Amitabha Mukhopadhyay

{{Short description|Indian biologist (born 1959)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|1|5}}

| birth_place = West Bengal, India

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| fields = {{ublist | Biology }}

| workplaces = {{ublist | National Institute of Immunology | Washington University School of Medicine | Cornell University Medical School }}

| alma_mater = {{ublist | University of Calcutta | Jadavpur University | Institute of Microbial Technology }}

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| known_for = Studies on host-pathogens interaction and drug discovery

| awards = {{ublist| 2000 N-BIOS Prize | 2002 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize }}

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Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (born 5 February 1959) is an Indian cell biologist and a professor at the National Institute of Immunology.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nii.res.in/research/amitabha-mukhopadhyay |title=Faculty Profile - Mukhopadhyay |date=2017-11-25 |website=National Institute of Immunology, India |access-date=2017-11-25 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034316/http://www.nii.res.in/research/amitabha-mukhopadhyay |url-status=dead }} He is known for his studies on host-pathogens interaction and drug discovery and is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Mukhopadhyay,_Dr_Amitabha |title=Fellow profile |date=2017-11-12 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2017-11-12}} and the National Academy of Sciences, India.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=M |title=NASI fellows |date=2017-11-12 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2017-11-12 |archive-date=27 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227133632/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=M |url-status=dead }}

Mukhopadhyay, an alumnus of the University of Calcutta from where he earned an MSc, secured a Ph.D. from Jadavpur University after doing his research at the Institute of Microbial Technology. Subsequently, he joined the National Institute of Immunology, India where he holds the position of a professor. He also serves as a visiting scientist at Washington University School of Medicine, and Cornell University Medical School. He has carried out research on the host-parasite interactions of Salmonella and Leishmania, two microbial pathogens.{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=198 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017-10-21 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=2017-10-21}} He is reported to have identified the survival mechanisms of salmonella against host macrophages and his work has assisted in widening the understanding of hemoglobin endocytosis in Leishmania, thus assisting in exploring new drug targets for diseases such as typhoid fever and kala azar. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/39955097_Amitabha_Mukhopadhyay |title=On ResearchGate |date=2017-11-23 |access-date=2017-11-23}}{{Refn|group=note|Please see Selected bibliography section}} and the online repository of scientific articles of the Indian Academy of Sciences has listed 24 of them.{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Mukhopadhyay=3AAmitabha=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2017-11-21 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2017-11-21}}

Mukhopadhyay is a recipient of the National Bioscience Award for Career Development of the Department of Biotechnology in 2000.{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304191331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |url-status=dead }} The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biological sciences in 2002.{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx |title=View Bhatnagar Awardees |date=2017-11-11 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=2017-11-11}}{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please select award year to see details}}