Bhaskar Saha

Biography

Bhaskar saha obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta (1993). He did his posdoc at Naval Medical Research Institute [NMRI] 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 (NCCS) in 1998 where he serves as a Scientist-G and 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-macrophage interaction, CD40 signaling, DC subset mediated priming against prostate cancer, Development and regulation of regulatory T cells in leishmaniasis and DC subsets in leishmaniasis and 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 of Pune University and Vidyasagar University

Research Interest

 Leishmania-macrophage