Subrata Adak is an Indian biochemist and a senior scientist at the
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) is a biomedical research centre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Established in 1935 as Indian Institute of Experimental Medicine (IIEM), it was inducted under the aegis of Council of Scientific & I ...
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An alumnus of
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955. In 2022, it was ranked fourth am ...
from where he secured a PhD, Adak is known for his studies on
Leishmania
''Leishmania'' is a parasitic protozoan, a single-celled organism of the genus '' Leishmania'' that are responsible for the disease leishmaniasis. They are spread by sandflies of the genus ''Phlebotomus'' in the Old World, and of the genus '' ...
, the causative pathogen of
Leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis is a wide array of clinical manifestations caused by parasites of the trypanosome genus ''Leishmania''. It is generally spread through the bite of phlebotomine sandflies, ''Phlebotomus'' and ''Lutzomyia'', and occurs most freq ...
. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and
ResearchGate
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, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 55 of them.
Besides, he has published one
monograph
A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works) or exhibition on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author or artist, and usually on a scholarly subject.
In library cataloging, ''monograph ...
on Leishmania
where he has also contributed chapters.
The
Department of Biotechnology
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India. It ...
of the Government of India awarded him the
National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2012.
Selected bibliography
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Subrata Adak Google Scholar Profile
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N-BIOS Prize recipients
Indian scientific authors
Living people
Indian medical researchers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Scientists from West Bengal
Jadavpur University alumni
Indian biochemists