Sunil Kumar Manna

Born|  (1968-08-27) 27 August 1968 (age 56)

West Bengal, India

Nationality| Indian
Alma mater|

* University of Calcutta
* Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
* Jadavpur University
* University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Known for| Studies on apoptosis in cancer
Awards|

* 2009 N-BIOS Prize

Scientific career
Fields|

* Immunobiology

Institutions|

* Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

Doctoral advisor|

* Bharat Aggarwal

Sunil Kumar Manna (27 August 1968) is an Indian immunologist and the head of the immunology lab of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics. He is known for his studies on cell signaling and apoptosis. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2009.

## Biography

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Sunil Kumar Manna, born on 27 August 1968, pursued his post-graduate education at the University of Calcutta and after earning an MSc, he did his doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology which secured him a PhD from Jadavpur University.[1] His post-doctoral work was at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center under the guidance of Bharat Aggarwal[2] and on his return to India, he was reportedly offered a faculty position at the Presidency University which he declined to take up a position at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics,[3] where he serves as the head of the Lab of Immunology.[1] His research focus is in the field of immunology and he is known to have carried out work on Cytokine mediated immunoregulation as well as apoptosis in cancer. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 115 of them.[4] He also holds a patent for an anticancer agent, jointly developed by him.[5]

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2009.[6] He resides in Nacharam, a suburb of Hyderabad in the south Indian state of Telangana.[7]

## Controversy

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In 2012, a Japanese scientist accused Manna of plagiarism with regard to some of the images used by him in one of his articles published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.[8][9] Two of his articles were immediately retracted,[2][10][11] and some were corrected, leading to seven of his papers being finally retracted.[3][12] He was suspended from his job, after the institute found prima facie evidence against him but he was later reinstated.[8]

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## References

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1. ^ a b "CDFD :: Immunology :: Sunil Kumar Manna". www.cdfd.org.in. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
2. ^ a b "Two retractions for scientist whose work is not fully supported by the available laboratory records - Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
3. ^ a b "BioTechniques - Seven Retractions for Indian Immunologist". www.biotechniques.com. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
4. ^ "On ResearchGate". 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
5. ^ "Patent - Anticancer Agent". Patent Gazette. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
6. ^ "Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
7. ^ "Vidwan - Profile Page". vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
8. ^ a b "Centre for DNA and Fingerprinting Diagnostics scientist in plagiarism controversy". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
9. ^ "Selection of CDFD director halted". Deccan Chronicle. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
10. ^ Manna, S K; Manna, P; Sarkar, A (May 2013). "Retraction Note to: Retraction: Inhibition of RelA phosphorylation sensitizes chemotherapeutic agents-mediated apoptosis in constitutive NF-kappaB-expressing and chemoresistant cells". Cell Death & Differentiation. 20 (5): 784. doi:10.1038/cdd.2013.18. ISSN 1476-5403. PMC 3619240. PMID 23449392.
11. ^ Bose, Julie S.; Gangan, Vijay; Prakash, Ravi; Jain, Swatantra Kumar; Manna, Sunil Kumar (28 February 2013). "Retraction: A Dihydrobenzofuran Lignan Induces Cell Death by Modulating Mitochondrial Pathway and G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 56 (4): 1787. doi:10.1021/jm4001456. ISSN 0022-2623. PMID 23387381.
12. ^ "Scientist whose work is "not fully supported by the available laboratory records" to retract 8 more papers - Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

## External links

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* Gangadharan, Charitha; Thoh, Maikho; Manna, Sunil Kumar (21 January 2018). "Erratum to: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Late phase activation of nuclear transcription factor kappaB by doxorubicin is mediated by interleukin-8 and induction of apoptosis via FasL". Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 136 (2): 625. doi:10.1007/s10549-012-2293-0.

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N-BIOS Laureates 1999–2009

1999|

* Umesh Varshney
* Kanury Venkata Subba Rao
* Dinakar Mashnu Salunke
* Birendra Nath Mallick
* Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi

2000|

* P. Pardha Saradhi
* P. Ananda Kumar
* K. P. Mohanakumar
* Madhu Dikshit
* Anand Kumar Bachhawat
* Amitabha Mukhopadhyay

2001|

* Nagendra Kumar Singh
* Ram Rajasekharan
* Ram Rajasekharan
* Pradip K. Chakraborti
* Akhil Chandra Banerjea
* Vinod Bhakuni

2002|

* M. Radhakrishna Pillai
* Mohammad Islam Khan
* Rakesh Kumar Jain
* Anil Grover
* Santanu Bhattacharya
* Joyoti Basu
* Rakesh Aggarwal

2003|

* Usha Vijayaraghavan
* Trilochan Mohapatra
* Sudhanshu Vrati
* Soniya Nityanand
* Ramesh Venkata Sonti
* Gopal Kundu
* Chinmoy Sankar Dey

2004|

* Jyoti Prakash Tamang
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* Amita Aggarwal
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2005|

* Rajendra Prasad Roy
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* Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava
* Apurva Sarin
* Dulal Panda
* Saumitra Das

2006|

* G. Pradeep Kumar
* Ajay Kumar Parida
* Pramod P. Wangikar
* G. Taru Sharma
* Javed N. Agrewala
* Kumaravel Somasundaram
* Sanjeev Galande

2007|

* T. R. Sharma
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* Srinivasan Ramachandran
* R. Sowdhamini
* Ranjan Sen
* Owais Mohammad
* G. Dhinakar Raj
* Bhaskar Saha
* Amit Prakash Sharma

2008|

* Rajan Sankaranarayanan
* Utpal Shashikant Tatu
* Nihar Ranjan Jana
* R. Sankararamakrishnan
* Anuranjan Anand
* Samit Kumar Nandi
* S. Ganesh
* Nagasuma Chandra
* Sangita Mukhopadhyay
* Pushkar Sharma

2009|

* Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale
* Mohan R. Wani
* Garikapati Narahari Sastry
* Ashok M. Raichur
* Balaji Prakash
* K. Narayanaswamy Balaji
* Debasisa Mohanty
* Sunil Kumar Manna
* C. Kesavadas

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