Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Piu Saha, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor 419.383.4245 piu.saha@utoledo.edu

Education & Training

B.Sc.               Chemistry (H), University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
M.Sc.              Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
Ph.D.              Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Post-Doctoral Training: Immunology, Inflammation, Inflammatory bowel diseases, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), West Bengal, India. 

Post-Doctoral Training: Immunology, Inflammation, Inflammatory bowel diseases, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, PA. 

Post-Doctoral Training: Immunology, Inflammation, Inflammatory bowel diseases, Cancer Biology, Hypertension, Dept. of Physiology &  Pharmacology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH.

 

Awards &  Commendations

2007: Received SFRR-India 10 Best Poster

2008: Travel awards from (i) Centre for Co-operation in Science & Technology among Developing Societies (CCSTDS) and (ii) DST, Govt. of India, to attend a Theoretical and Practical Course, Central European Initiative, Trieste, Italy.

2012: Awarded as ‘Cytometrist’ of the year, 5th Annual meeting of the Cytometry Society, India and 13th Indo-US Cytometry workshop on Advanced Flow Cytometry Techniques,

2013: Best poster award, Immunocon, India.

2014: Best Poster award, 2nd PAi Conference and International Symposium “Probiotic and Microbiome Gut and Beyond” November 3-4.

2017: AAI Trainee Abstract Award.

2020: 1st place in Scholarly Excellence from Department's Chairs Award for 2020, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences.

2021: Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America, INC, 9th National Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2021, Award for Oral presentation (2nd).

 

Recent Publications

1. Saha P, Yeoh BS, Xiao X, Golonka RM, Wenceslau CF, Joe B, Vijay-Kumar M. 2020. Enterobactin induces pro-inflammatory signature in intestinal epithelial cells in part via formyl peptide receptor. Gut Microbes. 2020; 12(1): 1841548.
2. McCarthy C, Saha P, Golonka RM, Wenceslau C, Joe B, Vijay-Kumar M. 2020. Innate immune cells and hypertension: Neutrophils and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Compr Physiol, 2021 (in press).
3. Edwards JM, Roy S, Galla SL, Tomcho JC, Bearss NR, Mell B, Cheng Xi, Saha P, Vijay-Kumar M, McCarthy C, Joe B, and Wenceslau CM. Formyl Peptide Receptor-1 Activation Promotes Spontaneous, Premature Hypertension in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats. Hypertension. 2021 (in press).