Subhamoy Pal National Research Council Fellow Infectious Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center [Resumé | Research | Teaching | Publications | Talks | Other ]

Contact Information:

3N71 Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Division, Infectious Diseases Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, 530 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Phone: (301)-319-3068
E-mail: pals (at) nmrc (dot) navy (dot) mil

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Research

My research involves the evaluation of existing dengue diagnostic assays and the development of better ones.

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PhD Dissertation (2000-2006)

Title: Role of NF-κB/Rel proteins in mediating innate immune responses in Drosophila melanogaster [Full text pdf] [Link]

My advisor was Dr. Louisa Wu. I was also supported in my research by my committee members: Dr. Eric Baehrecke, Dr. David Mosser, Dr. Raymond St. Leger, and Dr. Barbara Thorne .

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Teaching

Teaching Assistant for Cell Biology and Physiology (BSCI230) labs comprising two sections with about 25 students each during Spring of 2001.

Teaching Assistant for Genetics (BSCI222) in the summer of 2006, involving discussion of course topics with one section of about 20 students.

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Publications

Journal Papers:

Pal, S., Wu, J. Wu, L. “Microarray analysis reveal distinct roles for Rel proteins in the Drosophila immune response.” Developmental and Comparative Immunology. In press.

Pal, S., St. Leger, R., Wu, L. “The Fungal peptide Destruxin A plays a role in suppressing Drosophila melanogaster immune response”. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 282, Issue 12, 8969-8977, March 23, 2007 [Link]

Pal, S. and Wu, L. "Lessons from the fly- Pattern recognition in Drosophila melanogaster." Target Pattern Recognition in Innate Immunity. Landes/Eurekah Publishers, June 2006. [Link]

Pal, S. and Wu, L. “Guts and Glory-Balancing Microbes and the Immune Response”, Developmental Cell, Volume 8, 1-7, January 2005.[Link]

Conference Posters:

Pal, S. et. al. “Characterizing mutants with increased susceptibility to entomopathogenic fungi M. anisopliae infection”, Poster 853A, 45th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Washington DC 2004.

Pal, S. et. al. “Screening for mutations in Cactus using denaturing-HPLC”, Poster 943A, 44th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Chicago IL, 2003. [jpg]

Undergraduate Research:

Cloning, Overexpression, and Purification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Malonyl CoA:ACPM Transacylase (MCAT). Conducted in Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Spring 2000. [pdf]

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Selected Talks:

"The role of Rel transcription factors in immune response specificity", Immunity, Pathogenesis and Hematopoiesis Workshop, Saturday April 2, 7:00-10:00 PM, 46th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego 2005.[ppt]

"Rels Roles: Or how I learnt to Relish the big Dif caused by infection in Drosophila melanogaster." A GEMS Presentation, University of Maryland, 2003. [Link]

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Awards and Experiences

National Research Council Fellowship. 2007-present. Research proposal on novel dengue diagnostics awarded funding for scientific excellence.

Dr. M. Zain-Ul Abedin Memorial Scholarship, awarded in 2006 for Best Student from developing country in the MOCB program

Best Presentation Award for presentation at the MOCB Retreat, held at the University of Maryland on 1st June 2006.

Student member of the Genetics Society of America.

Mary Ann Winslow Travel Grant for presenting research work in San Diego, CA in 2005.

Vice President and Web Administrator of Students Council of India, 2003-2004.

Journalism experience: Editor of school newspaper, member of English Press Club in BITS Pilani, and internship at Hindustan Times.

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