1. Synthesis of Oligosaccharides of plant and bacterial origin

2. Glyco-nanoparticles

3. Supramolecular chemistry of carbohydrate gels and crystals

1. PhD (Chemical Sciences), IACS (Jadavpur University), 2001
2. MSc (Chemistry (Organic Chemistry Special)), Burdwan University, 1996
3. BSc (Chemistry (Honours), Physics, Mathematics), Bankura Christian College (Burdwan University), 1994
4. Higher Secondary (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology), Bankura Christian College (WBCHSE), 1991
5. Madhyamik (Bengali, English, Physical Science, Life Science, Mathematics, History, Geography), Bankura Zilla School (WBBSE), 1989

1. Professor, IISER Kolkata ( - )
2. Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata (2012 - 2015)
3. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata (2008 - 2012)
4. Scientist-C, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) Lucknow (2005 - 2007)
5. Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (2001 - 2005)

1. Professor, IISER Kolkata ( - )
2. Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata (2012 - 2015)
3. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata (2008 - 2012)
4. Scientist-C, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) Lucknow (2005 - 2007)
5. Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (2001 - 2005)

All Publications:

Sarkar, Vikramjit; Mukhopadhyay, Balaram and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2016."Chemical synthesis of the hexasaccharide related to the repeating unit of the capsular polysaccharide from carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae 2796 and 3264." RSC Advances, 6, 40147

Das, Rituparna and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2016."Use of 'click chemistry' for the synthesis of carbohydrate-porphyrin dendrimers and their multivalent approach towards lectin sensing." Tetrahedron Letters, 57, 1775-1781

Mitra, Ankita and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2016."Linear synthesis of the hexasaccharide related to the repeating unit of the O-antigen from Shigella flexneri serotype 1d (I: 7,8)." Carbohydrate Research, 426, 1-8

Pal, Kumar Bhaskar; Sarkar, Vikramjit and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2016."Hydrogen bonding-induced conformational change in a crystalline sugar derivative." Crystal Engineering Communications, 18, 1156-1163

Budhadev, Darshita and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2015."Convergent synthesis of the hexasaccharide related to the repeating unit of the O-antigen from E. Coli O120." RSC Advances, 5, 98033

Mitra, Ankita and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2015."Concise Chemical Synthesis of the Tetrasaccharide Repeating Unit of the O-Antigen from Bovine Mastitis Isolate E. coli Serotype O174:H28." Synthesis, 47, 3061-3066

Budhadev, Darshita and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2015."Chemical synthesis of the pentasaccharide related to the repeating unit of the O-antigen of Enterobacter cloacae G2277." Tetrahedron, 71, 6155-6163

Das, Rituparna and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2015."Chemical synthesis of the pentasaccharide related to the repeating unit of the O-antigen from Salmonella enterica O44." Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 34, 247-262

Verma, Prashant Ranjan and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2015."H2SO4-silica: an efficient promoter for selective hydrolysis of benzylidene and isopropylidene groups in the presence of p-methoxybenzyl group." Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 34, 319-337

Dasgupta, Debdeep; Kumar, Abhinash; Mukhopadhyay, Balaram and Sengupta, Tapas K. 2015."Isolation of phenazine 1,6-di-carboxylic acid from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain HRW.1-S3 and its role in biofilm-mediated crude oil degradation and cytotoxicity against bacterial and cancer cells." Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99, 8653-8665

Pal, Kumar Bhaskar; Verma, Prashant Ranjan; Gupta, Tanistha and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2015."Synthesis of the trisaccharide repeating unit of the lipopolysaccharide of Moritella viscosa strain M2-226." Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 34, 173-182

Mukherjee, Somnath; Krishna, G Rama; Mukhopadhyay, Balaram and Reddy, C Malla. 2015."A correlation study between hydrogen bonded network and gelation ability of three galactose derivatives." Crystal Engineering Communications, 17, 3345-3353

Sarkar, Vikramjit and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2015."Chemical synthesis of the tetrasaccharide repeating unit of the O-polysaccharide isolated from Azospirillum brasilense SR80." Carbohydrate Research, 406, 65-70

Das, Rituparna; Mahanti, Mukul and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2014."Concise synthesis of the tetrasaccharide repeating unit of the O-polysaccahride isolated from Edwardsiella tarda PCM 1156 strain." Carbohydrate Research, 399, 15-20

Pal, Kumar Bhaskar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2014."Synthesis of the tetrasaccharide repeating unit of the O-glycan from the polar flagellum flagellin of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7." Carbohydrate Research, 400, 9-13

Rajput, Vishal Kumar; Leffler, Hakon; Nilsson, Ulf J and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2014."Synthesis and evaluation of iminocoumaryl and coumaryl derivatized glycosides as galectin antagonists." Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 24, 3516-3520

Budhadev, Darshita and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2014."Chemical synthesis of a tetrasaccharide related to the exocellular polysaccharide from Rhodococcus sp. RHA1." Carbohydrate Research, 394, 26-31

Budhadev, Darshita and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2014."Synthesis of two trisaccharides related to the hepatoprotective phenylethanoids leonoside E and F isolated from Leonurus japonicus Houtt." Carbohydrate Research, 384, 51-55

Mukherjee, Koushik; Mandal, Santanu; Mukhopadhyay, Balaram; Mandal, Nitai Chandra and Sil, Alok Kumar. 2013."Bioactive compound from Pseudomonas synxantha inhibits the growth of Mycobacteria." Microbiological Research, 169, 794-802

Pal, Kumar Bhaskar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2013."Concise synthesis of the trisaccharide repeating unit of the O-polysaccharide from Aeromonas hydrophila A19 (O:14)." Carbohydrate Research, 379, 26-29

Verma, Prashant Ranjan; Mandal, Soumik; Gupta, Parna and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2013."Carbohydrate derived thiosemicarbazone and semicarbazone palladium complexes: Homogeneous catalyst for C-C cross coupling reactions." Tetrahedron Letters, 54, 4914-4917

Mukhopadhyay, Balaram; Mukherjee, Kaushik; Trivedi, Prosun and Sil, Alok Kumar. 2013."Antibacterial activity of long-chain fatty alcohols against Mycobacteria." FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 338, 177-183

Mukhopadhyay, Balaram and Verma, Prashant Ranjan. 2013."Concise synthesis of a tetra- and a trisaccharide related to the repeating unit of the O-antigen from Providencia rustigianii O34 in the form of their p-methoxyphenyl glycosides." RSC Advances, 3, 201-207

Mukhopadhyay, Balaram; Mandal, Soumik; Mandal, Santanu; Seth, Dipravath and Gupta, Parna. 2013."Ruthenium and Osmium complexes of novel carbohydrate derived salen ligands: Synthesis, characterization and in-situ ligand reduction." Inorg. Chim. Acta, 398, 83-88

Das, Rituparna and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2013."Chemical synthesis of the tetrasaccharide repeating unit of the O-antigenic polysaccharide from Plesiomonas shigelloides strain AM36565." Carbohydrate Research, 376, 1-6

Mukhopadhyay, Balaram; Mandal, Soumik; Das, Rituparna and Gupta, Parna. 2012."Synthesis of a sugar-functionalized iridium complex and its application as a fluorescent lectin sensor." Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 3915-3918

Mukhopadhyay, Balaram; Das, Soumyajit; Mandal, Santanu and Zade, Sanjio S.. 2012."Synthesis of carbohydrate-functionalized thiophene-capped cyclopenta[c]thiophene for concanavalin A recognition." Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 1464-1467

Mukhopadhyay, Balaram and Mukherjee, Somnath. 2012."Phase-selective carbohydrate gelator." RSC Advances, 2, 2270-2273

Verma, Priya and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2012."Chemical synthesis of a tetrasaccharide related to the repeating unit of the O-polysaccharide isolated from Salmonella enterica O59." Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 22, 2007-2011

Verma, Priya; Kabra, Vipin Kumar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2011."Synthesis of two trisaccharides related to the triterpenoid saponins isolated from Solanum lycocarpum." Carbohydrate Research, 346, 2342-2347

Mandal, Soumik; Verma, Prashant Ranjan; Mukhopadhyay, Balaram and Gupta, Parna. 2011."Organoiridium complexes: efficient catalysts for the formation of sugar acetals and ketals." Carbohydrate Research, 346, 2007-2010

Mandal, Santanu; Das, Rituparna and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2011."Synthesis of two trisaccharides related to the triterpenoid saponin Eryloside isolated from the sponge Erylus nobilis." Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 22, 1108-1113

Mukherjee, Somnath and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2010."La(OTf)3:an efficient promoter for thioglycoside activation in conjunction with N-iodosuccinimide." Synlett, 19, 2853-2856

Verma, Priya; Raj, Ritu; Roy, Bimalendu and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2010."Synthesis of a tetrasaccharide related to the triterpenoid saponin isolated from Schima noronhae." Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 21, 2413-2418

Mandal, Santanu; Sharma, Nayan and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2010."Synthesis of the tetrasaccharide glycone part of the triterpenoid saponin isolated from Bellis perennis (compositae)." Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 21, 2172-2176

Verma, Priya and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2010."Synthesis of glycosylated N-sulfonylamides using copper catalyzed multicomponent reaction with sugar alkynes and sulfonyl azides." Trends in Carbohydrate Research, 2, 35-41

Mandal, Santanu; Mukherjee, Sumita; Mukherjee, Somnath and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2010."Synthesis of a trisaccharide related to the triterpenoid saponin “kalopanaxsaponin I” isolated from Nigella sativa." Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 29, 133-141

Verma, Prashant Ranjan and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2010."Synthesis of a tetrasaccharide related to the O-antigen from Azospirillum lipoferum SR65." Carbohydrate Research, 345, 432-436

Rajput, Vishal Kumar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2010."Syntheses of a tetra- and a trisaccharide related to the non-reducing O-linked oligosaccharides of Pseudallescheria boydii." Trends in Carbohydrate Research, 2, 5-13

Verma, Priya and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2009."Concise synthesis of two trisaccharides related to the cytotoxic triterpenoid saponin isolated from Pithecellobium lucidum." Carbohydrate Research, 344, 2554-2558

Mandal, Santanu; Sharma, Nayan and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2009."H2SO4-silica promoted direct formation of ?-glycosides of N-acetyl glycosylamines under microwave conditions." Synlett, 19, 3111-3114

Roy, Bimalendu; Field, Robert A. and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2009."Synthesis of a tetrasaccharide related to the repeating unit of the O-antigen from Escherichia coli K-12." Carbohydrate Research, 344, 2311-2316

Roy, Bimalendu; Raj, Ritu and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2009."Efficient Grignard-type addition of sugar alkynes via C-H activation to imines using Cu-Ru catalyst under microwave." Tetrahedron Letters, 50, 5838-5841

Rajput, Vishal Kumar; Jadhav, Pooja Ratnakumar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2009."Synthesis of trisaccharide related to the non-reducing O-linked oligosaccharides of Pseudallescheria boydii." Trends in Carbohydrate Research, 1, 1-8

Mukhopadhyay, Balaram; Martins, Maristela Braga; Karamanska, Rositsa; Russell, David A. and Field, Robert A.. 2009."Direct detection of E. coli with mannose-coated CdS quantum dots." Tetrahedron Letters, 50, 886-889

Roy, Bimalendu; Verma, Priya and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2009."H2SO4-silica promoted “on-column” removal of benzylidene, isopropylidene, trityl and tert-butyldimethylsilyl groups." Carbohydrate Research, 344, 145-148

Dasgupta, Somnath and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2008."Synthesis of oligosaccharides related to a biodynamic saponin from Calamus insignis as their propargyl glycoside." European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 34, 5770-5777

Deb Roy, Abhijeet; Jayalakshmi, K.; Dasgupta, Somnath; Roy, Raja and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2008."Real time HR-MAS NMR: Application in reaction optimization, mechanism elucidation and kinetic analysis for heterogeneous reagent catalyzed small molecule chemistry." Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 46, 1119-1126

Rajput, Vishal Kumar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2008."Concise Synthesis of a Pentasaccharide Related to the Anti-Leishmanial Triterpenoid Saponin Isolated from Maesa balansae." Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73, 6924-6927

Roy, Bimalendu; Dasgupta, Somnath; Rajput, Vishal Kumar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2008."Samarium trifluoromethanesulfonate: an efficient moisture tolerant acylation catalyst under solvent free condition." Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 27, 1-9

Schoffield, C. L.; Mukhopadhyay, Balaram; Hardy, S. M.; McDonnell, M. B.; Field, R. A. and Russell, D. A.. 2008."Colorimetric Detection of Ricinus communis Agglutinin 120 using Optimally Presented Carbohydrate Stabilised Gold Nanoparticles." Analyst, 133, 626-634

Roy, Bimalendu; Pramanik, Kausikisankar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2008."Synthesis of a tetra- and a trisaccharide related to an anti-tumor saponin “Julibroside J28” from Albizia julibrissin." Glycoconjugate Journal, 25, 157-166

Dasgupta, Somnath; Pramanik, Kausikisankar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2007."Oligosaccharides through reactivity tuning: Convergent synthesis of the trisaccharide of the Steroid glycoside Sokodoside B isolated from marine sponge Erylus placenta." Tetrahedron, 63, 12310-16

Mandal, Santanu and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2007."Concise synthesis of two trisaccharides related to the saponin isolated from Centratherum anthelminticum." Tetrahedron, 63, 11363-70

Mandal, Santanu; Gauniyal, Harsh Mohan; Pramanik, Kausikisankar and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2007."Glycosylated N-sulfonylamidines: Highly efficient copper catalyzed multicomponent reaction with sugar alkynes, sulfonyl azides and amines." Journal of Organic Chemistry, 72, 9753-9756

Dasgupta, Somnath; Rajput, Vishal Kumar; Roy, Bimalendu and Mukhopadhyay, Balaram. 2007."Lanthanum Trifluoromethanesulfonate-catalyzed Facile Syntheses of Per-O-acetylated Sugars, and their One-pot Conversion to S-Aryl and O-Alkyl/Aryl glycosides." Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 26, 91-106