Education

Ph.D, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, India, 2005

Current position

Assistant Professor, Biosciences & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Publications

1. Surve, M. V., Anil, A., Kamath, K. G., Bhutda, S., Sthanam, L. K., Pradhan, A., Srivastava, R., Basu, B., Dutta, S., Sen, S., Modi, D. and Banerjee, A. (2016). Membrane Vesicles of Group B Streptococcus Disrupt Feto-Maternal Barrier Leading to Preterm Birth. PLoS Pathog 12(9): e1005816.
2. Sangabathuni, S., Vasudeva Murthy, R., Chaudhary, P. M., Surve, M., Banerjee, A. and Kikkeri, R. (2016). Glyco-gold nanoparticle shapes enhance carbohydrate-protein interactions in mammalian cells. Nanoscale 8(25): 12729-12735.
3. Kim, B. J., Hancock, B. M., Bermudez, A., Del Cid, N., Reyes, E., van Sorge, N. M., Lauth, X., Smurthwaite, C. A., Hilton, B. J., Stotland, A., Banerjee, A., Buchanan, J., Wolkowicz, R., Traver, D. and Doran, K. S. (2015). Bacterial induction of Snail1 contributes to blood-brain barrier disruption. J Clin Invest 125(6): 2473-2483.
4. Banerjee, A., Thamphiwatana, S., Carmona, E. M., Rickman, B., Doran, K. S. and Obonyo, M. (2014). Deficiency of the myeloid differentiation primary response molecule MyD88 leads to an early and rapid development of Helicobacter-induced gastric malignancy. Infect Immun 82(1): 356-363.
5. Doran, K. S., Banerjee, A., Disson, O. and Lecuit, M. (2013). Concepts and mechanisms: crossing host barriers. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 3(7).
6. Banerjee, A., Kim, B. J., Carmona, E. M., Cutting, A. S., Gurney, M. A., Carlos, C., Feuer, R., Prasadarao, N. V. and Doran, K. S. (2011). Bacterial Pili exploit integrin machinery to promote immune activation and efficient blood-brain barrier penetration. Nat Commun 2: 462.
7. Banerjee, A., Van Sorge, N. M., Sheen, T. R., Uchiyama, S., Mitchell, T. J. and Doran, K. S. (2010). Activation of brain endothelium by pneumococcal neuraminidase NanA promotes bacterial internalization. Cell Microbiol 12(11): 1576-1588.
8. Uchiyama, S., Carlin, A. F., Khosravi, A., Weiman, S., Banerjee, A., Quach, D., Hightower, G., Mitchell, T. J., Doran, K. S. and Nizet, V. (2009). The surface-anchored NanA protein promotes pneumococcal brain endothelial cell invasion. J Exp Med 206(9): 1845-1852.
9. Zhang, J., Banerjee, A. and Biswas, I. (2009). Transcription of clpP is enhanced by a unique tandem repeat sequence in Streptococcus mutans. J Bacteriol 191: 1056-1065.