Faculty at School of Natural Sciences
- B.Sc. Biotech & Bioinformatics
- M.Sc. Biotechnology
- PhD Biotechnology
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University (2017 to 2023); Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University (2023 to 2024).
- Immunology, Microbial Pathogenesis, Host-Pathogen Interaction, Immunotherapy
- Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Exchange Fellowship awarded by European Union (EACEA) to undertake collaborative doctoral research work in University of Porto, Portugal and CSIC-IATA, Valencia, Spain (2014 – 2016)
- Invited Young Scientist talk in CSIC-IATA, Spain, Summer Seminar Series - 2014
- Invited Young Scientist talk in 1st Tianyuan Conference, Nanjing, China- 2019
- Postdoctoral Association Travel Award – Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC)- The American Association of Immunology conference 2019, San Diego, California, USA.
- Awarded for the Poster Presentation in the 7th Asian Conference for Lactic Acid Bacteria, New Delhi, India 2013
- American Association of Immunologist (AAI) Block symposium and Abstract Presentation award Immunology conference held at Washington DC, 2023
- American Association of Immunology Careers in Immunology Fellowship- Awarded by American Association of Immunologists for extramural salary support- 2022 to 2023.
- Cain Research Grant to undertake independent Research in “Adoptive immunotherapy with engineered CAR-Treg cells to treat autoi mmune arthritis” 2021.
- Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Exchange Fellowship awarded by European Union (EACEA) to undertake collaborative doctoral research work in University of Porto, Portugal and CSIC-IATA, Valencia, Spain (2014 – 2016)
- American Association of Immunology Careers in Immunology Fellowship- Awarded by American Association of Immunologists for extramural salary support- 2022 to 2023.
- Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellowship 2023 awarded by Department of Biotechnology- Govt of India
- American Association of Immunology
- Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
- Das JK et al. “Elongation Factor-2 Kinase is a Critical Determinant of the Fate and Antitumor Immunity of CD8+ T Cells” Science Advances- 8 (5) 2022.
- Peng HY, Wang L, Das JK, et al. “Control of CD4+ T cells to restrain inflammatory diseases via eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase” Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - 8 (1),415, 2023.
- Guo F*, Das JK* et al. “A live attenuated bacterium limits cancer resistance to CAR-T therapy by remodelling the tumor microenvironment” Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer 10 (1) 2022.
- Yang JM*+, Ren Y+, Kumar A+, Xiong X, Das JK, et al. “NAC1 modulates autoimmunity by suppressing regulatory T cell mediated tolerance” Science Advances- 8 (26); 2022.
- Ren Y*, Kumar A*, Das JK*, Peng HY, Wang L, Darby JB, Xiong X, Ren X, Zhang Y, Yang JM, Song J “Tumorous Expression of NAC1 Restrains Antitumor Immunity through the LDHA mediated Immune Evasion” Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer 10(9): 2022.
- Das JK*, Guo F*, Hunt C et al. “A metabolically engineered bacterium controls autoimmunity by remodeling the pro-inflammatory microenvironment” Gut Microbes 14 (1) 2022.
- Wang L, Peng HY, Das JK, Kumar et al., “NAC1 confines virus-specific memory formation of CD4+ T cells through the ROCK1-mediated pathway” Journal of Medical Virology 95 (7); 2023.
- Fan J, Wang MF, Chen HL, Shang D, Das JK, Song J “Current advances and outlooks in immunotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma” Molecular cancer 19 (1), 1-22
- Fan J*, Das JK*, Xiong X, Chen H, Song J “Development of CAR-T cell persistence in adoptive immunotherapy of solid tumors” Frontiers in oncology 10; 2021.
- Haque M, Song J, Lei F, Xiong X, Das JK, et al “Stem cell derived tissue-associated regulatory T cells suppress the activity of pathogenic immune cells in autoimmune diabetes” Journal of clinical Investigation-Insights 4(7); 2019.
- Haque M, Lei F Xiong X, Ren Y, Kumar A, Das JK et al. “Stem Cell-Derived Viral Antigen-Specific T Cells Suppress HBV Replication through Production of IFN-γ and TNF-⍺. iScience 23 (7); 2020.
- Ballard DJ, Peng HY, Das JK et al. “Insights into the pathologic roles and regulation of eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase” Frontiers in molecular biosciences 8, (18); 2021.
- Haque M, Lei F, Xiong X, Ren Y, Peng HY, Wang L, Kumar A, Das JK et al, “Stem cell-derived viral antigen-specific T cells suppress HIV replication and PD-1 expression on CD4+ T cells” Viruses 13 (5), 2021.
- Wang L, Das JK et al. “Autophagy in T‐cell differentiation, survival and memory” Immunology and Cell Biology 99 (4), 2021.
- Peng HY, Lucavs J, Ballard D, Das JK et al. “Metabolic reprogramming and reactive oxygen species in T cell immunity” Frontiers in immunology 12 (59);2021
- Haque M, Xiong X, Lei F, Das JK, Song J “An optimized protocol for the generation of HBV viral antigen-specific T lymphocytes from pluripotent stem cells” STAR protocols 2 (1); 2021.
- Das JK, Xiong X, Ren X, Yang JM, Song J “Heat shock proteins in cancer immunotherapy” Journal of Oncology 2019
- Verma SK, Jha E, Panda PK, Das JK et al. “Molecular aspects of core-shell intrinsic defect induced enhanced antibacterial activity of ZnO nanocrystals” Nanomedicine 13 (1), 2018.
- Mishra J, Das JK, Kumar “Janus kinase 3 regulates adherens junctions and epithelial mesenchymal transition through β-catenin” Journal of Biological Chemistry 292 (40), 2017.
- Das JK*, Severo M, Pereira CD, Patrício E, Magalhães J, Monteiro R, et al. “Natural mineral-rich water ingestion by ovariectomized fructose-fed Sprague-Dawley rats: effects on sirtuin 1 and glucocorticoid signaling pathways” Menopause 24 (5), 2017. *Corresponding Author
- Jaiswal S, Sahoo PK, Ryan D, Das JK, et al. “Altered virulence potential of Salmonella Enteritidis cultured in different foods: A cumulative effect of differential gene expression and immunomodulation” International Journal of Food Microbiology 230; 2016.
- Das JK, Mahapatra RK, Patro S, Goswami C, Suar M “Lactobacillus acidophilusbinds to MUC3 component of cultured intestinal epithelial cells with highest affinity” FEMS microbiology letters 363 (8), 2016.
- Samal HB, Das JK, Mahapatra RK, Suar M “Molecular modeling, simulation and virtual screening of MurD ligase protein from Salmonella typhimurium LT2” Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods 73, 34-41; 2015.
- Das JK, Mishra D, Ray P, Tripathy P, Beuria TK, Singh N, Suar M “In vitroevaluation of anti-infective activity of a Lactobacillus plantarum strain against Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis” Gut Pathogens 5, 1-11; 2013.
1. Arunima A, Das JK, Suar M “Gut Microbes in Liver Diseases: Dietary Intervention for Promoting Hepatic Health” Book Chapter in Dietary Interventions in Gastrointestinal Diseases, 117-131- Academic Press
2. Kumar A, Das JK, Peng HY, Wang L, Ren Y, Xiong X, Song J “Current development in iPSC-based therapy for autoimmune diseases” Book Chapter in Recent Advances in iPSCs for Therapy, 3, 315-338- Academic Press 28.
3. Das JK*, Aryashree A “Designer Microbes: Oncotherapy Approach” in Book: Microbial Engineering for Therapeutics Published by Springer Nature; DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3979-2. *First and Corresponding Author
1. Invited Young Scientist talk in CSIC-IATA, Spain, Summer Seminar Series - 2014
2. Invited Young Scientist talk in 1st Tianyuan Conference, Nanjing, China- 2019
1. Featured in the vital records media story of Texas A&M University: https://vitalrecord.tamhsc.edu/das-awarded-cain-fellowship-grant/
2. Featured in the vital records article by Texas A&M University as a part of the team uncovering the critical role of eEF-2K in regulating autoimmune diseases:
- Ad-hoc peer reviewer in journals like Frontiers in Immunology, PloS One, Journal of Controlled Release, Molecular Cancer, and others.