Students

Bijay Khajanchi

Major: Bacteriology
Joined program in Fall of 2007
Mentor: Ashok Chopra, C.Sc., Ph.D.
Awards/Grants: UNESCO-ASM Travel Award (2005)

Publications/Experience:
1. Erova TE, Sha J, Horneman AJ, Borchardt MA, Khajanchi BK, Fadl AA, Chopra, AK. Identification of a new hemolysin from diarrheal isolate SSU of Aeromonas hydrophila. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2007(in press)
2. Sha J, Wang SF, Suarez G, Sierra JC, Fadl AA, Erova TE, Foltz SM, Khajanchi BK, Silver A, Graf J, Schein CH, Chopra AK. Further characterization of a type III secretion system (T3SS) and of a new effector protein from a clinical isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila-Part I. Microb Pathog. 2007 May 18
3. Talukder KA, Mondol AS, Islam MA, Islam Z, Dutta DK, Khajanchi BK, Azmi IJ, Hossain MA, Rahman M, Cheasty T, Cravioto A, Nair GB, Sack DA. A novel serovar of Shigella dysenteriae from patients with diarrhoea in Bangladesh. J Med Microbiol. 2007 May;56(Pt 5):654-8.
4. Erova TE, Fadl AA, Sha J, Khajanchi BK, Pillai LL, Kozlova EV, Chopra AK. Mutations within the catalytic motif of DNA adenine methyltransferase (Dam) of Aeromonas hydrophila cause the virulence of the Dam-overproducing strain to revert to that of the wild-type phenotype. Infect Immun. 2006 Oct;74(10):5763-72.
5. Talukder KA, Islam Z, Dutta DK, Islam MA, Khajanchi BK, Azmi IJ, Iqbal MS, Hossain MA, Faruque AS, Nair GB, Sack DA. Antibiotic resistance and genetic diversity of Shigella sonnei isolated from patients with diarrhoea between 1999 and 2003 in Bangladesh. J Med Microbiol. 2006 Sep;55(Pt 9):1257-63.
6. Pillai L, Sha J, Erova TE, Fadl AA, Khajanchi BK, Chopra AK. Molecular and functional characterization of a ToxR-regulated lipoprotein from a clinical isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila. Infect Immun. 2006 Jul;74(7):3742-55.
7. Talukder KA, Khajanchi BK, Islam MA, Dutta DK, Islam Z, Khan SI, Nair GB, Sack DA.The emerging strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 2 in Bangladesh are clonal. Epidemiol Infect. 2006 Dec;134(6):1249-56.
8. Talukder KA, Khajanchi BK, Islam MA, Islam Z, Dutta DK, Rahman M, Watanabe H, Nair GB, Sack DA. Fluoroquinolone resistance linked to both gyrA and parC mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region of Shigella dysenteriae type 1. Curr Microbiol. 2006 Feb;52(2):108-11.
9. Talukder KA, Khajanchi BK, Dutta DK, Islam Z, Islam MA, Iqbal MS, Nair GB, Sack DA. An unusual cluster of dysentery due to Shigella dysenteriae type 4 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Med Microbiol. 2005 May;54(Pt 5):511-3.
10. Ansaruzzaman M, Sultana M, Talukder KA, Alam K, Matsushita S, Safa A, Khajanchi BK, Dutta DK, Islam Z, Albert MJ, Nair GB, Sack DA.Isolation and characterization of provisional serovar Shigella boydii E16553 from diarrhoeal patients in Bangladesh. J Med Microbiol. 2005 May;54(Pt 5):477-80
11. Talukder KA, Khajanchi BK, Islam MA, Dutta DK, Islam Z, Safa A, Khan GY, Alam K, Hossain MA, Malla S, Niyogi SK, Rahman M, Watanabe H, Nair GB, Sack DA. Genetic relatedness of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains isolated in south Asia. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004 Oct;54(4):730-4.
12. Talukder KA, Islam MA, Khajanchi BK, Dutta DK, Islam Z, Safa A, Alam K, Hossain A, Nair GB, Sack DA. Temporal shifts in the dominance of serotypes of Shigella dysenteriae from 1999 to 2002 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Nov;41(11):5053-8.

Research Description:
I am currently studying the role of quorum sensing in the regulation of virulence factors of Aeromonas hydrophila

Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Education: BS&MS in Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hobbies: Cricket, Soccer, Traveling
Contact: bkkhajan@utmb.edu

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