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Dr Utpal Bose

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Mobile: 0431 398 923
Email: u.bose@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1156-6504

Utpal Bose is a research-focused Post Doctoral Fellow within the School of Science, Science & Mathematics Discipline.

Background

Utpal is a Bioanalytical Chemist using the proteogenomic approach to identify, quantify and functionally annotate proteins present in cereal, legume crops and insects, and processed food products to develop healthy and safe alternative protein-based products. He received his PhD in microbial metabolomics from the University of Queensland, Australia in 2014. Then he worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow in a collaborative project between the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the University of the Sunshine Coast from 2014 to 2016. In 2017, Utpal received CSIRO's Early Research Career (CERC) Post Doctoral Fellowship to work on cereal proteomics-based projects. Utpal joined ECU in 2021 as a Post Doctoral Fellow within Professor Michelle Colgrave’s Food and Agricultural Proteomics group team to work on an ARC-funded research project. He has also a joint appointment at CSIRO as an Experimental Scientist to deliver projects on insect and plant-based proteins.

Utpal uses a systems biology approach, which integrates transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics techniques to study complex biochemical pathways for plants and insects. Utpal has a keen interest in using mass spectrometry and multi-omics tools to maintain and develop new collaborations with external scientists to address ongoing and emerging biological challenges.

Professional Memberships

  • 2014 – 2017 Australasian Association for ChemoSensory Science (Member)
  • 2015 – Present Queensland Mass Spectrometry Society (Member)
  • 2017 – Present Australian Proteomics Society (Member)
  • 2017- 2020 Human Proteome Organization (Member)
  • 2019 – Present Australasian Grains Science Association (Member)

Awards and Recognition

  • 2022 – School of Science Early and Mid Career Research Grant Scheme, Edith Cowan University
  • 2021 – Queensland Mass Spectrometry Society Travel Grant
  • 2021 – CSIRO non-cash award
  • 2020 – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (Nominated by Australian Academy of Science)
  • 2017 – Facilitator’s Award in ON Prime2 (research commercialisation)
  • 2017 – CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2013 – The University of Queensland Conference Travel Grant
  • 2013 – International Society of Chemical Ecology Conference Travel Award
  • 2011 – The University of Queensland International PhD Scholarship

Research Areas and Interests

  • Proteogenomic studies on cereal quality improvement
  • Understanding the mechanism of germination defects that threaten global wheat production
  • What causes non-responsive coeliac disease
  • How do insects survive on plastics
  • Protocol optimisation and method development for targeted and untargeted proteomics experiments

Qualifications

  • Graduate Certificate of Education, University of Southern Queensland, 2019.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland, 2014.
  • Graduate Diploma Chemical Analysis & Laboratory Management, The University of New South Wales, 2010.
  • Master of Science Biopharmaceuticals, The University of New South Wales, 2009.
  • Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours), Bangladesh, 2007.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Khedr, T., Gao, L., Kamphuis, LG., Bose, U., Juhasz, A., Colgrave, M. (2024). Evaluation of alkaloid levels in commercial and wild genotypes of narrow-leafed lupin. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 135(2024), article number 106600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106600.
  • Lavoignat, M., Juhasz, A., Bose, U., Sayd, T., Chambon, C., Ribeiro, M., Igrejas, G., Déjean, S., Ravel, C., Bancel, E. (2024). Peptidomics analysis of in vitro digested wheat breads: Effect of genotype and environment on protein digestibility and release of celiac disease and wheat allergy related epitopes. Food Chemistry, 448(2024), article number 139148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139148.
  • Ahmed, T., Juhasz, A., Bose, U., Shiferaw Terefe, N., Colgrave, M. (2024). Research trends in production, separation, and identification of bioactive peptides from fungi – A critical review. Journal of Functional Foods, 119(2024), article number 106343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2024.106343.
  • Bahmani, M., Juhasz, A., Bose, U., Nye-Wood, M., Blundell, M., Howitt, CA., Colgrave, M. (2024). From grain to malt: Tracking changes of ultra-low-gluten barley storage proteins after malting. Food Chemistry, 432(2024), article number 137189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137189.
  • Ni, D., Nelis, JL., Dawson, AL., Bourne, N., Juliano, P., Colgrave, M., Juhasz, A., Bose, U. (2024). Application of near-infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics for the rapid detection of insect protein adulteration from a simulated matrix. Food Control, 159(2024), article number 110268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2023.110268.
  • Karnaneedi, S., Johnston, EB., Bose, U., Juhasz, A., Broadbent, JA., Ruethers, T., Jerry, EM., Kamath, SD., Limviphuvadh, V., Stockwell, S., Byrne, K., Clarke, D., Colgrave, M., Maurer-Stroh, S., Lopata, AL. (2024). The Allergen Profile of Two Edible Insect Species—Acheta domesticus and Hermetia illucens. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 68(16), article number 2300811. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202300811.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Nelis, J., Dawson, A., Bose, U., Anderson, A., Colgrave, M., Broadbent, J. (2023). Safe food through better labelling; a robust method for the rapid determination of caprine and bovine milk allergens. Food Chemistry, 417(TBD), article number 135885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.135885.
  • Bose, U., Juhasz, A., Stockwell, S., Escobar-Correas, S., Marcora, A., Paull, C., Broadbent, JA., Wijffels, G. (2023). Unpacking The Proteome And Metaproteome Of The Black Solider Fly Larvae: Efficacy And Complementarity Of Multiple Protein Extraction Protocols. ACS Omega, 8(8), 7319-7330. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c04462.
  • Hamzelou, S., Belobrajdic, D., Juhasz, A., Brook, H., Bose, U., Colgrave, M., Broadbent, JA. (2023). Nutrition, Allergenicity And Physicochemical Qualities Of Food-Grade Protein Extracts From Nannochloropsis Oculata. Food Chemistry, 424(2023), article number 136459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136459.
  • Bahmani, M., Juhasz, A., Bose, U., Nye-Wood, M., Blundell, M., Howitt, CA., Colgrave, M. (2023). Proteome Changes Resulting From Malting In Hordein-Reduced Barley Lines. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2023(Article in Press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c02292.
  • Nye-Wood, M., Byrne, K., Stockwell, S., Juhasz, A., Bose, U., Colgrave, M. (2023). Low Gluten Beers Contain Variable Gluten and Immunogenic Epitope Content. Foods, 12(17), article number 3252. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12173252.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Bahmani, M., Juhasz, A., Broadbent, J., Bose, U., Nye-Wood, M., Edwards, I., Colgrave, M. (2022). Proteome Phenotypes Discriminate the Growing Location and Malting Traits in Field-Grown Barley. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 70(34), 10680-10691. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c03816.
  • Nelis, J., Bose, U., Broadbent, J., Hughes, J., Sikes, A., Anderson, A., Caron, K., Colgrave, M., Schmoelzl, S. (2022). Biomarkers and biosensors for diagnosis of pH non-compliant, dark cutting beef pre-disposition and welfare in cattle. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 21(3), 2391-2432. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12935.
  • Nelis, J., Broadbent, J., Bose, U., Anderson, A., Colgrave, M. (2022). Targeted proteomics for rapid and robust peanut allergen quantification. Food Chemistry, 383(30 July 2022), article number 132592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132592.
  • Bose, U., Broadbent, J., Juhasz, A., Karnaneedi, S., Johnston, E., Stockwell, S., Byrne, K., Limviphuvadh, V., Maurer-Stroh, S., Lopata, A., Colgrave, M. (2022). Comparison of protein extraction protocols and allergen mapping from black soldier fly Hermetia illucens. Journal of Proteomics, 269(30 October 2022), Article number 104724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2022.104724.
  • Tahmasian, A., Broadbent, J., Juhasz, A., Nye-Wood, M., Le, TT., Bose, U., Colgrave, M. (2022). Evaluation of protein extraction methods for in-depth proteome analysis of narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) seeds. Food Chemistry, 367(Jan 2022), Article number 130722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130722.
  • Kamal, N., Tsardakas Renhuldt, N., Bentzer, J., Gundlach, H., Haberer, G., Juhasz, A., Lux, T., Bose, U., Tye-Din, JA., Lang, D., Van Gessel, N., Reski, R., Fu, Y., Spégel, P., Ceplitis, A., Himmelbach, A., Waters, AJ., Bekele, WA., Colgrave, M., Hansson, M., Stein, N., Mayer, KF., Jellen, EN., Maughan, PJ., Tinker, NA., Mascher, M., Olsson, O., Spannagl, M., Sirijovski, N. (2022). The mosaic oat genome gives insights into a uniquely healthy cereal crop. Nature, 606(7912), 113-119. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04732-y.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Larkin, P., Liu, Q., Vanhercke, T., Zhou, X., Bose, U., Broadbent, J., Colgrave, M., Ral, J., Reynolds, K., Sun, M., El Tahchy, A., Shrestha, P., Li, Z., Jobling, S., Lonergan, P., Wu, X., Yu, R., Luo, J., Howitt, C., Newberry, M. (2021). Transgenic wheat with increased endosperm lipid – impacts on grain composition and baking quality. Journal of Cereal Science, 101(September 2021), Article number 103289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2021.103289.
  • Bose, U., Juhasz, A., Yu, R., Bahmani, M., Byrne, K., Blundell, M., Broadbent, J., Howitt, C., Colgrave, M. (2021). Proteome and Nutritional Shifts Observed in Hordein Double-Mutant Barley Lines. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12(9 September 2021), Article number 718504. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.718504.
  • Nye-Wood, M., Juhasz, A., Bose, U., Colgrave, M. (2021). Proteome Analysis and Epitope Mapping in a Commercial Reduced-Gluten Wheat Product. Frontiers in Nutrition, 8(11 August), Article number 705822. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.705822.

2019

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

  • Wang, T., Wyeth, R., Liang, D., Bose, U., Ni, G., McManus, D., Cummins, S. (2019). A Biomphalaria glabrata peptide that stimulates significant behaviour modifications in aquatic free-living Schistosoma mansoni miracidia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(1), Article number e0006948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006948.
  • Bose, U., Byrne, K., Howitt, C., Colgrave, M. (2019). Targeted proteomics to monitor the extraction efficiency and levels of barley α-amylase trypsin inhibitors that are implicated in non-coeliac gluten sensitivity. Journal of Chromatography A, 1600(30 August 2019), 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2019.04.043.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Hall, M., Kocot, K., Baughman, K., Fernandez-Valverde, S., Gauthier, M., Hatleberg, W., Krishnan, A., McDougall, C., Motti, C., Shoguchi, E., Wang, T., Xiang, X., Zhao, M., Bose, U., Shinzato, C., Hisata, K., Fujie, M., Kanda, M., Cummins, S., Satoh, N., Degnan, S., Degnan, B. (2017). The crown-of-thorns starfish genome as a guide for biocontrol of this coral reef pest. Nature, 544(7649), 231-234. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22033.
  • Bose, U., Wang, T., Zhao, M., Motti, C., Hall, M., Cummins, S. (2017). Multiomics analysis of the giant triton snail salivary gland, a crown-of-thorns starfish predator. Scientific Reports, 7(1), article number 6000. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05974-x.
  • Bose, U., Suwansa-Ard, S., Maikaeo, L., Motti, C., Hall, M., Cummins, S. (2017). Neuropeptides encoded within a neural transcriptome of the giant triton snail Charonia tritonis, a Crown-of-Thorns Starfish predator. Peptides, 98(December 2017), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2017.01.004.
  • Wang, T., Zhao, M., Liang, D., Bose, U., Kaur, S., McManus, D., Cummins, S. (2017). Changes in the neuropeptide content of Biomphalaria ganglia nervous system following Schistosoma infection. Parasites and Vectors, 10(1), Article number 275. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2218-1.
  • Ventura, T., Bose, U., Fitzgibbon, Q., Smith, G., Shaw, P., Cummins, S., Elizur, A. (2017). CYP450s analysis across spiny lobster metamorphosis identifies a long sought missing link in crustacean development. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 171(2017), 262-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsbmb.2017.04.007.

Research Projects

  • Program 2: Discovery of desirable aroma and flavour compounds for oat food/beverage applications, Grains Research & Development Corporation, Tender, 2024 ‑ 2028, $525,656.
  • Machine Learning Identification of Bioactive Peptides from Australian Food Crops, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Top Up Scholarship, 2023 ‑ 2026, $57,500.
  • Understanding the impact of fertiliser use on the nutritional quality of oat, Edith Cowan University, Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant Scheme 2022 (Stream 2), 2023 ‑ 2024, $39,768.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Combining mass spectrometry and machine learning to discover bioactive peptides from crops
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Characterising oat grain protein quality requirements for oat milk using mass spectrometry-based proteomics
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Understanding the ultrasound-assisted hydrolysis and fermentation process for fungal enzyme and bioactive peptide production
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Identification and characterisation of bioactive peptides in selected Cucurbitaceae crops

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis to characterise barley breeding lines
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