Bhaswati Bhattacharya

Detail-oriented individual with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments with over 10+ years of hands-on experience. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives.

• Published and documented the results of my research work in 7 peer-reviewed journal articles (1 of them first-authored), 6 abstracts (5 of them first-authored), and 4 preprints (1 of them first-authored).
• Collaborated with a team of 7 developmental biologists and computational biologists to develop a spatio-temporal map of various transcription factors and patterning genes in the mouse cranial neural plate.
• Supervised 6 team members including PhD students, Undergraduate/Summer trainees and technicians.
• Mentored 100-200 students as an Instructor at Scienspur, an organization catering to underprivileged students in south-east Asia with quality education to strengthen global competitiveness.

• Weill Cornell Accelerating BioVenture Innovation Final Pitch Event Winners (Product: MyophonX), 2023
• KUMC Biomedical Research Training Program (BRTP) Grant, 2019
• Best Poster Award in the Graduate Student category at the 14th Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium, University of Kansas Medical Center, 2017
• Graduate Student Professional Development Award from the University of Kansas Medical Center, 2017
• Best Presentation Award in Presentation Category G, University of Kansas Medical Center Student Research Forum, 2017
• Best Poster Award in the Graduate Student category at the 13th Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium, University of Kansas Medical Center, 2016
• CSIR-NET (National Eligibility Test for the Ph.D. degree) qualified with lectureship with an All India Rank of 42 out of over 100,000 students, 2010
• Award for highest undergraduate score in the BS final exam in Sammilani Mahavidyalaya College, University of Calcutta, 2008

• A single-cell atlas of spatial and temporal gene expression in the mouse cranial neural plate, Brooks ER, Moorman AR, Bhattacharya B, Prudhomme I, Land M, Alcorn HL, Sharma R, Pe'er D, Zallen JA, eLife, 2025
• Atypical Protein Kinase C iota (PKCλ/ι) Ensures Mammalian Development by Establishing the Maternal-Fetal Exchange Interface, Bhattacharya B, Home P, Ganguly A, Ray S, Ghosh A, Islam R, French V, Marsh C, Gunewardena S, Okae H, Arima T and Paul S, PNAS, 06, 2020
• TEAD4 ensures postimplantation development by promoting trophoblast self-renewal: An implication in early human pregnancy loss, Saha B, Ganguly A, Home P, Bhattacharya B, Ray S, Ghosh A, Rumi MAK, Marsh C, French V, Gunewardena S, Paul S, PNAS, 07, 2020
• Regulation of human trophoblast syncytialization by histone demethylase LSD1, Milano-Foster J, Ray S, Home P, Ganguly A, Bhattacharya B, Bajpai S, Pal A, Mason CW and Paul S, J Biol Chem, 10, 2019
• Regulation of Energy Metabolism during Early Mammalian Development: TEAD4 Controls Mitochondrial Transcription, Kumar RP, Ray S, Home P, Saha B, Bhattacharya B, Wilkins H, Chavan H, Ganguly A, Milano-Foster J, Paul A, Krishnamurthy P, Swerdlow R and Paul S, Development, 08, 2018
• GATA factors: Master regulators of gene expression in trophoblast progenitors, Paul S, Home P, Bhattacharya B, Ray S, Placenta, 05, 2017
• Genetic redundancy of GATA factors in the extraembryonic trophoblast lineage ensures the progression of preimplantation and postimplantation mammalian development, Home P, Kumar RP, Ganguly A, Saha B, Milano-Foster J, Bhattacharya B, Ray S, Gunewardena S, Paul A, Camper SA, Fields PE, Paul S, Development, 03, 2017