Dr. Tista Dasgupta (Bhattacharyya)

Qualification: M. Sc, Ph.D
Designation: Associate Professor
e-mail id: tistadasgupta@yahoo.com

Dr. Tista Dasgupta (Bhattacharyya) received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Calcutta in 1986 and 1998 respectively. Her doctoral thesis is entitled “Fluorescence Spectroscopic Study of Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetase and its Interaction with Various Substrates”. Her research interest is on the quantitative analysis of structure-activity relationship of proteins.

Research Activities:

(1) Projects Completed/ Continuing: Completed minor research project of UGC titled ‘Identification of fragrance molecules of some indigenous less well known flowers’ – 2006-2008
(2) Research Guidance: None
(3) Publication (till date):

Research Papers

i. Projects Completed/ Continuing: Completed minor research project of UGC titled ‘Identification of fragrance molecules of some indigenous less well known flowers’ – 2006-2008
ii. Research Guidance: None
iii. Publication (till date):

Research Papers

1) A Fluorescence Spectroscopic Study of Glutaminyl–tRNA Synthetase from Escherichia coli. and Its Implication for Enzyme Mechanism. – T. Bhattacharyya, A. Bhattacharyya and S. Roy – Eur. J. of Biochem. 1991, 200: 739-745.

2) A Fluorescence Spectroscopic Study of Substrate Induce Conformational Changes in Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetase. – T. Bhattacharyya and S. Roy – Biochemistry 1993, 32: 9268-9273.

3) Characteristics of a Urea Induced Molten Globule Intermediate State of Glutaminyl –tRNA Synthetase from Escherichia coli. – B. K. Das, T. Bhattacharyya and S. Roy – Biochemistry 1995, 34: 5242-5247.

4) A Cognate tRNA Specific Conformational Change Glutaminyl –tRNA Synthetase and its Implication for Specificity – A. K. Mondal, A. Bhattacharyya, S. Bhattacharyya, T. Bhattacharyya and S. Roy – Protein Science 1998, 7: 1046-1051.

5) Comparative Study of Compounds Present in Escherichia coli. of Two Species of Michelia – T. Das Gupta Bhattacharyya, M. Ghosh, R. L. Brahmachary – Journal of Indian Chemical Society 2010, 87: No. 7: July, 841-845.

6) Perfumery Component of Two Indian Flowers Artabotrys odoratissimus and Alstonia scholaris Having an Unusual Floral Tone – T. Das Gupta Bhattacharyya, M. Ghosh and R. L. Brahmachary – Journal of Indian Chemical Society 2010, 87: No. 10: October, 1235-1240

7) N–Aryl Modification in γ-Lactum: Design and Synthesis of Novel Monocyclis γ-Lactum Derivatives as Inhibitor of Bacterial Propagation – P. Patra, G. K. Kar, A. Sarkar, J. K. Ray, T. Dasgupta, M. Ghosh and S. Bhattacharyya – Synthetic Communication 2012, 42: 3031-3041.