Paramita Basu, PhD, MS

Paramita Basu is an assistant professor of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, and serves as the chair of the curriculum committee at the Touro College of Pharmacy.

Clinical Specialty

• Cell & molecular biology
• Microbiology
• Physiology
• Biotechnology

Education

• PhD, Biological Sciences, St. John's University, NY 2008
• MSBiological Sciences St. John's University, NY 2003
• MTech, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, India, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences

Honors and Awards

Internal grant 2011: $5000 – Touro College Faculty Research Fund administered through the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)

Research

• Bacterial stress resistance; Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms

Publications

• Imtiaz, Z., Chatoo, A., Wang, W., Li, W., & Basu, P. (2024). Antibiotic-Induced Changes in Efflux Transporter Expression: A Key Factor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Resistance. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences, 12 (2-BIONEXT-2023). https://doi.org/10.18006/2024.12(2).274.283
• Kim, H., Fittipaldi, B., Hoque, F., Wang, C., Zefi, O., Li, W., Goldman, Z., Peter, Y., & Basu, P. (2023). Two Amino-Acid Polymorphisms in PBP4 Generate Penicillin Tolerance in Group B Streptococcus. Vegetos, 36, 106-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42535-022-00492-2
• Basu, P., Greenberg, R., Hassoun, A., Nestor, R., & Veltri, K. T. (2023). Updates in Vaccine Development for COVID-19: Evidence on Currently Available Vaccines. Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research, 13 (S1), 009-032. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/tcopny_pubs/352
• Kello, E., Greenberg, R., Li, W., Polansky, S., Maldonado, R., Peter, Y., & Basu, P. (2023). The Effect of Antibiotic Treatment and Gene Expression of Mex B Efflux Transporters on the Resistance in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms. Applied Microbiology, 3 (3), 709-721. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol3030049
• Kello, E., Greenberg, R., Li, W., Polansky, S., Maldonado, R., Peter, Y., & Basu, P. (2023). The Effect of Antibiotic Treatment and Gene Expression of Mex B Efflux Transporters on the Resistance in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms. Applied Microbiology, 3 (3), 709-721. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol3030049
• Basu, P., Choudhury, S., Shridhar, V., Huilgol, P., Roychoudhury, S., Nandi, I., Chaudhuri, A., & Mitra, A. (2022). Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Open-Water Sewage Canals Contaminated with Untreated Wastewater in Resource-constrained Regions. Access Microbiology, 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000318
• Babayeva, M., Assefa, H., Basu, P., & Loewy, Z. (2022). Autism and Associated Disorders: Cannabis as a Potential Therapy. Frontiers in Bioscience, 14 (1), 1. https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbe1401001

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Teaching Responsibilities

Physiology, pathophysiology, microbiology, cell & molecular biology, biotechnology, research methods 

Hobbies

Writing for local magazines and blogs, raising public health awareness, music, theatre, cooking

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