Raju Mukherjee

Associate Professor
Department of Biology, IISER Tirupati
Email: raju.mukherjee [AT] iisertirupati.ac.in
Phone: +91 877 2500 441
Group WebpageResearch Interests
Integrative mycobacterium biology, Anti-mycobacterial drug discovery, Mass spectrometry based microbial proteomics, High density transposon mutagenesis
Educational and Professional Career
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Ph.D (2007): Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Associate Research Investigator (2008-2011): Biocon Research Centre, Bangalore
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Scientist (2011-2013): Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL, Lausanne
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Senior Post Doctoral Research Fellow (2013-2016): UCT-Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Cape Town
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Assistant Professor (April, 2016 ~): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, India
Selected Publications
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Majumdar G., Mbau R., Singh V., Warner D F, Dragset M. & Mukherjee, R*, " Genome-wide transposon mutagenesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis.", Book chapter in "In Vitro Mutagenesis: Methods and Protocols", Methods in Mol. Biol. In Press, 2016.
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Kolly, GS., Mukherjee, R., Kilacskova, E., Abriata, LA., Raccaud, M., Blasko, J., Sala, C., Dal Peraro, M., Mikusova, K. & Cole, ST., " GtrA protein Rv3789 is required for arabinosylation of arabinogalactan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.", J. bacteriol. 197(23) , 3686-97, (2015).
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Brecik, M., Centàrovà, I., Mukherjee, R., Kolly, G S. Huszàr, S., Bobovska, A., Kilacskovà, E., Mokosovà, V., Svetlikova, Z., sarkan, M., Neres, J., Kordulàkovà, J., Cole, ST. & K. Mikusovà., " DprE1 is a vulnerable tuberculosis drug target due to its cell wall localization.", ACS Chem Biol 10(7)., 1631-6 (2015).
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Singh, V., Brecik, M., Mukherjee, R., Evans, J C., Svetlikovà, Z., Blackburn, J., Warner, DF., Mikusovà, K. & Mizrahi, V., " The Complex Mechanism of Antimycobacterial Action of 5-Fluorouracil ", Chemistry and Biology, 22(1), 63-75 (2015).
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Mukherjee R*, Chatterji D., "Glycopeptidolipids: immuno-modulators in greasy mycobacterial cell envelope.", IUBMB Life 64(3), 215-25 (2012).
Teaching
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BIO-121: Biology Lab I: Basic Biology (Monsoon, 2016)
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BIO-102 Introductory Biology II: Cellular and Molecular Biology (Spring, 2017)