Banerjee, A.
Dr. Anirban Banerjee
Professor
Phone: +(91-22) 2576 7794
E-mail: abanerjee [at] iitb.ac.in
Location: Room No. 201, BSBE Building
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Research Interest
- Bacterial Pathogenesis, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Cellular Immunity
Academic Background
- B.Sc. : Calcutta University, 1998
- M.Sc.: Punjabi University, 2000
- Ph.D.: NIPER, 2005
Professional Experience
- Professor (2022 – Present) : Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
- Associate Professor (2017 – 2022) : Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
- Assistant Professor (2012 – 2017) : Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
- Principal Investigator (2011 – 2012) : DuPont Knowledge Center, Hyderabad, India
Teaching
- Microbiology, Genetic Engineering, Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis
Awards
- S. Ramachandran National Bioscience Award for Career Development (SR-NBACD), DBT (2023)
- DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance Senior Research Fellowship (2023)
- SERB-STAR award (2023)
- Ignite Life Science Foundation Fast Grant Awardee – 2021
Publications
- Ghosh, S., Roy, S., Baid, N., Das, U. K., Rakshit, S., Sanghavi, P., … & Banerjee, A. (2025). Host AAA-ATPase VCP/p97 lyses ubiquitinated intracellular bacteria as an innate antimicrobial defence. Nature Microbiology, 1-16. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-01984-y)
- Apte, S., Bhutda, S., Ghosh, S., Sharma, K., Barton, T. E., Dibyachintan, S., … & Banerjee, A. (2023). An innate pathogen sensing strategy involving ubiquitination of bacterial surface proteins. Science advances, 9(12), eade1851. (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade1851)
- Surve MV, Bhutda S, Datey A, Anil A, Rawat S, Pushpakaran A, Singh D, Kim KS, Chakravortty D, Banerjee A* (2018) Heterogeneity in pneumolysin expression governs the fate of Streptococcus pneumoniae during blood-brain barrier trafficking. PLoS Pathogens. 14(7): e1007168. (doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007168). (Featured article in PLoS Pathogens in July, 2018; Ranked as Best Life Science publication from India in 2018 by TNQ Technology and Cell Press)
- Surve MV, Anil A, Kamath KG, Bhutda S, Sthanam KL, Pradhan A, Srivastava R, Basu B, Dutta S, Sen S, Modi D, Banerjee A* (2016) Membrane vesicles of Group B Streptococcus disrupt feto-maternal barrier leading to preterm birth. PLoS Pathogens. 12: e1005816. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005816). (Featured article in PLoS Pathogens in Sept., 2016; Ranked in the top 50 paper published in PLoS Pathogens in 2016, Extensive coverage by international and national press agencies including Science News)