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Dr. Rajib Deb

Senior Scientist

Animal Biotechnology

7060385213
Rajib.Deb@icar.gov.in
drrajibdeb@gmail.com

Profile Overview:

  • Qualification:

    B.V.Sc., M.V.Sc., PhD, PG Diploma (Animal Welfare), ICAR-Post Doctoral Fellow (India), TWAS-Post Doctoral Fellow (Brazil)

  • Date of Joining NRCP:

    Dec, 2020

  • About:

    Currently working in the area of piggery health sector emphasizing on development of molecular diagnostic tools, vaccine candidates, understanding the host-pathogen interaction and immunological criteria associated with viral pathogenesis in the line of development of successful therapeutic gadgets and antimicrobial resistant

Technologies Developed:

  1. Nucleo Fast Viral DNA isolation kit (Institutional technology code: 300/ITMU/NRCP/2021-22/Technology-29)
  2. Piggyplex (D) ASF, PCV2 & PPV assay kit (Institutional technology code 300/ITMU/NRCP/2022-23/Technology-32)- CoPI (Certified Technology, ICAR, GOI : ICAR-AS-NRCP-Product-2023-073)
  3. Piggyplex ® CSF, JE & PRRS assay kit (Institutional technology code: 300/ITMU/NRCP/2021-22/Technology-30, certified Technology, ICAR, GOI: ICAR-AS-NRCP-Product-2023-074)
  4. qPCR assay for detection of African Swine Fever Virus (Institutional technology code: 300/ITMU/NRCP/2022-23/Technology-31)
  5. qPCR assay for detection of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (Institutional technology code: 300/ITMU/NRCP/2022-23/Technology-33)
  6. Triplex assay for simultaneous detection of Escherichia coli, Methicillin Resistant and Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in raw pork samples (Institutional technology code: 300/ITMU/NRCP/2022-23/Technology-37)
  7. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) and Polymerase Spiral Reaction (PSR) based rapid visual assays for rapid detection of African Swine Fever virus (Institutional technology code: 300/ITMU/NRCP/2023-24/Technology-36)

Technologies Commercialized:

Not Available

Publications:

  • Total no. of Research Paper: 65
  • Total no. of Books/Manual: 06
  • No. of patent /Trademark granted (G): 03
  • Copyright granted: 03
  • Policy Document: 01

Top 10 Research Publications:

  1. 1. Deb, R.*, Sengar, G.S., Sonowal, J., Pegu, S.R., Das, P.J., Singh, I., Chakravarti, S., Selvaradjou, A., Attupurum, N., Rajkhowa, S. and Gupta, V.K., 2024. Transcriptome signatures of host tissue infected with African swine fever virus reveal differential expression of associated oncogenes. Archives of Virology, 169(3), p.54.
  2. 2. Deb, R*, Sonowal, J., Sengar, G.S., Pegu, S.R., Praharaj, M.R., Malla, W.A., Singh, I., Yadav, A.K., Rajkhowa, S., Das, P.J. and Bharati, J., 2022. Porcine Circovirus type 2 infected myocardial tissue transcriptome signature. Gene, 836, p.146670.
  3. 3. Deb R*, Yadav A K, Sengar G S, Sonowal J et al., (2022) Development of CD163 receptor-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus. 3 Biotech. doi.org/10.1007/s13205-022-03376-z.
  4. 4. Deb R*, Pal P, Chaudhary P, Bhadsavle S, Behera M, Parmanand, Gautam D, Roshan M, Vats A, Ludri A, Gupta V K, De S (2021) Development of gold nanoparticle-based visual assay for rapid detection of Escherichia coli specific DNA in milk of cows affected with mastitis. LWT-Food Science and Technology doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112901
  5. 5. Deb R*, Chaudhary P, De S (2022) CRISPR/cas9 cassette targeting Escherichia coli blaCTX-M specific gene of mastitis cow milk origin can alter the antibiotic resistant phenotype for cefotaxime, Animal Biotechnology, doi: 10.1080/10495398.2022.2053695
  6. 6. Deb, R *, Chaudhary, P., Pal, P., Tomar, R.S., Roshan, M., Ludri, A., Gupta, V.K. and De, S., 2022. Development of an on-site lateral flow immune assay based on mango leaf derived colloidal silver nanoparticles for rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus in milk. Journal of Food Science and Technology, pp.1-15. doi.org/10.1007/s13197-022-05598-8.
  7. 7. Parihar, R., Deb, R*., Niharika, J., Thakur, P., Pegu, S.R., Sengar, G.S., Sonowal, J., Das, P.J., Rajkhowa, S., Raj, A. and Gupta, V.K., 2024. Development of triplex assay for simultaneous detection of Escherichia coli, methicillin resistant and sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in raw pork samples of retail markets. Journal of Food Science and Technology, pp.1-9.
  8. 8. Niharika, J., Thakur, P., Sengar, G.S., Deb, R.*, Parihar, R., Sonowal, J., Chaudhary, P., Pegu, S.R., Das, P.J., Rajkhowa, S. and Gupta, V.K., 2023. Whole genome sequencing-based cataloguing of antibiotic resistant genes in piggery waste borne samples. Gene, 887, p.147786.
  9. 9. Pegu S R, Deb R*, Das P J, Sengar, G S, Yadav A K, Rajkhowa S, Paul S, Gupta V K (2022) Development of multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection of African swine fever, porcine circo and porcine parvo viral infection from clinical samples, Animal Biotechnology, doi:10.1080/10495398.2022.2053698
  10. 10. Sengar G, Chakraborti S, Deb R*, Pegu S R, Sonowal J, Rajkhowa S, Das P J, Gupta V K (2024) Comparative assessment of two in-house built isothermal assays for visual detection of African swine fever virus, Journal of Bioscience, doi: 10.1007/s12038-024-00451-w

Awards:

  1. Academic Fellowship- ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship; ICAR-Senior Research Fellowship; CSIR-National Eligibility Test
  2. National Post Doctoral Fellowship (2020-21) conferred by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) from 23-12-2020 to 22-l2-2021 (12 months) at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, India
  3. TWAS Post Doctoral Fellowship (2014) for advanced research and training, Italy
  4. Associate Memberships conferred by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India for the year 2019; National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) for the year 2019; Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS), INSA, India 2021; National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (NAVS), India for the year 2019 ; National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), India for the year 2018 ; National Academy of Dairy Science India (NADSI), for the year 2022
  5. Elected Member- Royal Society of Biology, United Kingdom
  6. Awarded INSA (Indian National Science Academy) Visiting Scientist Fellowship 2022
  7. Awarded Prof. S.B. Chincholkar Memorial Award (2021) by Biotech Research Society, India, CSIR-NIIST with cash prize and citation
  8. Startup Young Scientist grant awarded by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
  9. Young Scientist Award- National Academy of Biological Sciences, India
  10. Young Scientist Award –National Academy of Environmental Sciences, India
  11. Mid carrier Scientist Award- Indian Society of Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology, India
  12. Publon’s Academy top Peer Reviewer Award 2019 by Web of Science Group jointly with Publons
  13. Awarded International travel grants- SERB, DST, GOI
  14. Best Scientist Award- National Academy of Biological Sciences, India
  15. Best Book in agriculture Extension (First Prize) awarded by National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad -13 June, 2023
  16. Editorial board Members/Guest Editors- BMC biotechnology; Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences; Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark
  17. Visiting Scientist Fellow at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata from 1st-30th Sep, 2022
  18. Awarded ICMR-DHR long term International Fellowship for Indian Young Biomedical Young Researchers 2023-24 conferred by Indian Council of Medical Research, India

Membership of Societies:

  1. Royal Society of Biology, UK; Indian Society of Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology (India)