=Rajlakshmi |last8=Mukherjee |first8=Ashis |date=2018-12-01 |title=Anticoagulant mechanism, pharmacological activity, and assessment of preclinical safety of a novel fibrin(ogen)olytic serine protease from leaves of Leucas indica |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=6210 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-24422-y|pmid=29670183 |pmc=5906637 |bibcode=2018NatSR...8.6210G }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Ashis |last2=Saviola |first2=Anthony |last3=Mackessy |first3=Stephen |date=2018-04-01 |title=Cellular mechanism of resistance of human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells against apoptosis-induction by Russell's Viper venom L-amino acid oxidase (Rusvinoxidase) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324763115 |journal=Biochimie |volume=150 |pages=8–15 |doi=10.1016/j.biochi.2018.04.017|pmid=29702182 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Kalita |first1=Bhargab |last2=Patra |first2=Aparup |last3=Jahan |first3=Shagufta |last4=Mukherjee |first4=Ashis |date=2018-05-10 |title=First report of the characterization of a snake venom apyrase (Ruviapyrase) from Indian Russell's viper ( Daboia russelii ) venom |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322309273 |journal=International Journal of Biological Macromolecules |volume=111 |pages=639–648 |doi=10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.01.038|pmid=29325746 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Patra |first1=Aparup |last2=Kalita |first2=Bhargab |last3=Chanda |first3=Abhishek |last4=Mukherjee |first4=Ashis |date=2017-12-07 |title=Supplementary Material |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321744436}}

== See also ==
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* [[Apyrase]]
* [[Serine protease]]
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{{portal|India|Biology|Medicine}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite book|title=Surface-Active Agents: Advances in Research and Application: 2011 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KGh49jPBs4oC&pg=PA62|date=9 January 2012|publisher=ScholarlyEditions|isbn=978-1-4649-2925-0|pages=62–}}

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