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{{Short description|Indian cell biologist (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Bhaskar Saha
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|1|2}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Immunology]] | [[Cell biology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Pune University]] | [[Vidyasagar University]] | [[National Centre for Cell Science]] }}
| awards = 2009 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]]
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'''Bhaskar Saha''' (born 2 January 1964) is an Indian immunologist, cell biologist and a senior scientist at [[National Centre for Cell Science]], Pune.<ref name="Dr. Bhaskar Saha Scientist 'G'">{{cite web | url=http://www.nccs.res.in/saha1.html | title=Dr. Bhaskar Saha Scientist 'G' | publisher=National Centre for Cell Science | work=Scientist profile | date=2016 | access-date=29 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103223833/http://www.nccs.res.in/saha1.html | archive-date=3 November 2016 }}</ref> He is known for his contributions in the fields of immunology and [[cell signaling]] .<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=118 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> He is an elected fellow of two of the major Indian science academies, [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref name="NASI fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S | title=NASI fellows | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | access-date=26 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316043224/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S | archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref> and [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="Fellow Profile - Saha">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Saha,_Dr_Bhaskar | title=Fellow Profile - Saha | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2009, for his contributions to biological sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Bhaskar Saha obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta (1993). He did his postdoctoral fellowship at Naval Medical Research Institute 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 in 1998 where he serves as a ''Scientist-G'' and carries out his researches on immunology and cancer biology.<ref name="Pune scientist on fast gets govt assurance">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-pune-scientist-on-fast-gets-govt-assurance-1848156 | title=Pune scientist on fast gets govt assurance | publisher=DNA India | date=15 June 2013 | access-date=29 October 2016}}</ref> His early researches were focused on immunology and he has since shifted his focus to explore that therapeutic uses of his findings.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=5 October 2016 | page=34 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> 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''.<ref name="Bhaskar Saha on ICRD">{{cite web | url=http://www.incredb.org/investigator.php?incredb_id=19 | title=Bhaskar Saha on ICRD | publisher=India Cancer Research Database | date=2016 | access-date=30 October 2016}}</ref> He has published several research articles, reviews and book chapters that could be found in Pubmed.<ref name="Bhaskar Saha on PubMed">{{cite journal | title=Bhaskar Saha on PubMed |volume = 24|issue = 20|pages = 1903–4| journal=Author Profile | date=2016 |pmid = 20|last1 = Barthel|first1 = W.|last2 = Markwardt|first2 = F. | doi=10.1016/0006-2952(75)90415-3}}</ref> He has also served as a faculty member of [[Pune University]] and [[Vidyasagar University]].<ref name="Dr. Bhaskar Saha Scientist 'G'" />

Saha, who is known to have a calm and composed personality, was in the news in 2013 when he staged a hunger strike in protest against the mismanagement of research programs at National Centre for Cell Science.<ref name="Pune scientist on fast gets govt assurance" /> He is married to Ratna, a school teacher at [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Educational Trust|Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] and the couple has a son, Baibaswata and a daughter, Saptaparnee. The family lives in Pune.<ref name="Bhatnagar awardee Saha has many faces">{{cite web | url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNPUN19337 | title=Bhatnagar awardee Saha has many faces | publisher=DNA Syndication | date=10 March 2003 | access-date=30 October 2016}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Saha's contributions to the biological sciences earned him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] in 2009.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees" /> He was elected as a fellow by the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2011<ref name="NASI fellows" /> and a year later, he became an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="NASI fellows" /> He is also recipient of [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]] of the [[Department of Biotechnology]] in 2007.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=25 March 2017 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304191331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf }}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==

* {{cite journal |last1=Rub |first1=Abdur |last2=Dey |first2=Ranadhir |last3=Jadhav |first3=Meenakshi |last4=Kamat |first4=Rohan |last5=Chakkaramakkil |first5=Santhosh |last6=Majumdar |first6=Subrata |last7=Mukhopadhyaya |first7=Robin |last8=Saha |first8=Bhaskar |title=Cholesterol depletion associated with Leishmania major infection alters macrophage CD40 signalosome composition and effector function |journal=Nature Immunology |date=8 February 2009 |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=273–280 |doi=10.1038/ni.1705 |pmid=19198591 |s2cid=16404693 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Modeling and experimental analyses reveals signaling plasticity in a bi-modular assembly of CD40 receptor activated kinases | author=Sarma U, Sareen A, Maiti M, Kamat V, Sudan R, Pahari S, Srivastava N, Roy S, Sinha S, Ghosh, Chande AG, Mukhopadhyaya R, Saha B. | journal=PLOS ONE | year=2012 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0039898 | pmid=22815717 | pmc=3399835 | volume=7 | issue=7 | article-number=e39898| bibcode=2012PLoSO...739898S | doi-access=free }}
* {{cite journal | title=The conundrum of CD40 function: host protection or disease promotion? |vauthors=Mathur RK, Awasthi A, Saha B | journal=Trends Parasitol. | date=March 2006 | volume=22 | issue=3 | pages=117–22 | doi=10.1016/j.pt.2006.01.003|pmid=16446115 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Immune response to Leishmania infection |vauthors=Awasthi A, Mathur RK, Saha B | journal=Indian J Med Res | date=June 2004 | volume=119 | issue=6 | pages=238–58 | pmid=15243162}}
* {{cite journal | title=Reciprocal CD40 signals through p38MAPK and ERK-1/2 induce counteracting immune responses |vauthors=Mathur RK, Awasthi A, Wadhone P, Ramanamurthy B, Saha B | journal=Nat. Med. | date=May 2004 | volume=10 | issue=5 | pages=540–4 | doi=10.1038/nm1045|pmid=15107845 |s2cid=31967073 }}

== See also ==
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* [[Immunology]]
* [[Cell signaling]]
* [[Plasticity (brain)]]
* [[Signal transduction]]
* [[Shubha Tole]]
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{{portal|India|Biology}}

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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OatyBiF8ZwE | title=Dr Bhaskar Saha against corruption | publisher=India TV | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=15 June 2013 | access-date=30 October 2016}}

{{SSBPST recipients in Biological Science}}
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