Dr. Siddhartha Das, a biochemist by training is a faculty member in biological sciences since 1993. The major teachng areas include microbiology, biology, molecular parasitology and membrane biology. His research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of the differentiation of parasitic and cancer cells. Research in Dr. Das's laboratory is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

• Editorial Board Members (12/20/2021)
• Editorial Board Members20 - Editors/Editorial Board Members and Reviewers (12/30/2020)
• Manuscript Reviewers-2020 - Various International Journals (12/30/2020)
• External Committee Member-Ph.D. Dissertation by Carmen Martinez at the UNM - Department of Pathology-University of New Mexico School of Medicine (06/10/2020)
• External Committee Member of a Ph.D. Proposal-UNM - University of New Mexico (12/03/2019)
• Editors and Reviewers - Internaltional (12/01/2019)
• Grants Review Panel - NIH and NCERT (12/01/2019)
• NIH Study Section, Antimicrobial chemotherapies - NIH (11/07/2019)
• Invited Speaker, CBEP Symposium, Clemson University - Clemson University (10/16/2019)
• Managing Editor - Pathogens (07/01/2019-07/31/2019)
• External Examiner of a Ph.D. Thesis - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (10/26/2018)
• Manuscript reviewers-2017: Reviewed 8 manuscripts in 2017 (12/19/2017)
• Editorial Board Member: Frontier in Microbiology - Journal (11/14/2017)
• Invited Speaker - EMBO Conference on Anaerobic Protist, New Castle August 31st-September 3, 2017 (08/31/2017)
• Invited Speaker - Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program and the Department of Biology Trent University (05/09/2017)
• Grant Reviewer 2016-2017 - NSERC (Canada) (12/29/2016)
• Journal Reviewer 2016 (12/29/2016)
• Invited Speaker (11/16/2016)
• Symposium Chair, Infectious Diseases - Second Annual BBRC Symposium 2015 (09/29/2015)
• Editorial Board Member - ISRN (12/13/2014)
• Editorial Board Member, Gastroenterology and Hepatology. - Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Canada (12/13/2014)
• Editorial Board Member, Trends in Vector Research and Parasitology - Herbert Open Access Journals, UK/India (12/13/2014)
• Journal Reviewer 2014 - Peer Reviewerd Journals (12/13/2014)
• Invited reviewer: Board of Regents Support Fund for Research and Development - Louisiana Board of Regents (11/15/2014)
• Editorial Board member of the Journal of Microbiology and Infections. VIPOA - Vernon Publisher, Scottland (11/06/2014)
• Invited Symposium Speaker - Texas Tech Health Science Center, El Paso (11/03/2014)
• NIH Study Section 2014 - Microbiology including AIDS Study Section (11/03/2014)
• Member, NIH Study Section - Pathogenic Eukaryote Study Section October 16-17, 2014 (10/16/2014)
• Keynote Speaker, DHS Bridge and RISE Program, El Paso Community College, El Paso,TX - EPCC (08/18/2014)
• Invited Seminar Speaker at UNM - Department of Pathology, UNM (07/07/2014)
• Invited Seminar Speaker - International Conference on Giardia and Cryptosporidium (05/27/2014)
• College of Science Faculty Marshal - COS (05/10/2014)
• Journal Reviewer (03/23/2014)
• Reviewer: NIH (PTHE) Study Section October 2013 (07/20/2013)
• Editorial Board Member: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology - Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology (06/13/2013)
• Reviewer of two RTRN pilot grants - RTRN, RCMI (05/17/2013)
• External Advisor of RIMI Program at UT Brownsville - UT Brownsville (01/27/2013)
• Journal Reviewer-2013 January (01/27/2013)
• Reviewers of Manuscripts November-December 2012 (11/15/2012)
• Invited speaker (10/12/2012)
• Member, Editorial Board, ISRN Parasitology (08/11/2012)
• Journal reviewers 2012 (06/08/2012)
• ORSP Excellence Award for obtianing NIH R01 grant in 2011 (05/21/2012)
• Journal reviewers (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Grant reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSCRC), December 2011 (12/10/2011)
• Member of the NIH Study Section for 2012 meeing (12/01/2011)
• International Examiner (10/01/2011-10/31/2011)
• World Journal of Biological Sciences - baishideng Publishing (04/01/2010-04/30/2010)
• Outstanding Research Award - College of Science, UTEP (05/01/2008-05/31/2008)

• Researched on Giardia parasite, University of California at San Diego (UCSD) (1993)
• Researched on Leishmania parasite, University of Pittsburgh (1987)
• Ph D in Biochemistry, University of Calcutta (1982)
• MS in Biochemistry, University of Calcutta (1977)
• BS in Chemistry (Hons), University of Calcutta (1975)

• Ultrastructural characterization of the putative defensive glands (warts) in the sessile, colonial rotifer Sinantherina socialis (Gnesiotrocha; Flosculariidae) Zoologischer Anzeiger (2023), Robert L. Wallace, Katrina Dash, Thiago Araujo, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Siddhartha Das, Rick Hochberg.
• Novel Unsymmetric 3,5-Bis(benzylidene)-4-piperidones That Display Tumor-Selective Toxicity. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 27 19 (2022), A Chhikara, P K. Roayapalley, H Sakagami, S Amano, K Satoh, Y Uesawa, U Das, Siddhartha Das, E A. Borrego, C D. Guerena, C R. Hernandez, Renato Aguilera, J R. Dimmock.
• Giardial lipid rafts share virulence factors with secreted vesicles and participate in parasitic infection in mice Front Cell Infect Microbiol 12 (2022), Grajeda I. Brian, Atasi De Chatterjee, Carmen M. Villalobos, Breanna C. Pence, Cameron C. Ellis, Venessa Enriquez, Sourav Roy, Sukla Roychowdhury, Arron K. Newmann, , Igor C. Almeida, Steven E. Patterson, Siddhartha Das.
• Giardial lipid rafts share virulence factors with secreted vesicles and participate in parasitic infection in mice. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 12 (2022), B I. Grajeda, A De Chatterjee, C M. Villalobos, B C. Pence, Carla Ellis, V Enriquez, Sourav Roy, Sukla Roychowdhury, A K. Neumann, Igor C. Almeida, Samantha Patterson, Siddhartha Das.
• Design, Syntheses, and Bioevaluations of Some Novel <i>N</i>²-Acryloylbenzohydrazides as Chemostimulants and Cytotoxic Agents. Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) 8 6 (2021), K Lakhani, E A. Borrego, K G. Cano, J R. Dimmock, Renato Aguilera, Siddhartha Das, P K. Roayapalley, R K. Sharma, U Das.
• The beta-gamma subunit of heterotrimeric G proteins interacts with actin filaments during neuronal differentiation Biochem Biophys Res Commun 549 (2021), Jorge A. Fonseca-Sierra , Manuel Miranda-Arango, Siddhartha Das, Sukla Roychowdhury.
• Triazoxins: A novel class of nucleoside with anti-Giardia activity Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 30 2020 (2020), Praveen K. Pagola, Atasi De Chatterjee, Miguel Chi, Siddhartha Das, Steven Patterson.
• A Targeted Mass Spectrometric Analysis Reveals the Presence of a Reduced but Dynamic Sphingolipid Metabolic Pathway in an Ancient Protozoan, Giardia lamblia FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY 9 (2019), Trevor Duarte, Cameron C. Ellis, Grajeda, Brian, I, De Chatterjee, Atasi, Igor C. Almeida, Siddhartha Das.
• A Targeted Mass Spectrometric Analysis Reveals the Presence of a Reduced but Dynamic Sphingolipid Metabolic Pathway in an Ancient Protozoan, Giardia lamblia FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY 9 (2019), Trevor Duarte, Cameron C. Ellis, Grajeda, Brian, I, De Chatterjee, Atasi, Igor C. Almeida, Siddhartha Das.
• Arachidonic Acid Induces the Migration of MDA-MB-231 Cells by Activating Raft-associated Leukotriene B4 Receptors. Clin. Cancer Drug 5, 28-41 Clinical Cancer Drugs 5 1 (2018), Atasi De Chatterjee, Debarshi Roy, Priscilla Guevara , Rituraj Pal, Mahesh Narayan , Sukla Roychowdhury, Siddhartha Das.
• Activation of β- and α2-adrenergic receptors stimulate tubulin polymerization and promote the association of Gβγ with microtubules in cultured NIH3T3 cells Biochemical Biophysical Research Communication 503 (2018), Jorge A. Sierra-Fonseca, Christina Bracamontes, Jessica Saldecke, Siddhartha Das, Sukla Roychowdhury.

• Drug Repurposing Against Giardia lamblia Targeting Lipid pathways (2022), Volume Woods hole, MA, Breanna C. Pence, Julio H. Rangel, Harrison VanKoten, James Klinkenberg, Suman Sirimulla, Steven E. Patterson, Siddhartha Das.
• Repurposing and Designing Anti-Giardial Drugs Targeting Lipids and Membranes. ASBMB Annual Meeting Poster Presentation, Philadelphia, PA. (2022), Volume Philadelphia , Breanna C. Pence, Harrison VanKoten, James Klinkenberg, Brian I. Grajeda , Cameron E. Ellis , Steven E. Patterson, Siddhartha Das.
• High resolution mass spectrometric analysis reveals that Giardia cysts are metabolically active and generates membrane lipids with long chain fatty acyl moieties (2021), Volume Virtual , Cameron C. Ellis, Brian I. Grajeda, Breanna C. Pence, Igor C. Almeida, Siddhartha Das.
• The galactosyltransferase domain of glucosylceramide synthase regulates the cyst production and morphology of Giardia by modulating its cellular lipid homeostasis (2020), Volume Virtual, Vanessa Enriquez, Cameron Ellis, Igor C. Almeida, Siddhartha Das.
• A crosstalk between glucosylceramide synthase and long-chain fatty acid elongase is critical for regulating cyst production in an intestinal protozoan, Giardia lamblia (2020), Volume Virtual, Vanessa Enriquez, Cameron Ellis, Siddhartha Das.
• Molecular characterization of glucosylceramide transferase in Giardia lamblia (2019), Volume Washington,D.C. , Vanessa Enriquez, Brian I. Grajeda, Cameron Ellis, Igor C. Almeida, Siddhartha Das.
• Sphingolipids, Lipid Rafts and Anti-Giardial Therapies (2019), Volume Clemson, South Carolina, Siddhartha Das.
• Giardia lamblia: Increased expression of long-chain fatty acid elongase alters global lipid profile in cyst. (2019), Volume Wodds Hole, MA, Cameron E. Ellis, Vanessa Enriquez, Brian I. Grajeda, Breanna Pence, Almeida C. Igor, Siddhartha Das, .
• Proteomic Analysis of Giardial Lipid Rafts and Exosomal Vesicles Yields Insights into Parasitic Virulence and Infectivity (2018), Volume Indianapolis, IN, Brreanna Pence, Atasi De Chatterjee, Brian I. Grajeda, Cameron Ellis, Siddhartha Das.
• Promoter-specific expression of glucosylceramide synthase in Giardia alters its differentiation and protein profile (2018), Volume UTEP, Vanessa Enriquez , Brian I. Grajeda, Cameron Ellis, Laura Diaz-Martinez, Siddhartha Das.
• Testing glucosylceramide transferase as a potential target for developing anti-giardial therapy. (2018), Volume Boston, MA, Jasmine Moss, Vanessa Enriquez, Breanna Pence, Siddhartha Das.
• Increased expression of glucosylceramide transferase in Giardia interferes with cyst production and parasite infectivity. (2018), Volume Woods hole, MA, Vanessa Enriquez, Brian I. Grajeda, Cameron E. Ellis, Atasi De Chatterjee, Laura Diaz-Martinez, Siddhartha Das.
• Testing glucosylceramide transferase as a potential target for developing anti-giardial therapy. (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Jasmine Moss, Vanessa Enriquez, Breanna Pence, Siddhartha Das.
• Changes of expression of membrane bound variant-surface proteins (VSPs) during encystation and cyst production by Giardia (2018), Volume UTEP, Breanna Pence, Vanessa Enriquez, Siddhartha Das.

• Elucidation of Structure and Function of Lipid Rafts in Giardia by Super Resolution Imaging
• Discovery of a novel target for treatment of giardiasis
• Discovery of a novel target for giardiasis