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Niladri Basu

Niladri Basu

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
70
Citations
22419
World Ranking
1653
National Ranking
55

Overview

Niladri Basu is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Their research also spans Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Molecular Biology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Niladri Basu's recent publications demonstrate an active involvement in environmental toxicology and metabolomics, with selected papers as follows:

  • Our evolved understanding of the human health risks of mercury, 2023, AMBIO
  • Using MetaboAnalyst 5.0 for LC-HRMS spectra processing, multi-omics integration and covariate adjustment of global metabolomics data, 2022, Nature Protocols
  • MetaboAnalystR 4.0: a unified LC-MS workflow for global metabolomics, 2024, Nature Communications
  • ExpressAnalyst: A unified platform for RNA-sequencing analysis in non-model species, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Niladri Basu include:

  • Julius N. Fobil (37 co-publications)
  • Jianguo Xia (25 co-publications)
  • Doug Crump (24 co-publications)
  • Markus Hecker (23 co-publications)
  • Jessica Head (20 co-publications)

The scientist often publishes in a consistent set of academic venues, such as:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (22 publications)
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts (10 publications)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (7 publications)
  • Environmental Research (6 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

    Philip J Landrigan;Richard Fuller;Nereus J R Acosta;Olusoji Adeyi

  • NetworkAnalyst 3.0: a visual analytics platform for comprehensive gene expression profiling and meta-analysis.

    Guangyan Zhou;Othman Soufan;Jessica Ewald;Robert E W Hancock

  • Heat shock protein genes and their functional significance in fish

    N. Basu;A.E. Todgham;P.A. Ackerman;M.R. Bibeau

  • Current progress on understanding the impact of mercury on human health.

    Eunhee Ha;Niladri Basu;Stephan Bose-O’Reilly;Jose G Dórea

  • What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota

    Rune Dietz;Christian Sonne;Niladri Basu;Birgit Braune

  • Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Niladri Basu;Paco Bustamante

  • Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children at 4 and 6–12 Years of Age in Mexico

    Morteza Bashash;Deena Thomas;Howard Hu;E. Angeles Martinez-Mier

  • Mink as a sentinel species in environmental health

    Niladri Basu;Anton M. Scheuhammer;Steven J. Bursian;John Elliott

  • Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish

    Rune Dietz;Robert J. Letcher;Jean Pierre Desforges;Igor Eulaers

  • An ecotoxicological view on neurotoxicity assessment

    J. B. Legradi;J. B. Legradi;C. Di Paolo;M. H. S. Kraak;H. G. van der Geest

  • A Review of Mercury Bioavailability in Humans and Fish

    Mark A Bradley;Benjamin D Barst;Niladri Basu

  • The Effects of Cortisol on Heat Shock Protein 70 Levels in Two Fish Species

    N. Basu;T. Nakano;E.G. Grau;G.K. Iwama

  • A State-of-the-Science Review of Mercury Biomarkers in Human Populations Worldwide between 2000 and 2018.

    Niladri Basu;Milena Horvat;David C. Evers;Irina Zastenskaya

  • Is dietary mercury of neurotoxicological concern to wild polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

    Niladri Basu;Anton M. Scheuhammer;Christian Sonne;Robert J. Letcher

  • Toxicity of dietary methylmercury to fish: derivation of ecologically meaningful threshold concentrations.

    David C. Depew;Niladri Basu;Neil M. Burgess;Linda M. Campbell

  • Integrated assessment of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana--part 1: human health review.

    Niladri Basu;Edith Clarke;Allyson Green;Benedict Calys-Tagoe

  • Relationships among mercury, selenium, and neurochemical parameters in common loons ( Gavia immer ) and bald eagles ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus )

    A. M. Scheuhammer;N. Basu;N. M. Burgess;J. E. Elliott

  • Mercury-associated DNA hypomethylation in polar bear brains via the LUminometric Methylation Assay: a sensitive method to study epigenetics in wildlife

    J. Richard Pilsner;Alicia L. Lazarus;Dong-Ha Nam;Robert J. Letcher

  • Hydraulic “Fracking”: Are surface water impacts an ecological concern?

    G. Allen Burton;Niladri Basu;Brian R. Ellis;Katherine E. Kapo

  • Our evolved understanding of the human health risks of mercury

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  • New Insight into Biomarkers of Human Mercury Exposure Using Naturally Occurring Mercury Stable Isotopes

    Laura S. Sherman;Joel D. Blum;Alfred Franzblau;Niladri Basu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hing Man Chan
Hing Man Chan University of Ottawa
Anton M. Scheuhammer
Anton M. Scheuhammer Carleton University
Karen E. Peterson
Karen E. Peterson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David C. Evers
David C. Evers University of Minnesota
Christian Sonne
Christian Sonne Aarhus University
Rune Dietz
Rune Dietz Aarhus University
Markus Hecker
Markus Hecker University of Saskatchewan
Mauricio Hernández-Avila
Mauricio Hernández-Avila Johns Hopkins University
Howard Hu
Howard Hu University of Southern California
Brenda W. Gillespie
Brenda W. Gillespie University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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