Piu Saha, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor 419.383.4245 |
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Education & Training
B.Sc. Chemistry (H), University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
Post-Doctoral Training: Immunology, Inflammation, Inflammatory bowel diseases, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), West Bengal, India.
Post-Doctoral Training: Immunology, Inflammation, Inflammatory bowel diseases, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, PA.
Post-Doctoral Training: Immunology, Inflammation, Inflammatory bowel diseases, Cancer Biology, Hypertension, Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH.
Awards & Commendations
2007: Received SFRR-India 10 Best Poster
2008: Travel awards from (i) Centre for Co-operation in Science & Technology among Developing Societies (CCSTDS) and (ii) DST, Govt. of India, to attend a Theoretical and Practical Course, Central European Initiative, Trieste, Italy.
2012: Awarded as ‘Cytometrist’ of the year, 5th Annual meeting of the Cytometry Society, India and 13th Indo-US Cytometry workshop on Advanced Flow Cytometry Techniques,
2013: Best poster award, Immunocon, India.
2014: Best Poster award, 2nd PAi Conference and International Symposium “Probiotic and Microbiome Gut and Beyond” November 3-4.
2017: AAI Trainee Abstract Award.
2020: 1st place in Scholarly Excellence from Department's Chairs Award for 2020, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences.
2021: Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America, INC, 9th National Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2021, Award for Oral presentation (2nd).
Recent Publications
- Saha P, Yeoh BS, Xiao X, Golonka RM, Wenceslau CF, Joe B, Vijay-Kumar M. 2020. Enterobactin induces pro-inflammatory signature in intestinal epithelial cells in part via formyl peptide receptor. Gut Microbes. 2020; 12(1): 1841548.
- McCarthy C, Saha P, Golonka RM, Wenceslau C, Joe B, Vijay-Kumar M. 2020. Innate immune cells and hypertension: Neutrophils and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Compr Physiol, 2021 (in press).
- Edwards JM, Roy S, Galla SL, Tomcho JC, Bearss NR, Mell B, Cheng Xi, Saha P, Vijay-Kumar M, McCarthy C, Joe B, and Wenceslau CM. Formyl Peptide Receptor-1 Activation Promotes Spontaneous, Premature Hypertension in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats. Hypertension. 2021 (in press).