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Associate Professor – Biochemistry

Yajnavalka Banerjee

Yajnavalka.Banerjee@mbru.ac.ae +971 4 383 8710

Dr. Yajnavalka Banerjee is the Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences. He was awarded his PhD by The National University of Singapore in 2008. He pursued his postdoctoral studies at the prestigious Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, USA. He was then awarded the Alexander Humboldt Fellowship, and was an independent Research Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, Germany, another world-renowned institution. His most recent appointment was at the College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman where he was the director of the Biomedical Sciences program, and involved in the teaching and coordination of Biochemistry courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Academic Appointments

2014-2016

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

2008-2009

Research Fellow

Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany

2007-2008

Research Fellow

National Institue of Health (NIH) at the Scripps Research Institute, USA

Professional Education

2007

PhD (Biochemistry)

National University of Singapore, Singapore

2002

MSc (Microbiology)

University of Mumbai, India

2001

BSc (Human Physiology)

University of Calcutta, India

Teaching

  • Teaching Advanced instrumentation and Biochemical Techniques, Advanced Clinical Chemistry  to Post graduate students
  • Teaching Enzymology and metabolism, Foundation Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Principles of Genetics to Under graduate students

Honors and Awards

2013

Recipient of the Astra-Zeneca travel award for International Cardiology Symposium and Diabetes Forum: Global Agenda

2011

Recipient of the Pfizer travel award (http://www.pfizer.com/responsibility/grants_contributions/grants_and_contributions) for Physician’s Academy for Continuing Education (PACE) meeting on Atorvastatin

2008

Recipient of the Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship to conduct Post-doctoral Research

Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany

2007

Recipient of the international travel award from the Japanese Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (JSTH) for their annual conference at Bangkok

2006

Recipient of the Young investigator award awarded jointly awarded by the Asia-Pacifica Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (APSTH) and Japanese Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (JSTH)

2005

Received the best poster award (1st Prize)

Biological Science Congress, Singapore

2005

Received the Best Poster Award (1st Prize)

SCIENCE CONGRESS, Singapore

2002

Obtained the Research Scholarship to pursue PhD degree in NUS

2001

Qualified for Bachelor degree with distinction and stood first in the department

1998

Received Dr. Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS) Award

Publications

Targeting PCSK9 for therapeutic gains: Have we addressed all the concerns?

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Elevated CETP lipid transfer activity is associated with the risk of venous thromboembolism

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Acylcarnitines are anticoagulants that inhibit factor Xa and are reduced in venous thrombosis, based on metabolomics data

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Lyso-sulfatide binds factor Xa and inhibits thrombin generation by the prothrombinase complex

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Inhibition of thrombin generation in human plasma by phospholipid transfer protein View on PubMed

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Low-density lipoprotein receptor gene mutation analysis and structure-function correlation in an Omani Arab family with familial hypercholesterolemia

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Protein anticoagulants targeting factor VIIa-tissue factor complex: A comprehensive review

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Hyperantithrombotic, noncytoprotective Glu149Ala-activated protein C mutant

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Activated protein C ligation of ApoER2 (LRP8) causes Dab1-dependent signaling in U937 cells

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Structure, self-assembly, and dual role of a β-defensin-like peptide from the Chinese soft-shelled turtle eggshell matrix

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Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations

  • The American Heart Association, USA
  • The National Lipid Association, USA
  • Society of Toxicology, USA
  • Singapore Society for Mass Spectrometry (SSMS), Singapore

Research Interests

  • Lipid Biochemistry and Metabolism – To look at lipids of minor Physiological Abundance and to employ them as molecular markers to predict the early onset of cardio-­‐vascular disease
  • Vitamin-­‐D Biochemistry – To study the effect of polymorphisms in different Vitamin-­‐D associated genes and correlate them to the health of Omani Women
  • Protein Chemistry – Identify proteins of therapeutic interest from animal venom
  • Bioinformatics – Design in silico novel antimicrobial agents using animal antimicrobial proteins as templates . Study the structure function of protein implicated in the cholesterol metabolism disorders using homology modeling strategies

Clinical and Community Service

  • Organized Health Run for Oman Society for Lipid and Atherosclerosis (OSLA)
  • Lecture: Biochemistry is Fun at Orphanage school of Aditya Birla Centre for the Welfare of Children, Mumbai
  • Lecture: What is Science and Who is a Scientist  at Anand Kendra Orphanage of the Thelma JRD Tata Anand Kendra Trust, Mumbai
  • Lecture:Biochemistry and Sherlock Holmes at Muscat International School, Muscat, Oman
  • Lecture: Staying Fit in Old Age at Cardinal Gracias Destitute”s Home of the Missionaries of Charity, Mumbai
  • Organized an Health Care Awareness program “We are also there” with Sanghamitra, a women’s collective
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