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'''Maitree Bhattacharyya''' is an Indian physicist who is Professor and the Director of Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jbnsts.ac.in/directors.php|title=Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search - Directors of JBNSTS|access-date=2020-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/department/Biochemistry/Maitree-Bhattacharyya.pdf|title=Bio of Dr. Maitree Bhattacharyya in University of Calcutta, Dept. of Biochemistry|work=caluniv.ac.in}}</ref> [[Kolkata]]. <br />
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==Education==<br />
Bhattacharyya graduated from Presidency College, Kolkata (now called [[Presidency University, Kolkata]]) with Honours in [[Physics]] and obtained M.Sc degree from the [[Rajabazar Science College|Science College]] campus of [[University of Calcutta]]. She started her research career in the Department of Biophysics and Molecular Biology, [[University of Calcutta]] with a PhD degree in 1991. She pursued research with a Research associateship from the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] and in 1994 joined [[University of Calcutta]] as an Assistant Professor. Later, she was awarded an Energy Biosciences Overseas Fellowship by the [[Department of Biotechnology]] and worked as Visiting Scientist at [[University of California, San Diego]], USA.<ref name=bio/> <br />
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==Career==<br />
Bhattacharyya is a Professor at the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Calcutta.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/department/Biochemistry.html|title=Department of Biochemistry|access-date=2020-07-12}}</ref><br />
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Bhattacharyya joined as the director of JBNSTS in January 2015. She has published several research articles and book chapters.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=maitree bhattacharyya - Google Scholar|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3yroqO8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao|access-date=2020-09-13|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> <br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
Bhattacharyya is an elected fellow of the [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology|West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Fellowship Directory of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology|url=http://www.wast.in/download/FELLOWSHIP-DIRECTORY-ALPHABETICAL-ORDER-2019.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=wast.in}}</ref><br />
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==Research interests==<br />
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# Study of microbial diversity in coastal and estuarine water and soil sediment in the world heritage site, [[Sundarbans]]. Exploration of dynamic correlations among physical, chemical and biological domains of this [[Estuary|estuarine]] ecosystem. Inventorisation of microbial diversity along Indian coast has cocaine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iczmpwb.org/main/pea_cu.php|title=University of Calcutta: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project, Gov. of WB|work=iczmpwb.org}}</ref><br />
# Identification of risk factors and biomarkers in the disease dynamics of [[diabetes]] associated cardiovascular disease and [[dyslipidemia]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=Adiponectin: Probe of the molecular paradigm associating diabetes and obesity | pmc=4317307 | pmid=25685286 | doi=10.4239/wjd.v6.i1.151 | volume=6 | issue=1 | year=2015 | journal=World J Diabetes | pages=151–66 | last1 = Ghoshal | first1 = K | last2 = Bhattacharyya | first2 = M}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title= Association of MTHFR 677C>T genetic polymorphism with hyperhomocysteinemia in type 2 diabetes patients | journal=Cogent Medicine| volume=2| doi=10.1080/2331205X.2015.1017973|year = 2015|last1 = Chakraborty|first1 = Arpita| last2=Chakraborty| first2=Arindam| last3=Chowdhury| first3=Subhankar| last4=Sengupta| first4=Sanghamitra| last5=Bhattacharyya| first5=Maitree| doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
# Application of [[green chemistry]] in [[bioremediation]] and [[biotransformation]] of [[Toxic heavy metal|heavy metal toxicity]] in industrial effluent, [[Green Synthesis|green synthesis]] of [[nanoparticle]]s<br />
# [[Protein]] structure- function and interactions with special interest to [[hemeprotein]]s, biomolecular interaction.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Transition Metal Induced Conformational Change of Heme Proteins | doi=10.1080/00387010.2014.881380 | volume=48| issue=5 |journal=Spectroscopy Letters|pages=324–330|bibcode=2015SpecL..48..324B|last1 = Basak|first1 = Pijush| last2=Pattanayak | first2=Rudradip | last3=Bhattacharyya | first3=Maitree | year=2015 | s2cid=84043675 }}</ref><br />
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== Selected publications ==<br />
Bhattacharyya's most cited publications include:<ref name=":0" /><br />
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* Ghoshal, K., & '''Bhattacharyya, M.''' (2014). Overview of platelet physiology: its hemostatic and nonhemostatic role in disease pathogenesis. ''The Scientific World Journal'', ''2014''.<br />
* Chakraborty, A., Chowdhury, S., & '''Bhattacharyya, M.''' (2011). Effect of metformin on oxidative stress, nitrosative stress and inflammatory biomarkers in type 2 diabetes patients. ''Diabetes research and clinical practice'', ''93''(1), 56-62.<br />
* '''Bhattacharyya, M.,''' Chaudhuri, U., & Poddar, R. K. (1990). Evidence for cooperative binding of chlorpromazine with hemoglobin: equilibrium dialysis, fluorescence quenching and oxygen release study. ''Biochemical and biophysical research communications'', ''167''(3), 1146-1153.<br />
* Chakraborty, D., & '''Bhattacharyya, M.''' (2001). Antioxidant defense status of red blood cells of patients with β-thalassemia and Eβ-thalassemia. ''Clinica chimica acta'', ''305''(1-2), 123-129.<br />
* Ghoshal, K., & '''Bhattacharyya, M.''' (2015). Adiponectin: Probe of the molecular paradigm associating diabetes and obesity. ''World journal of diabetes'', ''6''(1), 151.<br />
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* [http://www.jbnsts.org/index.php Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search]<br />
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* https://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/department/Biochemistry/Maitree-Bhattacharyya.pdf<br />
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