Bhaskar Datta

Bhaskar Datta
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences and Engineering(Jointly with Chemistry department)
- BSc(Hons): St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, 1997
- MSc: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1999
- PhD: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 2004
Email: bdatta -AT- iitgn.ac.in
Office:
5/348
VOIP:
2427
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Recent Publications
- Singh, D.; Shukla, C.; Datta, B. (2025) Putative G-Quadruplex Structures in Dysregulated Long Non-coding RNA of Ovarian Cancer and Their Binding Interactions with Human Serum Albumin, ACS Omega, 10, 25376.
- Patel, A.; Datta, B. (2025) Sequestration of acrylamide as amino acid-acrylamide adducts mitigates cellular stress in human gastrointestinal cell lines, Food & Function, 16, 5435.
- Sharma, S.; Hassan, M. Y.; Barbhuiya, N. H.; Mansukhbhai, R. H.; Shukla, C.; Singh, D.; Datta, B. (2025) A Dataset Curated for the Assessment of G4s in the LncRNAs Dysregulated in Various Human Cancers, Scientific Data, 12, 849.
- Mondal, H., Kaushal, C., Sankaranarayanan, S., Datta, B. (2025) Nanoscale non-biochar formulations of banana peel layers for comparison of in vitro adsorption and release of ammonium with demonstration of fertilizing action, Bioresource Technology Reports, 29, 102052.
- Choubey, R., Chatterjee, M., Pandey, P. K., Mishra, A., Datta, B. (2024) Coassembly of Cell-Penetrating Peptide Octaarginine with Acetazolamide: Emergent Interactions with E. coli, ACS Omega, 9, 46204-46216.
- Choubey, R., Chatterjee, M., Johnson, D., Thiruvenkatam, V., Kumawat, A., Mishra, A., Datta, B. (2024) Tunable Coassembly of Octaarginine with Thiazolyl Benzenesulfonamides Exerts Variable Antibacterial Activity, J. Phys. Chem. B, 128, 10434-10450.
- Mondal, H., Karmakar, M., Datta, B. (2024) Ligand-selective turn-off sensing, harvesting and post adsorptive use of Dy(III) and Yb(III) by intrinsically flower-shaped Gum Acacia-grafted hydrogels, Scientific Reports, 14, 18373.
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Work Experience
- Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Jan 2018 to present)
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Dec 2011 to Jan 2018)
- Assistant Professor, Missouri State University, (Jun 2008 - Dec 2011)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, (Jun 2004 - May 2008)
- Graduate Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry, (Sep 1999 - May 2004)
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Patents
- Kumar, S.; Sharma, P. and Datta, B. (2023) Nanobiocatalyst for Detection of Organophosphorus Herbicide, Indian Patent No. 418926.
- Aptamer-based device for detection of cancer markers and methods of use (2012), Wanekaya, A; Delong, R. and Datta, B. U.S. Pat. 20120088232.