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Subrata Kumar Biswas, MBBS, MD
Student of PhD in Clinical Medicine (2003 to present)
Division of Nephrology, Dept of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Campinas – 13084-971, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Phone: 0055-19-37887499; Fax: 0055-19-37887366
E-mail: subrata@fcm.unicamp.br
Alternate e-mail: su.biswas@yahoo.com
Personal information
Date of birth December 08, 1970
Place of birth Kushtia, Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Marital status Married
Language known
English – Full ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. English was the language of instruction in undergraduate and graduate studies.
TOEFL score: 257 (computer-based total), equivalent to the paper-based test score of 613. Test date: August 16, 2002.
Portuguese – Full ability in speaking and listening, partial ability in reading and writing.
Bengali – Native language.
Profile
I consider myself as a full time researcher, hardworking and highly motivated to scientific research in biological science. I am fit for teamwork and good in keeping interpersonal relationship with laboratory colleagues. My interest is to search for the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of disease process and to develop preventive measures.
Education
Doctor of Medicine (MD), Clinical Biochemistry, 2003
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Major subjects: Clinical aspects of pathology, microbiology and hematology; Basic and Clinical Biochemistry; Molecular Biology; Biostatics.
Thesis: Role of C-peptide and Insulin Secretory Defect and Resistance in the Pathogenesis of Nerve Conduction Abnormalities in Diabetic Neuropathy.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), 1995
Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Major subjects: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examination, 1987 (1st division)
Rajshahi College, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination, 1985 (1st division)
Mirpur High School, Kushtia, Bangladesh.
Fellowship and scholarship
Scholarship from ‘Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior’ (CAPES), Brazil, March 2003 to present.
Fellowship in Clinical Biochemistry from the Dept of Biochemistry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 1997 to December 2002.
Training
Advanced training on Epidemiology and Biostatistics Including Use of SPSS for Windows, from National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, jointly conducted by NIPSOM and University of Cambridge, UK, August 2002.
Training in Microbiology from the Institute of Post Graduate Medicine & Research (IPGM&R), Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 1996 to December 1996.
Internship training from Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, April 1995 to April 1996.
Laboratory techniques used
Common techniques used in clinical laboratory. Use of colorimeter, spectrophotometer, spectrofluorometer, luminometer, autoanalyzer and ELISA. Immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation and immunodiffusion. Isolation of nuclear and membrane fractions from tissue sample. Isolation of glomerulus from kidney cortex. Electrophoresis, EMSA (Electrophoretic mobility shift assay) and Western blotting. Animal experimentation in rat model including blood pressure measurement by tail-cuff method, induction of diabetes by tail-vain injection, and surgical procedures like perfusion. Specific knowledge and experience in evaluation of inflammation and oxidative stress.
Data analysis
Experience in data analysis using computer-based statistical package SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) and Statview.
Teaching experience
Experience in giving classes on clinical biochemistry for medical graduates in the Department of Biochemistry at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 1999 to December 2002.
Manuscript writing, editing and review
Experience in writing manuscripts, grant application, and in project design. Experience in review of manuscripts and in editing manuscripts for English grammar and style in Brazil. Several of my comments on articles from high-impact journals have been published as Letters to the Editor.
Present work
My present work involves assessment of inflammation and oxidative stress in the kidney of normotensive and hypertensive animals (rat model) in the early stage of experimental diabetes mellitus. Major objectives are to identify whether the combination of hypertension and diabetes exerts additive effect on renal inflammation and oxidative stress at the very early stage of diabetes and to identify the underlying mechanisms in this process. Additionally, I am investigating to identify the primary renal abnormality, between inflammation and oxidative stress, in pre-hypertensive animals destined to become hypertensive (in pre-hypertensive spontaneously hypertensive rats). I am also collaborating with my colleagues on works involving retinal inflammation and oxidative stress in experimental diabetes.
Presentation
I presented my work - Hypertension exaggerates renal oxidative stress but not inflammation in the early stage of experimental diabetes mellitus – in the 41st annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Athens, Greece, 12 - 15 September, 2005.
Publication
Manuscripts Submitted
1. Biswas SK, Lopes de Faria JB. Which comes first: renal inflammation or oxidative stress in spontaneously hypertensive rats?
Submitted
2. Biswas SK, Lopes de Faria JB. Hypertension exaggerates renal oxidative stress but not inflammation in the early stage of experimental diabetes mellitus.
Submitted
3. Silva KC, Pinto CC, Biswas SK, Lopes de Faria JB, Lopes de Faria JM. Tight blood pressure control prevents early inflammatory events in diabetic retina.
Submitted
4. Biswas SK, Lopes de Faria JB. Renal oxidative stress in normotensive and hypertensive model of early experimental diabetes mellitus
Manuscript
Published works
1. Biswas SK, Lopes de Faria JB. Hypertension exaggerates renal oxidative stress but not inflammation in the early stage of experimental diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 48: A377-A378, Suppl. 1, 2005 (Abstract).
2. Biswas SK, Lopes de Faria JB. Does peroxynitrite sustain nuclear factor-kappa B? Cardiovasc Res 67: 745-746, 2005 (Letter).
3. Biswas SK, Lopes de Faria JM, Lopes de Faria JB. -to: Davis BJ, Forbes JM, Thomas MC et al. (2004) Superior renoprotective effects of combination therapy with ACE and AGE inhibition in the diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rat, Diabetologia 47:89-97. Diabetologia 47: 1471, 2004 (Letter).
4. Biswas SK, Lopes de Faria JM, Lopes de Faria JB. -to: Gardiner TA, Anderson HR, Degenhardt T et al. (2003) Prevention of retinal capillary basement membrane thickening in diabetic dogs by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Diabetologia 46:1269-1275. Diabetologia: 47:763, 2004 (Letter).
5. Ali MS, Kamal AHM, Biswas SK, Safa AKMM, Sikdar MS. A comparative study between the arsenic content of hair and nail samples in chronic arsenicism cases. Bangladesh Journal of Pathology 16: 10-11, 2001.
6. Saha D, Rahman ASMM, Arslan MI, Kamal AHM, Hoque N, Biswas SK. Effect of exercise on serum lipid profile in healthy adult armed forces personnel of Dhaka cantonment. Bangladesh Journal of Pathology 15: 18-20, 2000.
Last Updated on 12/18/06 by Subrata Biswas.