Prof. Biman Saikia

Affiliation : Professor, Immunopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Title of the Talk/Lab :Flow Cytometry and Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders

Biman Saikia received his MBBS from Assam Medical College Dibrugarh in 1992 and MD in Pathology from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in 1997. Dr. Saikia was appointed as a faculty member at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in 2002, and is currently Professor of Immunopathology.  Dr.  Saikia’s main research interests include: Primary Immunodeficiency diseases, particularly Hyper-IgE Syndrome and immune mechanisms of transplant rejection. He was instrumental insetting up the Centre for Advanced Research in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases at PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has been the Chief guide of 6 PhD and 7 MD thesis. He has more than 80 publications and 9 book chapters to his credit. He is a Founder member and current President of the Indian Society for Primary Immune Deficiency (ISPID). He is also the Joint Secretary of Indian Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ISHI). Dr. Saikia is also an avid painter, singer and YouTuber.

Lecture: Flow Cytometry and Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders: 

Relevant Literature:

1. Shubham Goel, SmritySahu,  Ranjana W. Minz, Surjit Singh, Deepti Suri,  Young M. Oh, Amit Rawat,  Shobha Sehgal and Biman Saikia (Corresponding).STAT3-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation of Osteopontin in STAT3 Loss-of-Function Related Hyper IgE Syndrome. Front. Immunol., 17 May 2018 https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.01080
2. Saikia B, Suri D, Goel S, et al. Hyper-IgE Syndrome with a novel STAT3 mutation- A single center study from India. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2014;32:321-27.
3. Saikia B, Gupta S. Common Variable Immunodeficiency. Indian J Pediatr. 2016 Apr;83(4):338-44. doi: 10.1007/s12098-016-2038-x
4. Sharma S,Saikia B, Goel S, Rawat A, Minz RW, Suri D, Chhabra S, Singh S. TH17 Cells in STAT3 Related Hyper-IgE Syndrome. Indian J Pediatr. 2016 Oct;83(10):1104-8. doi: 10.1007/s12098-016-2150-y.
5. Biman Saikia, Shubham Goel, Deepti Suri, Ranjana W. Minz, Amit Rawat, Surjit Singh. Novel Mutation in SH2 domain of STAT3 (p.M660T) in Hyper-IgE Syndrome with sterno-clavicular and paravertebral abscesses. Indian J Pediatr. 2017 Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s12098-017-2336-y