Jhasketan Badhai

About

I am a infectious disease researcher currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. My research focuses on malaria vaccine development, with a particular emphasis on understanding host immune responses to parasite antigens during critical stages of infection. I utilize advanced molecular and immunological tools, including CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, next-generation sequencing (NGS), confocal microscopy, immunochemistry, and mouse models, to investigate host-pathogen interactions and accelerate vaccine development.

Employment

• University of South Florida Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  2023 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Indore Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)- National Post-Doctoral Fellow
  2020 - 2023
• Institute of Life Sciences Senior Research Fellow (DBT project)
  2017 - 2018
• CSIR Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology Junior Research Fellow (DBT project)
  2010 - 2011

Education

• Utkal University Ph.D Biotechnology
  2011 - 2019

Projects & Funding

• To investigate the role of calcium ion channels in the regulation of zebrafish immunity during Mycobacterium marinum pathogenesis. Science and Engineering Research Board
  2020 - 2023
• To study the virulence properties of Bordetella species strain HT200 isolated from a warm spring microbiome DBT India
  2011 - 2016

Publications (32)

• Obesity as a Whole-Body Regulatory Disorder: A Systems Biology Framework for Metaflammation, Accelerated Aging, and Colorectal Cancer Risk
  Onco 2026 DOI: 10.3390/onco6030031
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• Identification of Novel Malaria Antigens Expressed on the Surface of RBCs Infected with Plasmodium falciparum
  Vaccines 2026 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines14050418
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• From Dysbiosis to Diagnosis: The Role of Gut Microbiota in Breast Cancer Etiology and Management
  Priyanka Mishra, Sidharth Prasad Mishra, Aryamav Pattnaik

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  • Swoyam Singh
  • Ahmad Rushdi Shakri
  • Jhasketan Badhai
  • Soumyajit Ganguly
  • Ashirbad Guria
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  Applied Microbiology 2025 DOI: 10.3390/applmicrobiol5040134
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• Elucidating the impact of laser shock peening on the biocompatibility and corrosion behaviour of wire arc additive manufactured SS316L bone staples
  Geethapriyan Thangamani, Santosh Kumar Tamang, Jhasketan Badhai +6 more
  Applied Physics A Materials Science and Processing 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s00339-025-08261-z
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• Post-processing of wire-arc additive manufactured stainless steel 316 l bone staples using laser shock peening: a mechanical and antibacterial study
  Progress in Additive Manufacturing 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s40964-024-00922-4
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• Post-processing of wire-arc additive manufactured stainless steel 316 l bone staples using laser shock peening: a mechanical and antibacterial study
  Progress in Additive Manufacturing 2024
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• Immunization with PfGBP130 generates antibodies that inhibit RBC invasion by P. falciparum parasites
  Frontiers in Immunology 2024 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1350560
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• Genomic evidence and virulence properties decipher the extra-host origin of Bordetella bronchiseptica
  Journal of Applied Microbiology 2023
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• BIOCOMPATIBILITY AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR STUDIES ON WIRE-ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED STAINLESS STEEL 316L AND SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY (NITI) MATERIALS FOR BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS
  Proceedings of ASME 2023 18th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference Msec 2023 2023 DOI: 10.1115/msec2023-100737
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• Biocompatibility and mechanical behaviour studies on wire-arc additive manufactured stainless steel 316l and shape memory alloy (NiTi) materials for biomedical implants
  Proceedings of the ASME and 2023 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC2023) 2023
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• Genomic evidence and virulence properties decipher the extra-host origin of Bordetella bronchiseptica
  Journal of Applied Microbiology 2023 DOI: 10.1093/jambio/lxad200
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• Genomic plasticity and antibody response of Bordetella bronchiseptica strain HT200, a natural variant from a thermal spring.
  Jhasketan Badhai, Subrata K. Das
  FEMS microbiology letters 2021 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnab035
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• Partial consolidated bioprocessing of pretreated Pennisetum sp. by anaerobic thermophiles for enhanced bioethanol production.
  Sonali Mohapatra, Swarnamanjuri Jena, Pradip Kumar Jena

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  • Jhasketan Badhai
  • Achyuta Nanda Acharya
  • Hrudayanath Thatoi
  Chemosphere 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127126
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• Draft Genome Sequences of Vibrio alginolyticus Strain S6-61 and Vibrio diabolicus Strain S7-71, Isolated from Corals in the Andaman Sea.
  Microbiology resource announcements 2020 DOI: 10.1128/mra.01465-19
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• Draft Genome Sequences of Two Vibrio fortis Strains Isolated from Coral (Fungia sp.) from the Andaman Sea.
  Microbiology resource announcements 2020 DOI: 10.1128/mra.01225-19
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• Whole-cell livestock vaccine for respiratory diseases
  European Patent Office 2020
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• Application of Genomics to Understand the Pathogenic Microbial Diversity
  Microbial Diversity in Ecosystem Sustainability and Biotechnological Applications: Volume 1. Microbial Diversity in Normal & Extreme Environments 2019 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8315-1_3
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• Draft Genome Sequence of Marinomonas fungiae Strain AN44T (JCM 18476T), Isolated from the Coral Fungia echinata from the Andaman Sea.
  Genome announcements 2018 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00112-18
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• Genetic characterization of the virulence properties and pathogenicity of Bordetella bronchiseptica strain HT200 isolated from a thermal spring.
  7th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologist (FEMS-2017) 2017
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• Genome scale reconstruction of aromatic hydrocarbon degradation pathways in Marinomonas fungiae strain AN44T and their comparative analysis
  7th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologist (FEMS-2017) 2017
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