Debabrata Das, Ph.D.
Department of Genetics, Division of VP, Research
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Instructor, Department of Genetics, Division of Basic Science Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2016 | Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, IND, PHD, Reproduction, Endocrinology, Cellular signaling |
2009 | Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, IND, M.Sc, Zoology, Environmental Biology |
2007 | Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, IND, B.Sc, Zoology (Life Science), Chemistry and Physics |
Postgraduate Training
2018-2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Germ cell Biology, Reproduction and Development, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
2017-2018 | Research Investigator, Germ cell Biology, Reproduction and Development, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Das D, Arur S. Regulation of oocyte maturation: Role of conserved ERK signaling. Mol Reprod Dev 89(9):353-374, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35908193.
- Das D, Trivedi S, Blazícková J, Arur S, Silva N. Phosphorylation of HORMA-domain protein HTP-3 at Serine 285 is dispensable for crossover formation. G3 (Bethesda) 12(5), 2022. PMID: 35389463.
- Das D, Chen SY, Arur S. ERK phosphorylates chromosomal axis component HORMA domain protein HTP-1 to regulate oocyte numbers. Sci Adv 6(44), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33127680.
- Pal S, Nath P, Das D, Hajra S, Maitra S. Cross-talk between insulin signalling and LPS responses in mouse macrophages. Mol Cell Endocrinol 476:57-69, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29715496.
- Nath P, Das D, Pal S, Maitra S. Nitric oxide (NO) inhibition of meiotic G2-M1 transition in Anabas testudineus oocytes: Participation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) in regulation of intra-oocyte signaling events. Mol Cell Endocrinol 460:162-169, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28743518.
- Das D, Nath P, Pal S, Hajra S, Ghosh P, Maitra S. Expression of two insulin receptor subtypes, insra and insrb, in zebrafish (Danio rerio) ovary and involvement of insulin action in ovarian function. Gen Comp Endocrinol 239:21-31, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26853486.
- Das D, Pal S, Maitra S. Releasing prophase arrest in zebrafish oocyte: synergism between maturational steroid and Igf1. Reproduction 151(1):59-72, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26500283.
- Ghosh P, Das D, Juin, SK, Hajra S, Kachari A, Das DN, Nath P, Maitra, S. Identification and partial characterization of Olyra longicaudata (McClelland, 1842) vitellogenins: seasonal variation in plasma, relative to estradiol-17β and ovarian growth. Aquaculture Reports(3):120-130, 2016.
- Maitra S, Das D, Ghosh P, Hajra S, Roy SS, Bhattacharya S. High cAMP attenuation of insulin-stimulated meiotic G2-M1 transition in zebrafish oocytes: interaction between the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and the MAPK3/1 pathways. Mol Cell Endocrinol 393(1-2):109-19, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24956082.
- Das D, Khan PP, Maitra S. Participation of PI3-kinase/Akt signalling in insulin stimulation of p34cdc2 activation in zebrafish oocyte: phosphodiesterase 3 as a potential downstream target. Mol Cell Endocrinol 374(1-2):46-55, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23623869.