Hemanta Kumar Maity

Assistant Professor, Department of Avian Sciences

West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences

BVSc (Kolkata) · MVSc (IVRI, Bareilly) · PhD (University of Reading, UK)

Vaccine development Virology Insect cell expression Virus-like particle vaccines

Doctoral research

PhD thesis, University of Reading, United Kingdom — 2020

Expression and optimization of stability of recombinant empty capsids of type O Bangkok isolate of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in a baculovirus expression system.

Supervised by Prof. Ian M. Jones, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Reading.

Education

2020

PhD, Animal Biotechnology

University of Reading, United Kingdom

2014

MVSc, Animal Biotechnology

Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly — 85%

2012

BVSc & AH, Veterinary Science

West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata — 74%

Experience

2014–15

Veterinary Officer

Center for Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College, Vellore

2014

Teaching Assistant

College of Veterinary Science, GB Pant Agriculture University, India

Honors, awards & fellowships

20252nd Best Poster Award — "Precision Animal Breeding through Genomics, AI and Machine Learning," XIX Annual Convention of the Indian Society of Animal Genetics & Breeding (ISAGB)
2018Travel Award — 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, University of Maryland
2018Travel Award — Europic 2018, Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands
2018Travel Award — Microbiology Society Annual Conference, ICC Birmingham, UK
2015Felix International Fellowship for PhD — Felix Trust, UK
2012ICAR–JRF — Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Selected publications

Corresponding author · Microbial Pathogenesis, IF 3.9 · 2026

Deb, R., Maity, H.K., Samanta, K., et al. Development and evaluation of a virus-like particle based vaccine candidate against an Indian isolate of porcine circovirus 2d in pig.

Co-author · Microbial Pathogenesis, IF 3.9 · 2026

Varay, L., Deb, R., Maity, H.K., et al. Expression profile of the MHC class II transactivator gene in pigs immunized with recombinant virus-like particles encoding porcine circovirus 2d.

Co-author · Communications Biology, IF 6.5 · 2025

Bhaskar, V., Kumar, R., Praharaj, M.R., ... Maity, H.K., et al. A bovine pulmosphere model and multiomics reveal early host response signatures in tuberculosis.

Co-author · Veterinary Quarterly, IF 5.6 · 2025

Kumar, R., Gandham, S., Bhaskar, V., ... Maity, H.K., et al. Transcriptomic insights into Mycobacterium orygis-associated pulmonary granulomas reveal multicellular immune networks and tuberculosis biomarkers in cattle.

Co-author · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, IF 7.7 · 2025

Kumar, R., Gandham, S., Maity, H.K., Sarkar, U., Dey, B. Transcriptome profiling in an in vitro PBMC Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection model reveals breed-specific immune gene signatures linked to tuberculosis susceptibility in cattle.

First author · Vaccines, IF 7.8 · 2023

Maity, H.K., Samanta, K., Deb, R., Gupta, V.K. Revisiting porcine circovirus infection: recent insights and its significance in the piggery sector.

Co-author · Frontiers in Immunology, Vol. 14, IF 7.3 · 2023

Kumar, R., Gandham, S., Rana, A., Maity, H.K., Sarkar, U., Dey, B. Divergent proinflammatory immune responses associated with differential susceptibility of cattle breeds to tuberculosis.

Co-author · Tropical Animal Health and Production, IF 1.7 · 2019

Khulape, S.A., Maity, H.K., Pathak, D.C., et al. Evaluation of a fusion gene-based DNA prime–protein boost vaccination strategy against Newcastle disease virus.

Co-author · Wellcome Open Research · 2018

Loureiro, S., Porta, C., Maity, H.K., et al. Universal detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus based on the conserved VP0 protein.

First author · Vaccine, IF 5.5 · 2015

Maity, H.K., Dey, S., Mohan, C.M., Khulape, S.A., Pathak, D.C., Vakharia, V.N. Protective efficacy of a DNA vaccine construct encoding the VP2 gene of infectious bursal disease virus and a truncated HSP70 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in chickens.

Co-author · Acta Virologica, IF 1.8 · 2015

Khulape, S.A., Maity, H.K., Pathak, D.C., Mohan, C.M., Dey, S. Antigenic validation of recombinant hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein of Newcastle disease virus expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Co-author · Research in Veterinary Science, IF 2.4 · 2015

Deb, R., Dey, S., Mohan, C.M., et al. Development and evaluation of a Salmonella typhimurium flagellin-based chimeric DNA vaccine against infectious bursal disease of poultry.

Patent

Applied · India · Complete specification submitted

Virus-like particles and antibodies against an Indian isolate of porcine circovirus 2d. Maity, H.K., Deb, R., Sengar, G.S., Pegu, S.R., Rajkhowa, S., Doley, J., Acharya, A.P., Das, P.J., Gupta, V.K.

Books, reports & chapters

2022

Springer Protocols Handbooks (Humana, New York)

Maity, H.K., Deb, R., Lyons, S., Jones, I.M. Production of virus-like particles using the baculovirus expression system and their application in vaccines and viral disease diagnosis.

2019

Veterinary Medicine (Auckland): Dove Press

Dey, S., Pathak, D.C., Ramamurthy, N., Maity, H.K., Chellappa, M.M. Infectious bursal disease virus in chickens: prevalence, impact, and management strategies.

2018

Springer, Cham

Dey, S., Mohan, C.M., Ramakrishnan, S., Maity, H.K., Yadav, K., Pathak, D.C., Debnath, A. Heat shock protein as an adjuvant in veterinary vaccines.

Research projects

Development of multiserotypic virus-like particle based vaccine candidates against porcine circovirus disease of pig in IndiaOngoing

Principal Investigator · National Livestock Mission (DAHD, Govt. of India) · ₹1,23,00,000

With ICAR-NRC on Pig and IIT Guwahati · 2024–2027

Development of a virus-like particle based vaccine against the Indian isolate of porcine circovirusCompleted

Principal Investigator · DBT, Govt. of India · ₹77,37,000

With ICAR-NRC on Pig, Assam · 2021–2025

A transcriptional approach to identify biomarkers of susceptibilityCompleted

Co-Principal Investigator · DBT, Govt. of India · ₹76,15,000

With NIAB, Hyderabad · 2020–2023

Invited talks

2025

Keynote — Advances in Foot and Mouth Disease Control: Innovations in Vaccination & Immunization

International Scientific Conference on Sustainability (IVMC), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iran