Sunil Kumar Manna

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Sunil Kumar Manna
Born (1968-08-27) 27 August 1968 (age 55)
West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
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Known forStudies on apoptosis in cancer
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Sunil Kumar Manna (27 August 1968) is an Indian immunologist and the head of the immunology lab of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics. He is known for his studies on cell signaling and apoptosis. 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 2009.

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Biography

Sunil Kumar Manna, born on 27 August 1968, pursued his post-graduate education at the University of Calcutta and after earning an MSc, he did his doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology which secured him a PhD from Jadavpur University. [1] His post-doctoral work was at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center under the guidance of Bharat Aggarwal [2] and on his return to India, he was reportedly offered a faculty position at the Presidency University which he declined to take up a position at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, [3] where he serves as the head of the Lab of Immunology. [1] His research focus is in the field of immunology and he is known to have carried out work on Cytokine mediated immunoregulation as well as apoptosis in cancer. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 115 of them. [4] He also holds a patent for an anticancer agent, jointly developed by him. [5]

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2009. [6] He resides in Nacharam, a suburb of Hyderabad in the south Indian state of Telangana. [7]

Controversy

In 2012, a Japanese scientist accused Manna of plagiarism with regard to some of the images used by him in one of his articles published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. [8] [9] Two of his articles were immediately retracted, [2] [10] [11] and some were corrected, leading to seven of his papers being finally retracted. [3] [12] He was suspended from his job, after the institute found prima facie evidence against him but he was later reinstated. [8]

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  8. 1 2 "Centre for DNA and Fingerprinting Diagnostics scientist in plagiarism controversy". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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  10. ↑ Manna, S K; Manna, P; Sarkar, A (May 2013). "Retraction Note to: Retraction: Inhibition of RelA phosphorylation sensitizes chemotherapeutic agents-mediated apoptosis in constitutive NF-kappaB-expressing and chemoresistant cells". Cell Death & Differentiation. 20 (5): 784. doi:10.1038/cdd.2013.18. ISSN   1476-5403. PMC   3619240 . PMID   23449392.
  11. ↑ Bose, Julie S.; Gangan, Vijay; Prakash, Ravi; Jain, Swatantra Kumar; Manna, Sunil Kumar (28 February 2013). "Retraction: A Dihydrobenzofuran Lignan Induces Cell Death by Modulating Mitochondrial Pathway and G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 56 (4): 1787. doi:10.1021/jm4001456. ISSN   0022-2623. PMID   23387381.
  12. ↑ "Scientist whose work is "not fully supported by the available laboratory records" to retract 8 more papers - Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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