Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD

Professor, Immunobiology
Professor, Surgery
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Genetics-GIDP

Deepta Bhattacharya received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, studying the role of the NF-kB transcription factor in survival and B cell class switching. For his postdoctoral fellowship, he trained at Stanford University, studying the cell biology of hematopoietic stem cells and their differentiated progeny. In 2008, he began his own lab at Washington University in St. Louis, first as an Assistant Professor and then as a tenured Associate Professor.  Dr. Bhattacharya returned in 2017 to his birthplace of Tucson to join the Department of Immunobiology, where his lab continues to study both stem cells and antibody responses to infections and vaccines.

Degrees
  • BS: Indiana University
  • PhD: University of California, Berkeley
Fellowship
  • Post-doctoral Fellow: Stanford University

Recent Publications

2021

Ripperger, T. J., and D. Bhattacharya, "Transcriptional and Metabolic Control of Memory B Cells and Plasma Cells.", Annu Rev Immunol, vol. 39, pp. 345-368, 2021 04 26. PMID: 33556247
Shroff, R. T., P. Chalasani, R. Wei, D. Pennington, G. Quirk, M. V. Schoenle, K. L. Peyton, J. L. Uhrlaub, T. J. Ripperger, M. Jergović, et al., "Immune responses to two and three doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in adults with solid tumors.", Nat Med, vol. 27, issue 11, pp. 2002-2011, 2021 11. PMID: 34594036
Schenten, D., and D. Bhattacharya, "Immunology of SARS-CoV-2 infections and vaccines.", Adv Immunol, vol. 151, pp. 49-97, 2021. PMCID: PMC8429035  PMID: 34656288
Zbesko, J.C., J.B. Frye, D.A. Becktel, D.K. Gerardo, J. Stokes, K. Calderon, T.V. Nguyen, D. Bhattacharya, and K.P. Doyle, "IgA natural antibodies are produced following T-cell independent B-cell activation following stroke", Brain Behavior and Immunity, vol. 91, 2021.

2020

Wong, R., J. A. Belk, J. Govero, J. L. Uhrlaub, D. Reinartz, H. Zhao, J. M. Errico, L. D'Souza, T. J. Ripperger, J. Nikolich-Zugich, et al., "Affinity-Restricted Memory B Cells Dominate Recall Responses to Heterologous Flaviviruses.", Immunity, 2020 Oct 02. PMID: 33010224
Nikolich-Zugich, J., K. S. Knox, C. Tafich Rios, B. Natt, D. Bhattacharya, and M. J. Fain, "SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in older adults: what we may expect regarding pathogenesis, immune responses, and outcomes.", Geroscience, vol. 42, issue 2, pp. 505-514, 2020 04. PMCID: PMC7145538  PMID: 32274617
Jamwal, D. R., D. Laubitz, C. A. Harrison, V. Figliuolo da Paz, C. M. Cox, R. Wong, M. Midura-Kiela, M. A. Gurney, D. G. Besselsen, P. Setty, et al., "Intestinal Epithelial Expression of MHCII Determines Severity of Chemical, T-Cell-Induced, and Infectious Colitis in Mice.", Gastroenterology, 2020 Jun 23. PMID: 32589883
Zbesko, J. C., J. Beischel Frye, D. A. Becktel, D. K. Gerardo, J. Stokes, K. Calderon, T-V. V. Nguyen, D. Bhattacharya, and K. P. Doyle, "IgA natural antibodies are produced following T-cell independent B-cell activation following stroke.", Brain Behav Immun, 2020 Sep 18. PMID: 32956832
Baumgarth, N., J. Nikolich-Zugich, E-H. F Lee, and D. Bhattacharya, "Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2: Let's Stick to Known Knowns.", J Immunol, 2020 Sep 04. PMID: 32887754
Wong, R., and D. Bhattacharya, "ZBTB38 is dispensable for antibody responses.", PLoS One, vol. 15, issue 9, pp. e0235183, 2020. PMID: 32956421