BIRENDRA BEHERA

Personal details
Date of birth: 24th August 1985
Cell phone No.: +91-9556479960
E-mail: behera@suniv.ac.in
Alternative E-mail: bbehera.iitkgp@gmail.com
Contact details
Present Address Permanent Address
Dr. Birendra Behera Birendra Behera
Dept. of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics S/O: Mr. Udaya Nath Behera
Sambalpur University At: Rameswar Nagar
At/Post: Jyoti Vihar, Burla Post: Bolangir
Dist: Sambalpur, Odisha District: Bolangir, Odisha
Pin: 768019, INDIA Pin: 767001, INDIA
Academic Timeline
20th Dec 2016 - Till Date: Assistant Professor in Department of Biotechnology and
Bioinformatics, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, INDIA
14th Dec 2015 -20th Dec 2016: Lecturer in School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University,
Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, INDIA
6th July 2015 – 13th Dec 2015: Temporary Guest Lecturer in Department of Botany and
Biotechnology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, INDIA
January 2009-April 2015: Ph. D. (Biotechnology), Department of Biotechnology, Indian
Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, INDIA
Thesis Title: Anticancer peptides from tryptic digest of Abrus precatorius Agglutinin.
Supervisors: Prof. Tapas K. Maiti and Prof. Sudip K. Ghosh
August 2008- January 2009: UGC- JRF Individual, Department of Biotechnology,
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, INDIA
August 2006- April 2008: M.Sc. (Botany), Department of Botany, Utkal University,
Bhubaneswar, Odissa, INDIA
August 2003-June 2006: B. Sc. (Botany), Department of Botany, BJB Autonomous
College, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odissa, INDIA
August 2001-June 2003: I. Sc. (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), BJB Junior College,
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odissa, INDIA

Honors and Awards

Junior Research Fellowship (NET-JRF) and Lectureship Award (NET-LS), University
Grant Commission (UGC), India, 2007
Research Interests
Cancer biology, CPP mediated drug delivery, Immunology, Pharmacological Toxicology
Peer Reviewed Publications:32
1. Behera, B., Mishra, D., Roy, B., Devi, K. S. P., Narayan, R., Das, J., Ghosh, S. K.,
Maiti, T. K., 2014. Abrus precatorius agglutinin-derived peptides induce ROS-dependent
mitochondrial apoptosis through JNK and Akt/P38/P53 pathways in HeLa cells. Chem. Biol.
Interact. 222, 97-105. Impact factor: 2.982
2. Behera, B., Devi, K.S., Mishra, D., Maiti, S., Maiti, T. K., 2014. Biochemical analysis
and antitumour effect of Abrus precatorius agglutinin derived peptides in Ehrlich's ascites and
B16 melanoma mice tumour model. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 38, 288-296. Impact factor:
2.005
3. Behera, B., Mukherjee, D., Agarwal, T., Das, J., Ghosh, S.K. , Maiti, T.K., 2016. Cell
penetrating peptides from agglutinin protein of Abrus precatorius facilitate the uptake of
Imatinib mesylate. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 140, 169-175.
4. Bhattacharya,D., Behera,B., Sahu,S. K., Ananthakrishnan, R., Maiti,T. K., Pramanik,
P., 2016. Design of dual stimuli responsive polymer modified magnetic nanoparticles for
targeted anti-cancer drug delivery and enhanced MR imaging. New J. Chem., In press
DOI:10.1039/C5NJ02504D. Impact factor: 3.086
5. Bhutia, S.K., Behera, B., Das, D.N., Mukhopadhyay, S., Sinha, N., Panda, P.K., Nai,
P.P., Patra, S.K., Mandal, M., Sarkar, S., Menezes, M., Talukdar, S., Maiti, T.K., Das, S.K.,
Sarkar, D., Fisher, P.B., 2015. Abrus agglutinin is a potent anti-proliferative and anti-
angiogenic agent in human breast cancer. Int. J. Cancer 139 (2), 457–466. Impact factor:
5.007
6. Devi, K. S. P., Das, J., Kumari, K., Singh, P., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., 2015. AMPK-
mediated crosstalk of heteroglycan-induced reactive species and autophagic cascade in RAW
264.7 cells. RSC Adv. 5, 38964-38970. Impact factor: 3.708.
7. Devi, K.S., Behera, B., Mishra, D., Maiti, T.K.., 2015. Immune augmentation and
Dalton's Lymphoma tumor inhibition by glucans/glycans isolated from the mycelia and fruit
body of Pleurotus ostreatus. Int Immunopharmacol. 25, 207-17. Impact factor: 2.711.
8. Devi, K. S. P., Sahoo, B., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., 2015. Nanoparticle and
polysaccharide conjugate: A potential candidate vaccine to improve immunological stimuli.
Int. J. Biol. Macromol.72, 1254-1264. Impact factor: 3.096.
9. Panda, P. K., Mukhopadhyay, S., Behera, B., Bhol, C. S., Dey, S., Das, D. N., Sinha,
N., Bissoyi, A., Pramanik, K., Maiti, T. K., Bhutia, S. K., 2014. Antitumor effect of soybean
lectin mediated through reactive oxygen species-dependent pathway. Life Sci. 111, 27-35.
Impact factor: 2.296
10. Maity, P., Pattanayak, M., Maity, S., Nandi, A. K., Sen, I. K., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K.,
Mallick, P., Sikdar, S. R., Islam, S. S., 2014. A partially methylated mannogalactan from
hybrid mushroom pfle 1p: purification, structural characterization, and study of
immunoactivation. Carbohydr Res. 395C, 1-8. Impact factor: 2.044
11. Devi, K. S., Behera, B., Sahoo, B., Maiti, T. K., 2014. Heteroglucan-dendrimer
glycoconjugate: a modulated construct with augmented immune responses and signaling
phenomena. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1840, 2794-2805. Impact factor: 3.848
12. Mukhopadhyay, S., Panda, P. K., Das, D. N., Sinha, N., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K.,
Bhutia, S. K., 2014. Abrus agglutinin suppresses human hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and
in vivo by inducing caspase-mediated cell death. Acta. Pharmacol. Sin. 35, 814-824. Impact
factor: 2.354
13. Roy, B., Pattanaik, A. K., Das, J., Bhutia, S. K., Behera, B., Singh, P., Maiti, T. K.,
2014. Role of PI3K/Akt/mTOR and MEK/ERK pathway in Concanavalin A induced
autophagy in HeLa cells. Chem. Biol. Interact. 210, 96-102. Impact factor: 2.967
14. Mukhopadhyay, S., Panda, P. K., Behera, B., Das,C. K., Hassan, M. K., Das, D. N.,
Sinha, N., Bissoyi, A., Pramanik, K., Maiti, T. K., Bhutia, S. K., 2014. In vitro and in vivo
antitumor effects of Peanut agglutinin through induction of apoptotic and autophagic cell death.
Food Chem. Toxicol. 64, 369-377. Impact factor: 3.01
15. Sen, I. K., Mandal, A. K., Chakraborty, R., Behera, B., Yadav, K. K., Maiti, T. K.,
Islam, S. S., 2014. Structural and immunological studies of an exopolysaccharide from
Acinetobacter junii BB1A. Carbohydr. Polymers. 101, 188-195. Impact factor: 3.987
16. Das, D. N., Panda, P.K., Mukhopadhyay, S., Sinha,N., B., Mallick, Behera, B., Maiti,
T. K., Bhutia, S. K., 2014. Prediction and validation of apoptosis through cytochrome P450
activation by benzo[a]pyrene. Chem. Biol. Interact. 208, 8-17. Impact factor: 2.967
17. Maity, S., Mandal, E. K., Maity, K., Bhunia, S. K., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., Mallick,
P., Sikdar, S. R., Islam, S. S., 2013. Structural study of an immunoenhancing polysaccharide
isolated from an edible hybrid mushroom of Pleurotus florida and Lentinula edodes. Bioact.
Carbohydr. Dietary Fibre. I, 72-80. Impact factor: Not rated
18. Mitra, P., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., Mal, D., 2013. Angucycline C5 Glycosides: Regio-
and Stereocontrolled Synthesis and Cytotoxicity. J. Org. Chem. 78, 9748-9757. Impact factor:
4.564
19. Maity, S., Bhunia, S. K., Sen, I. K., E. K., Mandal, K., Maity, Behera, B., Maiti, T. K.,
Mallick, P., Sikdar, S. R., Islam, S., S., 2013. A heteropolysaccharide from an edible hybrid
mushroom pfle 1p: structural and immunostimulating studies. Carbohydr. Res. 374, 89-95.
Impact factor: 2.332
20. Bhanja, S. K., Rout, D., Patra, P., Nandan,C.K., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., Islam, S. S.,
2013. Structural studies of an immunoenhancing glucan of an ectomycorrhizal fungus Ramaria
botrytis. Carbohydr. Res.. 374, 59-66. Impact factor: 2.332
21. Sen, I. K., Maji, P. K., Behera, B., Mallick, P., Maiti, T. K., Sikdar, S. R., Islam, S. S.,
2013. Structural characterization of an immunoenhancing heteroglycan of a hybrid mushroom
(pfls1h) of Pleurotus florida and Lentinus squarrosulus (Mont.) Singer. Carbohydr. Res. 371,
45-51. Impact factor: 2.332
22. Mandal, E. K., Mandal, S., Maity, S., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., Islam, S. S., 2013.
Structural studies of an immunostimulating gluco-arabinan from seeds of Caesalpinia bonduc .
Carbohydr. Polymers. 92,704- 711. Impact factor: 3.987
23. Sen, I. K., Maji, P. K., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., Mallick, P., Sikdar, S. R., Islam, S. S.,
2013. Glucan of a somatic hybrid mushroom, pfls1h: structural characterization and study of
immunological activities. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 53, 127-132. Impact factor: 3.096
24. Maity, K., Samanta, S., Bhanja, S. K., Maity, S., Sen, I. K., Maiti, S., Behera, B.,
Maiti, T. K., Sikdar, S. R., Islam, S. S., 2013. An immunostimulating water insoluble β-glucan
of an edible hybrid mushroom: Isolation and characterization. Fitoterapia. 84, 15-21. Impact
factor: 1.848
25. Dey, B., Bhunia, S. K., Maity, K. K., Patra, S., Mandal, S., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K.,
Sikdar, S. R., Islam, S. S., 2013. Structure and immunology of a heteroglycan from somatic
hybrid mushroom of Pleurotus florida and Calocybe indica var. APK2. Int. J. Biol. Macromol.
52, 312-318. Impact factor: 3.096
26. Sarkar , R., Nandan , C. K., Sen , I. K., Bhunia , S. K., Behera , B., Maiti T. K., Islam,
S.S., 2012. Structural Studies of an Antioxidant, Immunoenhancing Polysaccharide Isolated
from the Kernel of Trapa bispinosa Fruit. J. Carbohydr. Chem. 31, 686-701. Impact factor:
0.63
27. Rout, S. R., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., Mohapatra, S., 2012. Multifunctional magnetic
calcium phosphate nanoparticles for targeted platin delivery. Dalton Trans. 41, 10777- 10783.
Impact factor: 3.838
28. Sahu, S., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., Mohapatra S., 2012. Simple one-step synthesis of
highly luminescent carbon dots from orange juice: application as excellent bio-imaging agents.
Chem. Commun. 48, 8835-8837. Impact factor: 6.169
29. Maji, P. K., Sen, I. K., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., Mallick, P., Sikdar, S. R., Islam, S. S.,
2012. Structural characterization and study of immunoenhancing properties of a glucan isolated
from a hybrid mushroom of Pleurotus florida and Lentinula edodes. Carbohydr. Res. 358, 110-
115. Impact factor: 2.332
30. Mandal, E. K., Maity, K., Maity, S., Gantait, S. K., Behera, B., Maiti, T. K., Sikdar, S.
R., Islam, S. S., 2012. Chemical analysis of an immunostimulating (1→4)-, (1→6)-branched
glucans from an edible mushroom, Calocybe indica. Carbohydr. Res. 347,172-177. Impact
factor: 2.332
31. Patra, P., Das, D., Behera, B., Maiti, T.K., Islama, S. S., 2012. Structure elucidation of
an immunoenhancing pectic polysaccharide isolated from aqueous extract of pods of green
bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Carbohydr. Polymers. 87, 2169- 2175. Impact factor: 3.987
32. Maiti, S., Mallick, S. K., Bhutia, S. K., Behera, B., Mandal, M., Maiti, T. K., 2011.
Antitumor Effect of Culinary-Medicinal Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.: Fr.) P.
Kumm., Derived Protein Fraction on Tumor-Bearing Mice Models. Int. J. Med. Mushrooms.
13, 427-440. Impact factor: 0.639.

Conference publications:03
Poster presented in 3rd International Symposium On Translational Cancer Research &
Cancer Therapy, (19th – 21st December 2009) Institute of Life Science, Bhubaneswar,
Title: Anionic peptides derived from tryptic digest of Abrus precatorius lectins as
potential anti-cancer drugs
Poster presented in 39th Annual Conference of Indian Immunological Society
“Immunocon2012” (09th -11th Nov 2012) at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Title: Abrus agglutinin derived peptides effectively induce regression of melanoma
and Ehrlich ascites in tumor bearing mice
Poster presented in 4th Indian Peptide Symposium (21st and 22nd Feb 2013) at Saha
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata.
Title: Anticancer effect of Peptides derived from Abrus precatorius agglutinin

Workshop attended
Training Course on Flow Cytometry and Cell sorting (BDFACSAria III) from 20th
September, 2011 at BD-CU CoE for Nanobiotechnology, Center for Research I 23rd
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CRNN), University of Calcutta in association with BD
Biosciences (India).