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Bhaskar Saha
Born(1964-01-02)2 January 1964(age 60)
Kolkata,India
Awards2009Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
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Bhaskar Saha(born 2 January 1964) is an Indian immunologist, cell biologist and a senior scientist atNational Centre for Cell Science,Pune.[1]He is known for his contributions in the fields of immunology andcell signaling.[2]He is an elected fellow of two of the major Indian science academies,National Academy of Sciences, India[3]andIndian Academy of Sciences.[4]TheCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research,the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology,one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2009, for his contributions to biological sciences.[5]

Biography

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Bhaskar Saha obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta (1993). He did his postdoctoral fellowship at Naval Medical Research Institute and also served as Principal Investigator at NMRI, and Faculty, Dept of Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda, USA (1996–97). He joined National Centre for Cell Science in 1998 where he serves as aScientist-Gand carries out his researches on immunology and cancer biology.[6]His early researches were focused on immunology and he has since shifted his focus to explore that therapeutic uses of his findings.[7]At NCCS, he is involved in five projects viz.Leishmania-macrophageinteraction,CD40 signaling,DC subset mediated priming against prostate cancer,Development and regulation of regulatory T cells in leishmaniasisandDC subsets inleishmaniasisand regulation of T cell response.[8]He has published several research articles, reviews and book chapters that could be found in Pubmed.[9]He has also served as a faculty member ofPune UniversityandVidyasagar University.[1]

Saha, who is known to have a calm and composed personality, was in the news in 2013 when he staged a hunger strike in protest against the mismanagement of research programs at National Centre for Cell Science.[6]He is married to Ratna, a school teacher atBharatiya Vidya Bhavanand the couple has a son, Baibaswata and a daughter, Saptaparnee. The family lives in Pune.[10]

Awards and honors

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Saha's contributions to the biological sciences earned him theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technologyof theCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Researchin 2009.[5]He was elected as a fellow by theNational Academy of Sciences, Indiain 2011[3]and a year later, he became an elected fellow of theIndian Academy of Sciences.[3]He is also recipient ofNational Bioscience Award for Career Developmentof theDepartment of Biotechnologyin 2007.[11]

Selected bibliography

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  • Rub, Abdur; Dey, Ranadhir; Jadhav, Meenakshi; Kamat, Rohan; Chakkaramakkil, Santhosh; Majumdar, Subrata; Mukhopadhyaya, Robin; Saha, Bhaskar (8 February 2009). "Cholesterol depletion associated with Leishmania major infection alters macrophage CD40 signalosome composition and effector function".Nature Immunology.10(3): 273–280.doi:10.1038/ni.1705.PMID19198591.S2CID16404693.
  • Sarma U, Sareen A, Maiti M, Kamat V, Sudan R, Pahari S, Srivastava N, Roy S, Sinha S, Ghosh, Chande AG, Mukhopadhyaya R, Saha B. (2012)."Modeling and experimental analyses reveals signaling plasticity in a bi-modular assembly of CD40 receptor activated kinases".PLOS ONE.7(7): e39898.Bibcode:2012PLoSO...739898S.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039898.PMC3399835.PMID22815717.{{cite journal}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Mathur RK, Awasthi A, Saha B (March 2006). "The conundrum of CD40 function: host protection or disease promotion?".Trends Parasitol.22(3): 117–22.doi:10.1016/j.pt.2006.01.003.PMID16446115.
  • Awasthi A, Mathur RK, Saha B (June 2004). "Immune response to Leishmania infection".Indian J Med Res.119(6): 238–58.PMID15243162.
  • Mathur RK, Awasthi A, Wadhone P, Ramanamurthy B, Saha B (May 2004). "Reciprocal CD40 signals through p38MAPK and ERK-1/2 induce counteracting immune responses".Nat. Med.10(5): 540–4.doi:10.1038/nm1045.PMID15107845.S2CID31967073.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"Dr. Bhaskar Saha Scientist 'G'".Scientist profile.National Centre for Cell Science. 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 3 November 2016.Retrieved29 October2016.
  2. ^"Brief Profile of the Awardee".Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016.Retrieved5 October2016.
  3. ^abc"NASI fellows".National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 16 March 2016.Retrieved26 October2016.
  4. ^"Fellow Profile - Saha".Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016.Retrieved25 October2016.
  5. ^ab"View Bhatnagar Awardees".Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016.Retrieved5 October2016.
  6. ^ab"Pune scientist on fast gets govt assurance".DNA India. 15 June 2013.Retrieved29 October2016.
  7. ^"Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners"(PDF).Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 34. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 4 March 2016.Retrieved5 October2016.
  8. ^"Bhaskar Saha on ICRD".India Cancer Research Database. 2016.Retrieved30 October2016.
  9. ^Barthel, W.; Markwardt, F. (2016). "Bhaskar Saha on PubMed".Author Profile.24(20): 1903–4.doi:10.1016/0006-2952(75)90415-3.PMID20.
  10. ^"Bhatnagar awardee Saha has many faces".DNA Syndication. 10 March 2003.Retrieved30 October2016.
  11. ^"Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development"(PDF).Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 4 March 2018.Retrieved25 March2017.
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