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Parimal Bhattcherjee, Ph.D."Researchers are driven to learn more about life. They have an unrelenting hunger for knowledge. And science is one tool which really gives us insight into the complexities of how life works...As well as the proven expertise and international regard held by many of our faculty, there is also a love of science here. And that adds to the quality of the research." |
Many of the most prevalent and destructive eye diseases are the result of inflammation, or swelling of tissue due to infection or irritation. Developing proper treatments to reduce or eliminate the symptoms of inflammation, as well as attack the causes themselves, is a primary goal of immunologists working in the field of ophthalmology. For more than thirty years, Dr. Parimal Bhattacherjee has targeted the mechanisms of ocular inflammation and worked to understand the pharmacology of inflammatory mediators and a class of receptors known as prostanoids.
In his studies, Dr. Bhattacherjee uses a variety of procedures and techniques, including radio ligand binding, second messenger measurements by spectrofluoroscopy and imaging methods, immunocytochemistry, radioimmunoassay, pneumatonometry and cell cultures. He collaborates with scientists within and outside the university. He also serves as an instructor for the Residents Program, as well as the Graduate Program.
Current Position
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences On Staff since 1987
Research Specialties
Uveitis, Prostanoid Receptor
Contact Information
p0bhat01@louisville.edu
University of Louisville
Dept. Of Ophthalmology & Visual Science
301 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 852-7437
FAX - (502) 852-3723
Current Grants
National Eye Institute/National Institute of Health 7/2002 - 6/2003 Co- Investigator, Grant 5R01 EY06918-14 A2 $200,00.00 period direct costs "Ocular Inflammation: Chemical and Physiological Aspects"
Alcon Research Laboratories 5/2002 - 12/2003 "Ocular hypertension induced by Corticosteroids in cats" $310,000
Select Publications
Mukhopadhyay, P., Geoghehan, T., Patil, R., Bhattacherjee, P. and Paterson, C.A.: Detection of EP2, EP4 and FP receptors in human ciliary epithelial and ciliary muscle cells. Biochemical Pharmacology. 53:1249-1255, 1997.
Education
Chittagong Government College, Bangladesh, B.Sc. 1957 Dhaka University, Bangladesh, M.Sc. 1959 London University, London, United Kingdom, Ph.D. 1972
Professional Societies and Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science, British Pharmacological Society, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Association for Eye Research (Europe), International Society for Eye Research, and the Inflammation Research Association, USA.