NABANITA BANERJEE

Highly motivated and experienced life sciences researcher specializing in zoology, with comprehensive expertise in analytical techniques and interdisciplinary approaches. Qualified in national-level competitive examinations including CSIR-NET (2020 and Dec 2022/June 2023 merged cycle), GATE (2016), and TIFR (2016). Currently engaged in research on the application of geometric morphometric methods for species discrimination in Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).

• Date of Birth: 10/04/92
• Gender: Female
• Nationality: Indian

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Virtual Symposium Grant, Entomological Society of America, 2025

• 12/01/23, 16th International Conference of Medical Arthropodology (ICMA-2023), oral, Geometric morphometry: A tool for identification of Culicoides vectors (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of India
• 07/01/24, Animal Taxonomy Summit-2024, oral, Delineating Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), potent and possible bluetongue disease vectors within subgenus Hoffmania by geometric morphometrics - A Pilot Study
• 01/01/25, 7th Regional science and technology congress 2024-2025, oral, Discrimination of two Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), potent and possible BTD vectors within subgenus Hoffmania and assessment of sexual dimorphism using geometric morphometrics
• 04/01/25, International Branch Virtual Symposium 2025, oral, A novel Bayesian approach to discriminate related species within Culicoides spp. (Diptera: ceratopogonidae)

• Jan, 2023: DST-SERB Sponsored training on 'Morphological and molecular identification of Culicoides vectors of bluetongue virus'.
• Learned field collection of insects using multiple trapping methods, identification of Culicoides spp. using both morphological diagnostics and molecular techniques.
• Feb, 2023: Skill Development Program on Theory and Hands-on Training in Advanced Bioinformatics
• Trained in sequence analysis, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetics, and structural bioinformatics
• Feb 2024: Hands-on training in Real-Time PCR
• Learned DNA and RNA isolation, quantification, and real-time PCR (qPCR) methodologies
• Feb,2025: International virtual workshop on 'Programming in R to analyze biological data v-2.0'
• Successfully completed an advanced training program in statistical computing and data analysis using R

• Banerjee, N., Maitra Mazumdar, S., Pal, A., Chatterjee, D., & Mazumdar, A. (2025). A novel Bayesian approach based on wing geometric morphometry to discriminate Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf082
• Pal, A., Kar, S., Mondal, B., Banerjee, N., Mudassar Chanda, M., & Mazumdar, A. (2025). Genetic analyses of Culicoides peregrinus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) reveal population differentiation in southern India a hotspot of bluetongue disease outbreaks and lack of gene flow across its range. Journal of Medical Entomology, 62(3), 572-583. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf039
• Maitra Mazumdar, S., Banerjee, N., Mondal, B., Pal, A., Kar, S., Harsha, R., & Mazumdar, A. (2025). Host-seeking and exophilic-endophilic activities of Culicoides spp.(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) with notes on two trapping methods. Journal of Medical Entomology, 62(2), 416-427. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae160
• Mazumdar, S. M., Banerjee, N., Reddy, B. T., Kar, S., Sathyanarayana, K., & Mazumdar, A. (2024). Taxonomy and feeding of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen and Forcipomyia (Microhelea) esakiana Tokunaga (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on Antheraea mylitta Drury (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Zootaxa, 5405(1), 116-130. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.1.5
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