Saswati Das
Teaching Associate Professor
Faculty Service Officer III
PhD, University of Alberta
Office: 7-58A Medical Sciences Building,
Email: saswati@ualberta.ca
Telephone Number: 780-492-3427
Awards
Recognition for Teaching: Dr. Saswati Das was selected to the April 2017 "Spotlight Series" by the UAWISE team for exemplary teaching. Please read the interview in the attached link.
Academic Activities
I am predominantly involved with teaching in the Department of Physiology. I am the course coordinator for Physiology 210 (in-person sections PHYSL 210 C1, C2, and C3) and Physl 212 and 214 (Physiology Honours program). The topics that I teach include Blood and immunity, Renal physiology, Endocrinology and Reproductive physiology.
I have contributed also to Blood and Immunity, Renal Physiology and Reproductive physiology lectures for the online PHYSL 210 course. I also contribute to research supervision of students enrolled in Phyl 468 and 469.
Teaching Experience:
- Physl 212 and 214 (2020-current) - Introduction to Human Physiology courses for Physiology Honours students
- Physl 210 (2011-current) - Introductory Human Physiology
- Physl 463 (2019) - Undergraduate Reading course in Physiology
- MMI 436/MED 536 (2014-2019) - Inflammation
- Pharm 499 (2007-2013) - Women and Men's Health
- Pharm 377 (2007-2008) - Immunotherapeutics of Transplantation
- Pharm 306 (2007-2009) - Introductory Biomedical Sciences
- Pharm 493 (2006) - Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Immunology
- Pharm 321 (2005-2007) - Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Immunology
- Bio 107 Lab (1996) - Introductory course in Cell and Molecular Biology
- Zool 340 (1996) - Environmental Physiology
Select Publications
- Alshamsan, A., S. Hamdy, S.Das, A. Lavasanifar, J. Samuel and A. El-Kadi. 2010. Bone marrow -derived dendritic cells are more suitable than dendritic cell line DC2.4 to study tumor-mediated suppression of DC maturation through STAT3 hyperactivation. J. Pharm. Pharmaceut. Sci. 13(1):21-26
- Das, S., A. Haddadi, S. Veniamin, and J. Samuel. 2008. Nanoparticulate delivery of Rapamycin down regulates ICAM-1 expression and maintains an immunosuppressive profile in human CD34+ progenitor cell-derived dendritic cells. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A 85(4):983-992
- Haddadi, A., P. Elamanchili, A. Lavasanifar, S. Das, J. Shapiro and J. Samuel. 2008. Delivery of Rapamycin by PLGA nanoparticles increases its suppressive activity on dendritic cells. J. Biomed. Mater.Res. A 84(4):885-898
- Johnstone, E.D., M. Mackova, S. Das, S. G. Payne, B. Lowen, C.P. Sibley, G. Chan and L. J. Guilbert. 2005. Multiple anti-apoptotic pathways stimulated by EGF in cytotrophoblasts. Placenta 26:548-555.
- Devlin M., S. Das, I. Singh, S. Bourgoin, D. N. Brindley, and J Ginsberg. 2000. The characterization of phospholipase D in FRTL-5 thyroid cells. Mol. and Cell. Endocrinol. 167:107-115.
- Das, S., M. Devlin, D. N. Brindley, and J. Ginsberg. 1999. The effect of lysophosphatidate on TSH-mediated differentiated thyroid function in FRTL-5 thyroid cells. Thyroid 9:621-626.
- Das, S., E. T. Maizels, D. A. DeManno, E. St. Clair, S. A. Adam, and M. Hunzicker-Dunn. 1996. A stimulatory role of cAMP in FSH-activated MAP kinase signaling pathway in the rat ovarian granulosa cells. Endocrinology 137:967-974.
- Das, S., N. W. Fahmy, and G. A. Bourne. 1994. Calcium mobilization is a prerequisite for the expression of phorbol ester-stimulated luteinizing hormone secretion from pituitaries of male and acutely ovariectomized rats. Eur. J. Endocrinol (formerly - Acta Endocrinologica).130:151-158.
- Das, S. and G. A. Bourne. 1992. The use of flufenamate and forskolin to evaluate the role of cAMP in gonadotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated luteinizing hormone secretion from pituitaries in ovariectomized rats. Pharmacol. and Toxicol. 71:395-400.
- Fahmy, N. W., S. Das, and G. A. Bourne. 1989. Dependency of phorbol ester-induced gonadotropin secretion on estradiol. Mol. and Cell. Endocrinol. 66: 9-15.
- Das, S., N. W. Fahmy, and G. A. Bourne. 1989. Calmodulin and protein kinase C activation duplicates the biphasic secretion of LH. Mol. and Cell. Endocrinol. 66:1-8.
- Bourne, G. A., S. Das, and N. W. Fahmy. 1989. The phorbol ester-induced extracellular Ca++-independent release of LH is dependent on estradiol and de novo protein synthesis. FEBS Letters. 247:159-162.
- Bourne, G. A., S. Das, and N. W. Fahmy. 1988. Sex differences in the extracellular Ca++-independent release of LH and FSH. Mol. and Cell. Endocrinol. 58:149-154.