Dr. Srikumar Sengupta
Position title: Assistant Scientist
Email: ssengupta@morgridge.org
Phone: (608) 316-4351
I am working on maturation of hepatocytes differentiated from human embryonic stem cells for use in drug development, cytotoxicity testing, modeling liver diseases and studying virus infection.
Research Description
Regenerative Biology
Areas of Expertise
- Liver
- Drug metabolism
- MicroRNAs
- Hepatotropic viruses
Education
Ph.D., Calcutta University, India
Selected Publications
Sengupta S, Johnson BP, Swanson SA, Stewart R, Bradfield CA, Thomson JA. Aggregate culture of human embryonic stem cell-derived hepatocytes in suspension are an improved in vitro model for drug metabolism and toxicity testing. Toxicol Sci. 2014 Jul 1;140(1):236-45.