Deepta Bhattacharya

Biography

Deepta Bhattacharya received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, studying the role of the NF-kB transcription factor in survival and B cell class switching. For his postdoctoral fellowship, he trained at Stanford University, studying the cell biology of hematopoietic stem cells and their differentiated progeny. In 2008, he began his own lab at Washington University in St. Louis, first as an Assistant Professor and then as a tenured Associate Professor.  Dr. Bhattacharya returned in 2017 to his birthplace of Tucson to join the Department of Immunobiology, where his lab continues to study both stem cells and antibody responses to infections and vaccines.

Degrees

• Ph.D. Molecular and Cell Biology
• University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
• Regulation of immunoglobulin isotype switching and apoptosis by NF-kB
• B.S. Biochemistry
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
• Catalytic reduction of cyclohexanecarbonyl chloride by electropolymerized nickel(I) salen

Awards

• University Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor
• University of California, Berkeley, Spring 1999
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Phi Beta Kappa, Spring 1996
• Indiana University Undergraduate Research Scholarship
• Indiana University, Summer 1995
• Indiana University Honors Division Scholarship
• Indiana University, Fall 1992
• AZBIO Bioscience Researcher of the Year Nomination
• Arizona Bioscience Industry, Fall 2023 (Award Nominee)
• Arizona Bioscience Industry, Fall 2021 (Award Nominee)
• AZTC GCOI Award Finalist
• Arizona Tech Council, Fall 2023 (Award Finalist)
• Basic and Translational Investigator Award
• College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Fall 2022
• Allen Institute Distinguished Scholar Nomination
• Allen Institute, Fall 2020 (Award Nominee)
• American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award
• American Cancer Society, Fall 2013
• New York Stem Cell Foundation-Robertson Investigator Award
• The New York Stem Cell Foundation, Fall 2012
• National Institutes of Health K01 Career Development Award
• National Institutes of Health, Fall 2007
• National Institutes of Health T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship
• National Institutes of Health, Spring 2007
• National Institutes of Health, Spring 2003
• Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Cancer Research Institute, Spring 2004