Dr. Bhabatosh Das is a molecular microbiologist trained in (i) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur (2003) (ii) Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) Kolkata (2008) (iii) Institute of Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) France (2011) and (iv) Osaka University (2017) Japan. At present he is the faculty in Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) Faridabad, India. He has research experience in (i) microbial genomics (ii) metagenomics and (iii) genome engineering. Dr. Das has recently developed robust metagenomic DNA extraction methods and studied microbiome of Indian population in health and diseases. His research has led to the development of a novel genetic tool for functional evaluation of any hypothetical genes including antibiotic resistance and anti-inflammatory genes.
Research interests The main focus of Dr. Das’s research is oriented to understand (i) The ecological principles of the microbial communities inhibiting in the human body and their role in health and diseases (ii) Vaginal microbiome of Indian women and its importance in birth outcomes and (iii) Role of human associated microbiota in the emergence and spread of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial pathogens.