Education

Ph.D of Molecular Biology, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2005

Current position

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India

Publications

1. Ahuja, D., Goyal, A. and Ray, P. S. (2016). Interplay between RNA-binding protein HuR and microRNA-125b regulates p53 mRNA translation in response to genotoxic stress. RNA Biol 13(11): 1152-1165.
2. Poria, D. K., Guha, A., Nandi, I. and Ray, P. S. (2016). RNA-binding protein HuR sequesters microRNA-21 to prevent translation repression of proinflammatory tumor suppressor gene programmed cell death 4. Oncogene 35(13): 1703-1715.
3. Mandal, S., Poria, D. K., Ghosh, R., Ray, P. S. and Gupta, P. (2014). Development of a cyclometalated iridium complex with specific intramolecular hydrogen-bonding that acts as a fluorescent marker for the endoplasmic reticulum and causes photoinduced cell death. Dalton Trans 43(46): 17463-17474.
4. Ray, P. S. and Fox, P. L. (2014). Origin and evolution of glutamyl-prolyl tRNA synthetase WHEP domains reveal evolutionary relationships within Holozoa. PLoS One 9(6): e98493.
5. Mandal, S., Poria, D. K., Seth, D. K., Ray, P. S. and Gupta, P. (2014). Cyclometalated rhodium and iridium complexes with imidazole containing Schiff bases: Synthesis, structure and cellular imaging. Polyhedron 73(8): 12–21.
6. Yao, P., Potdar, A. A., Ray, P. S., Eswarappa, S. M., Flagg, A. C., Willard, B. and Fox, P. L. (2013). The HILDA complex coordinates a conditional switch in the 3'-untranslated region of the VEGFA mRNA. PLoS Biol 11(8): e1001635.
7. Yao, P., Potdar, A. A., Arif, A., Ray, P. S., Mukhopadhyay, R., Willard, B., Xu, Y., Yan, J., Saidel, G. M. and Fox, P. L. (2012). Coding region polyadenylation generates a truncated tRNA synthetase that counters translation repression. Cell 149(1): 88-100.
8. Ray, U., Ray, P. S. and Das, S. (2012). Ribosome-RNA interaction: A potential target for developing antiviral against Hepatitis C virus. Curr. Sci. 102: 405-412.
9. Bhat, P., Gnanasundram, S. V., Mani, P., Ray, P. S., Sarkar, D. P. and Das, S. (2012). Targeting ribosome assembly on the HCV RNA using a small RNA molecule. RNA Biol 9(8): 1110-1119.
10. Ray, P. S., Sullivan, J. C., Jia, J., Francis, J., Finnerty, J. R. and Fox, P. L. (2011). Evolution of function of a fused metazoan tRNA synthetase. Mol Biol Evol 28(1): 437-447.
11. Chaudhury, A., Hussey, G. S., Ray, P. S., Jin, G., Fox, P. L. and Howe, P. H. (2010). TGF-beta-mediated phosphorylation of hnRNP E1 induces EMT via transcript-selective translational induction of Dab2 and ILEI. Nat Cell Biol 12(3): 286-293.
12. Ray, P. S., Jia, J., Yao, P., Majumder, M., Hatzoglou, M. and Fox, P. L. (2009). A stress-responsive RNA switch regulates VEGFA expression. Nature 457(7231): 915-919.
13. Mukhopadhyay, R., Jia, J., Arif, A., Ray, P. S. and Fox, P. L. (2009). The GAIT system: a gatekeeper of inflammatory gene expression. Trends Biochem Sci 34(7): 324-331.
14. Mukhopadhyay, R., Ray, P. S., Arif, A., Brady, A. K., Kinter, M. and Fox, P. L. (2008). DAPK-ZIPK-L13a axis constitutes a negative-feedback module regulating inflammatory gene expression. Mol Cell 32(3): 371-382.
15. Jia, J., Arif, A., Ray, P. S. and Fox, P. L. (2008). WHEP domains direct noncanonical function of glutamyl-Prolyl tRNA synthetase in translational control of gene expression. Mol Cell 29(6): 679-690.
16. Grover, R., Ray, P. S. and Das, S. (2008). Polypyrimidine tract binding protein regulates IRES-mediated translation of p53 isoforms. Cell Cycle 7(14): 2189-2198.
17. Ray, P. S. and Fox, P. L. (2007). A post-transcriptional pathway represses monocyte VEGF-A expression and angiogenic activity. EMBO J 26(14): 3360-3372.
18. Ray, P. S., Arif, A. and Fox, P. L. (2007). Macromolecular complexes as depots for releasable regulatory proteins. Trends Biochem Sci 32(4): 158-164.
19. Fox, P. L., Ray, P. S., Arif, A. and Jie, J. (2006). Non-canonical functions of Aminoacyl-tRNA synthesases in translational control. In: Sonenberg, N., Hershey, J. and Mathews, M. (Eds). Translational Control in Biology and Medicine. Cold Spring Harbor Library, 829-854.
20. Ray, P. S., Grover, R. and Das, S. (2006). Two internal ribosome entry sites mediate the translation of p53 isoforms. EMBO Rep 7(4): 404-410.
21. Ray, P. S. and Fox, P. L. (2005). Equality of the sexes: found in translation. Cell 122(4): 492-493.
22. Ray, P. S. and Das, S. (2004). Inhibition of hepatitis C virus IRES-mediated translation by small RNAs analogous to stem-loop structures of the 5'-untranslated region. Nucleic Acids Res 32(5): 1678-1687.
23. Venkatramana, M., Ray, P. S., Chadda, A. and Das, S. (2003). A 25 kDa cleavage product of polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB) present in mouse tissues prevents PTB binding to the 5' untranslated region and inhibits translation of hepatitis A virus RNA. Virus Res 98(2): 141-149.
24. Seshagiri, P. B., Thomas, M., Sreekumar, A., Ray, P. and Mariappa, D. (2003). Pentoxifylline induced signalling events during capacitation of hamster spermatozoa: significance of protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 49(3): 371-380.
25. Ray, P. S. and Das, S. (2002). La autoantigen is required for the internal ribosome entry site-mediated translation of Coxsackievirus B3 RNA. Nucleic Acids Res 30(20): 4500-4508.