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Professor Sanjib Bhakta

Positions held:
  • Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences
  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    Sanjib Bhakta was born in Hooghly and brought up in Naihati, West Bengal, INDIA. He attended Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission and Hooghly Branch (Government) School. Following his undergraduate degree from the University of Calcutta, he moved away from his hometown to Santiniketan for his postgraduate degree at Visva-Bharati University (founded by Rabindranath Tagore). He developed his research interest in molecular genetics and cell biology while pursuing an MSc project in a Cytogenetics and Tissue culture Laboratory. Returning to Calcutta, he started his BEd Teachers Training course at the University of Calcutta. He achieved a national scholarship to pursue a career in research on Penicillin and its therapeutic target Penicillin-binding proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (cause of tuberculosis/TB) and Mycobacterium leprae (cause of Leprosy) at the Department of Chemistry of Bose Institute in Kolkata. In the final year of his PhD studies, he achieved an Oxford University Innovation Scholarship, followed by an International Travelling Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust. He graduated from The Queen鈥檚 College, University of Oxford completing a second doctoral degree (DPhil in Pharmacology) and received a 鈥淪ir William Paton Prize鈥 from the Oxford University Division of Medicine. He attained his first academic appointment (2006) at the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (a Joint Research Institute between 糖心logo入口, University of London and UCL) as a University Lecturer and promoted to a Senior Lecturer, Reader and then a full Professor in 2018. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK since 2008 after achieving a PGCHE from the University of London. He was awarded with a Cipla Distinguished Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2014) and an ASEM-DUO Professorial Fellowship (2019). His original research on tackling AMR in TB was published in Nature Scientific Report (top 100 most read article in 2018) and in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy were featured in and respectively. Professor Bhakta is a core member of the , , UK. He is a Chief Editor of . He has acted as a Mentor for early career research students and staff at a career acceleration programme organised by Oxford University Career Services. As a STEM ambassador Professor Bhakta has volunteered for the Wellcome Trust-funded programme 鈥淩esearchers in Residence鈥, a winner of 鈥溾 2017, participated in the British Science Museum 鈥淣ews & Views鈥 programme (2018), and the winner of a (2020).

    Highlights

    Web profiles

    Visiting posts

    • Visiting Professor , , 01 October 2017 to 01 September 2019
    • Visiting Professor , , 01 October 2021 to 01 September 2023
    • ASEM-DUO Visiting Professor , , 01 July 2022 to 01 August 2022

    Professional memberships

    • The , UK

      The , UK

      , UK

      听(Elected in 2006)

      The Union ()

      , UK (Elected Fellow)

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    Honours and awards

    • ASEM-DUO INDIA Professorial Exchange Fellowship , March 2022
    • Dissertation Supervisor of the Year , June 2024
    • Microbiology Society Outreach Prize , March 2020
    • 糖心logo入口 Public Engagement Award 糖心logo入口, University of London, March 2019
    • CIPLA Distinguished Fellowship , March 2014
    • Sir William Paton Prize , March 2004

    ORCID

  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • Tackling Antimicrobial Drug Resistance and new Drug Discovery
    • Therapeutic target identification in bacteria & validation for new drug design
    • Therapeutic antimicrobial hit/lead optimisation
    • Repurposing/ repositioning immune-modulatory drugs to treat TB

    Research overview

    Professor Sanjib Bhakta's Mycobacteria Research Laboratory at the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology investigates the physiology of the different metabolic states of听Mycobacterium spp.,(1) tackling antimicrobial drug resistance through validating novel therapeutic targets (2,3), from identifying hits to optimising novel leads and repurposing(4) existing immune-modulatory drugs to cure TB and other mycobacterial infections. The Mycobacteria Research Laboratory is specialised in microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry techniques to manipulate DNA, RNA, proteins and lipids to characterise therapeutic targets and elucidate their structure, function, regulation and inhibition. The lab has successfully integrated(5) high-throughput enzymatic and whole-cell phenotypic assays(6) for screening biological properties of natural (7) or synthetic chemical inhibitors (8) of mycobacterial morphology, growth and viability听in vitro听as well as in infected macrophage models (9) mimicking the intracellular host-environment. The lab鈥檚 expertise in microbiology enables them to generate genetically-modified and/or chemically-derived mutants and perform phenotypic and genotypic evaluation on these infectious pathogens of global interest.

    Research Centres and Institutes

    • Principle Investigator ,
    • Core Member/ PI,
    • Honorary Fellow,

    Research clusters and groups

    • Academic Head,
    • Steering Group Member,
    • Core Member,
    • Member,
    • Core Member,
    • Core Member,
    • Network Investigator (TB),

    Lab information

  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Supervision

    Supervisions external to 糖心logo入口:
    9
    Supervisions within 糖心logo入口:
    3

    I welcome enquiries from prospective MPhil/PhD candidates who are interested in undertaking doctoral research training in any areas of my research.

    Between 2006 and 2022, I have supervised 17 PhD students (100% submitted within 4 years of registration) and currently supervising 3 PhD students at the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, 糖心logo入口, University of London and UCL; examined 12 PhD theses as an internal (University of London) examiner and 2 MRes theses, 1 MPhil thesis and 23 PhD theses as an external examiner (including international).

    Current PhD students

    路 Chris Daniel (Primary Supervisor)

    路 Rita Ramalhete (Secondary Supervisor)

    路 Hessa Ali Alshehri (Secondary Supervisor)

    MRes project students

    路 Anushandan NAVARATNARAJAH

    路 Karan KANWAR

    路 Precious OLORUNKALU

    路 Ting Ko HUI听

    路 Tsungai MAHERE

    MSc project student

    路 Emese Fabian

    Associate ISMB-MRL Fellows (Honorary)

    路 Dr Sam Willcocks (LSHTM/ Brunel)

    路 Dr Yusun Jeon (KCL)

    Past PhDs:

    路 Liam Tom Martin (The Wellcome Trust DTP Scholarship) 2018 - 2022

    路 Mousumi Shyam (Newton-Bhabha International PhD Placement) 2017 - 2022听听

    路 Sarmistha Biswal (Newton-Bhabha Placement and ASEM-DUO听International Exchange Fellowship) 2017 - 2022听听

    路 Arundhati Maitra (The Wellcome Trust/ 糖心logo入口 Anniversary Scholarship) 2015 - 2019

    路 Neha Agre (Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship) 2015 - 2020听

    路 Stephen Teo (Commonwealth Scholarship) 2015-2019

    路 Lindsay Elaine Ferguson (UWS Scholarship) 2015-2019

    路 Tengku Karmila Mohd Kamil (Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship) 2014-2018

    路 Jody Phelan (BBSRC LIDo Scholarship) 2014-2017

    路 Francesca Scotti (Bloomsbury Interdisciplinary Scholarship) 2012- 2016

    路 Cynthia Amaning Danquah (Ghana Education Trust Fund) 2012-2016

    路 Eleanor Laming Kerr (EPSRC/GSK Case Award) 2011-2015

    路 Doris Quay Huai Xia (Commonwealth Scholarship) 2011-2015

    路 Juan David Guzman (Bloomsbury Interdisciplinary Scholarship, London) 2009-2013

    路 Khadijo Osman (Bloomsbury Interdisciplinary Scholarship, London) 2008-2012

    路 Dimitrios Evangelopoulos (Sybil Evans Scholarship, 糖心logo入口/ Oxford University) 2007-2011听

    路 Chandrakala Basavannacharya (Oxford University/糖心logo入口 ORS) 2007-2010

    Past MRes:

    路 Annie Rieden 2021-2022听

    路 Rachel Meade 2020-2021 (Currently an MPhil/PhD Scholar in the UK)

    路 Karina Caetano 2019-2020 (Currently an MPhil/PhD Scholar in the UK)

    路 Tara Levano 2019-2020

    路 Parul Singh 2019-2020 (Currently a Research Associate in USA)

    路 Harshita Verma 2019-2020

    路 Parmiss Ikra Ahmed 2019-2020听

    路 Sara Vasciaveo 2017 鈥 2018

    路 Darakhshan Ahmed 2016 鈥 2018 (Part-time)

    路 Alina Chrzastek 2016-2017 (Current a Post Doctoral Research Scientist in the UK)

    路 Monisha Shaik 2015-2016 (Currently Researcher in India)

    路 Arundhati Maitra 2013-2014 (Currently a听Post Doctoral Research Scientist in the UK)

    路 Shyamasundarui Nukala 2011-2012 (Currently High School Teacher in the UK)

    Past Summer Research Training Interns:

    路 Kshitij Sinha (2021/22); ISSF/Wellcome BAME Summer Internship

    路 Chiyun Lee (2020/21); BBSRC Summer Internship

    路 Ellie Chapman (2019/20); BSAC Summer Internship

    路 Julia Solnier (2017/18) Graz, Austria; EU Scholarship

    路 Victoria McHugh (2017/18) UK; BBSRC LIDO Scholarship

    路 Javier Arranz (2015/16) Barcelona, Spain; EU Scholarship

    路 Sad茅 Bates (2013/14) UK; Wellcome Trust Vacation Scholarship

    路 Arundhati Maitra (2012/13) UK; BSAC Scholarship

    路 Tom谩拧 Reitschmied (2011/12) Erasmus Program Scholarship

    路 Javier Mart铆nez Crespo (2010

    Current doctoral researchers

    • CHRIS DANIEL
      Nature of supervision:
      PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR,

    Doctoral alumni since 2013-14

    • ARUNDHATI MAITRA
      Nature of supervision:
      Principal Supervisor,
      Awarded:
      2019
    • TENGKU KARMILA TENGKU MOHD KAMIL
      Nature of supervision:
      Principal Supervisor,
      Awarded:
      2018

    Teaching

    Professor Sanjib Bhakta, a Fellow of and Fellow of the , practices innovative and research-led methods in learning and teaching. He has blended face-to-face classroom teaching with online teaching using various digital platforms such as MS-Teams, Blackboard-Collaborate etc. Course handbooks, syllabus, instructions, all relevant learning materials, formative and summative assessment feedbacks are available to the enrolled students via Moodle.

    Prof. Bhakta is the Admissions Tutor/Programme Director of and a Member of the Department鈥檚 .

    Prof. Bhakta teaches on the following undergraduate and postgraduate courses (part-time and/or full-time):

    Undergraduate: BSc Bio-Medicine

    路 Microbes & Antimicrobials (BCBC015_S6: Course Unit Director)

    路 Biology Literature Projects (BCBC002_H6)

    路 Biology Experimental Projects (BCBC010_S6)

    ISMB Summer Research Training Internship (April 鈥 September) 

    Biochemistry (BIOC 2023) UCL (Module: BIOC0021: Advanced Investigative Project in Molecular Biosciences)

    Postgraduate: MSc Microbiology and MRes Global Infectious Diseases

    路 Antimicrobials (BCBC009_H7: Course Unit Director)

    路 Medical Bacteriology (BCBC005_H7: Course Unit Director)

    路 Research in Microbiology (BCBC002_S7)

    路 MSc and MRes Research Projects and Dissertation (BCBC011_S7 & SCBS017_Q7)

    MSc Bio-Business

    路 Analytical Projects

    路 Future Health Technologies (SCBS032_H7BCBC009_H7)

    MPhil/PhD Molecular Microbiology and Biochemistry Interdisciplinary research projects are offered for Bloomsbury Colleges Research Studentship/ Commonwealth Scholarship/ ISMB/ MRC/ BBSRC/ Wellcome Trust PhD Studentships on a regular basis. Find out more about studentships in the department.

    A number of timely and important literature-based research projects and/or laboratory based experimental research projects on mycobacterial diseases (such as Tuberculosis and Leprosy) are offered to the above undergraduate, postgraduate and MPhil/PhD research students.

    To discuss a research project in person, please contact Prof. Sanjib Bhakta: s.bhakta@bbk.ac.uk, sanjib.bhakta@ucl.ac.uk.

     

     

    Teaching modules

    • Molecular Biology for Discovery Life Sciences
    • Infectious Bacteria and Antibiotics
    • Medical Bacteriology
    • Specialist Laboratory Research Project
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Shyam, M. and Bhattacharje, G. and Daniel, C. and Kumar, A. and Yadav, P. and Mukherjee, P. and Singh, S. and Das, A.K. and Narender, T. and Singh, A. and Jayaprakash, V. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2023) . Molecules 28 (24), pp. 8115. ISSN 1420-3049.
    • Shyam, M. and Verma, H. and Bhattacharje, G. and Mukherjee, P. and Singh, S. and Kamilya, S. and Jalani, P. and Das, S. and Dasgupta, A. and Mondal, A. and Das, A.K. and Singh, A. and Brucoli, F. and Bagneris, Claire and Dickman, R. and Basavanakatti, V.N. and Naresh Babu, P. and Sankaran, V. and Dev, A. and Sinha, B.N. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Jayaprakash, V. (2022) . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 65 (1), pp. 234-256. ISSN 0022-2623.
    • Daniel, Chris and Bhakta, Sanjib (2022) . Immunobiology 227 (3), ISSN 0171-2985.
    • Maitra, Arundhati and Nukala, Syamasundari and Dickman, R. and Martin, Liam T. and Munshi, Tulika and Gupta, Antima and Shepherd, Adrian J. and Arnvig, K.B. and Tabor, A.B. and Keep, Nicholas H. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2021) . JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 3 (1), ISSN 2632-1823.
    • Shyam, M. and Shilkar, D. and Verma, H. and Dev, A. and Sinha, B. and Brucoli, F. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Jayaprakash, V. (2021) . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 64 (1), pp. 71-100. ISSN 0022-2623.
    • Hellewell, L. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2020) . Access Microbiology 2 (4), ISSN 2516-8290.
    • Maitra, A. and Evangelopoulos, D. and Chrzastek, A. and Martin, L.T. and Hanrath, A. and Chapman, E. and Hailes, H.C. and Lipman, M. and McHugh, T.D. and Waddell, S.J. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2020) . The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 75 (11), pp. 3194-3201. ISSN 1460-2091.
    • Maitra, Arundhati and Munshi, Tulika and Healy, J. and Martin, L.T. and Vollmer, W. and Keep, Nicholas H. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2019) . FEMS Microbiology Reviews 43 (5), pp. 548-575. ISSN 1574-6976.
    • Lu, L. and Arranz-Trull茅n, J. and Prats-Ejarque, G. and Pulido, D. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Boix, E. (2019) . Frontiers In Immunology 10, ISSN 1664-3224.
    • Danquah, C.A. and Kakagianni, E. and Khondkar, P. and Maitra, Arundhati and Rahman, M. and Evangelopoulos, D. and McHugh, T.D. and Stapleton, P. and Malkinson, J. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Gibbons, Simon (2018) . Scientific Reports 8 (1), pp. 1150. ISSN 2045-2322.
    • Quay, D.H.X. and Qureshi, A. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Keep, Nicholas H. (2018) . Malaysian Journal of Microbiology 14 (2), ISSN 2231-7538.
    • Abo-Ashoura, M.F. and Eldehnab, W.M. and George, R.F. and Abdel-Azizd, M.M. and Elaasser, M.M. and Abdel Gawad, N.M. and Gupta, Antima and Bhakta, Sanjib and Abou-Seric, S.M. (2018) . European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 160, pp. 49-60. ISSN 0223-5234.
    • Scalacci, N. and Brown, A.K. and Pavan, F.R. and Ribeiro, C.M. and Manetti, F. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Maitra, Arundhati and Smith, D.L. and Petricci, E. and Castagnolo, D. (2017) . European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 127, pp. 147-158. ISSN 0223-5234.
    • Maitra, Arundhati and Kamil, T.K. and Shaik, M. and Danquah, C.A. and Chrzastek, A. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2017) . Virulence 8 (6), pp. 1005-1024. ISSN 2150-5594.
    • Ryan, A. and Polycarpou, E. and Lack, N.A. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Sieg, C. and Halman, A. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Eleftheriadou, O. and McHugh, T.D. and Keany, S. and Lowe, E.D. and Ballet, R. and Abuhammad, A. and Jacobs, W.R. and Ciulli, A. and Sim, E. (2017) . British Journal of Pharmacology 174 (14), pp. 2209-2224. ISSN 0007-1188.
    • Saifullah, B. and Chrzastek, A. and Maitra, Arundhati and Naeemullah, B. and Fakurazi, S. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Hussein, M.Z. (2017) . Molecules 22 (10), ISSN 1420-3049.
    • Bullo, S. and Maitra, Arundhati and Chrzastek, Alina and Naeemullah, B. and Fakurazi, S. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Hussein, M.Z. (2017) . Molecules 22 (10), pp. 1697. ISSN 1420-3049.
    • Arranz-Trull茅n, J. and Lu, L. and Pulido, D. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Boix, E. (2017) . Frontiers In Immunology 8, ISSN 1664-3224.
    • Amaning Danquah, C. and Maitra, Arundhati and Gibbons, S. and Nicklin, Jane and Bhakta, Sanjib (2016) . Current Protocols in Microbiology 40, ISSN 1934-8533. ISBN 9780471729259.
    • Bhakta, Sanjib (2016) . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 59 (6), pp. 2780-2793. ISSN 0022-2623.
    • Maitra, Arundhati and Bates, S. and Shaik, M. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Abubakar, I. and McHugh, T.D. and Lipman, M. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2016) . British Medical Bulletin 118 (1), pp. 138-148. ISSN 1471-8391.
    • Brucoli, F. and Guzman, Juan David and Basher, M.A. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Mcmahon, Eleanor and Munshi, Tulika and McHugh, T.D. and Fox, K.R. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2016) . The Journal of Antibiotics 69, pp. 843-849. ISSN 0021-8820.
    • Chandrashekhar Lele, A. and Amarnath Mishra, D. and Karmila Kamil, T. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Sohel Degani, M. (2016) . Current Topics In Medicinal Chemistry 16 (19), pp. 2125-2143. ISSN 1568-0266.
    • Kerai, L.V. and Hilton, S. and Maugueret Minerve, Tafie and Kazi, Bilkis Banu and Nicklin, Jane and Bhakta, Sanjib and Murdan, S. (2016) . International Journal of Pharmaceutics 514 (1), pp. 244-254. ISSN 0378-5173.
    • Bhakta, Sanjib and Guzman, Juan David and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Munshi, Tulika and Mcmahon, Eleanor (2016) . The Journal of Antibiotics 69, pp. 843-849. ISSN 0021-8820.
    • Maitra, Arundhati and Bhakta, Sanjib and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios (2016) . British Medical Bulletin 118 (1), pp. 138-148. ISSN 1471-8391.
    • Guzman, Juan D. and Pesnot, T. and Barrera, D.A. and Davies, H.M. and McMahon, E. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Mortazavi, Parisa Nakhostin and Munshi, Tulika and Maitra, Arundhati and Lamming, E.D. and Angell, R. and Gershater, M.C. and Redmond, J.M. and Needham, D. and Ward, J.M. and Cuca, L.E. and Hailes, H.C. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2015) . Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 70 (6), pp. 1691-1703. ISSN 0305-7453.
    • Hochfellner, C. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Zloh, M. and Wube, A. and Guzman, J.D. and McHugh, T.D. and Kunert, O. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Bucar, F. (2015) . Journal of Applied Microbiology 118 (4), pp. 864-872. ISSN 1364-5072.
    • Maitra, A. and Bates, S. and Kolvekar, T. and Devarajan, P.V. and Guzman, Juan D. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2015) . International Journal of Infectious Diseases 32, pp. 50-55. ISSN 1201-9712.
    • Brucoli, F. and Guzman, Juan D. and Maitra, Arundhati and James, C.H. and Fox, K.R. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2015) . Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 23 (13), pp. 3705-3711. ISSN 0968-0896.
    • Phelan, J. and Maitra, A. and McNerney, R. and Nair, M. and Gupta, Antima and Coll, F. and Pain, A. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Clark, T.G. (2015) . International Journal of Mycobacteriology 4 (3), pp. 207-216. ISSN 2212-5531.
    • Quay, Doris H.X. and Cole, Ambrose R. and Cryar, A. and Thalassinos, Konstantinos and Williams, Mark A. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Keep, Nicholas H. (2015) . BMC Structural Biology 15 (12), ISSN 1472-6807.
    • Maitra, Arundhati and Danquah, Cynthia A. and Scotti, Francesca and Howard, Tracey K. and Kamil, Tengku K. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2015) . Virulence 6 (6), pp. 661-672. ISSN 2150-5594.
    • Rizi, K. and Murdan, S. and Danquah, Cynthia A. and Nicklin, Jane and Bhakta, Sanjib (2015) . Journal of Microbiological Methods 117, pp. 36-40. ISSN 0167-7012.
    • McGuigan, C. and Derudas, M. and Gonczy, B. and Hinsinger, K. and Kandil, S. and Pertusati, F. and Serpi, M. and Snoeck, R. and Andrei, G. and Balzarini, J. and McHugh, T.D. and Maitra, A. and Akorli, E. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Bhakta, Sanjib (2014) . Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 22 (9), pp. 2816-2824. ISSN 1464-3391.
    • Zhao, J. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Bhakta, Sanjib and Gray, A.I. and Seidel, V. (2014) . Journal of Ethnopharmacology 155 (1), pp. 796-800. ISSN 0378-8741.
    • Maitra, A. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2014) . Virulence 5 (5), pp. 638-644. ISSN 2150-5594.
    • Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Gupta, Antima and Lack, N. and Maitra, Arundhati and ten Bokum, A.M.C. and Kendall, Sharon L. and Sim, E. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2014) . Tuberculosis 94 (6), pp. 664-671. ISSN 1472-9792.
    • Maitra, Arundhati and Bhakta, Sanjib (2014) . Virulence 5 (5), pp. 638-644. ISSN 2150-5594.
    • Guzman, Juan D. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Gupta, Antima and Prieto, J.M. and Gibbons, S. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2013) . Phytotherapy Research 27 (7), pp. 993-998. ISSN 0951-418X.
    • Munshi, Tulika and Gupta, Antima and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Guzman, Juan D. and Gibbons, S. and Keep, Nicholas H. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2013) . PLoS One 8 (3), pp. e60143. ISSN 1932-6203.
    • Guzman, Juan D. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Gupta, Antima and Birchall, K. and Mwaigwisya, S. and Saxty, B. and McHugh, T.D. and Gibbons, S. and Malkinson, J. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2013) . BMJ Open 3 (6), pp. e002672. ISSN 2044-6055.
    • Maitra, A. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2013) . Virulence pp. 14-18. ISSN 2150-5594.
    • Shiu, W.K.P. and Malkinson, J.P. and Rahman, M.M. and Curry, J. and Stapleton, P. and Gunaratnam, M. and Neidle, S. and Mushtaq, S. and Warner, M. and Livermore, D.M. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Basavannacharya, Chandrakala and Bhakta, Sanjib and Schindler, B.D. and Seo, S.M. and Coleman, D. and Kaatz, G.W. and Gibbons, S. (2013) . International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 42 (6), pp. 513-518. ISSN 0924-8579.
    • Gupta, Antima and Kaul, Akshay and Tsolaki, A.G. and Kishore, U. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2012) . Immunobiology 217 (3), pp. 363-374. ISSN 0171-2985.
    • Guzman, Juan D. and Gupta, Antima and Bucar, F. and Gibbons, S. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2012) . Frontiers in Bioscience 17 (1), pp. 1861-1881. ISSN 1093-9946.
    • Gupta, Antima and Bhakta, Sanjib (2012) . Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 67 (6), pp. 1380-1391. ISSN 0305-7453.
    • Kottakota, S.K. and Benton, M. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Guzman, Juan D. and Bhakta, Sanjib and McHugh, T.D. and Gray, M. and Groundwater, P.W. and Marrs, E.C.L. and Perry, J.D. and Harburn, J.J. (2012) . Organic Letters 14 (24), pp. 6310-6313. ISSN 1523-7060.
    • Guzman, Juan D. and Wube, A. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Gupta, Antima and Hufner, A. and Basavannacharya, Chandrakala and Rahman, M.M. and Thomaschitz, C. and Bauer, R. and McHugh, T.D. and Nobeli, Irene and Prieto, J.M. and Gibbons, S. and Bucar, F. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2011) . Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 66 (8), pp. 1766-1772. ISSN 0305-7453.
    • Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Cronin, Nora and Daviter, Tina and Sim, E. and Keep, Nicholas H. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2011) . FEBS Journal 278 (24), pp. 4824-4832. ISSN 1742-464X.
    • Osman, Khadijo and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Basavannacharya, Chandrakala and Gupta, Antima and McHugh, T.D. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Gibbons, S. (2011) . International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 39 (2), pp. 124-129. ISSN 0924-8579.
    • Westwood, I.M. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Russell, A.J. and Fullam, E. and Anderton, M.C. and Akane Kawamura, A. and Mulvaney, A.W. and Vickers, R.J. and Bhowruth, V. and Besra, G.S. and Lalvani, A. and Davies, S.G. and Sim, E. (2010) . Protein & Cell 1 (1), pp. 82-95. ISSN 1674-800X.
    • Basavannacharya, Chandrakala and Robertson, Giles and Munshi, T. and Keep, Nicholas H. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2010) . Tuberculosis 90 (1), pp. 16-24. ISSN 1472-9792.
    • Guzman, Juan D. and Gupta, Antima and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Basavannacharya, Chandrakala and Pabon, L.C. and Plazas, E.A. and Munoz, D.R. and Delgado, W.A. and Cuca, L.E. and Ribon, W. and Gibbons, S. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2010) . Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 65 (10), pp. 2101-2107. ISSN 0305-7453.
    • Basavannacharya, Chandrakala and Moody, P.R. and Munshi, T. and Cronin, Nora and Keep, Nicholas H. and Bhakta, Sanjib (2010) . Protein & Cell 1 (11), pp. 1011-1022. ISSN 1674-800X.
    • O鈥橠onnell, G. and Poeschl, R. and Zimhony, O. and Gunaratnam, M. and Moreira, J.B.C. and Neidle, S. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Bhakta, Sanjib and Malkinson, J. and Boshoff, H.I. and Lenaerts, A. and Gibbons, S. (2009) . Journal of Natural Products 72 (3), pp. 360-365. ISSN 0163-3864.
    • Gupta, Antima and Bhakta, Sanjib and Kundu, S. and Gupta, M. and Srivastava, B.S. and Srivastava, R. (2009) . Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 64 (4), pp. 774-781. ISSN 0305-7453.
    • Sim, E. and Sandy, J. and Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Fullam, E. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Westwood, I.M. and Krylova, A. and Lack, N. and Noble, M. (2008) . Current Drug Metabolism 9 (6), pp. 510-519. ISSN 1389-2002.
    • Smellie, I. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Sim, E. and Fairbanks, A. (2007) . Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 5 (14), pp. 2257-2266. ISSN 1477-0520.
    • Anderton, M.C. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Besra, G.S. and Jeavons, P. and Eltis, L.D. and Sim, E. (2006) . Molecular Microbiology 59 (1), pp. 181-192. ISSN 0950-382X.
    • Bhakta, Sanjib (2006) . East-West Times 1 (1), pp. 28-31.
    • Westwood, I.M. and Holton, S.J. and Rodrigues-Lima, F. and Dupret, J.M. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Noble, M.E. and Sim, E. (2005) . Biochemical Journal 385 (2), pp. 605-612. ISSN 0264-6021.
    • Bhakta, Sanjib and Besra, G.S. and Upton, A.M. and Parish, T. and Sholto-Douglas-Vernon, C. and Gibson, K.J. and Knutton, S. and Gordon, S. and DaSilva, R.P. and Anderton, M.C. and Sim, E. (2004) . The Journal of Experimental Medicine 199 (9), pp. 1191-1199. ISSN 0022-1007.
    • Sim, E. and Pinter, K. and Mushtaq, A. and Upton, A. and Sandy, J. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Noble, M. (2003) . Biochemical Society Transactions 31 (3), pp. 615-619. ISSN 0300-5127.
    • Bhakta, Sanjib and Basu, J. (2002) . Biochemical Journal 361 (6), pp. 635-639. ISSN 0264-6021.
    • Choudhuri, B.S. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Barik, R. and Basu, J. and Kundu, M. and Chakrabarti, P. (2002) . Biochemical Journal 367 (1), pp. 279-285. ISSN 0264-6021.
    • Datta, P. and Dasgupta, A. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Basu, J. (2002) . Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (28), pp. 24983-24987. ISSN 0021-9258.
    • Mahapatra, S. and Bhakta, Sanjib and Ahamed, J. and Basu, J. (2000) . Biochemical Journal 350 (1), pp. 75-80. ISSN 0264-6021.

    Book section

    • Navaratnarajah, Anushandan and Daniel, Chris and Bhakta, Sanjib (2024) . In: Gillespie, S.H. (ed.) Antibiotic Resistance Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer Publications. pp. 35-42. ISSN 1064-3745. ISBN 9781071639801.
    • Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios and Bhakta, Sanjib (2018) . In: Laurieri, N. and Sim, E. (eds.) Arylamine N-acetyltransferases in Health and Disease: From Pharmacogenetics to Drug Discovery and Diagnostics. World Scientific. pp. 303-324. ISBN 9789813232006.

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