Ph.D.: Life Science (Title of the Thesis: Induction of cell cycle phase-specific cancer cell apoptosis by curcumin: A mechanistic approach), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (2010).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA; Department of Immuno-oncology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, California, USA.
Qualified for JRF/SRF of CSIR/UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET) in Life Science.
M.Sc.: Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (2004).
B.Sc.: Zoology (Honors), University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (2002).
Therapeutic interventions for tumorvirus mediated human malignancies and inflammation related disease pathogenesis.
Epigenetic regulation of cellular oncogenic kinases by tumorvirus in cancer progression.
Developing novel biosensing systems to detect microbial infection in human diseases.
Banerjee S, Lu J, Cai Q, Zhiguo Sun, Jha HC, Robertson ES. EBNA3C augments Pim-1 mediated phosphorylation and degradation of p21 to promote B-cell proliferation. PLoS Pathogens. 2014 Aug 14;10(8):e1004304. Publisher: Public Library of Science, Impact Factor: 6.218.
Banerjee S, Lu J, Cai Q, Saha A, Jha HC, Dzeng RK, Robertson ES. The EBV Latent Antigen 3C Inhibits Apoptosis through Targeted Regulation of Interferon Regulatory Factors 4 and 8. PLoS Pathogens. 2013 May; 9(5):e1003314. Publisher: Public Library of Science, Impact Factor: 6.218.
Cai Q*, Banerjee S*, Cervini A, Lu J, Hislop AD, Dzeng R, Robertson ES. IRF-4-mediated CIITA transcription is blocked by KSHV encoded LANA to inhibit MHC II presentation. PLos Pathogens. 2013 Oct; 9(10):e1003751. Publisher: Public Library of Science, Impact Factor: 6.218. (*Contributed equally).
Pei Y*, Banerjee S*, Sun Z, Jha HC, Saha A, Robertson ES. EBV nuclear antigen 3C mediates regulation of E2F6 to inhibit E2F1 transcription and cell proliferation. PLos Pathogens. 2016 Aug 22;12(8):e1005844. Publisher: Public Library of Science, Impact Factor: 6.218. (* Contributed equally).
Pei Y, Banerjee S, Jha HC, Sun Z, Robertson ES. An essential EBV latent antigen 3C binds Bcl6 for targeted degradation and cell proliferation. PLos Pathogens. 2017 Jul 24;13(7):e1006500. Publisher: Public Library of Science, Impact Factor: 6.218.
Banerjee S, Uppal T, Strahan R, Dabral P, Verma SC. The modulation of apoptotic pathways by gammaherpesviruses. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016 Apr 27;7:585. Publisher: Lausanne: Frontiers Research Foundation, Impact Factor: 4.076.
Awards & Achievements
Fellow of Medical Research Council (FMRC), USA.
Aurobindo Guha Life Science Endowment Award, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Nakul Chandra De Memorial award, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Young Investigator Start-Up Grant Award by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
Fellowship from University of Pennsylvania, USA for Postdoctoral Research.
Fellowship from City of Hope National Medical Centre, USA for Postdoctoral Research.
Junior/Senior Research Fellowship from University Grants Commission (UGC)
Banerjee S, Jha HC, Cai Q, Robertson ES. Epstein-Barr Virus and Burkitt’s lymphoma. Burkitt’s lymphoma, Robertson, Erle S. (Ed.), 2013, ISBN- ISBN: 978-1-4614-4312-4 (Print) 978-1-4614-4313-1 (Online). Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC.
Toor D and Banerjee S. Interference of Environmental Pollution with Human Reproductive Health. Environmental Crisis and Sustainability: A Response, Vinod kumar Dr vinod Kumar & Muraree Lal Meena, 2016, ISBN-10: 8192932753, ISBN-13: 978-8192932750. Publisher: Ansh Book International.
Banerjee S, Banerjee J, Toor D, Impact of stress on aging: an overview, Ageing in India: Challenges and changes, ABI Publishers, Delhi.
Banerjee S, Lu J, Cai Q, Sun Z, Jha HC, Robertson ES. Gammaherpesvirus-mediated deregulation of cellular kinase signaling in cancers. “21st World Congress on Advances in Oncology and 19th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine”, October 6th-8th, 2016, Athens, Greece.
