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Bhaskar Datta

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Bhaskar Datta

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


  • Recent Publications

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. 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.
    7. 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.

  • Work Experience

    • Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Aug 2025 to present)
    • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Jan 2018 - Aug 2025)
    • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Dec 2011 - 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)

  • 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.

Research Interests

  • ● Food biochemistry, applied nutrition, food product development
  • ● Synthetic and composite adsorbent materials for environmental mitigation
  • ● Discovery, characterization and targeting of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes
  • ● Long non-coding RNA informatics
  • ● Small molecule-peptide hybrid antimicrobials
  • ● Capture and recycle of rare earth elements, and recycling of ammonium