Asit Panja

Asit Panja is a Clinical Professor at Binghamton University’s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, joining in 2023. He holds adjunct roles at Hostos Community College and NYC College of Technology (CUNY), and is an adjunct associate professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. With an MD from the Medical Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, Panja specializes in mucosal immunology, chronic inflammatory diseases, and gastrointestinal (GI) stem cell research. His work established novel mechanisms of antigen handling in the GI tract and pioneered technologies using human GI stem cells. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and holds patents in biomedical research.

Education:

• MD from Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Research Interests:
His research focuses on translational biomedical collaboration, mucosal immunity, GI stem cell biology, colorectal cancer, and regenerative medicine. Key contributions include developing HIPEC cell lines for drug discovery and identifying biomarkers for GI diseases. Recent work explores electromagnetic field therapies and tissue engineering applications.

Advising & Grants:
Panja’s teams have secured patents for stem cell-derived technologies and preclinical drug models. Despite no explicit grants listed, his industry roles (e.g., Chief Scientific Officer at AlfaGene Bioscience) suggest active translational research funding.

Labs & Teams:
He leads projects at Binghamton University and collaborates with institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine, focusing on GI stem cells and regenerative therapies.