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| name              = Alok Bhattacharya&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1951|2|2}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place       = [[Delhi]], India&lt;br /&gt;
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| nationality       = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| fields            = {{ublist | [[Parasitology]] | [[Genomics]] | [[Bioinformatics]] }}&lt;br /&gt;
| workplaces        = {{ublist | [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] | [[National Cancer Institute]] | [[Harvard Medical School]] | [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi]] | [[Tata Consultancy Services]] }}&lt;br /&gt;
| alma_mater        = [[Hans Raj College]] ([[Delhi University]])&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi]]&lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Asis Datta]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| awards            = 1994&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;2015&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Aryabhatta Medal&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Alok Bhattacharya&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 1951) is an Indian parasitologist, academic and a professor at the School of Life Sciences of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;GuptaKumar2006&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author1=Ameeta Gupta|author2=Ashish Kumar|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKgM7P5iGwgC&amp;amp;pg=PA428|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers &amp;amp; Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0607-9|pages=428–}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He chairs the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Biotechnology Information System Network&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (BITSNET)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BITSNET Task force&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.btisnet.gov.in/task.asp | title=BITSNET Task force | publisher=Department of Science and Technology, Government of India | date=2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009173225/http://www.btisnet.gov.in/task.asp | archive-date=9 October 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as well as the Life Sciences Expert Committee of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;FIST program&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] (DST).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;FIST program&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.fist-dst.org/html-flies/about-us/OM-FIST-Expert%20Committees-June-2016.pdf | title=FIST program | publisher=Department of Science and Technology, Government of India | date=2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Fellow profile - Bhattacharya&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Bhattacharya,_Prof._Alok | title=Fellow profile - Bhattacharya | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | accessdate=6 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[Indian National Science Academy]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Indian fellow - Bhattacharya&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P00-1270 | title=Indian fellow - Bhattacharya | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=6 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and is known for his studies on [[Entamoeba histolytica]] and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;species-specific calcium binding protein and its gene&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Brief Profile of the Awardee&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=403 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=5 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1994, for his contributions to biological sciences.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;View Bhatnagar Awardees&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=5 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Biography ==&lt;br /&gt;
Alok Bhattacharya, born on 2 February 1951, did his graduate studies in science at [[Hansraj College]] of the [[University of Delhi]] and obtained a master&amp;#039;s degree in chemistry from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]] in 1972.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Faculty Department of Life Sciences&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://snu.edu.in/naturalsciences/Alok_Bhattacharya_profile.aspx | title=Faculty Department of Life Sciences | publisher=Shiv Nadar University | date=2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009173302/http://snu.edu.in/naturalsciences/Alok_Bhattacharya_profile.aspx | archive-date=9 October 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Subsequently, he did his doctoral research at the School of Life Sciences, [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) under the guidance of [[Asis Datta]], a renowned geneticist and [[Padma Bhushan]] laureate, to secure a PhD in 1976. He moved to the US for his post-doctoral studies which he did at the Laboratory of Pathophysiology of [[National Cancer Institute]] during 1977–79 and at the Springer Lab of [[Harvard Medical School]] from 1979 to 1981.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Former Postdoctoral Fellows&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://timothyspringer.org/people/alumni | title=Former Postdoctoral Fellows | publisher=Springer Lab - Harvard Medical School | date=2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Returning to India the same year, he joined the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi]] and worked there as a Senior Research Officer at the Department of Biochemistry till 1982 when he joined Tata Research Development and Design Centre of the [[Tata Consultancy Services]] located in [[Pune]] where he worked till 1985. In 1986, Bhattacharya had a short stint at the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases of the [[National Institutes of Health]] as a guest researcher after which he joined his alma mater, Jawaharlal Nehru University, as an associate professor at their School of Life Sciences where he is the incumbent professor and adjunct faculty.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Faculty Department of Life Sciences&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; During his service at JNU, he held various positions including that of the Coordinator of Bioinformatics Centre (1998-2008), Dean of School of Life Sciences (2002-2004) and the Dean of School of Information Technology (2004-2008).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Indian fellow - Bhattacharya&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He is also a Professor of Life Sciences at [[Shiv Nadar University]], Dadri&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Professor in the Life Sciences at Shiv Nadar University, Dadri&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=https://globalprofessorrank.com/professors/alok-bhattacharya-0 | title=Professor in the Life Sciences at Shiv Nadar University, Dadri | publisher=Global Professor rank | date=2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009165134/https://globalprofessorrank.com/professors/alok-bhattacharya-0 | archive-date=9 October 2016 | url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a visiting faculty at [[Banaras Hindu University]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Visiting faculty&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/mmv/bioinformatics/visiting%20faculty.html | title=Visiting faculty | publisher=Banaras Hindu University | date=2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Alok Bhattacharya is married to [[Sudha Bhattacharya]], a known parasitologist.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Burma2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=D. P. Burma|title=From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CaQ3-x3LXMC&amp;amp;pg=PA432|year=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3220-5|pages=432–}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She is a professor at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;insa&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P14-1635 | title=INSA profile on Dr. Bhattacharya | accessdate=29 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and is a co-author of some of his publications. The couple lives in Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;jnufclty&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Dr. Bhattacharya&amp;#039;s JNU faculty profile|url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/FacultyStaff/ShowProfile.asp?SendUserName=sbhattacharya|accessdate=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118123732/http://www.jnu.ac.in/FacultyStaff/ShowProfile.asp?SendUserName=sbhattacharya|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Legacy ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Entamoeba histolytica life cycle-en.svg|thumb|235px|[[Entamoeba histolytica]] life cycle]]&lt;br /&gt;
Bhattacharya&amp;#039;s researches were focused on [[parasitology]], computation biology and [[bioinformatics]], with special focus on the biology of [[Entamoeba histolytica]], an [[Anaerobic organism|anaerobic]] parasitic [[protozoan]] causing [[amoebiasis]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Faculty Department of Life Sciences&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; His studies elucidated the molecular mechanisms during the [[opsonization]] process of the pathogen and identified new proteins such as EhCaBP1, EhCaBP3 and EhC2PK which play a role in the [[phagocytosis]] and actin dynamics of the parasite.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Professor School of Life Sciences&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/alok/ | title=Professor School of Life Sciences | publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru University | date=2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His team developed new genomic tools and also proposed new algorithms for the identification of genomic variations. His work on [[lipophosphoglycan]] and its identification and characterization as well as on the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;species-specific calcium binding protein and its gene&amp;#039;&amp;#039; are reported to have been pioneering.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | accessdate=5 October 2016 | pages=29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; These studies are known to have widened the understanding of the [[pathogenesis]] of the protozoan at the molecular level. For pursuing his researches on Entamoeba histolytica, he founded a dedicated laboratory at JNU.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Indian fellow - Bhattacharya&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He has also worked on the pathogenesis of [[malaria]] and [[visceral leishmaniasis]] (kala-azar)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Honours for JNU&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160308/jsp/nation/story_73400.jsp#.V_imoOB97IU | title=Honours for JNU | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=8 March 2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and his researches are documented in a number of articles of which 188 have been listed by [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Alok Bhattacharya on ResearchGate&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alok_Bhattacharya | title=Alok Bhattacharya on ResearchGate | work=Author profile | date=2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Bhattacharya is associated with the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] (DST) and is the chairman of two of DST&amp;#039;s initiatives. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Biotechnology Information System Network&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a bioinformatics program for establishing a centralised database and nationwide network of affiliated organizations is one&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BITSNET Task force&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; while the other is &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Fund for Improvement of S&amp;amp;T Infrastructure in Universities and other Higher Educational Institutions&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (FIST) where he heads the Expert Committee on Life Sciences.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;FIST program&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He is a member of [[Guha Research Conference]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Faculty Department of Life Sciences&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; and a former vice president of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] (2011–13).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Recent Past Vice-presidents&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/recent_past_office_bearers.php | title=Recent Past Vice-presidents | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He serves as a member of the governing council of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR),&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Current Members of the Governing Body &amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.csir.res.in/gb.pdf | title=Current Members of the Governing Body | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009164858/http://www.csir.res.in/gb.pdf | archive-date=9 October 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as a member of CSIR Society&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Current Members of the CSIR Society&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/aboutcsir/org_structure_files/members.pdf | title=Current Members of the CSIR Society | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009165107/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/aboutcsir/org_structure_files/members.pdf | archive-date=9 October 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a member of the research councils of [[Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology]] and [[Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute]], both constituent laboratories of CSIR. He sits in the USER committee of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] and chairs the Task force on Bioinformatics, Computation Biology and Systems Biology of the [[Department of Biotechnology]]. He is the managing trustee of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;GNE-Myopathy International&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a forum of patients who suffer from [[Hereditary inclusion body myopathy|GNE-Myopathy]], a genetic disorder affecting young people&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Our Board of Trustees&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://gne-myopathy.org/about_us.html | title=Our Board of Trustees | publisher=GNE-Myopathy International | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803005331/http://gne-myopathy.org/about_us.html | archive-date=3 August 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and is associated with several science journals including &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Parasitology International&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Journal of Biosciences]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Genome Analysis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bioinformatics: From Molecules to systems&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;International Journal of Integrative Biology&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Faculty Department of Life Sciences&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Bhattacharya is a former vice president (2009–10) of the Society of Biological Chemists (India), a science society based at the [[Indian Institute of Science]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Former Office bearers&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://iiscp.iisc.ernet.in/sbci/images/SBCpastpresident.pdf | title=Society of Biological Chemists (India) | publisher=Former Office bearers | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009173227/http://iiscp.iisc.ernet.in/sbci/images/SBCpastpresident.pdf | archive-date=9 October 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; serves as a member for internal expert panel of the Council of Indian Institutes of Technology&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;External Peer Review (Departmental) - Internal Review&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=https://www.iitsystem.ac.in/externalpeers/internalreview/7 | title=External Peer Review (Departmental) - Internal Review | publisher=Council of Indian Institutes of Technology | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and is involved with the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Project AMOEBAC&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of the Infect-ERA, a global organization for researches on human infectious diseases.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Project AMOEBAC&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.infect-era.eu/2nd-call-2014 | title=Project AMOEBAC | publisher=Infect-ERA | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He has delivered several guest lectures and keynote addresses&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Events of the Faculty of Life Sciences &amp;amp; Biotechnology&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.sau.int/component/content/article/10-faculties/flsb/259-flsb-events.html | title=Events of the Faculty of Life Sciences &amp;amp; Biotechnology | publisher=South Asian University | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Symposium on Accelerating Biology 2016: Decoding the Deluge&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=pdf_SYMP2016_technical_programme | title=Symposium on &amp;quot;Accelerating Biology 2016: Decoding the Deluge&amp;quot; | publisher=Centre for Development of Advanced Computing | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;National Symposium on Bioinformatics and Computational Systems Biology&amp;#039;&amp;#039; organized by the National Network for Mathematical and Computational Biology (NNMCB) of the Department of Science and Technology to be held during 12–14 November 2016 at [[Central University of Himachal Pradesh]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;National Symposium on Bioinformatics and Computational Systems Biology&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://cuhimachal.ac.in/NSBCSB/committee.html | title=National Symposium on Bioinformatics and Computational Systems Biology | publisher=Central University of Himachal Pradesh | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He has also mentored research scholars in their doctoral researches.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Somlata&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/somlata/ | title=Somlata | publisher=JNU Faculty | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Awards and honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
Bhattacharya, a Robert McNamara Fellow of the [[World Bank]] (1985–86),&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Professor School of Life Sciences&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, by the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] in 1994.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;View Bhatnagar Awardees&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He is also a recipient of Science Exhibition Award of [[Delhi University]] in 1968 and 1969 and the Rockefeller Biotechnology Career Development Award for 1988–1990. He is a J.C. Bose National Fellow of the Department of Science and Technology, India and an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and the Indian Academy of Sciences.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Indian fellow - Bhattacharya&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He received the Aryabhatta Medal of the Indian National Science Academy in 2015.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Prof Alok Bhattacharya, SLS, selected for Aryabhata Medal of INSA&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://inst.mhrd.gov.in/citizen/secure/initMhrdTeachCornerDetailAction.do?reportType=6# | title=Prof Alok Bhattacharya, SLS, selected for Aryabhata Medal of INSA | publisher=Ministry of Human Resource Development | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Selected bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal | title=Serum stress responsive gene EhslncRNA of Entamoeba histolytica is a novel long noncoding RNA |author1=Arpita Saha |author2=Sudha Bhattacharya |author3=Alok Bhattacharya | journal=Scientific Reports | date=June 2016 | volume=6 | issue=27476 |page=27476 | doi=10.1038/srep27476 | pmid=27273618 | pmc=4895391|bibcode=2016NatSR...627476S }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal | title=The Mycobacterium phlei Genome: Expectations and Surprises |author1=Sarbashis Das |author2=Fredrik Pettersson |author3=Phani Rama Krishna Behra |author4=Malavika Ramesh |author5=Santanu Dasgupta |author6=Alok Bhattacharya |author7=Leif A Kirsebom | journal=Genome Biology and Evolution | date=March 2016 | volume=8 | issue=4 | doi=10.1093/gbe/evw049 | pages=975–85|pmc=4860684 | pmid=26941228 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal | title=Autophosphorylation at Thr279 of Entamoeba histolytica atypical kinase EhAK1 is required for activity and regulation of erythrophagocytosis |author1=M Shahid Mansuri |author2=Mrigya Babuta |author3=Sabir Ali |author4=Alok Bhattacharya | journal=Scientific Reports | date=January 2016 | volume=6 | doi=10.1038/srep16969 | pmid=26739245 | pmc=4703981 | pages=16969|bibcode=2016NatSR...616969M }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal | title=Molecular Basis of Pathogenesis in Amoebiasis |author1=Arpita Saha |author2=Amit Kumar Gaurav |author3=Sudha Bhattacharya |author4=Alok Bhattacharya | journal=Curr Clin Micro RPT | date=September 2015 | doi=10.1007/s40588-015-0023-1 | volume=2 |issue=4 | pages=143–154|s2cid=16992427 |doi-access=free }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal | title = Post-transcriptional regulation of ribosomal protein genes during serum starvation in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Entamoeba histolytica&amp;#039;&amp;#039; | author1=Jamaluddin Ahamad |author2=Sandeep Ojha |author3=Ankita Srivastava| author4=Alok Bhattacharya|author5=Sudha Bhattacharya | journal=Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology | date=August 2015 | volume=201 | issue=2 | pages=146–152 | doi=10.1016/j.molbiopara.2015.07.006 | pmid=26247142 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal | title=A Novel Alpha Kinase EhAK1 Phosphorylates Actin and Regulates Phagocytosis in Entamoeba histolytica |author1=M Shahid Mansuri |author2=Sudha Bhattacharya |author3=Alok Bhattacharya | journal=PLOS Pathogens | date=October 2014 | volume=10 | issue=10 | doi=10.1371/journal.ppat.1004411 | pmid=25299184 | pmc=4192601 | pages=e1004411}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal | title=Trogocytosis by Entamoeba histolytica contributes to cell killing and tissue invasio | author=Katherine S Ralston | author2=Michael D Solga | author3=Nicole M Mackey-Lawrence | author4= Somlata | author5=Alok Bhattacharya | author6=William A Petri | journal=Nature | date=April 2014 | volume=508 | issue=7497 | doi=10.1038/nature13242 | pmid=24717428 | pmc=4006097 | pages=526–530| bibcode=2014Natur.508..526R }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal | title=Analysis of U3 snoRNA and small subunit processome components in the parasitic protist Entamoeba histolytica |author1=Ankita Srivastava |author2=Jamaluddin Ahamad |author3=Ashwini Kumar Ray |author4=Devinder Kaur |author5=Alok Bhattacharya |author6=Sudha Bhattacharya | journal=Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology | date=February 2014 | volume=193 | issue=2 | doi=10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.03.001 | pages=82–92|pmid=24631428 }}&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Sudha Bhattacharya]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Veena Tandon]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Hereditary inclusion body myopathy]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Entamoeba histolytica]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Asis Datta]]&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{cite web | url=http://timothyspringer.org/people/alok-bhattacharya-msc-m-phil-phd | title=Former Postdoctoral Fellows - Alok Bhattacharya | publisher=Springer Lab - Harvard Medical School | work=Fellow profile | date=2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aS4zVqWdQs | title=The University: JNU and its role in India Today | publisher=Chandrashekhar Tibrewal | work=3rd Global JNUites Reunion 2012 Panel Discussion - [[YouTube]] video | date=3 March 2012 | accessdate=7 October 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite web | url=http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol82_2016_1_Art16.pdf | title=Exotic Organisms and Novel Biology: World of Parasites | publisher=Proc Indian Natn Sci Acad | work=Aryabhata Medal Lecture (2015) | date=15 March 2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite web | url=http://inst.mhrd.gov.in/citizen/secure/initMhrdTeachCornerDetailAction.do?index=744&amp;amp;option=view | title=Success stories | publisher=Ministry of Human Resource Development | date=2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/presidents-awards-jnu/1/616790.html | title=President&amp;#039;s awards for excellence in innovation and research for JNU | publisher=India Today | work=News report | date=10 March 2016 | accessdate=8 October 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
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