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NameDr Abhijit Biswas
DesignationAssistant Professor
DepartmentChemistry, School of Energy Technology
EmailAbhijit.Biswas@spt.pdpu.ac.in
Educational Qualifications
  • M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry, Calcutta University), 2013
  • Ph.D (Chemical Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research- Kolkata), 2021
    Professional Affiliation
    Awards
    2024 DST-Nanomission Postdoctoral Fellowship grant (Principal Investigator), IIT Gandhinagar, India (Grant amount: 2200000 INR); 2023 USIAS Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Strasbourg, France; 2021 Mobilitas Pluss Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant, Estonian research council, (Grant amount: 113 500.00 EUR); 2021 Personal Research Grant (2022-2026) (Co-Worker), Estonian research council, (Grant amount: 1 285 625 EUR); 2013 CSIR-UGC-Junior research fellowship; 2013 Qualified National eligibility test [NET]; CSIR-UGC-NET, Government of India, INDIA; 2013 GATE-Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, Government of India, INDIA; 2013 K.K. Banerjee memorial medal for securing first position in master degree.
    Publications / Articles / Conference
    Articles/Chapters Published in the books
  • 'Emerging Peptide Technologies in Cancer Therapy', Springer Nature, Nov 2019
    Published Papers in Journals
  • 'DNA-Driven Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation from Cellular Condensates to Programmable Synthetic Systems', ACS Applied Bio Materials, pp. 1837-1858, Jan 2026, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.5c02505
  • 'Programmable short peptides for modulating stem cell fate in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine ', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, pp. 2573-2591, Jan 2025, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TB02102A
  • 'Engineered PepFect14 analog for efficient cellular delivery of oligonucleotides', Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, pp. 1-14, Jan 2025, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2025.117872
  • 'Applications of bionanomaterials in neurodegenerative diseases ', Materials Advances, pp. 3785-3804, Apr 2025, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MA01215A
  • 'Self-Assembly of Short Peptides and DNA-Based Materials in Precision Biomedical Applications', Supramolecular Materials, pp. 1-92, Nov 2025, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supmat.2025.100123
  • 'Nanostructured lipopeptide-based membranomimetics for stabilizing bacteriorhodopsin', Biomaterials Science, pp. 3582-3599 , Jun 2024, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1039/D4BM00250D
  • 'PepFect14 mediates the delivery of mRNA into human primary keratinocytes and in vivo', Frontiers in Pharmacology, pp. 1-15, Jul 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1219761
  • 'Harnessing Peptide-Functionalized Multivalent Gold Nanorods for Promoting Enhanced Gene Silencing and Managing Breast Cancer Metastasis', ACS Applied Bio Materials, pp. 458-472, Jan 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00726
  • 'Choosing an Optimal Solvent Is Crucial for Obtaining Cell-Penetrating Peptide Nanoparticles with Desired Properties and High Activity in Nucleic Acid Delivery ', Pharmaceutics, pp. 1-20, Jan 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15020396
  • 'Engineered vitamin E-tethered non-immunogenic facial lipopeptide for developing improved siRNA based combination therapy against metastatic breast cancer', Chemical Science, pp. 7842-7866 , Jul 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC01071F
  • 'Engineered Histidine-Enriched Facial Lipopeptides for Enhanced Intracellular Delivery of Functional siRNA to Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, pp. 4719-4736, Jan 2019, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b13794
  • 'Engineering Ionophore Gramicidin-Inspired Self-Assembled Peptides for Drug Delivery and Cancer Nanotherapeutics', Advanced Therapeutics, pp. 1-14, Nov 2018, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1002/adtp.201800018
    Papers presented in Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Symposia

  • 'Divalent Metal Ions Boost Effect of Nucleic Acids Delivered by Cell-Penetrating Peptides', 36th European Peptide Symposium 12th International Peptide Symposium, aug 2022