Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

1. About 30 Years

Post Graduate Level

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Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Plant Morphology and Development, Algal Biotechnology , Research ethics, Bio-instrumentation, Food Biochemistry

1. To retain the soil health by using biofertilizer (cyanobacteria) and biopesticides (Neem) in crops.
2. Battling against synthetic pesticides and fertilizers to make fertilizers and pesticides with Non-Tox segments to make eco-friendly environment.
3. Conservation, restoration and preservation of ancient heritage
4. Biological synthesis of nanoparticles by using medicinal plant and their biological application
5. In silico drug designing using phytochemicals
6. Development of value added food products and its evaluation.

Ph.D. Candidates

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06 awarded, 06 continuing and 02 are under process M.Phil- 34 Degree Awarded

1. Life Member of Indian Society of Plant Physiology.
2. Life Member of Physiological Society of India.
3. Life member of Indian photobiology Society.
4. Life member of Microbiology society of India

1. Minor Research Project entitled"Effect of some agrochemicals on cyanobacterial growth and photochemical activities" Completed on 2002-2004
2. Major research project entitled “The Cyanobacteria in the Rice Field of Western Orissa: Diversity, Distribution and Their Response to Pesticides”, funded by Dept of Science and Technology. Govt of Orissa. (completed, 2011).
3. Major Research Project entitled “Cyanobacteria in the wetlands of Sambalpur Districts: Diversity, Distribution and their role in Phytoremediation”, funded by UGC, New Delhi. (completed. 2013).
4. Major Research Project entitled “Combinational use of neem extract and cyanobacteria for their use as biofertiliser and pest management: an Eco-friendly approach”, funded by DST, Govt. of Odisha-(completed 2019)
5. Major Research Project entitled “Algal flora of Monuments and Caves of Western Odisha: A Perspective of Conservation and Restoration Strategy funded by DST, Govt. of India- (completed 2022)
6. Major Research Project entitled “DBT Builder, Sambalpur University Interdisciplinary Life Science for Advance Research and Education”, funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, DBT, Govt. of India- continuing from 2022

International Publications

2023
1. Padhiary A, Mir S A, Tete S S, Baitharu I, Nayak B, Identification of anti-cyanobacterial leads targeting carbonic anhydrase from phytochemical database using in-silico approach. J of Biotech, Computational Biology and Bionanotech.ISSN:0860-7796 104(2) 121-136
2. Mir S A, Meher R K, Nayak B, Molecular modeling and simulations of some antiviral drugs, benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, and coumarin molecules to investigate the effects of Mpro main viral protease inhibition Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 34
3. Shopnil A, Mir S A, Mohammed B Unveiling the Multifaceted Potential of Dieckol and Amentoflavone as Promising Inhibitors for Monkeypox Virus and Babesia microti: a Computational Drug Design Approach Frontiers in Microbiology 2023
4. Mir S A----Nayak B Bioinspired thiazolo-(2,3-b) quinazolin-6-one derivatives as potent anti-cancer agents targeting EGFR: their biological evaluations and in silico assessment. Molecular Diversity, Springer 2023
2022
5. Showkat Mir, -,-,- Binata Nayak In silico an In vitro Evaluations of Fluorophoric thiazolo-[2,3-b] quinazolinones as Anti-cancer Agents Targeting EGFR-TKD Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Springer 4(194)
6. Mir S A, Nayak B Exploring binding stability of hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-(4-nitrophenyl)-5,5a,7,8,9,9a-hexahydrothiazolo[2,3-b] quinazolin-6-one with T790M/L858R EGFR-TKD J of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Taylor & Francis
7. Mir S A, Nayak B In Silico Analysis of Binding Stability of Quercetin with CmpA and In Vitro Growth Inhibition Study of Cyanobacterial Species Using Azadirachta indica Extracts Chemistry Africa’ Springer 5
8. Mir S A, Meher R K, Baitharu S, Nayak B, Molecular dynamic simulation, free binding energy calculation of thiazolo-(2,3-b) quinazolinone derivatives against EGFR-TKD and their anticancer activity. Results in Chemistry, Elsevier, 1-12 4
9. Mir S A --Nayak B Structural insights into conformational stability and binding of thiazolo-(2,3-b) quinazolinone derivatives with EGFR-TKD and in-vitro study Saudi J of Biological Sciences, Elsevier 29
10. Shroff S, Baitharu I, Mir S A, Nayak B, Behera A K Microwave-assisted synthesis and biological evaluation of 3-Methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-0ne with potential anti-cancer activity Results in Chemistry, Elsevier, 4
11. Samal S, ----Nayak B In-silico and in-vitro evaluation of docetaxel and berberine as potential p53 modulating apoptotic inducers in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Asian Pacific J of Tropical Biomedicine 12(12) 530-540
12. Mir S A ---Nayak B Identification of potent EGFR-TKD inhibitors from NPACT database through combined computational approaches J of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Taylor & Francis
13. Behera S, Nayak B Phytochemical constituents and Nutritional Potential of Palmyra Palm: A Review The Review of Contemporary Scientific and Academic Studies, ISSN:2583-1380 2(12)
2020
14. Chopdar K.S., Dash G., Mohapatra P.K., Nayak B., Raval M.K., In- silico screening of ZINC Database for discovery of Novel Urease Inhibitors as a remedy to Gastro- duodenal Ulcer caused by Helicobacter pylori. Int. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, ISSN:0975-248X 12(1) 46-52
15. Chopdar K.S., Dash G., Mohapatra P.K., Nayak B., Raval M.K., Monte- Carlo method- based QSAR model to discover phytochemical urease inhibitors using SMILES and GRAPH descriptors. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Taylor & Francis
2019
16. Chopdar K.S., Dash G., Mohapatra P.K., Nayak B., Raval M.K., In- silico Design of Covalently bonding Catechol based Urease Inhibitors as potential candidates for treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. Int. J of Pharma Research and Health Sciences, ISSN:2348-6465 7(6) 3111-16
2018
17. Mir S.A, Achraya P, Nayak B. Nanoparticles from biological source: their role in medicine and drug discovery. Int. J of Creative Research Thoughts, ISSN:2320-2882 6(1) 310-318
18. Parida S., Jena S., Behera S., Nayak B. Quality assessment of gluten-free muffins from buckwheat flour and rice bran. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, ISSN:2278-1830 7 1825-1830
2017
19. Achraya P, Mir S.A., Nayak B. Competance of Biopesticide and Neem in Agriculture Int. J. of Env. Agri and Biotech, ISSN:2456-1878 2(6) 2958-2964
2016
20. Deep P. R., Bhattacharyya S., Nayak B. Rice field cyanoprokaryota as a potential source of diatery nutrient. Journal of Biochemical Technology, ISSN:0974-2328 7(1) 1084-1088
21. Bhattacharyya S., Deep PR., Singh S., Nayak B Lichen secondary metabolites and its biological activity American J. of Pharmatech Research,ISSN:2249-3387 6(6) 28-44
22. Deep P. R., Bhattacharyya S., Nayak B. Effect on biochemical parameter of cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. under lead stress Int. J. of Advance Research, ISSN:2320-5407 4(9) 2114-2129

National Publications

2020
1. Sahu J.K, Pradhan P, Das S, and Nayak B. Combine effect of recommended dose of commercial preparation of neem (Neemet plus) and various concentration of pressmud on growth, chlorophyll- a and nitrogenase activity of several species of cyanobacteria. Indian Hydrobiology, 19(1& 2) 241-248
2018
2. Pradhan P., Bhattacharyya S., Deep P.R., Sahu J., Nayak B. Biodiversity of Cyanoprokaryota from Monuments of Western Odisha, India-I (Chroococales and Stigonematales), Phykos, Indian Journal of Phycology 48(1) 58-66

International Conferences

1. More than 50 national and international conferences

Workshops

1. 11 No's

1 No - " Nutraceutical rich tender palm based blended beverage" , Application no. 202331038954, Publication date: 09.06.2023

1. Epilithic Cyanobacteria on Temples and Caves of Western Odisha Sahu J.K., Nayak B., Pradhan P. LAP LAMBERT Academic 2018
2. Methods for Control of Mosquito Vector Sabita Shroff, Showkat Mir, Binata Nayak, Iswar Baitharu, Ajay Kumar Behera Springer Nature,Molecular Identification of Mosquito Vectors and Their Management, 35-50 2020
3. Targeting Tumor Associated Carbonic Anhydrase IX by CAMD of Coumarin Inhibitors Showkat Mir, Binata Nayak, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics-Recent Trends, 140-145 2021
4. Phytoplankton Mediated Nanoparticles for cancer Therapy Priyadarshini Padhi, Manasa Kumar Panda, Yengkhom Disco Singh, Kaushik Kumar Bharadwaj, Kausika Kumar Malik, and Binata Nayak, Springer Nature, Bio-Nano Interface, 143-159 2022
5. Bioactive Nanoparticles: A Next Generation Smart Nanomaterials for Pollution Abatement and Ecological Sustainability Showkat Ahmad Mir, Nirius Jenan Ekka, Binata Nayak, Iswar Baitharu Springer Nature, Bio-Nano Interface, 271-285 2022
6. Potential Phytochemicals as Microtubule-disrupting agents in cancer prevention Showkat Ahmad Mir, Archana Padhiary, Aiswarya Pati, Sheary Somam Tete, Rajesh Kumar Meher,Auwal Muhammad, Iswar Baitharu, Binata Nayak, Recent Frontites in Phytochemicals, 225-246 2023
7. Environmental Impacts of Synthetic and Biofungicides Showkat Ahmad Mir, Archana Padhiary, Nirius Jenan Ekka, Binata Nayak, Iswar Baitharu Current Trends in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Elsevier, 487-503

1. organised on National Seminar on "Current Trends in Life Sciences Research and Challenges Ahead" during 2014 in Schoolof Lifew Sciences as Convenor

1. Head School of life sciences from (i) June 2019 – May 2021 & (ii) March 2013 - May 2015
2. Coordinator Food Science Technology and Nutrition from June 2017-May 2023
3. Teacher in charge of examination school of life sciences (i) June 2021- continuing (ii) January 2017 - May 2019 & (iii) June 2012 - February 2013
4. BOS member of life-Sciences, Botany, Microbiology
5. Vice-President of day-Scholar association
6. Convener of Internal complaints committee
7. Member of Grievance Redressal Committee

1. Host Scientist of one C.V. Raman International Fellow for African Researcher under Visiting Fellowship Program funded by DST, Govt of India


2. Countries visited:
   
   China:
   
   
   BITS 1st Annual International Congress of Marine Algae-2012 on the topic “Rice Fields Cyanobacteria: its cultivation and Practice” at Dalian, China, from 20th -22nd September, 2012
   
   
   Nepal:
   
   
   Asian Plant Science Conference’ organized by Eurasian Academy of Environmental Sciences and Society for Applied Biotechnology in association with Biotechnology Society of Nepal at Lumbini, Nepal from 1st – 3rd November, 2014.
   
   

Present Address :  Dr. Binata Nayak, Professor School of Life Sciences Sambalpur University Jyoti Vihar, Burla-768019 Odisha, India

Permanent Address :  Dr. Binata Nayak, House No. 1/20, Executive Colony Budharaja,Sambalpur -768019 Odisha, India