Arka Bhattacharya
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Indo Soviet Friendship College of Pharmacy, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
0000-0002-0716-111X
About
Arka Bhattacharya is a doctoral research fellow at the BRIC–National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, working in the Healthy Gut Lab. His research centers on the development of probiotics and synbiotics to modulate gut microbiota as preventive and therapeutic strategies against metabolic disorders. His ongoing Ph.D. research investigates a novel synbiotic formulation for its efficacy in ameliorating metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
His work integrates advanced in vitro gut–liver co-culture models (Caco-2 and Caco-2–HepG2), in vivo murine models (C57BL/6J), and multi-omics approaches to elucidate host–microbiota interactions, immune modulation, and gut–liver metabolic crosstalk. In recognition of his academic and research excellence, Arka was awarded the CSIR Direct Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) in 2025.
Previously, Arka worked at the ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, where he led toxicological studies contributing to four undergraduate theses and co-authored multiple patents and peer-reviewed publications. He completed his Master’s degree at NIPER-Kolkata, where he gained extensive hands-on experience in mammalian cell culture, PCR and qPCR, flow cytometry, western blotting, and confocal microscopy.
He is also proficient in animal handling and dosing, histological techniques, and immunohistochemistry, and is skilled in computational approaches including molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and bioinformatics analysis. His research has contributed to several publications and patents focused on therapeutic development targeting inflammation and metabolic disorders.
Employment
-
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute Doctoral research scholar2023 - Present
-
Indo Soviet Friendship College of Pharmacy Assistant Professor2023 - Present
-
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Postgraduate Research Scholar2020 - 2022
Education
-
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute Doctor of Philosophy2023 - Present
-
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research MS(Pharm)2020 - 2022
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (20)
- Gut microbial biotransformation of triphala polyphenols into urolithins and their association with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities in Caco-2 cells Save
- Peptidomic profiling and molecular dynamics study of bioactive peptides from fermented camel milk: considering the fermentation time dependent proteolysis by Lactobacillus and Saccharomyces with antidiabetic, antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities Save
- Exploring the molecular interaction of bioactive peptides with antioxidative, antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory attributes from sheep milk fermented with lactobacillus and yeast Save
- Strain-specific response to pharmacological cold mimicking in aging mice Save
- Bio-functional and anti-inflammatory properties of Chubitchi: A traditional fermented rice beverage of Meghalaya, India Save
- Design and synthesis of novel 3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-diones as DPP-4 inhibitors: An in silico, in vitro and in vivo approach Save
- Designing of xanthine-based DPP-4 inhibitors: a structure-guided alignment dependent Multifacet 3D-QSAR modeling, and molecular dynamics simulation study Save
- Modulatory effects of synbiotic blend on selected human fecal bacteria and TNFα Save
- Synbiotic blend ameliorates high-fat high-sucrose diet-induced metabolic derangements in Wistar rats Save
- CRISPR–Cas13d in plant biology: an insight Save