Identifying the Molecular Mechanisms that Govern Pancreatic Beta-Cell Proliferation, Survival and Function in Normal Physiological and Pathophysiological Conditions of Diabetes Mellitus.
Development of Novel Agents Improves Survival and Function of Insulin Producing Pancreatic Beta Cells.
Diabetes and mitochondrial Bioenergetics
Education
Ph.D. in Life Sciences from Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar in 2008
M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
B.Sc. in Zoology from University of Calcutta
Work Experience
Academic Research Experience
Associate Professor, IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2019 - present
Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014 - 2019
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Weill Cornell Medical College (2008-2010)
Academic Administrative Experience
Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014 - Present
Teaching
IC 136 Understanding Biotechnology and its Applications (Odd Sem, 2018)
BY 510Advance Cell Biology (Odd Sem, 2018)
BY520PCell Biology and Physiology Lab (Odd Sem, 2018)
BY 503Cellular Fuel and Cellular Communication (Even Sem, 2018)
IC 136 Understanding Biotechnology and its Applications (Even Sem, 2018)
BY 524PMedical and NanoBiotechnology lab (Even Sem, 2018)
BY 526IPR and Biosafety (Even Sem, 2018)
Awards, Honors, and Invited Talks
International Travel Award 2014 Joint IUBMB-RCB Advanced School – 2014 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, RCB India
Special Seminar series"Glucagon regulates hepatic kisspeptin to impair insulin secretion in diabetes mellitus."at Joint IUBMB-RCB Advanced School – 2014 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, RCB India
Best Abstract Award 2014 Research Fest 2014, the Scripps Florida Society of Research Fellows’ (SF-SRF) fifth Scientific Symposium
Platform Presentation "The role of insulin decoy receptors in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance", Research Fest 2014, the Scripps Florida Society of Research Fellows’ (SF-SRF) fifth Scientific Symposium
PATENT -P. Mondal, M.Ray, S.Sahu, S.C.Sabat “A genetically modified recombinant rice plant Catalase-B, expressed in E.coli host that avoids light and temperature impairment” Application No.1180/KOL/07 of 27.08.07
K Girdhar, S Thakur, P Gaur, A Choubey, S Dogra, B Dehury, S Kumar, B Biswas, D K Dwivedi, S Ghosh, P Mondal* (2022) Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a small molecule oral agonist of the glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor Journal of Biological Chemistry 01889 *Corresponding Author
B Biswas, S Dogra, G Dey, N A Murugan, P Mondal*, S Ghosh* (2022) Near-infrared emissive cyanine probes for selective visualization of the physiological and pathophysiological modulation of albumin levels Journal of Materials Chemistry B *Corresponding Author
PV Daniel, A Choubey, S Dogra, P Rawat, A S Khan, S Rajak, M Kamthan, P Mondal* (2021) NF-kB P65 regulates hepatic lipogenesis by promoting nuclear entry of ChREBP in response to a high carbohydrate diet. Journal of Biological Chemistry: 100714 *Corresponding Author
P Shitole, A Choubey, P Mondal*, R Ghosh (2021) Influence of low dose naltrexone on Raman assisted bone quality, skeletal advanced glycation end-products and nano-mechanical properties in type 2 diabetic mice bone Materials Science and Engineering: C 123 :112011
Choubey A, Girdhar K, Kar AK, Kushwaha S, Yadav MK, Ghosh D, P Mondal*. (2020) Low dose naltrexone rescues inflammation and insulin resistance associated with hyperinsulinemia Journal of Biological Chemistry Sep 17;jbc.RA120.013484. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.013484 *Corresponding Author
Vineeth Daniel P, P Mondal* (2020) Causative and Sanative dynamicity of ChREBP in Hepato-Metabolic Disorders European Journal of Cell Biology, 151128 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcb.2020.151128 *Corresponding Author
Martinez BA, Reis Rodrigues P, Nuñez Medina RM, P Mondal, et. al (2020) An alternatively spliced, non- signaling insulin receptor modulates insulin sensitivity via insulin peptide sequestration in C. elegans. Elife.Feb 25; 9: e49917.
Daniel PV, Kamthan M, Gera R, Dogra S, Gautam K Ghosh D, Mondal P (2019) Chronic exposure to Pb2+ perturbs ChREBP transactivation and coerces Hepatic Dyslipidemia. FEBS Lett. 2019 Jul 15. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.13538 *Corresponding Author
Biswas, B; Dey, G, Dogra , S , Mukhopadhyay, A, Chowdhury, S, Mondal, P*, Ghosh, S (2019) Molecular Scale Optimum Hydrophobicity to Establish Enhanced Probe-Protein Interaction: Near-Infrared Imaging of Albumin Biosynthesis Modulation. ACS Applied Bio Materials (Accepted) *Corresponding Author
Dogra S, Kar AK, Girdhar K, Daniel PV, Chatterjee S, Choubey A, Ghosh S, Patnaik S, Ghosh D, Mondal P* (2019) Zinc oxide nanoparticles attenuate hepatic steatosis development in high-fat-diet fed mice through activated AMPK signaling axis. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 17: 210-222 *Corresponding Author
Girdhar K, Dehury B, Singh MK, Daniel VP, Choubey A, Dogra S, Kumar S, P. Mondal* (2018) Novel insights into the dynamics behavior of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor with its small molecule Agonists. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics,. 2018 Oct 8:1-23. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2018.1532818 *Corresponding Author
Kumar S, Ahmad K, Tandon G, Singh BU, Jha Y, Nagrale TD, Singh, KD, Girdhar K, P Mondal* (2018) Novel insight into the molecular interaction of catalase and sucrose: A combination of in silico and in planta assays study Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 151: 258-263 *Corresponding Author
P Mondal*, A Prasad, Khyati (2017) Interventions to improve β-cell mass and function. Ann Endocrinol (Paris) 2017 Oct;78(5):469-477. doi: 10.1016/j.ando.2016.11.002 *Corresponding Author
Dey, G ; Singh, Dewangan, J ; Daniel, P. V, Kamthan, M , Ghosh, D, Mondal, P *; Ghosh, S* (2017) Renal clearable new NIR probe: precise quantification of albumin in biofluids and fatty liver disease state identification through tissue specific high contrast imaging in vivo. Analytical Chemistry 2017 Sep 12. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02187 *Corresponding Author
M L. Multhaup, M Seldin, A E. Jaffe, H Kirchner, X Lei, P. Mondal, Y Li, MA Hussain, A Drong, C Lindgren, M McCarthy,E Näslund, J R. Zierath, G. W Wong, A P. Feinberg (2015) Mouse-human experimental epigenetic analysis unmasks dietary targets and genetic liability for diabetic phenotypes. Cell Metabolism 21(1) 138-149
WJ. Song*, P. Mondal*, A Wolfe, L C.Alonso, B W. T. Ong, O C. Lim, K S. Yang, S Radovick, HJ.Novaira, E A. Farber, C R. Farber, S D. Turner, & MA. Hussain (2014) Glucagon regulates hepatic kisspeptin to impair insulin secretion in diabetes mellitus. Cell Metabolism 19(4):667–681 *Joint First Author
WJ. Song*, P. Mondal*,YY Li, SE Lee, MA. Hussain (2013) Pancreatic beta-cell response to increased metabolic demand and to pharmacologic secretagogues requires EPAC2A Diabetes 62(8):2796-2807 *Joint First Author.
WJ. Song, M. Seshadri, U. Ashraf, T. Mdluli, P. Mondal, M. Keil, M. Azevedo, LS. Kirschner, CA. Stratakis, MA. Hussain (2011) Snapin mediates incretin action and augments glucose-dependent insulin secretion. Cell Metabolism
S. Diani-Moore, P. Ram, X. Li, P. Mondal, DY. Youn, AA. Sauve, AB. Rifkind (2010) Identification of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor target gene TiPARP as a mediator of suppression of hepatic gluconeogenesis by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and of nicotinamide as a corrective agent for this effect. J. Biol. Chem. 285(50):38801-38810
P. Mondal, M. Ray, S. Sahu, SC. Sabat (2008) Co-expression of GroEL/ES enhances the expression of plant catalase in bacterial cytosol. Protein Pept. Lett. 15(10): 1075-1078.
P. Mondal, M. Ray, M. Kar, SC. Sabat (2008) Molecular identification and properties of light –insensitive rice catalase-B express in E. coli. Biotechnol. Lett. 30: 563-568.
P. Mondal, N. Dey, AK. Dash, A. Chatterjee, BB. Sahu, B. Panda, IB. Maiti, SC. Sabat (2007) Structural and functional analysis of rice catalase-B gene promoter: presence of Dof and CAAT binding site. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 25: 71 – 82
P. Nataraj, PB. Kavi Kishor, L. Ananda Reddy, P. Mondal, AK. Dash, M. Kar, S. Mohanty, SC. Sabat (2006) In silico modeling and hydrogen peroxide binding study of rice catalase. In Silico Biol. 6 (5): 435-447.
P. Mondal, SP Sinha Babu, NC Mandal (2005) Antimicrobial activity of saponins from Acacia auriculiformis. Fitoterapia 76: 462-465.
Conferences and Symposia
Poster : The role of insulin decoy receptors in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance, 2014 Joint IUBMB-RCB Advanced School – 2014 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, RCB India
Poster: P. Mondal, W-J Song, Y. Li, M. Seshadri, MA. Hussain (2011) In vivo cyclin A2 over-expression is sufficient to drive β-cell proliferation. 2011 Mid-Atlantic Diabetes Research Symposium at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Poster: P. Mondal, W-J. Song, M. Seshadri, MA. Hussain, (2010) Protein kinase A signaling in hepatocytes inhibits ß-cell insulin secretion. 2010 Mid-Atlantic Diabetes Research Symposium at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Poster: W-J Song, M. Seshadri, P. Mondal, MA. Hussain, (2010) Cyclin A2 regulates pancreatic ß-cell size. 2010 Mid-Atlantic Diabetes Research Symposium at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Poster: M. Seshadri, W-J Song, P. Mondal, MA. Hussain, (2010) Disinhibition of cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase A potentiates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion via phosphorylation of the SNARE complex associated protein Snapin in mouse pancreas islets.