Kousik Pramanick

Professor

B.Sc. (Hons. In Zoology) [Uluberia College, University of Calcutta] 2001

M.Sc. Zoology (Special paper – Entomology { Receipient of D.N.Roychowdhury Memmorial Medal-2003}) [University of Calcutta] 2003

Ph.D. Reproductive Physiology and Molecular Endocrinology (University of Kalyani, India) 2010

Post Doctoral Research. (BOYSCAST Fellow, DST, Govt. of India) and Visiting Professor in Aquaculture, Department de Fisiologia, Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain [2011-11-05 to 2012-11-04] (Sub. Reproduction Technology).

After M.Sc. from University of Calcutta I joined to the Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani as CSIR-UGC JRF and completed my doctoral degree on “Annual profile of plasma steroid hormones and their biosynthesis in the ovary of Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822), with a note on identification of maturation inducing steroid”. In the year 2006, I joined to Asutosh College as an Assistant Professor in Zoology. From September 2011 to 2012 I Worked as a BOYSCAST Fellow 2010-2011 (Sub. Reproduction Technology), DST, Govt. of India in the Department de Fisiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 643, Av. Diagonal, 08028 Barcelona, Spain under the guidance of Prof. J.V. Planas.  During this time I also worked as Guest Lecturer in the Master Program of Aquaculture, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. After returning India, I joined to Asutosh College again and lastly move to Presidency University as an Assistant Professor and became Professor in February, 2019.

During doctoral and post-doctoral research, I actively participated in various project in my laboratory dealing with seasonal plasma and gonadal steroid profile of teleost fish, the role of immune factors in the control of oocyte maturation and ovulation in teleost fish. Specifically, I pioneered the study of the role of interleukin-6 as an intraovarian cytokine mediating
the effects of luteinizing hormone during oocyte maturation and ovulation in trout. In addition, my work has also involved to investigating the regulation of the expression of factors involved
in proteolysis of the follicle wall in the trout ovary during the periovulatory period. Throughout this
period I has learned  applied molecular biological techniques to study gene expression (e.g. real time quantitative PCR, microarray analyses), has performed in vitro experiments with teleost ovarian follicles involving separation of follicle cell layers, follicle contraction and proteolysis assays, has measured the levels of prostaglandins and steroids in fish ovarian follicle
incubates and has performed western blotting for the analysis of protein expression levels.

i). Guest Lecturer in the Department of Zoology, Uluberia College from 09.02.04 to 31.10.04.

ii). Worked as Assistant Professor in the P.G. Department of Zoology, Asutosh College, from  13.11.2006 to 11.12.2012.

iii). Guest Lecturer in the Master Program of Aquaculture, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain from 2011-2012.

iv). Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology, Presidency University, Kolkata since 12.12.2012 to February, 2019.

v). Working as a Professor in the Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata since February, 2019.

I want to supervise Ph.D students in the following feilds:

I.                   Reproductive physiology and Molecular Endocrinology:

Ø  Steroid hormone profile in relation to reproductive seasonality in different teleosts.

Ø  Involvement of signaling molecules (such as cdc2, MAP kinase, PI3 kinase, Akt etc.) during steroidogenesis and oocyte maturation.

Ø  Involvement of proteolytic genes during gonadotropin-induced in vitro ovulation in teleosts.

II.                Immuno-Endocrinology and toxicology:

Ø  Endocrine-Immune control of ovulation in teleost fish.

Ø  Reproductive toxicity among different trophic levels exposed to pollutants.

III.             Ecological Economics

Ø  Sustainable Development of Agriculture.

Ø  Sustainable Water Resource Management.

Ø Planetary Boundaries and Doughnut Economics.

Ø Life-Member of Indian Science Congress Association

Ø Life-Member of Zoological Society of India, Kolkata 

Journal Articles:

Maity, S., Guchhait, R., Pramanick, K*. 2024. Role of aquaporins in micro-plastics accumulation in onion roots and the effects of micro-plastics on microtubules stability and organization under heat and salinity stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 220: 105692. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2024.105692

Maity, S., Guchhait, R., Dey, S., Pramanick, K*. 2023.High doses of nano-polystyrene aggravate the oxidative stress, DNA damage, and the cell death in onions. Environmental Pollution. 316(2): 120611.

Maity, S., Guchhait, R., Pramanick, K*. 2022. Melatonin mediated activation of MAP kinase pathway may reduce DNA damage stress in plants: A review. Biofactors. 48(5):965-971.doi: 10.1002/biof.1882

Chatterjee, A., Maity, S., Banerjee, S., Dutta, S., Adhikari, M., Guchhait, R., Biswas, C.,  De, S.,  Pramanick, K*. 2022. Toxicological impacts of nanopolystyrene on zebrafish oocyte with insight into the mechanism of action: An expression-based analysis. Science of Total Environment. 830: 154796.

Maity, S., Guchhait, R., Sarkar, M.S., Pramanick, K*. 2022. Occurrence and distribution of micro/nanoplastics in soils and their phytotoxic effects: A review. Plant Cell and Environment. 45(4): 1011-1028.

Biswas, C., Maity, S., Adhikari, M., Chatterjee, A., Guchhait, R., Pramanick, K*. 2021. Pharmaceuticals in the Aquatic Environment and Their Endocrine Disruptive Effects in Fish. Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 74(4): 507-522.

Maity, S., Biswas, C., Banerjee, S., Guchhait, R., Adhikari, M., Chatterjee, A., Pramanick, K *. 2021. Interaction of plastic particles with heavy metals and the resulting toxicological impacts: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(2): 60291-60307.

Banerjee, S., Maity, S., Guchhait, R., Chatterjee, A., Biswas, C., Adhikari, M., Pramanick, K *. 2021. Toxic effects of cyanotoxins in teleost fish: A comprehensive review. Aquatic Toxicology. 240(6): 05971.

Maity, S., Guchhait, R., Chatterjee, A., Pramanick, K.*. 2021. Co-occurrence of co-contaminants: Cyanotoxins and microplastics, in soil system and their health impacts on plant – A comprehensive review. Science of the Total Environment. 794:148752.

Maity, S., Banerjee, S., Biswas, C., Guchhait, R., Chatterjee, A., Pramanick, K*. 2021. Functional interplay between plastic polymers and microbes: a comprehensive review. Biodegradation.

Maity, S., Adhikari, M., Banerjee, S.,  Guchhait, R., Chatterjee, A., Pramanick, K. *. 2021. Critical analysis of biophysicochemical parameters for qualitative improvement of phytogenic nanoparticles. Critical analysis of biophysicochemical parameters for qualitative improvement of phytogenic nanoparticles. Biotechnology Progress. 37 (2): 1-23.

Chatterjee, A., Guchhait R., Maity S., Mukherjee D., Pramanick K.*. 2020. Functions of interleukin-6 in ovulation of female climbing perch, Anabas testudineus. Animal Reproduction Science. 219: 106528. DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2020.106528

Maity S., Pramanick K*. 2020. Perspectives and challenges of micro/nano plastics-induced toxicity with special reference to phytotoxicity. Global Change Biology. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15074

Maity, S., Chatterjee, A., Guchhait R, De, S., Pramanick K*. 2020. Cytogenotoxic potential of a hazardous material, polystyrene microparticles on Allium cepaL. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 385: 121560. DOI: 10.1016/j.hazmat.2019.121560

Basu, A., Roy, A., Hazra, A. K., Pramanick K*. 2020. Analysis of Youths’ Perspective in India On and During the Pandemic of COVID-19. Social Science Quarterly. 101(5): 1969-1978. DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12839

Roy, A., Pramanick, K*. 2019. Analysing progress of sustainable development goal 6 in India: Past, present, and future.Journal of Environmental Management. 232:1049-1065. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.060

Das S, Campbell P D, Roy S, Mukherjee S, Pramanick K, Biswas A, Raha S. 2019. Cranial osteology and molecular phylogeny?of Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) (Colubridae: Serpentes) 69(3): 311–325 69(3): 311–325 DOI: 10.26049/VZ69-3-2019-04 

Das S, Pramanick K. 2019. Comparative anatomy and homology of jaw adductor muscles of some South Asian colubroidsnakes (Serpentes: Colubroidea) 69(1): 93-102DOI: 10.26049/VZ69-1-2019-01JIF: 0.961

Guchhait R, Chatterjee A, Gupta S, Debnath M, Mukherjee D, Pramanick K*. 2018. Molecular mechanism of mercury-induced reproductive impairments in banded gourami, Trichogaster fasciata. General and Comparative Endocrinology.255: 40-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.10.004 

Guchhait R, Chatterjee A, Mukherjee D, Pramanick K*. 2018. Seasonal ovarian development in relation to the gonadotropins, steroids, aromatase and steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) in the banded gourami, Trichogaster fasciata. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 268: 40-49.DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.07.014

Pal, P.,Roy M. S.,Gupta, S., Guha, P., Majumder, S., Kundu, s., Mallick, B.,Pramanick, K., Mukherjee, D. 2018. Estrogen?regulated expression of P450arom genes in the brain and ovaries of adult female Indian climbing perch, Anabastestudineus. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Part-A). 329:29-42

Raha, S., Das, S., Bag, P., Debnath, S., Pramanick, K., 2018. Description of a new species of genus Trachischium with a redescription of Trachischium fuscum (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae). Zootaxa, 4370 (5): 549–561. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.6

Chakraborty, A., Majumder, S., Gupta, S., Guha, P., Pramanick, K., Mallick, B., Mukherjee, D., 2017. Stimulatory effects of Salmon calcitonin on the secretion of maturation-inducing steroid by the post-vitellogenic ovarian follicles of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio). Indian Journal of Life Science, 6 (1): 95-102.

Pramanick, K., Kundu, S., Paul, S., Mallick, B., Moulik, S. R., Pal, P., Mukherjee, D., 2014.  Steroid-induced oocyte maturation in Indian shad Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) is dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase but not MAP kinase activation. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 390 (1-2), 26-33. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.04.002

Das, P., Pramanick, K., Mukherjee, D., Maiti, B. R., 2014. In vitro induction of oocyte maturation and steroidogenesis by gonadotropins, insulin, calcitonin and growth factor in an estuarine flat head grey mullet, Mugil cephalus L. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 40 (1), 105-116. doi: 10.1007/s10695-013-9828-0

Pramanick, K., Kundu, S., Paul, S., Mallick, B., Moulik, S. R., Pal, P., Mukherjee, D., 2013. Changes in plasma steroid levels during oocyte development in Indian shad, Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822): Role of gonadotropins on in vitro steroid production and development of oocyte maturational competence. Animal Reproduction Science, 141 (3-4), 177-188. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.08.009

Crespo, D., Pramanick, K., Goetz, F. W., Planas, J. V., 2013. Luteinizing hormone stimulation of in vitro ovulation in brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) involves follicle contraction and activation of proteolytic genes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 188, 175-182. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.02.031

Das, P., Pramanick, K., Maity, A., Maiti, B. R. 2013. The role of some extra-gonadal hormones on the circannual ovarian cycle of the flat head grey mullet, Mugil cephalus L. Biological Rhythm Research, 44 (5), 830-843. doi: 10.1080/09291016.2013.770291

Paul, S., Pramanick, K., Kundu, S., Moulik, S. R., Pal, P., Mukherjee, D. 2013. Involvement of PI3 kinase and MAP kinase in IGF-I and insulin-induced ovarian steroidogenesis in common carp Cyprinus carpio. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 181, 98-106. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.10.002

Kundu, S., Pramanick, K., Paul, S., Bandopadhyay, A., Mukherjee, D.  2012. Expression of LH receptor in non-pregnant mouse endometrium: LH induction of 3β-HSD and synthesis of progesterone. Journal of Endocrinology. doi: 10.1530/JOE-11-0486

Paul, S., Pramanick, K., Kundu, S., Kumar, D., Mukherjee, D. 2010. Regulation of ovarian steroidogenesis in vitro by IGF-I and insulin in common carp, Cyprinus carpio: stimulation of aromatase activity and P450arom gene expression. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 315 (1-2), 95-103. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.10.014

Paul, S., Pramanick, K., Kundu, S., Bandopadhyay, A., Mukherjee, D. 2009. Involvement of PI3 kinase and MAP kinase in IGF-I- and insulin-induced oocyte maturation in Cyprinus carpio. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 309 (1-2), 93-100. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.05.014

Paul, S., Mukherjee, D., Pramanick, K., Kundu, S., Bhattacharya, S. P., De, P, Mukherjee, D. 2008. Stimulation of salmon calcitonin on secretion of 17-estradiol by the ovarian follicles of common carp, Cyprinus carpio. Journal of Endocrinology, 196, 413-424. doi: 10.1677/JOE-07-0188