Prof. Utpal Bora
Professor
Biosciences and Bioengineering
IIT Guwahati
India
Biography
Prof. Utpal Bora Designation: Professor Department/Institute/University: Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Date of Birth: 03/03/1971 Educational Qualification: Ph.D. (Biotechnology), Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, India (1999-2006). M.Sc.(Agril. Biotechnology) - Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 1998, First Class. B.Sc.(Agril.) Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 1996, First Class. Higher Secondary (Science) 1990, Assam, Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat, Assam, First Division. Matriculation 1988, Balya Bhavan, Jorhat, Assam, First Division. Professional Experience: Professor,Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati (Since 04.04.2015). Associate Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati (13.09.2008 to 03.04.2015). Assistant Professor,Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati (29.05.2006 to 12.09.2008) Senior Lecturer, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati (22.12.2004 to 28.05.2006) JRF and SRF (CSIR), Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR),New Delhi (01.09.1999 to 21.12.2004) JRF (ICAR Project), National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (ICAR), Karnal, Haryana (12.01.1999 to 08.07.1999)
Research Interest
We are exploiting our indigenous bio material silk to develop various scaffolds for tissue engineering and medical applications. Our group fabricated silk based scaffolds for controlled release of curcumin which is a well-known anti-cancer agent. Silk based scaffolds also been shown for hepatic tissue engineering applications. Recently our group showed silk-GNP based neural guiding conduits could be a promising solution in neural tissue engineering.
Publications
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Sett, A., Borthakur, B. B., & Bora, U. (2017). Selection of DNA aptamers for extra cellular domain of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 to detect HER2 positive carcinomas. Clinical & translational oncology: official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico
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Singh YD, Mahanta P, Bora, U (2017). Comprehensive characterization of lignocellulosic biomass through proximate, ultimate and compositional analysis for bioenergy production. Renewable Energy, 103, 490-500.
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Das, S., Sharma, M., Saharia, D., Sarma, K., Muir, E., & Bora, U. (2017). Electrospun silk-polyaniline conduits for functional nerve regeneration in rat sciatic nerve injury model. Biomedical Materials.
