Subrata Adak
{{short description|Indian biochemist and a senior scientist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Subrata Adak
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = West Bengal, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| fields = {{ublist | Chemical biology | Biochemistry }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | Indian Institute of Chemical Biology }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | Jadavpur University }}
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on Leishmania
| awards = {{ublist| 2012 N-BIOS Prize }}
}}
Subrata Adak is an Indian biochemist and a senior scientist at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology.{{Cite web |url=http://iicb.res.in/index.php/2017/04/19/subrata-adak/ |title=Subrata Adak on IICB |date=2018-02-01 |website=iicb.res.in |language=en-US |access-date=2018-02-01}} An alumnus of Jadavpur University from where he secured a PhD, Adak is known for his studies on Leishmania, the causative pathogen of Leishmaniasis. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles{{Refn|group=note|Please see Selected bibliography section}} and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 55 of them.{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/39561376_Subrata_Adak |title=On ResearchGate |date=2018-01-30 |access-date=2018-01-30}} Besides, he has published one monograph on Leishmania{{cite book|author=Subrata Adak|title=Leishmania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG07DwAAQBAJ|date=15 January 2015|publisher=Caister Academic Press|isbn=978-1-908230-53-9}} where he has also contributed chapters.{{cite book|author=Subrata Adak|title=Leishmania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG07DwAAQBAJ&pg=PR5|date=15 January 2015|publisher=Caister Academic Press|isbn=978-1-908230-53-9|pages=5–}} The Department of Biotechnology 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.{{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}}{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
Selected bibliography
= Books =
- {{cite book|author=Subrata Adak|title=Leishmania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG07DwAAQBAJ|date=15 January 2015|publisher=Caister Academic Press|isbn=978-1-908230-53-9}}
= Articles =
- {{Cite journal |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Supratim |last2=Santara |first2=Sumit Sen |last3=Das |first3=Shantanabha |last4=Bose |first4=Moumita |last5=Roy |first5=Jayasree |last6=Adak |first6=Subrata |date=2012-10-12 |title=NAD(P)H Cytochrome b5 Oxidoreductase Deficiency in Leishmania major Results in Impaired Linoleate Synthesis Followed by Increased Oxidative Stress and Cell Death |url=http://www.jbc.org/content/287/42/34992 |journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry |language=en |volume=287 |issue=42 |pages=34992–35003 |doi=10.1074/jbc.m112.389338 |issn=0021-9258 |pmid=22923617|pmc=3471740 |doi-access=free }}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Pal |first1=Swati |last2=Dolai |first2=Subhankar |last3=Yadav |first3=Rajesh K. |last4=Adak |first4=Subrata |date=2010-06-23 |title=Ascorbate Peroxidase from Leishmania major Controls the Virulence of Infective Stage of Promastigotes by Regulating Oxidative Stress |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=e11271 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0011271 |pmid=20585663 |pmc=2890587 |issn=1932-6203|bibcode=2010PLoSO...511271P |doi-access=free }}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Pal |first1=Swati |last2=Dolai |first2=Subhankar |last3=Yadav |first3=Rajesh K. |last4=Adak |first4=Subrata |date=2010-06-23 |title=Ascorbate Peroxidase from Leishmania major Controls the Virulence of Infective Stage of Promastigotes by Regulating Oxidative Stress |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=e11271 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0011271 |pmid=20585663 |pmc=2890587 |issn=1932-6203|bibcode=2010PLoSO...511271P |doi-access=free }}
Notes
{{reflist|group=note}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/upload_files/scroll_info/1433492578.pdf |title=Faculty of Science |date=2018-02-01 |website=Jadavpur University |access-date=2018-02-01}}
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RGFFc0wAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Subrata Adak Google Scholar Profile]
{{authority control}}
{{N-BIOS Laureates 2010–2019}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adak, Subrata}}
Category:N-BIOS Prize recipients
Category:Indian medical researchers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Scientists from West Bengal