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Prof Nirmalendu Saha

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Professor, Department of Zoology
North Eastern Hill University

Expertise

  • Zoology

Publications

Total Articles 98
Books 0
Proceedings 0

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Citations 2034
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Professional Recognition

2006

Fellowship

National Academy of Sciences
2008

Fellowship

Zoological Society of India
1990

Young Scientist Award

Indian Science Congress Association
1991

DAAD Fellowship

Govt. of Germany
1997

Senior DAAD Fellowship

Govt. of Germany
2005

Senior DAAD Fellowship

Govt. of Germany
2001

Visiting Scientist BAT II

SFB Germany
1976

National Merit Scholarship

Govt. of India
1987

Young Scientist Award

Ichthyological Scociety of India

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Personal Details

  • Male
  • Professor , North Eastern Hill University
  • Umshing
Ph.D.
Other Institute 1987
Professor Jan 1988 – Present
North Eastern Hill University | Department of Zoology

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Scholarly Work

To elucidate the roles of HIF and mTOR signaling pathways, and the autophagy in adaptation to hypoxia stress in air-breathing stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

61,000,00

2022 - Ongoing

Ongoing
To elucidate the unique biochemical adaptational strategies that allow two air-breathing catfishes (Clarias batrachus and Heteropneustes fossilis) to survive in ammonia enriched toxic waste

Funding Agency: NASF-ICAR, New Delhi

Principal Investigator

105,000,00

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Molecular adaptation during exposure to zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles with special reference to oxidative stress, nitric oxide production, heat shock protein expression and induction of apoptosis in air-breathing catfish, Clarias batrachus

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

7,722,200

2018 - 2022

Completed
Possible upregulation of ornithine-urea cycle genes and involvement of MAPKs to adapt under hyper-ammonia stress in air-breathing catfish, Clarias batrachus

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

4,993,758

2014 - 2017

Completed
Effects of high environmental ammonia on the expression of multiple glutamine synthetase genes, mitogen-activated protein kinases and Hsp70 in the air-breathing mud eel, Monopterus cuchia

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India

Principal Investigator

1,275,800

2012 - 2015

Completed
Molecular characterization in the expression of mRNAs for ornithine-urea cycle enzymes and enzyme proteins, multiple glutamine synthetase genes and signaling cascades under hyper-ammonia stress in the air-breathing walking catfish, Clarias batrachus

Funding Agency: DBT, New Delhi

Principal Investigator

6,910,000

2011 - 2014

Completed
Influence of hyper-ammonia stress on the expression of multiple glutamine synthetase genes, mRNAs for ornithine urea cycle enzymes and mitogen activated protein kinases in air-breathing catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

3,257,465

2010 - 2013

Completed
Physiological significance of occurrence/expression and tissue distribution of nitric oxide synthases, production of nitric oxide under environmental constraints in the air-breathing catfish, Clarias batrachus.

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India

Principal Investigator

561,424

2007 - 2010

Completed
Physiological significance of occurrence/expression of different types of nitric oxide synthases and production of nitric oxide under environmental constraints and pathological conditions in catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

2,378,938

2006 - 2009

Completed
Culture of carps and air-breathing fishes in hilly region and transfer of technology to rural population of Meghalaya

Funding Agency: DBT, New Delhi

Principal Investigator

931,000

2002 - 2005

Completed
Purification and characterization of carbamyl phosphate synthetase(s), and expression of urea cycle enzyme during early dvelopmental stages in an ambhibious potential ureogenic teleost, Clarias batrachus

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India

Principal Investigator

369,000

2001 - 2004

Completed
Adaptation to amino acid metabolism in freshwater air-breathing teleosts

Funding Agency: GTZ, Germany

Principal Investigator

1,000,000

1994 - 1998

Completed

Induction of urea cycle enzymes and characterization of arginase in a freshwater air-breathing teleost Heteropnesutes fossilis (Bloch)

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 1995

Role of ureogenesis in a freshwater air-breathing catfish Clarias batrachus under environmental constraints

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 1996

Amino acid metabolism in the freshwater air-breathing catfish Clarias batrachus under hyper-ammonia stress and osmotic stress

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2002

Mechanism of cell volume changes on glucose metabolism and oxidative stress in perfused liver of freshwater air-breathing walking catfish Clarias batrachus

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2003

Antihelmintic efficacy of Flemingia vestita: An in vitro study on carbohydrate metabolism in the cestode Raillietina echinobothrida

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2004

Purification and characterization of the urea cycle related carbamyl phosphate synthetase(s) and expression of urea cycle enzymes in a ureogenic air-breathing catfish, Clarias batrachus during early life stages

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2005

Studies on nitrogen metabolism in the air-breathing batrachus during osmotic stress

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2006

Purification and characterization of Glutamine synthase and its regulation under various environmental stresses in the air-breathing catfish Clarias batrachus

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2006

Biochemical characterization of nitric oxide synthases, nitric oxide production and protein turnover during cell volume changes in the hepatocytes of air-breathing catfish, Clarias batrachus

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2007

Study of adaptive strategies against ammonia toxicity in the amphibious mud eel Amphipnous cuchia

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2010

Effect of osmotic, hyper-ammonia and desiccation stresses on gluconeogenesis in the air-breathing catfish, Clarias batrachus

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2011

Regulation and molecular characterization of different isoforms of nitric oxide synthase, nitric oxide production under environmental stress in the air-breathing catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis isoforms of nitric oxide synthase

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2012

Studies on tissue specific expression and induction of multiple glutamine synthetase genes under hyper-ammonia stress and ammonia-induced nitrotyrosination of glutamine synthetase in catfish Heteropneustes fossilis

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2013

Effect of osmotic stress on gluconeogenesis and mitogen activated protein kinases in the air-breathing catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2014

Influence of hyper-ammonia and dehydration stresses on the expression of multiple glutamine synthetase genes heat shock protein 70 and mitogen-activated protein kinases in the mud eel, Monopterus cuchia

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2017

Molecular characterization of the expression of genes of glutamine synthetases and ornithine-urea cycle enzymes and the involvement of mitogen activated protein kinases under hyper-ammonia stress in the air-breathing catfish, Clarias batrachus (Bloch)

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2017

Studies on the influence of hyper-ammonia and desiccation stresses on the expression of mRNAs for ornithine-urea cycle enzymes, enzyme proteins and mitogen-activated protein kinases in the air-breathing catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2018

Effects of hyper-osmotic and hyper-ammonia stress on the induction of genes for ornithine-urea cycle, amino acid metabolism-related enzymes and nitric oxide synthase in the air-breathing catfish Clarias magur (Hamilton)

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2019

Effects of zinc oxide nanoparticle and its bulk counterpart on oxidative stress in the air-breathing catfish Clarias batrachus (Bloch)

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2020

Studies on environmentally-induced oxidative stress and the antioxidant strategies in air-breathing catfish, Clarias magur (Hamilton)

University North-Eastern Hill University
Year 2021

Molecular characterization and expression of different osmosensitive transporter genes under osmotic stress in air-breathing catfish, Clarias magur (Hamilton)

University North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Year 2023

Studies on molecular adaptations against titanium dioxide nanoparticle-induced oxidative stress in primary hepatocytes of air-breathing catfish, Clarias magur (Hamilton)

University North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Year 2024

Studies on the effects of lead oxide nanoparticles on the expression of antioxidant, inflammatory and heat shock protein genes in air-breathing catfish, Clarias magur (Hamilton)

University North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Year 2025
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Scholarly Publications

Antioxidant activity of endogenously produced nitric oxide against the zinc oxide nanoparticle-induced oxidative stress in primary hepatocytes of air-breathing catfish, Clarias magur

Open Access
Article
Authors: Koner D.;Banerjee B.;Hasan R.;Saha N.

Single molecular dual analyte thio-urea based probes for colorimetric Hg2+ and fluorometric AcO− detection and its’ application in bioimaging

Open Access
Article
Authors: Patra S.K.;Sen B.;Sheet S.K.;Banerjee B.;Saha N.;Khatua S.

Highly Selective Detection of Hypochlorous Acid by a Bis-heteroleptic Ru(II) Complex of Pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole Ligand via C(sp2)-H Hydroxylation

Open Access
Article

Differential expression of multiple glutamine synthetase genes in air-breathing magur catfish, Clarias magur and their induction under hyper-ammonia stress

Open Access
Article
Authors: Banerjee B.;Koner D.;Bhuyan G.;Saha N.

Lipopolysaccharide causes NFĸB-mediated induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase gene and more production of nitric oxide in air-breathing catfish, Clarias magur (Hamilton)

Open Access
Article
Authors: Choudhury M.G.;Kumari S.;Das K.B.;Saha N.

Role of free amino acids in renal tissue of air-breathing catfish Heteropneustes fossilis under-desiccation stress (mud dwelling)

Open Access
article
Authors: Gitalee Bhuyan; Nirmalendu Saha

Ammonia stress under high environmental ammonia induces Hsp70 and Hsp90 in the mud eel, Monopterus cuchia

Open Access
Article

Dogmas and controversies in handling of nitrogenous wastes: Unique biochemical adaptational strategies evolved in Indian air-breathing catfishes to survive in extreme environment

Open Access
article
Authors: Saha N., Banerjee B.