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PUBLICATION LIST

  1. Ojha, D. K., Mehra, A., Rout, S. S., Giri, S., & Nayak, S. (2025). Bactericidal activity of ZnO nanoparticles-anti TB drugs combination towards H37Rv strain and multidrug-resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via SufB splicing inhibition. RSC Materials Advances. DOI: 10.1039/D4MA01224K

  2. Ojha, D. K., Polai, B., Nasker, S. S., Mehra, A., Das, S. R., Nayak, S. K., Ajayan, P. M., & Nayak, S. (2025). rGO‐Aluminium Substrates as Broad‐Spectrum Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Functional Materials. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 12(5), 2400637. DOI: 10.1002/admi.202400637 

  3. Panda, S., Nanda, A., Nasker, S. S., Mehra, A., Ojha, D. K., Mohanty, P. S., & Nayak, S. (2023) Metal regulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis SufB intein splicing at the host-pathogen crossroad. Clinical Science, 137(4), 1027-1048. DOI: 10.1042/CS20230307

  4. Nasker, S. S., Ajayan, P. M., & Nayak, S. (2023). Emerging Trends and Future Direction of Graphene Family of Materials as Potential Antimicrobials: A Critical Review. ACS Materials Letters, 5, 673-693. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c01116

  5. Arega, A. M., Dhal, A. K., Pattanaik, K. P., Nayak, S., & Mahapatra, R. K. (2023). An Immunoinformatics-Based Study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Region of Difference-2 Uncharacterized Protein (Rv1987) as a Potential Subunit Vaccine Candidate for Preliminary Ex Vivo Analysis. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 1-29. DOI: 10.1007/s12010-023-04658-9

  6. Arega, A. M., Dhal, A. K., Nayak, S., & Mahapatra, R. K. (2022). In silico and in vitro study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv uncharacterized protein (RipD): an insight on tuberculosis therapeutics. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 28(6), 1-14. DOI: 10.1007/s00894-022-05148-1

  7. Panda, S., Nanda, A., Sahu, N., Ojha, D. K., Pradhan, B., Rai, A., Suryawanshi, A., Banavali, N., & Nayak, S., (2022). SufB intein splicing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is influenced by two remote conserved N-extein histidines. Bioscience reports, 42(3), BSR20212207. DOI: BSR20212207

  8. Nanda, A., Nasker, S.S., Kushwaha, A.K., Ojha, D.K., Dearden, A.K., Nayak, S.K. and Nayak, S., (2021). Gold nanoparticles augment N-terminal cleavage and splicing reactions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis SufB. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, p.1213. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.773303

  9. Nasker, S. S., Nanda, A., Ramadass, B., & Nayak, S. (2021). Epidemiological Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Dynamics in the State of Odisha, India: A Yearlong Exploratory Data Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), p.11203. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111203

  10. Panda, S., Nanda, A., Nasker, S.S., Sen, D., Mehra, A. and Nayak, S., (2021). Metal effect on intein splicing: A review. Biochimie, 185, pp.53-67. DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.03.006

  11. Arega, A.M., Pattanaik, K.P., Nayak, S. and Mahapatra, R.K., (2021). Computational discovery and ex-vivo validation study of novel antigenic vaccine candidates against tuberculosis. Acta Tropica, 217, p.105870. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105870

  12. Nanda, A., Nasker, S.S., Mehra, A., Panda, S. and Nayak, S., (2020). Inteins in Science: Evolution to Application. Microorganisms, 8(12), p.2004. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8122004

  13. Panda, S., Rout, T.K., Prusty, A.D., Ajayan, P.M. and Nayak, S., (2018). Electron transfer directed antibacterial properties of graphene oxide on metals. Advanced Materials, 30(7), p.1702149. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201702149

  14. Topilina, N.I., Green, C.M., Jayachandran, P., Kelley, D.S., Stanger, M.J., Piazza, C.L., Nayak, S. and Belfort, M., (2015). SufB intein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a sensor for oxidative and nitrosative stresses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(33), pp.10348-10353. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1512777112

  15. Huang, Y. M., Nayak, S., & Bystroff, C. (2011). Quantitative in vivo solubility and reconstitution of truncated circular permutants of green fluorescent protein. Protein Science, 20(11), 1775-1780. DOI: 10.1002/pro.735

Intellectual Property (IP)

  1. Sasmita Nayak and Sourya Subhra Nasker. Application No. 202531066674. A Process for synthesizing biocompatible and biocorrosion resistant GO-PEDOT:PSS-AL with broad-spectrum antifouling property. (Filed by KIIT-DU, 2025).

  2. Sasmita Nayak and Ashwaria Mehra. Application No. 202531047994. Process for designing and evaluating high efficiency protein purification system based on calcium oxide nanoparticle mediated enhanced intein splicing. (Filed by KIIT-DU, 2025).

  3. Sasmita Nayak, S. K. Dash, Sourya Subhra Nasker, Manaswani Adhikari. Application No. 202511038188. A gold nanoparticle and probiotic combination having antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity, and a method of preparation and uses thereof. (Filed by DD Innovation Inc. (U.S.A.), 2025).

  4. Sasmita Nayak, Ananya Nanda, and Ashwaria Mehra. Application No. 202431008309. A method of inhibiting intein splicing in a precursor protein using toxic metals and a Biosensor for detection of toxic metals in environmental samples. (Filed by KIIT-DU, 2024).

  5. Sasmita Nayak, Ananya Nanda, Deepak Kumar Ojha, Ashwaria Mehra and Sourya Subhra Nasker. Application No. 202331055247. Process for Inhibiting Intein Splicing by Nanoparticle and Use Thereof. (Filed by KIIT-DU, 2023).

  6. Sasmita Nayak, Deepak Kumar Ojha, Sourya Subhra Nasker, Bikash Kumar Jena, Balaram Polai, Binuta Patra, and DRK Samal. Application No. 202331026014. A Process for Preparation of Bacteria-Resisting Graphene oxide and Graphene coated Aluminium using Electrochemical Deposition. (Filed jointly by KIIT-DU and NALCO Ltd., 2023)

  7. Sasmita Nayak, Sunita Panda, and Tapan K. Rout. Patent No. 508558. Process for preparation of Bacteria-Resisting Graphene Oxide-Steel, Zinc, Nickel, and Tin Composites. (Granted, 2024)

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