Biotechnology

Faculty Details

Amita Barik Assistant Professor
Joined the Institute in 2019
abarik[dot]bt[at]nitdgp[dot]ac[dot]in
Publication

19

Publications

1

Sponsored Projects

0

Consultancy Projects
Education

1

Doctoral Students

0

Continuing Education

1

PG Dissertation
Education
  • B.Sc. in Botany Hons. from S.B. Women's College, Cuttack, Odisha (2004-2007).
  • M.Sc. in Bioinformatics from BIT Mesra Ranchi (2007-2009).
  • Ph.D. in Computational Biology from IIT Kharagpur (2009-2014). 
Work Experiences
  • Research Associate, Department of Biotechnology , Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
  • Scientist II, Biomedical Informatics Centre, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Research Interest

Computational Biology, Macromolecular interactions, RNA Bioinformatics

Projects

"Structural and functional analysis of disordered regions in unbound and bound protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid complexes" - DST Start up grant of 21.16 lakhs 

Teachings

BTech:

BTC01                 Life Science

BTC601               Bioinformatics

BTS652               Bioinformatics Laboratory

BTE719               Molecular Modelling and Drug Design

BTS754               Vocational Training /Summer Internship and Seminar

 

BTech (Dual Degree):

BT2002               Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics

BT2054               Structural Bioinformatics Lab

 

MTech:

BT2001               Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics

BT2053               Omics & Bioinformatics Laboratory

BT9115               Programming for Biologists                

 

MSc:     

BT2101               Omics & Bioinformatics

BT2151               Omics & Bioinformatics Laboratory

 

 

UG / PG Students

Prakriti Singh

Prakriti Singh

Prakriti Singh

Prakriti Singh

Prerna Jha

Prerna Jha

Prerna Jha

Prerna Jha

Shishodiya Akash

Shishodiya Akash

Shishodiya Akash

Shishodiya Akash

Santam Roy Choudhury

Santam Roy Choudhury

Santam Roy Choudhury

Santam Roy Choudhury

Sagnik Pal

Sagnik Pal

Sagnik Pal

Sagnik Pal

Ananya Ayaskant

Ananya Ayaskant

Ananya Ayaskant

Ananya Ayaskant

Paramveer Yadav

Paramveer Yadav

Pursuing PhD at IIT Guwahati
Paramveer Yadav

Paramveer Yadav

Pursuing PhD at IIT Guwahati
Madhabendra Mohan Kar

Madhabendra Mohan Kar

Madhabendra Mohan Kar

Madhabendra Mohan Kar

Srijini Pal

Srijini Pal

Srijini Pal

Srijini Pal

Menakha T

Menakha T

MTech (Completed)
Menakha T

Menakha T

MTech (Completed)
Buti Singh

Buti Singh

Buti Singh

Buti Singh

Akash Chowbey

Akash Chowbey

Akash Chowbey

Akash Chowbey

Bharath Raj

Bharath Raj

Bharath Raj

Bharath Raj

Ankit Kumar

Ankit Kumar

Ankit Kumar

Ankit Kumar

Shatakshi Bhattacherjee

Shatakshi Bhattacherjee

Pursuing PhD at IIT Delhi
Shatakshi Bhattacherjee

Shatakshi Bhattacherjee

Pursuing PhD at IIT Delhi
Debnath Kayal

Debnath Kayal

BTech (Completed)
Study of physico-chemical features of bacterial small non-coding RNAs
Debnath Kayal

Debnath Kayal

BTech (Completed)
Study of physico-chemical features of bacterial small non-coding RNAs
Nisha Bharti

Nisha Bharti

BTech (Completed)
Analysis of binding interfaces in RNA binding proteins of bacteria
Nisha Bharti

Nisha Bharti

BTech (Completed)
Analysis of binding interfaces in RNA binding proteins of bacteria

Doctoral Students

Prachi Bhargava

Prachi Bhargava

PhD
Prachi Bhargava

Prachi Bhargava

PhD

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Structural and functional analysis of disordered regions in unbound and bound protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid complexes Barik A. NA DST-SERB 2,116,000 Sponsored Completed 2021 2023

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Structural and functional analysis of disordered regions in unbound and bound protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid complexes Barik A. NA DST-SERB 2,116,000 Sponsored Completed 2021 2023

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
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Journals

ID Details Year
2019 1. DEPICTER: intrinsic disorder and disorder function prediction server  (Link) Amita Barik; Akila Katuwawala; Jack Hanson; Kuldip Paliwal; Yaoqi Zhou; Lukasz Kurgan Journal of Molecular Biology 432: 3379-3387 SCI NA 2019
2017 2. A comparative study of sequence- and structure- based features of small RNAs and other RNAs of bacteria. (Link) Amita Barik , Santasabuj Das RNA Biology 15:95-103 SCI Taylor and Francis 2017
2015 3. A repressor activator protein1 homologue from an oleaginous strain of Candida tropicalis increases storage lipid production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (Link) Atrayee Chattopadhyay , Prabuddha Dey , Amita Barik , Ranjit P Bahadur , Mrinal K Maiti FEMS Yeast Research 15:1-11. SCI NA 2015
2015 4. Molecular architecture of protein-RNA recognition sites. (Link) Amita Barik, Nithin C, Smita P. Pilla & Ranjit Prasad Bahadur Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 33:2738-2751. SCI NA 2015
2015 5. Probing binding hot spots at protein-RNA recognition sites. (Link) Amita Barik, Chandran Nithin, Naga Bhushana Rao Karampudi, Sunandan Mukherjee, Ranjit Prasad Bahadur Nucleic Acids Research 44:1-9 SCI NA 2015
2014 6. Hydration of protein-RNA recognition sites.(Link) Amita Barik, Ranjit Prasad Bahadur Nucleic Acids Research 42:10148–10160. SCI NA 2014
2012 7.  A protein-RNA docking benchmark (I): nonredundant cases. (Link) Amita Barik, Nithin C, Manasa P, Ranjit Prasad Bahadur Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics 80:1866–1871. SCI NA 2012
2012 8. PRince: a web server for structural and physicochemical analysis of Protein-RNA interface. (Link) Amita Barik, Abhishek Mishra, Ranjit Prasad Bahadur Nucleic Acids Research 40:W440–W444. SCI NA 2012
2011 9. Identification of single exon genes and their encoded proteins in rice (Oryza sativa L.) genome: an in silico approach.  (Link) Ashutosh Kumar, Amita Barik, Megha Kumari, Ambarish S. Vidyarthi, Dev Mani Pandey International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications 7:376-389 SCI Inderscience 2011

Conferences

ID Details Year
2020 1.Ghadermarzi S, Katuwawala A, Oldfield CJ, Barik A, & Kurgan L. Disordered Function Conjunction: On the in-silico function annotation of intrinsically disordered regions. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (3rd-7th Jan, 2020). Hawaii, USA 2020
2020 2.DEPICTER: A center for predictors of disordered regions and their functions by Barik A, Katuwawala A and Kurgan L. Poster presented in the 12th Young Investigators' Meeting (YIM) 2020 (14th-18th Feb 2020). Mahabalipuram, Chennai 2020
2019 3.Prediction of small RNAs in bacteria and deciphering their interactions with proteins by  Sengupta P and Barik A. Poster presented in Advances in Computational Biology   Conference, Fostering Collaboration among Women Scientists (28th- 29th Nov, 2019). Barcelona, Spain 2019
2019 4.Computational analysis of protein-RNA interactions by Barik A and Bahadur RP. Poster presented in “ Young Scientists’ Conference” (5th-7th, Nov 2019). Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata 2019
2015 5.Probing binding hot spots at protein-RNA recognition sites by Barik A, Nithin C, Rao KNB and Bahadur RP. Poster presented in “National Symposium on Biophysics & Golden Jubilee Meeting of Indian Biophysical Society” (14th -17th Feb 2015). Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 2015
2014 6.A comprehensive analysis of hydration of protein-RNA recognition sites by Barik A & Bahadur RP. Poster presented in “Annual Conference of Indian Biophysical Society entitled Molecular Architecture, Dynamics and Assembly in Living Systems” (7th-10th Feb 2014). Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 2014
2013 7.PRince: a web server for structural and physicochemical analysis of Protein-RNA interface by Barik A, Mishra A & Bahadur RP. Poster presented in “100th Indian Science Congress” (3rd -7th Jan 2013). Kolkata 2013
2013 8.A structural analysis of protein-RNA interactions: Development of docking benchmark and implementation of PRince webserver by Barik A, Nithin C, Manasa P, Mishra A & Bahadur RP. Poster presented in “International Conference on Biomolecular Forms and Functions-A celebration of 50 years of the Ramachandran Map” (8th -11th Jan 2013). IISC Bangalore 2013
2011 9.A protein-RNA docking benchmark. Barik A, Nithin C, Manasa P & Bahadur RP. Poster presented in “International Interdisciplinary Science Conference 2011” (15th -17th Nov 2011). Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 2011

Books

ID Title

Barik A & Kurgan L (2019) A comprehensive overview of sequence-based protein-binding residue predictions for structured and disordered regions in “Protein Interactions: Computational Methods, Analysis and Applications” pp 33-49, World Scientific Pub Co., Editor: M Michael Gromiha ISBN-13: 978-9811211867 (Link). 

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Barik A & Kurgan L (2019) A comprehensive overview of sequence-based protein-binding residue predictions for structured and disordered regions in “Protein Interactions: Computational Methods, Analysis and Applications” pp 33-49, World Scientific Pub Co., Editor: M Michael Gromiha ISBN-13: 978-9811211867 (Link). 

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Awards and Recognitions
  • Utkal University Topper in Botany Hons. (2004-2007).
  • National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET), jointly conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and University Grant Commission, India, December-2008.
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2009 with 99.52 Percentile and All India Rank - 61.
  • 1st rank in M.Sc. Bioinformatics-2009 at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi.
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)- Senior Research Fellowship, 2013-2014.
  • Nominated for INSA Young Scientist’s award, 2020, 2022.
Administrative Responsibilities
  • Warden of Hall 13- Sarojini Naidu Hall of Residence (2019-2022). 
  • Faculty Advisor for the M.Tech 2020-2022 batch,  BT Department. 
  • Warden of Hall 6- Rishi Aurobindo Hall of Residence (2023-till date).
Contact

Mobile : +91-9434788033
Email : abarik.bt@nitdgp.ac.in

Miscellaneous
  • Life Member of Indian Biophysical Society.
  • Convener of TEQIP III sponsored workshop entitled “Biotechnology: The Road Ahead” (BIO-MEET 2020). 
  • Invited Speaker for Three Day Online Training Program- "Computational tools used in life science research” held from 9th to 11th October,2020 organized by Department of Bioinformatics, University of North Bengal.

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