Associate Professor
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Ph.D. in 2006 from Jadavpur University (Bose Institute), Kolkata, India
Postdoctoral Research from University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Host-pathogen interactions, cell signaling events, extracellular vesicles, cancer microenvironment, hypoxia, reactive oxygen species, molecular events in cancer metastasis and apoptosis, immune pathogenesis of infection.
Sir Nil Ratan Sircar Prize, Bose Institute, India, 2002
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, USA, travel award 2006
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) travel award for the years 2006, 2008, 2009
Obtained the prestigious SERB POWER grant, 2021
Expertscape (Maryland, USA) has listed Dr. Asima Bhattacharyya in the top published authors worldwide on Gastric Mucosa
(Information: https://expertscape.com/au/gastric+mucosa/Bhattacharyya%2C+Asima)
Honors:
Editorial board member- Current Research in Physiology (Elsevier)
Guest Associate Editor- Frontiers in Microbiology, Section: Infectious Agents and Disease, Topic- Microbial Sensing to control Host Immune Responses
Handling Editor- Frontiers in Oncology
Host-pathogen interactions, cell signalling events, immunopathogenesis of infection, cancer microenvironment, molecular events in cancer metastasis and apoptosis.
Currently teaching: BL753 Cancer Biology (for PhD), B802 Physiology (for integrated PhD), B841 Lab III (for integrated PhD), B554 Cancer Biology (for integrated MSc), B301 Animal Physiology (for integrated MSc), B341 Animal Physiology Practical (for integrated MSc).
Earlier taught: Biology Lab II (B102), Biological Techniques: Theory and Practice (B452), Infectious Diseases Biology (B553).