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.

Spotlight May 2017

 

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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.