Publications

 

List of Publications

(Stress Biology Research Group)

  1. Bomble P. and Nath B.B. (2022) Differential manifestation of RONS and antioxidant enzymes in response to singula versus combinatorial stress in Chironomus STRESS BIOLOGY 2:56 [Publisher: SPRINGER] https://doi.org/10.1007/s44154-022-00077-8
  2. A. Phatak, P.K.Khanna, B.B. Nath (2022) Safety evaluation of zinc oxide microparticles on Drosophila melanization pathway. MATERIALS TODAY: Proceedings 57: 135-139. [Publisher: ELSEVIER] https:/doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.084
  3. Laviad-Shitrit, R. Sela, Y. Sharaby, L. Thorat, B.B. Nath, M. Halpern (2021) Comparative microbiota composition across developmental stages of natural and laboratory-reared Chironomus circumdatus populations from India. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY 12: 746830 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.746830 [Publisher:FRONTIERS Publ.]
  1. Laviad-Shitrit S., Sharaby Y, Sela R., L. Thorat, B.B. Nath, M. Halpern (2021) Copper and chromium exposure affect chironomid larval microbiota SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 771:145330 [Publisher: ELSEVIER] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33545485/ 
  1. Sela , Laviad-Shitrit S., Thorat L., Nath B.B., Halpern M. (2021) Chironomus ramosus microbiome composition provides evidence for the presence of detoxifying enzymes. MICROORGANISMS 9: 1571 doi 10.3390/microorganisms9081571 [Publisher: MDPI] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34442650/
  1. A. Phatak, P.K. Khanna, B.B. Nath (2021) Study of developmental and immunogenic consequence of silver nanoparticles in Drosophila. NEW VISIIONS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE, Vol. 4, 105-110 https//doi.org/10/9734/bpi/nvbs/v4/4736F [Publisher: B.P. INTERNATIONAL]
  2. Thorat L, Emmanuel , Nisal A., Shukla E., Ravikumar A., Nath B.B. (2020) Structural and physiological analysis of underwater silk from housing net composites of a tropical Chironomid midge. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES. 168:934-942 [Publisher: ELSEVIER https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32663562/
  1. Laviad-Shitrit , Sela R., Thorat L., Sharaby Y., Izhaki I., Nath B.B., Halpern M. (2020) Identification of Chironomid species as natural reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains with pandemic potential. PLoS Negl. TROPICAL DISEASE 14(12):E0008959 [Publisher: PLOS] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33362241/
  1. Leena Thorat and B.B. Nath. (2020) Insects with survival kits for desiccation tolerance under extreme water deficits. In: Physiological Adaptations of Insects Exposed to Different Stress Conditions. Tang, , Wang, S., Desneux, N., Biondi, A., eds. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88966-224-1. [Publisher:FRONTIERS Publ.]
  2. Bomble P.N. and Nath B.B. (2019) Comparative response profile of Chironomus and Drosophila showing differential threshold limit of lethality to environmentally induced desiccation, heat and starvation stress   during  singular                    multiple exposure. EUROPEAN      JOURNAL      OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE [Publisher: Charles University, Karolina Press,] 9: 41-46.
  3. Vartak R., Ronad A., Nath B.B. (2019) Teaching the vertebrate skeletal systems with cast and models avoiding animal dissection. ASIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION 11: 14-18 [Publisher: Asian Association for Biology Education, Japan http://www.aabe.sakura.ne.jp ]
  4. Gaikwad R, Gaikwad S, Shouche Y, Nath B B (2019) Phylogenetic variation found in Indian honey bee species Apis cerana of North Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. INDIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 57: 55-58. [Publisher: NISCAIR, India]
  5. B Nath (2018) Extracellular hemoglobin and environmental stress tolerance in Chironomus larvae. JOURNAL OF LIMNOLOGY 77 (sI): 104-112.[Publisher: PAGEPress Science Publ.CNR- Water Res.Institute, Italy (Scopus ID29608)]
  6. Shukla, L. Thorat, A.D. Bendre, S. Jadhav, J.K. Pal, B.B.Nath, S.M. Gaikwad (2018) Cloning and characterization of trehalose: a conserved glycosidase from oriental midge, Chironomus ramosus. 3BIOTECH. 8: 352 (https://doi.org/10.1002/s13205-018-1376-y)[Publisher: SPRINGER]
  7. Thorat, Bimalendu B. Nath (2018) Insects with survival kits for desiccation tolerance under extreme water deficits. FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY 9:1843. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01843 [Publisher:FRONTIERS Publ.]
  8. LeenaThorat and B B Nath (2018) Aquatic silk protein in chironomid midges: a JOURNAL OF LIMNOLOGY 77 (sI) : 95-103. [Publisher: PAGEPress Science Publ.CNR-Water Res.Institute, Italy]
  9. Thorat L.J.,Oulkar D., Banerjee K, Gaikwad S., Nath B.B. (2017) High throughput mass spectrometry analysis revealed a role for glucosamine in potentiating recovery following desiccation stress in SCEINTIFIC REPORTS 7:3659 DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-03572-5 [Publisher: NATURE Publishing Group]
  10. Ronad A & Nath B.B. (2017) Design and fabrication of a hypoxia-inducing chamber for simulation studies in environmental biomonitoring using Chironomus RESEARCH & REVIEWS: JOURNAL ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCES 5:45-51.[Publisher:RESEARCH & REVIEW Publ. ]
  11. Phatak K.A.,Khanna P.K., Nath B.B. (2016) Particle size-independent induction of leucism in Drosophila melanogaster by silver: nano vs micro. METALLOMICS 8:1243-1254. [Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry Publ.
  12. Thorat Leena and Nath B.B. (2016) Quantitative assessment of larval desiccation tolerance in oriental Chironomus CURRENT SCIENCE 111: 1448-1449. [Publisher: Indian Academy of Science Publ.]
  13. Shukla E., Thorat L., Bhavnani V., Bendre A.D., Pal J.K., Nath B.B., Gaikwad S.M. (2016) Molecular cloning and in silico studies of physiologically significant trehalose from Drosophila melanogaster. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES : 92: 282 292 [Publisher: ELSEVIER.]
  14. Thorat , Oulkar D., Banerjee K., Nath B.B. (2016) Desiccation stress induces developmental heterochrony in Drosophila melanogaster. JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES 41:331-339. [Publisher:SPRINGER]
  15. Gaikwad P.S., Panicker L., Mohole M., Sawant S., Mukhopadhyaya R, Nath B.B. (2016) Differential sensitivity of Chironomus and human hemoglobin to gamma radiation. BIOCHEMICAL & BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 476: 371-378. [Publisher: ELSEVIER]
  16. Ghosh G, Gaikwad P.S., Panicker L., Nath B.B., Mukhopadhyaya R. (2016) Unfolding and inactivation of proteins by counterions in protein-nanoparticles COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B: BIOINTERFACES 145: 194-200. [Publisher: ELSEVIER]
  17. LeenaThorat, Mani,K-P, Thangaraj P., S. Chatterjee and B.B.Nath (2016) Downregulation of dTPS1 in Drosophila melanogaster larvae confirms involvement of trehalose in redox regulation following desiccation. CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES 21: 285-294. [Publisher: ]
  18. Kumar A, Ali Manjoor, Ningthoujam S., Gaikwad P., Kumar M., Nath B.B, Pandey B.N. (2016) The interaction of Actinide and Lanthanide ions with human hemoglobin and its relevance to human and environmental toxicology. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 307: 281-293. [Publisher: ELSEVIER]
  19. Gaikwad, B.B.Nath, R, Mukhopadhyaya (2016) Fate of gamma radiation exposure on radio- tolerant insect Chironomus ramosus. JOURNAL OF RADIATION & CANCER RESEARCH 7(1):37 [Publisher: Wolters-Kluwer (Medknow)]
  20. Ali, A. Kumar, B.N. Pandey, P. Gaikwad, B.B.Nath (2016) Biochemical interaction of thorium and uranium with hemoglobin: effect on oxygen-HB binding and its correlation with survival of Chironomus larvae. JOURNAL OF RADIATION & CANCER RESEARCH 7 (1):28 [Publisher: Wolters-Kluwer (Medknow)]
  21. Nath B.B. (2015) Cytotaxonomy for the assessment of faunal diversity of Drosophila and Chironomus (Insecta: Diptera) Proceedings of the seminar on ‘Importance of Taxonomy in conservation of faunal diversity’ Venkataraman K. et al (eds) pp 9-11. Published by ENVIS, Zoological Survey of India. Kolkata, Government of India.
  22. Shukla, L.J. Thorat, B.B.Nath, S.M. Gaikwad (2015) Insect trehalase: Physiological significance and potential applications. GLYCOBIOLOGY 25:357-367. [Publisher: OXFORD ACADEMIC Publ.]
  23. Datkhile K.D., Gaikwad P., Mukhopadhyaya R., Ghaskadbi S.S. and Nath B.B. (2015) Chironomus ramosus larvae exhibit DNA damage control in response to gamma radiation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY91: 742-748. [Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS Publ.]
  24. Nath B. and Gharpure D.C. (2015) A novel computational approach of image analysis to quantify behavioural response to heat shock in Chironomus ramosus larvae. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 5: 57-61[Publisher: Karolina Press]
  25. Thorat Leena and Nath B.B. (2015) Tolerance to desiccation stress in Chironomus ramosus through plasticity in homeostatic control. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 5: 86 – 91 [Publisher: Karolina Press]
  26. J. Thorat and B.B.Nath (2013) Chironomid midges: a forgotten model of developmental biology research ACTA ZOOLOGICA 94: 249–253. [Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL Publ.]
  27. Thorat J., Gaikwad S.M. and Nath B.B. (2012) Trehalose as an indicator of desiccation stress in Drosophila melanogaster larvae: A potential marker of anhydrobiosis. BIOCHEMICAL & BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 419:638-642. [Publisher: ELSEVIER]
  28. Datkhile K.D., R. Mukhopadhyaya, Dongre T.K. and Nath B.B. (2011) Hsp70 expression in Chironomus ramosus exposed to gamma INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY 87: 213-221. [Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS]
  29. Rahul Gaikwad & B.Nath (2011) A case study of honey bee population for selected commercially important traits in Uttaranchal forest. Proceedings of National Conference on Forest for the Future of Man. pp 251-255. Published by Association of Teachers in Biological Sciences ISBN no. 978-81- 922163-0-0
  30. Mukhopadhyaya R. and Nath B.B. (2011) Chironomid midges : an emerging model organism for radiation stress RADIATION SCIENCE TODAY 13: 5-7. [Publisher: INDIAN SOCIETY OF RADIATION BIOLOGY ]
  31. Nath B. and Babrekar A.A. (2011) Implications of hypoxic stress in Chironomus ramosus larvae with reference to iron. In : “Contemporary Chironomid Studies” Wang Xinhua & Wei Liu (editors), Nankai University Press, Tianjen, China: pp 334-345 [ISBN : 978-7-310-03714-8] https://indiabioscience.org/media/articles/DBT-Life-Science-Protocol-Manual.pdf
  32. Thorat and Nath B.B.(2010) Trends in Chironomid Research. JOURNAL OF CHIRONOMIDAE RESEARCH: CHIRONOMUS 23: 34-35. [Publisher: NTTU UNIVERISTY MUSEUM Publ.]
  33. LeenaThorat & B.B.Nath (2010) Effect of water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes root extracts on midge Chironomus ramosus larva : a preliminary note. PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY (UK) 35: 391-393. [Publisher: WILEY.]
  34. B.Nath, L.Thorat, A.A. Babrekar, K. Datkhile, Ghadge A., R. Gaikwad, D.C.Meshram (2009) Development of a new design of an insectary model for rearing and environmental assessment studies on chironomid midges. JOURNAL OF CHIRONOMIDAE RESEARCH: CHIRONOMUS 22: 11-13. [Publisher: NTTU UNIVERISTY MUSEUM Publ.]
  35. Datkhile K.D.,Mukhopadhyaya R., Dongre T.K., Nath B.B. (2009) Increased level of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in larvae of Chironomus ramosus (Diptera ; Chironomidae) subjected to ionizing radiation. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY& PHYSIOLOGY 149: 500-506. [Publisher: ELSEVIER]
  36. Datkhile D., Dongre T.K., Mukhopadhyaya R., Nath B.B. (2009) Gamma radiation tolerance o1f2a tropical species of midge, Chironomus ramosus Chaudhuri (Diptera: Chironomidae) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY 85: 1-9. [Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS ]
  37. Mahapatra S.K., Banarjee I., Barhai P.K., Babrekar A.A., Nath B.B., Bhoraskar V.N. (2007) 20keV energy electron induced breaks in chromatin materials for dosimetry and radiotherapy JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS. 32 Suppl O-29. [Publisher: ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL PHYSICISTS OF INDIA Publ.]
  38. Kundu , Kulkarni G.R. &Nath B.B. (2007) Differential sensitivity of polytene chromosomes to Nd: YAG laser INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOL. & CHEM. SCIENCES 1: 1-6. [Publisher: INTERNATIONAL FORMULAE GROUP ]
  39. Naik G., Babrekar A.A. and Nath B.B. (2006) Pheromone-like hydrocarbon in the cuticle of aquatic Chironomus larva. CHEMISTRY & ECOLOGY 22: 501-508. [Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS]
  40. Nath B.B., Babrekar A.A. & Parthasarathy B. (2005) Assessment of cell viability in intact glandular tissue using dye-exclusion and colorimetric CYTOTECHNOLOGY 49: 59-65. [Publisher: SPRINGER]
  41. Babrekar, A., Kulkarni, G.R., Nath B.B.& Vidyasagar, P.B. (2004) Extracellular electrical activity from the photoreceptors of midge JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES 29:349-353. [Publisher: SPRINGER]
  42. Hardikar A. & Nath B.B. (2001) Chromosomal polymorphism is associated with nematode parasitism in natural population of tropical midge. CHROMOSOMA 110: 58-64. [Publisher: SPRINGER]
  43. Nath B.B. &Raut Neelam (1998) Behavioural studies on ‘tube-recognition ability’ofChironomus INDIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 36: 826-828. [Publisher: NISCAIR,India]
  44. Nath B.&Godbole N.N. (1998) Technique for mass rearing of Indian Chironomus species. STUDIA DIPTEROLOGIA (). 5(2) : 187-193. [Publisher: AMPYX-VERLAG Germany Publ.]
  45. Nath B.&Godbole N.N. (1997) Chromosomal characterization of a tropical midge. CYTOBIOS 91: 25-31. [Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE]
  46. Nath B. & Lakhotia S.C. (1991) Search for a Drosophila 93D-like locus in Chironomus and Anopheles. CYTOBIOS 65: 7-13. [Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE]
  47. Nath B.&Lakhotia S.C. (1989) Heat shock response in ovarian nurse cells of Anopheles stephensi. JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES 14(2): 143-152. [Publisher: SPRINGER.]
  48. Nath B.B. &Lakhotia S.C. (1989) Heat shock response and the effect of developmental stage and tissue type on heat shock protein synthesis. GENOME 32: 676-686. [Publisher: CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, NRC RESARCH PRESS.]

Book Chapters

57. B.Nath (2021) Effect of natural selection, artificial selection and random genetic drift on allele frequencies in Drosophila melanogaster populations. In: ‘Experiments with Drosophila for Biology Courses’ (eds. S.C. Lakhotia & H.A. Ranganath) Chapter 81; pp 535-541. Publishers: Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. ISBN: 978-81-950664-https://bdsc.indiana.edu/pdf/Experiments_with_Drosophila_for_Biology_Courses.pdf

58. B.Nath, J.K. Roy, S.C. Lakhotia and H.A. Ranganath (2021) Genetic crosses with Drosophila melanogaster to understand Mendelian inheritance. In: ‘Experiments with Drosophila for Biology Courses’ (eds. S.C. Lakhotia & H.A. Ranganath) Chapter 81; pp 535-541. Publishers: Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. ISBN: 978-81-950664-2-1

https://bdsc.indiana.edu/pdf/Experiments_with_Drosophila_for_Biology_Courses.pdf

59. B.Nath and Leena Thorat (2021) Allozyme variation in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. In: ‘Experiments with Drosophila for Biology Courses’ (eds. S.C. Lakhotia & H.A. Ranganath) Chapter 82; pp 543-548. Publishers: Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. ISBN: 978-81-950664-2-1

https://bdsc.indiana.edu/pdf/Experiments_with_Drosophila_for_Biology_Courses.pdf

60. B.Nath and Leena Thorat (2021) Visualization of Nucleolus in the larval salivary gland polytene nuclei in Drosophila melanogaster using light microscopy. In: ‘Experiments with Drosophila for Biology Courses’ (eds. S.C. Lakhotia & H.A. Ranganath) Chapter 43; pp 289-291. Publishers: Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. ISBN: 978-81-950664-2-1 https://bdsc.indiana.edu/pdf/Experiments_with_Drosophila_for_Biology_Courses.pdf

61. Leena Thorat and B.B.Nath (2021) Demonstration of the hormonal control of metamorphosis using Drosophila as a In: ‘Experiments with Drosophila for Biology Courses’ (eds. S.C. Lakhotia & H.A. Ranganath) Chapter 22; pp 165-168. Publishers: Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. ISBN: 978-81-950664-2-1)

https://bdsc.indiana.edu/pdf/Experiments_with_Drosophila_for_Biology_Courses.pdf

62. Nath B. (2019) Dobzhansky and Evolutionary Cytogenetics: Pioneering Evolutionary studies with Chromosomes. In: “From so simple a beginning: The expansion of evolutionary thoughts.” Y.N.C. Vidya (ed). Indian Academy of Sciences Publication, Bangalore, India. [Reproduced from RESONANCE (2000) 5: 61-65. SPRINGER]

https://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/e-Books/From_So_Simple_A_Beginning

63. Raman R., Nath B.B., Swarn L (2018) G &C banding of mammalian metaphase chromosome. Pp159-164. In: LIFE SCIENCE PROTOCOL MANUAL. -Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.

64. Nath B. (2010) “Protocols on Cell Biology Experiments” :[contributions by Dr B.B.Nath in 16 chapters, being sole authors in 3 chapters] Published by the Indian Society for Cell Biologists [Regd.]Special issue of Cell Biology Newsletter Vol. 30, Sept. 2010 ISSN: 2349-8307

Articles / Reviews published in Science Educational Journal/ e-NewsLetters of scientific societies

65. Nath B.B (2000) Dobzhansky and evolutionary cytogenetics. RESONANCE 5: 61-65. [ URL : https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/article/reso/005/10/0061-0065 ] Springer.

66. Nath B.B (2015) Evolution of documentation in Biology. BIOME 3: 5-7 (http://www.atbs.in/newsletter.html ) [Popular Science Article series]

67. Nath B.B (2016) Extinction stories: The legend of Martha. BIOME 4: 5-10 (http://www.atbs.in/newsletter.html )[Popular Science Article series]

68. Nath B. B (2017) Lady Jane and Incas: The forgotten couple of a lost species of Parakeet. BIOME 5 : 5-7. (http://www.atbs.in/newsletter.html) [Popular Science Article series]

69. Leena Thorat (2017) Fun ways of building word power. Teacher Plus — A magazine for the Contemporary Teacher, February 2017 issue: 6-8. http://www.teacherplus.org/2017/02/

70. Leena Thorat (2018) Crosswords in Biology – Venomous animals. Resonance –Journal of Science Education (Springer) September 2018 issue. 23 (9): 27-34. https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/reso/023/09/1047-1050

71. Leena Thorat (2018) Crosswords in Biology — Basic unit of life: Cell. Resonance –Journal of Science Education (Springer) October 2018 issue. 23 (10): 1147-1151. https://www.ias.ac.in/listing/bibliography/reso/Leena_Thorat

72. Leena Thorat (2018) Crosswords in Biology – Nucleic Acids: The Genetic Material. Resonance –Journal of Science Education (Springer) November 2018 issue 23 (11): 1313-1316. https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/reso/023/11/1313-1316

73. Leena Thorat (2018) What’s alive? What’s not? Teacher Plus – A Magazine for the contemporary Teacher, April 2018 issue: 27-34. http://www.teacherplus.org/activity-sheet/what’s-alive-what’snot

74. Leena Thorat (2018) A student’s Musings. Teacher Plus – A Magazine for the Contemporary Teacher, September 2018 issue: 34-36. http://www.teacherplus.org/a-students-musings/

75. Nath B  B. (2018) Climate change and extinction of animals in recent years. BIOME 6:5-8 (http://www.atbs.in/newsletter.html )[Popular Science Article series]

76. Nath B B. (2019) A history of the correction of the human chromosome number. BIOME 7:7-10 (http://www.atbs.in/newsletter.html ) [Popular Science Article series]

77. Leena Thorat (2020) Where did animals come from? Teacher Plus – A magazine for the Contemporary Teacher, November 2020 issue: 28-32. http://www.teacherplus.org/2020/11/page/2/

78. Nath B B, A. Ronad, V. Ghanekar (2020) Isssues and challenges for Biology teaching-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. BIOME 8:2-4 (http://www.atbs.in/newsletter.html ) [Popular Science Article series]

79. B. B.Nath (2021) Amazing Xerocoles (Part-1) BIOME 9:3-5 (http://www.atbs.in/newsletter.html ) [Popular Science Article series]

80. B. B.Nath (2022) Amazing Xerocoles (Part-2) BIOME 10: (http://www.atbs.in/newsletter.html ) [Popular Science Article series] [in press]

81. B. B.Nath (2023) Cytology to Cellonomics: A brief history of trending times. Cell Biology Newsletter 39 (1): 36 [ISSN: 2349-8307]

Media outreach

  1. Interview of Bimalendu B. Nath  by Radio 98.6 FM Qatar https://fb.watch/iT4XG2N7pl/
  2. Interview of Bimalendu B. Nath (“In conversation with a mentor”) by IndiaBioscince        2021    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIOao-za1BU
  3. Nath B. : Interview with MONGABAY on “Hardy hideouts: Aquatic insects can forwarn Cholera outbreaks” published on Jan 21 2021 [ https://india.mongabay.com/2021/01/hardy- hideouts-aquatic-insects-can-forewarn-cholera-outbreaks/ ]
  4. Nath B.B. – Interview with THE TELEGRAPH on “Aquatic flies with pandemic potential bacteria” , published on Dec 25, 2020 https://www.telegraphindia.com/science-tech/aquatic-flies-with-pandemic-potential- bacteria/cid/1801542
  5. Nath B.B. – Interview with SciDevNet on “Aqatic insect can warn against cholera outbreaks” , published on Dec 30, 2020 [ https://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/news/aquatic-insects-can-warn-against-cholera- outbreaks/ ]
  6. Nath B B- Interview with the Times of India on “Study shows impact of climate and geography on ecotypes of bees“, published on May 5, 2019
    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/study-shows-impact-of-climate-and-geography-on-ecotypes-of-bees/articleshow/69180737.cms
  7. Nath B B- Interview with IndiaBioscience on “In higher education, what relationship do teaching and research share?“, posted on Nov 16, 2018 under  POLICY, TEACHING and RESEARCH. https://indiabioscience.org/columns/education/in-higher-education-what-relationship-do-teaching-and-research-share
  8. Leena Thorat- Interview with the Society for Experimental Biology (U.K.) on “Spotlight on…Leena Thorat”, published by the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), Spring 2019 issue: 32-33. http://www.sebiology.org/digital-magazine/Spring-2019/#p=34
  9. Leena Thorat- Interview with the Research Professional on “Our Winning Proposals: EMBO’s short and sweet fellowships”, published online on Jan 17, 2019.

Gene sequences deposited in the World Gene Bank

  1. Bimalendu B. Nath, Leena Thorat, Malka Halpern and Sivan Laviad. Chironomus ramosuscytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene, partial cds submitted to NCBI GenBank (Accession No. PRJNA555776), 21-July-2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/555776
  2. Shukla E, Thorat LJ, Jadhav S., Pal JK, Nath BB and Gaikwad SM. Chironomus ramosus trehalase mRNA, partial cds submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KX857662.1), 07-February-2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/Kx857662.1].
  3. Shukla E, Thorat LJ, Bhavnani VA, Pal JK, Nath BB and Gaikwad SM. Drosophila melanogaster strain Oregon K trehalase mRNA, partial cds submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KU049688), 20-April-2016. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU049688].
  4. Gaikwad RR., Nath BB, Gaikwad SS, Souche YS. Apis cerana isolate Nashik_1 ecotype_ Cytochrome Oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene partial cds (mitochrondrial) submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KP255460), 31-May-2015 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KP255460].
  5. Gaikwad RR., Nath BB, Gaikwad SS, Souche YS. Apis cerana isolate Pune_1 ecotype_ Cytochrome Oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene partial cds (mitochrondrial) submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KP255461), 31-May-2015 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KP255461].
  6. Gaikwad RR., Nath BB, Gaikwad SS, Souche YS. Apis cerana isolate Bhimashakar 1ecotype Cytochrome Oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene  partial cds (mitochrondrial) submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KP255462), 31-May-2015 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KP255462].
  7. Gaikwad RR., Nath BB, Gaikwad SS, Souche YS. Apis cerana isolate Bhimashakar 2 ecotype Cytochrome Oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene partial cds (mitochrondrial) submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KP255463), 31-May-2015 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KP255463].
  8. Gaikwad RR., Nath BB, Gaikwad SS, Souche YS. Apis cerana isolate Bhimashakar 3 ecotype Cytochrome Oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene partial cds (mitochrondrial) submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KP255464), 31-May-2015 [ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KP2554624 ]
  9. Gaikwad RR., Nath BB, Gaikwad SS, Souche YS. Apis cerana isolate Mahabaleshwar-2 ecotype Cytochrome Oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene partial cds (mitochrondrial) submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KP255465), 31-May-2015 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KP255465].
  10. Gaikwad RR., Nath BB, Gaikwad SS, Souche YS. Apis cerana isolate Mahabaleshwar-4 ecotype Cytochrome Oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene partial cds (mitochrondrial) submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KP255466), 31-May-2015 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KP255466].
  11. Gaikwad RR., Nath BB, Gaikwad SS, Souche YS. Apis cerana isolate Wai ecotype Cytochrome Oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene partial cds (mitochrondrial) submitted to NCBI GenBank (Ref: KP255467), 31-May-2015   [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KP255467].

Journal cover page credits

  1. Leena Thorat, Dashrath Oulkar, Kaushik Banerjee and B B Nath (2016) JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES 41: 331-339. Cover caption: Environmental-Scanning Electron Microscope images of Drosophila melanogaster larvae representing desiccation-induced changes in cuticular topology from normal (top) to desiccated (middle) state followed by revival (bottom). https://link.springer.com/journal/12038/volumes-and-issues/41-3
  2. Datkhile K.D., Gaikwad P., Mukhopadhyaya R., Ghaskadbi S.S. and Nath B.B. (2015) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION  BIOLOGY  91: 742-748. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/09553002.2015.1062572
  3. Datkhile K.D., R. Mukhopadhyaya, Dongre T.K. and Nath B.B. (2011)  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY 87: 213-221. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/09553002.2010.518215
  4. Leena Thorat and Nath B. B. (2013) ACTA ZOOLOGICA 94: 249-253. Cover caption: Eggs and hatched out larvae of a tropical midge Chironomus ramosus. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14636395/2013/94/3