Dr. Piyali Das

Present Position: Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences, School of Life Science and Biotechnology

E-mail: piyali1.das@adamasuniversity.ac.in

Education:


  • PhD, School of Bioscience and Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
  • Sc. in Microbiology, Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College, University of Calcutta
  • Sc. in Microbiology, Asutosh College, University of Calcutta

Research Key Areas:


  • Cartilage Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
  • Animal Biotechnology
  • Microbiology, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology

Research Highlights:


  • Research work mainly focused on working with biomaterials based works; development of various scaffolds and implants and its in vitro and in vivo
  • Understanding of various electro-spun silk fibre mats on diabetic and normal wound healing in laboratory animals.
  • Development of xenogenic cartilage grafts and its application in Rhinoplasty and Microtia in human patients

Experience:


  • Worked as Project JRF/ SRF under DBT sponsored project entitled “Development of animal cartilage for surgical implantation in Microtia and Rhinoplasty in human patient” at West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata from 2013 -2015
  • Worked as Project JRF under DBT sponsored twinning program entitled “North East Silk based bioengineered vascular conduits” at West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata from 2013 -2015

Research Publication (s):


Total Peer Reviewed Scholarly Publications: 16, Patent applications – 2, Book chapters – 1, Total Impact    Factors: 60.507, Total Citations: 243, h-index: 7 (Google Scholar August 2021)

For Details, Visit: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hpFPscoAAAAJ&hl=en

Selected Publication (s):

  1. Das, P., Mishra, R., Devi, B.K., Rajesh, K., Basak, P., Roy, M., Roy, P., Lahiri, D. and Nandi, S.K., 2021. Decellularized xenogenic cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffolds for the reconstruction of osteochondral defects in rabbits. Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
  2. Jana, S., Das, P., Mukherjee, J., Banerjee, D., Ghosh, P.R., Das, P.K., Bhattacharya, R. and Nandi, S.K., 2022. Waste derived biomaterials as building blocks in the biomedical field. Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
  3. Anand, A., Das, P., Nandi, S.K. and Kundu, B., 2020. Development of antibiotic loaded mesoporous bioactive glass and its drug release kinetics. Ceramics International46(4), pp.5477-5483.
  4. Sinha, S., Priyadarshani, J., Devi, K.B., Kishore, A.V., Das, P., Chanda, A., Das, S., Roy, M. and Nandi, S.K., 2020. In vivo performance analysis of silanized and coated nitinol wires in biological environment. Journal of Materials Research35(10), pp.1262-1270.
  5. Das, P., Rajesh, K., Lalzawmliana, V., Bavya Devi, K., Basak, P., Lahiri, D., Kundu, B., Roy, M. and Nandi, S.K., 2019. Development and Characterization of Acellular Caprine Choncal Cartilage Matrix for Tissue Engineering Applications. Cartilage, p.1947603519855769.
  6. Das, P., Singh, Y.P., Joardar, S.N., Biswas, B.K., Bhattacharya, R., Nandi, S.K. and Mandal, B.B., 2019. Decellularized Caprine Conchal Cartilage toward Repair and Regeneration of Damaged Cartilage. ACS Applied Bio Materials2(5), pp.2037-2049.
  7. Chouhan, D., Das, P., Thatikonda, N., Nandi, S.K., Hedhammar, M. and Mandal, B.B., 2019. Silkworm silk matrices coated with functionalized spider silk accelerate healing of diabetic wounds. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering5(7), pp.3537-3548.
  8. Samanta, S.K., Devi, K.B., Das, P., Mukherjee, P., Chanda, A., Roy, M. and Nandi, S.K., 2019. Metallic ion doped tri-calcium phosphate ceramics: Effect of dynamic loading on in vivo bone regeneration. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials96, pp.227-235.
  9. Bhattacharya, R., Das, P., Joardar, S.N., Biswas, B.K., Batabyal, S., Das, P.K. and Nandi, S.K., 2019. Novel Decellularized animal conchal cartilage graft for application in human patient. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine13(1), pp.46-57.
  10. Lalzawmliana, V., Anand, A., Kumar, V., Das, P., Devi, K.B., Mukherjee, J., Maji, A.K., Kundu, B., Roy, M. and Nandi, S.K., 2019. Potential of growth factor incorporated mesoporous bioactive glass for in vivo bone regeneration. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials91, pp.182-192.
  11. Anand, A., Lalzawmliana, V., Kumar, V., Das, P., Devi, K.B., Maji, A.K., Kundu, B., Roy, M. and Nandi, S.K., 2019. Preparation and in vivo biocompatibility studies of different mesoporous bioactive glasses. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials89, pp.89-98.
  12. Naskar, D., Ghosh, A.K., Mandal, M., Das, P., Nandi, S.K. and Kundu, S.C., 2017. Dual growth factor loaded nonmulberry silk fibroin/carbon nanofiber composite 3D scaffolds for in vitro and in vivo bone regeneration. Biomaterials136, pp.67-85.
  13. Nandi, S.K., Bandyopadhyay, S., Das, P., Samanta, I., Mukherjee, P., Roy, S. and Kundu, B., 2016. Understanding osteomyelitis and its treatment through local drug delivery system. Biotechnology advances34(8), pp.1305-1317.
  14. Bhattacharjee, P., Naskar, D., Maiti, T.K., Bhattacharya, D., Das, P., Nandi, S.K. and Kundu, S.C., 2016. Potential of non-mulberry silk protein fibroin blended and grafted poly (Є-caprolactone) nanofibrous matrices for in vivo bone regeneration. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces143, pp.431-439.
  15. Nandi, S.K., Kundu, B., Mahato, A., Das, P., Mukherjee, P., 2015. In vivo performance analysis of snail extract incorporated coralline hydroxyapatite in bone healing. Global Journal of Environmental Science and Research, 2(3), pp,2349-7335.

Research Patents:


  1. K. Nandi, S. N. Joardar, Bikash Kanti Biswas, Piyali Das, Pradip Kumar Das, Subhasis Batabyal and Rupnarayan Bhattacharya Indian patent on       “A process for preparing animal choncal cartilage for transplantation” vide    No. 249/kol/2015 dated 09/03/2015 [granted]
  2. Samit Kumar Nandi and Piyali Das, Indian patent on “Decellularized xenogenic cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffolds” Application No. 202131008783 dated 02.03.2021 (patent submitted)

Award/ Academic Recognition/ Major Professional Activity:


  • Awarded CSIR Direct –SRF from CSIR, India for 2 years (2019 – 2021)
  • Received International Travel grant (full air fare for the conference) for participating in an international conference (TERMIS 2019) at Rhodes Island, Greece by CSIR, India in 2019
  • Received International Travel grant from RUSA 2.0, Jadavpur University (Registration fee + DA), 2019
  • Received National Travel grant for participating International conference (BIOTERM 2019) at IIT Kanpur, India, 2019
  • Received Best Poster Award at International conference BITERM, Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs (INDIA) at IIT Delhi in 2016.
  • Received Best Poster Award at 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Biowaivers, Biologic and Biosimilars in Hyderabad in 2014.