Probal Basu

Academic interests

Biomaterials, Polymeric biomaterials, Cellulose based materials, Scaffolds and Bio-membrane, Guided tissue regeneration

Dr. Probal Basu is currently working as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (MSCA-PF) at Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Dentistry under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Hanna Tiainen. (Gjevt Marie Curie scholarship to NPD - Faculty of Dentistry (uio.no))

Background

Dr. Probal Basu did his Master in Science (M.Sc.) in Zoology from Presidency College (affiliated to University of Calcutta, India) from 2010-2012. Prior to his doctoral study, he was working as a 'Research Assistant' (2012-2016) under the careful supervision from Assoc. Prof. Sajal Bhattacharya (Department of Zoology, Asutosh College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India) . Dr. Basu completed his doctoral study (Ph.D.) from Faculty of Technology, Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Czech Republic (2016-2020) in 'Chemistry and Material Technology'. His doctoral thesis topic was on 'Study on Calcium Reinforced Polymeric Hydrogel Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration' (Thesis Summary ISBN: 978-80-7454-952-6). His Ph.D. has been technically guided by Assoc. Prof. Nabanita Saha under the principal supervision from prof. Ing. Petr Sáha. Thereafter, he has worked (2020-2021) at the Center of Polymer System (CPS), Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Czech Republic as a 'Junior Researcher', in the research team of prof. Ing. Petr Sáha. There he was working on development and characterization of bacterial cellulose hydrogel based biomaterial. He worked (2021-2022) in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in the research team of Assoc. Prof. Merima Hasani. There his responsibility as a 'WWSC Postdoc' was to research and explore the dissolution mechanism and kinetics of wood cellulose fibers for biorefinery and other biomedical applications.

Awards

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) 2023-2025 (https://cordis.europa.eu/ project/id/101108847)
• WWSC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021-2022 (Wallenberg Wood Science Centre, Knut and Allice Wallenberg Foundation) at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.) (https://www.chalmers.se/en/persons/probal/)
• Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Fellowship, June 2017-July 2017, (COST Action MP1301 NEWGEN), under the supervision of  Prof. Radostina Alexandrova, at IEMPAM-BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria.
• Ph.D. extraordinary Research Scholarship (2016-20), Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Czech Republic.

Appointments

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher (July 2023-Present) at Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
• WWSC Postdoctoral Researcher (2021-2022) at Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden (https://www.chalmers.se/en/persons/probal/)
• Junior Researcher (2020-2021) at Center of Polymer Systems, Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Czech Republic. (https://ft.utb.cz/en/contacts/probal-basu-m-sc-ph-d-2/)

Selected Publications

• Basu P and Bhattacharya S. Chapter 17. Nanotechnology and Polymer Science: A novel approach in vector control, In: Genetically Modified and other Innovative Vector Control Technologies: edited by Tyagi, B.K., Springer, Singapore, 2021, pp. 347-358. (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-2964-8)
• Basu P, Saha N, Saha T, Saha P. (2021) Polymeric hydrogel-based systems for vaccine delivery: A review, Polymer, 230, 124088. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386121007114)

• Basu P., Saha N., Saha P. (2020) Rheological Behavior of Calcium Phosphate Filled Bacterial Cellulose Based Hydrogel Scaffolds at Human Fever Temperature, AIP Conf. Proc., 2289, 020009. (https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-abstract/1843/1/050008/954239/Rheological-performance-of-bacterial-cellulose?redirectedFrom=fulltext)

• Basu P, Saha N & Saha P. (2020) Swelling and rheological behaviour of calcium phosphate filled bacterial cellulose based hydrogel scaffold, J. Appl. Polym. Sci, 136, 48522. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.48522)

• Basu P, Saha N, Saha P. (2019) Calcium phosphate filled bacterial cellulose-polyvinylpyrrolidone based hydrogel scaffolds: Structural properties and cell viability study for bone regeneration, Polymers, 11(11),1821. (https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/11/1821)

• Basu P, Saha N & Saha P. (2019) Inorganic calcium filled bacterial cellulose based hydrogel scaffold: novel biomaterial for bone tissue regeneration, Int J Polym Mater, 68:1-3,134-144. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00914037.2018.1525733)

• Basu P, Saha N, Alexandrova R, Andonova-Lilova B, Georgieva M, Miloshev G, Saha P. (2018) Biological efficiency of inorganic calcium filled bacterial cellulose based hydrogel scaffold for musculoskeletal engineering, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 19(12): 3980. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30544895/)

• Basu P, Saha N, Bandyopadhyay S, Saha P. (2017) Rheological Performance of Bacterial Cellulose based non-mineralized and mineralized hydrogel scaffolds, AIP Conf. Proc. 1843, 050008-1–050008-7. (https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-abstract/1843/1/050008/954239/Rheological-performance-of-bacterial-cellulose?redirectedFrom=fulltext)