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Profiles
Dr Amiya Patra
Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
Research
Qualifications
Ph.D. in Immunology
Professional membership
International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR)
Roles on external bodies
Review Editor (Frontiers in Immunology)
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
- Academic Teaching (Plenaries as well as small group sessions)
- Academic Tutor (Yr. 1 & 2 BMBS students)
- Facilitator: Student Selected Component (SSC 1) Yr. 1 BMBS students
- Facilitator: Student Selected Component (SSC 2), Doctors as Educators (DAE) module, Yr. 2 BMBS students
- Facilitator: Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) Yr. 1 BMBS students
- Plenary sessions on Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Yr. 1 BMBS students
- Evaluation, assessment and feedback to students
- Academic Teaching: Immunology to BSc Diagnostic Radiography Programme
- Programme Lead: MSc Clinical Sciences (2021- ) (mostly international students)
- Module Lead (CST710): MSc Clinical Sciences programme (mostly international students)
- Academic Supervisor (CST711 Project Development Module)
- Dissertation Supervisor (Final Year undergraduate students from SoBS)
- Expert Commentator for PhD research project (PMS)
- Evaluation, assessment and feedback to students
- Academic Teaching (Plenary sessions): Anatomy and Physiology to BSc Paramedic students (School of Health Profession)
- Practical Sessions: Anatomy and Physiology to BSc Paramedic students (School of Health Profession)
- Setting up questions for Anatomy and Physiology examination: BSc Paramedic students (School of Health Profession)
- Student Recruitment Interview for BMBS and BDS programmes
- Exam Invigilation/Remote Proctoring (online exams for students at various levels in the Medical and Dental schools)
Research
Research
Research interests
Research Interests
- Molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of lymphocyte and erythrocyte development.
- Transcriptional regulation of Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) maintenance and pathogenesis of lymphoid and myeloid leukemia.
- Signalling in the hematopoietic system (cytokines and growth factors).
- Foxp3+ Treg cells in bone homeostasis and osteoporosis.
- Cellular and molecular basis of Anemia, Immunodeficiency, autoimmunity and tumorigenesis.
- NFAT signalling in immunoaging (thymic stroma development and T cell function).
- Developing cellular therapy against hematological and non-hematological tumors with specific emphasis on Lymphokine Activated Killer (LAK) cells.
Other research
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Sabrina Giampaolo (PhD student)
Dissertation Projects (SoBS Final Year Undergraduate students)
Ellie Jones
Bartosz Samojluk
Research Technician
Debra Lennox (Research Technician)
Gabriela Wojcik (Research Technician)
Placement Students
William Smedley (Placement Student, University of Bath, UK)
Carlotta Barahona de Brito (Placement Student, University of Bath, UK)
Laura Latkova (Placement Student, University of Bath, UK)
Summer Research Students
Harry Dunlop (Summer Research Student, Imperial College London, UK)
Vinay Bakshi (Summer Research Trainee, University of Plymouth, UK)
Grants & contracts
- Vandervell Fellowship (2015–2020).
- Jose Carreras Leukemia Foundation, Germany (DJCLS), 2015.
- PostDocPlus Funding, 2014, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
- European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Short-Term Fellowship, 2006.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Personal
Personal
Reports & invited lectures
- NFATc1-mediated transcriptional regulation of thymocyte development. 2016. School of Biological and Health Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK.
- Role of the transcription factor NFATc1 in thymocyte development. 2014. Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany.
- Interleukin-7-mediated NFAT activation is critical for early thymocyte development. 2013. National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi, India.
Other academic activities
Editorial Responsibility
Frontiers in Immunology (Review Editor)
Referee Activity for Journals and Grant Applications
Journals
Blood
Biomolecules
Biomedicines
Cells
Cell Death & Disease
Cellular Immunology
Clinical and Translational Medicine
European Journal of Immunology
Frontiers in Immunology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Metabolites
Molecules
Oncotarget
Scientific Reports
Theranostics
Grant Applications
Medical Research Council (MRC), UK (2018, 2019 & 2020)
Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic (2017)
French National Research Agency (ANR), France (2020)
Administrative and Management Roles
Programme Lead; MSc Clinical Sciences
Member FEDIC
Fire Marshal, ITSMED, University of Plymouth (2016-2020)
Schools Science Event (2016-2020)
Examiner in PhD Transfer Committee