Nanobiotechnology

Tridib Kumar Bhowmick, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, completed his Ph. D from Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, in 2009. Currently, Dr. Bhowmick is involved to explore north east region of India representing biodiversity hotspot with endemic flora and fauna, to identify promising microalgae strains as resource for alternative renewable energy production. During his PhD, he had worked on Indian traditional medicine. He was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD from 2008 to 2013. His research on nanomaterials and targeted delivery of therapeutic molecules had made a number of publications in reputed international journals. He has published two edited books, ten book chapters, more than fourty research articles and presented his works in national and international conferences.Dr. Kalyan Gayen is working as an academician in the Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Agartala, India. Previously, he worked as an assistant professor for two years in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar, India and also worked as post doctoral fellow at University of California Santabarbara, USA for two years. He has completed his PhD in the field of Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, India and master degree from IIT Kharagpur, India. His current research is primarily focused on the microalgae based biofuels and bioproducts, value added chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass, fermentation technology and systems biology. Dr. Kalyan Gayen guided three PhD students, published more than 50 international journal articles, thirteen book chapters, and two edited books.Dr. Sunil K. Maity is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India. Before this, he served about two and half years as an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His current research interests are (i) biorefinery for biofuels and chemicals, (ii) heterogeneous catalysis and chemical reaction engineering, and (iii) techno-economic analysis using Aspen Plus and pinch technology. He is currently working on hydrodeoxygenation of vegetable oils, steam and oxidative steam reforming, production of gasoline, butylene, and aromatics from bio-butanol, hydroxyalkylation-alkylation reaction, and catalytic conversion of butanediols to value-added chemicals. He has executed several externally funded and consultancy projects. He published two edited books, nine book chapters, forty journal articles, and several national and international conferences.

• Chapter 1: Importance of Nanomaterials for Biological Applications Bhabatush Biswas, Kalyan Gayen, Sunil K. Maity, Tarun Kanti Bandyopadhyay, and Tridib Kumar BhowmickChapter 2: Micro and Nanostructures in Regenerative MedicineTejas Suryawanshi, Rohit Joshi, Shobha Shukla, and Abhijit MajumderChapter 3: Nanocellulose for Biotechnology and Medicinal Applications Prangan Duarah, Pranjal P. Das, and Mihir K. PurkaitChapter 4: Synthesis of Novel Nanostructured Materials: Core-Shell and Hollow MetalSuresh Mamidia and Mohammed Jamir AhemadChapter 5: Carbon Nanomaterials: Novel Structures for Biological Applications Anshul Rasyotra, Anupma Thakur, Bhagyashri Gaykwad, Vruddhi Jani, and Kabeer JasujaChapter 6: Inorganic Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Functionalization for Medical and Biotechnological ApplicationsTushar Das, Shubham Raj, Subhadip Roy, and Subrata DasChapter 7: Recent Advances in Multifunctional Biomacromolecules for Cancer Theranostics Saroj Saroj, Tatini Rakshit, and Suchetan PalChapter 8: Applications of Nanotechnology for Preventing Global Infectious Diseases Rajdeep Saha, Kaberi Chatterjee, Biswatrish Sarkar, and Papiya Mitra MazumderChapter 9: Nanomedicine for Cancer Therapy: Current Status and ChallengesP. S. Rajalakshmi, Kalyani Eswar, Paloma Patra, and Aravind Kumar RenganChapter 10: Developing Nanoparticles for Brain Delivery by Receptor-Mediated Targeting and Transport across the Blood-Brain Barrier Iason PapademetriouChapter 11: Nanotechnology-Based Advances in Stem Cell Research: Exploring Interactions and Applications Shreya Pande, Nimeet Desai, Poonam Dogra, and Jyotsnendu GiriChapter 12: Conjugated Nanoparticles for Biotechnology and Bio-Analysis Aparajita Ghosh, Ambati Himaja, Swati Biswas, Onkar Kulkarni, and Balaram GhoshChapter 13: Quantum Dots for Bioimaging and Sensing Application Manisha Patel, Vineet Kumar Jain, Harvinder Popli, Parth Patel, and Keerti JainChapter 14: Unraveling Neurological Enigmas with SmFRET: Exploring the Intricacies of Neuroscience with Single-Molecule Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (SmFRET)Farhana Islam and Padmaja P. Mishra