Dr. Mausumi Sikdar (nee Bhakta), Lecturer (Senior Scale)
Area of Specialisation: Immunology and Microbiology

Dr. Mausumi Sikdar (nee Bhakta) graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1988. She obtained the M.Sc. degree from the University of Calcutta in 1990. She stood first class first in the M.Sc. Examination and her area of specialization was Immunology & Microbiology. She started her work of staphylococcal antibiotic resistance and obtained her Ph.D. degree from the University of Bardwan in 2005. She joined the WBES on 28th July, 1998 at the Hooghly Mohsin College, Hooghly as Lecturer in Physiology. She joined Department of Physiology, Presidency College, Calcutta on 24th July, 2007 as Lecturer (Senior Scale).

Area of Research
Molecular Microbiology

Research Group
Former Members
Dr. Manjusri Bal
Dr. Dilip Kr. Saha

List of Publication
Identification and characterization of a shuttle plasmid with antibiotic resistance gene from Staphylococcus aureus.
Curr Microbiol. 2003 Vol. 46(6):413-7, 2003.

Intraspecies transfer of a chloramphenicol-resistance plasmid of staphylococcal origin.
Indian J Med Res. Vol. 117:146-51, 2003.

Effect of promethazine an plasmid-carrying multiple antibiotic resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus after promethazine treatment
Indian Journal of Physiology and Allied Sciences. Vol. 36(1): 47-53; 2004.

Book
Book Chapter in “Physiological Science: Some Emerging Issues” published by Govt. of West Bengal (2003)

Teaching Course Taught
Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics