INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA

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An Autonomous Institution, Under the Ministry of Education, Government of India

Amirul Islam Mallick

Associate Professor
Dept: Biological Sciences (DBS)
E-mail: amallick [at] iiserkol.ac.in

All Publications:

  1. Varma, Aparna; Bhowmick, Sucharita; Khan, Afruja; Yadav, Sandeep; Gupta, Gaurav and Mallick*, Amirul I. 2023."An efficient UV-C device for photoinactivation of human Corona and Influenza virus: Solution for small-scale reuse of personal protective equipment (PPE)." The Microbe (ELSEVIER), X, 10
  2. Kandoth*, Noufal; Chaudhary, Sonu; Gupta, Subhadeep; Raksha, Kumari; Chattterjee, Atin; Gupta, Shresth; Karuthedath, Safakath; De Castro, Catherine; Laquai, Frederic; Pramanik, Sumit; Bhattacharyya*, Sayan; Mallick*, Amirul I. and Das*, Amitava. 2023."Multimodal Biofilm Inactivation Using a Photocatalytic Bismuth Perovskite–TiO2–Ru(II)polypyridyl-Based Multisite Heterojunction." ACSNano, 13, 13
  3. Borah, Shakira Tabassum; Das, Bishnu; Biswas, Prakash; Mallick*, Amirul I. and Gupta*, Parna. 2023."Aqua-friendly organometallic Ir-Pt complexes: pH responsive AIPE guided imaging of bacterial cells." Dalton Transactions (Royal Society of Chemistry), 52, 10
  4. Gupta, Subhadeep; Khan, Afruja; Biswas, Prakash; Mondal, Krishanu; Das, Dipjyoti; Sharif, Shayan and Mallick*, Amirul I.. 2022."A combined protocol for isolation of T6SS-positive Campylobacter jejuni and assessment of interspecies interaction." STARR Protocols (CellPress), 3, 2101368
  5. Gupta, Subhadeep; Ray, Soumyadipta; Khan, Afruja; China, Arkaprabha; Das*, Dipjyoti and Mallick*, Amirul I.. 2021."The cost of bacterial predation via type VI secretion system leads to predator extinction under environmental stress." iScience, 24, 1-19
  6. Kundu*, Ardhendu; Gupta, Bhaskar and Mallick, Amirul I.. 2021."Estimation of Specific Absorption Rate Levels in a Typical Fruit Specimen and Observations on their Variations According to Different Electromagnetic Standards." Microwave Review, 27, 46-57
  7. Lahiri, Aritraa; Bhowmick, Sucharita; Sharif, Shayan and Mallick*, Amirul I.. 2021."Pre-treatment with chicken IL-17A secreted by bioengineered LAB vector protects chicken embryo fibroblasts against Influenza Type A Virus (IAV) infection." Molecular Immunology, 140, 106-119
  8. Kundu, Ardhendu; Vangaru, Sathish; Bhowmick, Sucharita; Bhattacharyya, Somnath; Mallick, Amirul I. and Gupta, Bhaskar. 2021."One-time Electromagnetic Irradiation Modifies Stress-sensitive Gene Expressions in Rice Plant." Bioelectomagnetics (Wiley), 42, 649-658.
  9. Gorain, Chandan; Khan, Afruja; Singh, Ankita; Mondal, Samiran and Mallick*, Amirul I. 2021."Bioengineering of LAB vector expressing Haemolysin co-regulated protein (Hcp): a strategic approach to control gut colonization of Campylobacter jejuni in a murine model." Gut Pathogens, 13, -
  10. Singh, Ankita; Khan, Afruja; Ghosh, Tamal; Mondal, Samiran and Mallick, Amirul* I.. 2021." Gut microbe-derived outer membrane vesicles: a potential platform to control cecal load of Campylobacter jejuni." ACS Infectious Diseases , 7, 1186–1199
  11. Rimal, Vishal; Gupta, Subhadeep; Srivastava, P K and Mallick, Amirul I.. 2021."Synthesis and characterization of Indian essential oil Carbon Dots for interdisciplinary applications." Applied Nanoscience (Springer), 11, 1225–1239
  12. Kundu, Ardhendu; Vangaru, Sathish; Mallick, Amirul* I. and Gupta, Bhaskar. 2021."Electromagnetic Irradiation Evokes Physiological and Molecular Alterations in Rice." Bioelectromagnetics (WILEY), 42, 173-185
  13. Sardar, Avijit Sardar; Lahiri, Aritraa; Kamble, Mithila; Mallick, Amirul* I. and Tarafdar*, Pradip K.. 2020."Translation of Mycobacterium Survival Strategy to Develop a Lipo?peptide based Fusion Inhibitor." Angewandte Chemie , 60, 2-8
  14. Kundu*, Ardhendu; Gupta, Bhaskar and Mallick, Amirul I.. 2020."Contrast in Specific Absorption Rate for a Typical Plant Model due to Discrepancy among Global and National Electromagnetic Standards." Progress In Electromagnetics Research M (PIER M), 99, 139-152
  15. Purkayastha, Moushumi Dutta; Sil, Sayantan; Singh, Nisha; Darbha, Gopala Krishna; Bhattacharyya, Sudipta; Mallick, Amirul I. and Majumder, Tapas Pal. 2020."Sonochemical synthesis of nanospherical TiO2 within graphene oxide nanosheets and its application as a photocatalyst and a Schottky diode." FlatChem (Elsevier), X, X
  16. Gorain, Chandan; Singh, Ankita; Bhattacharyya, Sudipta; Gupta, Subhadeep; Lahiri, Aritraa and Mallick, Amirul* I.. 2020."Mucosal delivery of live Lactococcus lactis expressing functionally active JlpA antigen induces potent local immune response and prevent enteric colonization of Campylobacter jejuni in chickens." Vaccine, 38, 1630-42
  17. Lahiri, Aritraa; Sharif, Shayan and Mallick, Amirul* I.. 2019."Intragastric delivery of recombinant Lactococcus lactis displaying ectodomain of influenza matrix protein 2 (M2e) and neuraminidase (NA) induced focused mucosal and systemic immune responses in chickens." Molecular Immunology , 114, 497-512.
  18. Singh, Ankita; Nissa, Khairun; Bhattacharyya, Sudipta and Mallick, Amirul* I. 2019."Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of mucosal delivery of recombinant hcp of Campylobacter jejuni Type VI secretion system (T6SS) in chickens." Molecular Immunology , 111, 182-197
  19. Pal, Aruna; Pal, Abantika; Mallick, Amirul I.; Biswas, Purendu and Chaterjee, Pareshnath. 2019."Molecular characterization of Bu-1 and TLR2 gene in Haringhata Black chicken." Genomics, S0888-7543, 30688-8
  20. Singh, Ankita and Mallick, Amirul* I.. 2019."Role of putative virulence traits of Campylobacter jejuni in regulating differential host immune responses." Journal of Microbiology (JN), (Springer), 57, 298-309
  21. Kundu, Ardhendu; Gupta, Bhaskar and Mallick, Amirul I. 2017."Specific Absorption Rate Evaluation in a Typical Multilayer Fruit: Coconut with Twig due to Electromagnetic Radiation as per Indian Standards." Microwave Review, 23, 24-32
  22. Parvizi, Payvand; Abdul-Careem, MF; Mallick, Amirul I and Sharif, Shayan. 2014."The effects of administration of ligands for Toll-like receptor 4 and 21 against Marek's disease in chickens." Vaccine, 7, 1932-1938
  23. Orava, Erik W; Wahid, Aws Abdul; Mallick, Amirul I. and Gariepy, Jean. 2013."Blocking the attachment of cancer cells in vivo with DNA aptamers displaying anti-adhesive properties against the carcinoembryonic antigen." Molecular Oncology, 7, 799-811
  24. Wahid, Aws Abdul; Huang, Eric HB; Mallick, Amirul Islam and Gariepy, Jean. 2012."A focused immune response targeting the homotypic binding domain of the carcinoembryonic antigen blocks the establishment of tumour foci in vivo. ." International Journal of Cancer , 131, 2839-2845
  25. Parvizi, Payvand; Mallick, Amirul I.; Haque, Kamran; Haghighi, Hamid R; Orouji, Shahriar; Thanthrige-Don, Niroshan; Behboudi, Shahriar and Sharif, Shayan. 2012."A toll-like receptor 3 ligand enhances protective effects of vaccination against Marek's disease virus and hinders tumor development in chickens.." Viral Immunology, 25, 94-401.
  26. Parvizi, Payvand; Mallick, Amirul I.; Haque, Kamran and Schlegel, Benjamin. 2012." A Toll-like receptor 3 agonist (polyI:C) elicits innate host responses in the spleen and lungs of chickens." Can J Vet Res, 76, 230-4.
  27. Paul, Michael St.; Mallick, Amirul I.; Reed, Leah R; Villanueva, Alexander I.; Parvizi, Payvand; Abdul-Careem,, Mohamed F.; Nagy, Eva and Sharif, Shayan. 2012."Prophylactic treatment with Toll-like receptor ligands enhances host immunity to avian influenza virus in chickens.." Vaccine, 22, 4524-31
  28. Mallick, Amirul I.; Paul, Michael St; Nagy, Eva and Sharif, Shayan. 2012."Vaccination with CpG-adjuvanted avian influenza virosomes promotes antiviral immune responses and reduces virus shedding in chickens." Viral Immunology, 25, 226-231
  29. Paul, Michael St.; Mallick, Amirul I.; Haque, Kamran; Orouji, Shariar; Abdul-Careem, MF and Sharif, Shayan. 2011." In vivo administration of ligands for chicken toll-like receptors 4 and 21 induces the expression of immune system genes in the spleen." Vet Immunol Immunopathol. , 15, 228-37
  30. Brisbin, Jennifer T.; Gong, Joshua; Orouji,, Shahriar; Esufali, Jessica; Mallick, Amirul I.; Parvizi, Payvand; Shewen, Patricia E. and Sharif, Shayan. 2011."Oral treatment of chickens with lactobacilli influences elicitation of immune responses." Clin Vaccine Immunol , 18, 1447-55
  31. Singha, Harisankar; Mallick, Amirul I.; Jana, C.; Fatima, Nishat; Owais, M and Chaudhuri, Pallab. 2011."Co-immunization with interlukin-18 enhances the protective efficacy of liposomes encapsulated recombinant Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase protein against Brucella abortus.." Vaccine, 24, 4720-7.
  32. Haque, Kamran; Mallick, Amirul I. and Sharif, Shayan. 2011."Interferon-? influences immunity elicited by vaccines against very virulent Marek's disease virus.." Antiviral Research , 90, 218-26
  33. Mallick, Amirul I; Parvizi, Payvand; Read, L R; Behboudi, S; Behboudi, S and Sharif, Shayan. 2011."Enhancement of immunogenicity of a virosome-based avian influenza vaccine in chickens by incorporating CpG-ODN.." Vaccine, 29, 1657-1665
  34. Mallick, Amirul Islam; Haq, Kamran; Brisbin, J T; Mian, M F; Kulkarni, R R and Sharif, Shayan. 2011."Assessment of bioactivity of a recombinant chicken interferon-gamma expressed using a baculovirus expression system.." J Interferon Cytokine Res., 31, 493-500
  35. Thanthrige, Niroshan; Reed, Leah; Abdul-Careem, MF; Mohammadi, H; Mallick, Amirul I. and Sharif, Shayan. 2010."Marek's disease virus influences the expression of genes associated with IFN-gamma-inducible MHC class II expression.." Viral Immunology, 23, 227-32
  36. Singha, Harisankar; Mallick, Amirul I.; Jana, C; Isore, DP; Gowsami, TK; Azededo, VA; Chaudhuri, Pallab and Owais, M. 2008."Escheriosomes entrapped DNA vaccine co-expressing Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase and IL-18 confers protection against Brucella abortus.." Micobes and Infection, 10, 1089-96.
  37. Mallick, Amirul I; Singha, Harisankar; Khan, S; Anwar, T; Ansari, MA; Khalid, R; Chaudhuri, Pallab and Owais, M. 2007."Escheriosome-mediated delivery of recombinant ribosomal L7/L12 protein confers protection against murine brucellosis." Vaccine, 14 , 7873-84
  38. Mallick, Amirul Islam; Singha, H; Chaudhuri, P; Nadeem, A and Owais, M. 2007."Liposomised recombinant ribosomal L7/L12 protein protects BALB/c mice against Brucella abortus 544 infection.." Vaccine, 25, 3692-3704
  39. Mallick, Amirul I.; Nasrin, S and Singh, DP. 2004."Immunomodulatory role of probiotic (Saccharomyces cerevisiae1026) and herbal performance enhancer in broilers. ." Indian Journal of Immunology and Immunopathology, 6, 102-103
  40. Khan, Masood A; Nasti, TH; Mallick, Amirul I.; Wajahul, H and Mohammad, Owais. 2004."Co-administration of immunomodulator tuftsin and liposomised nystatin can combat less susceptible Candida albicans infection in temporarily neutropenic mice.." FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. , 41, 249-58
  41. Singh, H; Hajra, S and Mallick, Amirul I.. 2003."Kumar, H., Amirul I. Mallick and Hajra, S. (2003). Prevalence of Echinococcus granulosa infection in domestic animals. , 1:81-82.." Indian Journal of Veterinary Public Health, 1, 81-82.
  42. Arora, Sushrut and Mallick, Amirul I.. 2003."Screening of milk for anti-microbial residues using Bacillus subtilis disc assay. ." Indian Journal of Veterinary Public Health,;1:89-90. , 1 , 89-90


  1. Arif, K; Mallick, Amirul Islam; Alam, M; Bist, D and Owais, M. 2008." Biotechnological application of cheese whey", "Advances in cheese whey utilization ". John Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 9788178953595