Dr Avinash Kharat

Professional Overview Current Position: Scientist C at the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital, Pune (under Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth) practo.com +13 researchgate.net +13 researchgate.net +13 . Research Areas: Focuses on molecular and cell biology, biotechnology, and especially stem-cell biology — including tissue engineering and regenerative medicine researchgate.net . 📚 Academic Background & Career Ph.D. in Stem Cell Biology (Dec 2014–July 2018) from GN Khalsa College (University of Mumbai) researchgate.net +1 researchgate.net +1 . Served as visiting faculty in cell culture at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (Apr 2015–Jul 2015) link.springer.com +2 researchgate.net +2 researchgate.net +2 . 🧪 Research Contributions Authored/co-authored over 50–60 papers, notably exploring: Dental pulp, gingival, and umbilical cord MSC differentiation (osteogenic, chondrogenic, insulin-producing cells) practo.com +5 dravinashkshar-tmjcentre.in +5 practo.com +5 researchgate.net . Innovative use of plant-based scaffolds (e.g., decellularized leaves) to support dental pulp MSC osteogenesis link.springer.com +1 researchgate.net +1 . The impact of diabetes on dental pulp stem-cell differentiation . A patent (filed 2019) for a propolis-based inducer to differentiate dental pulp stem cells into epithelial and neural lineages . 📈 Research Metrics & Impact Publications: ~63 entries on ResearchGate, with over 4–5,000 reads and several hundred citations . ✅ Summary Dr. Avinash H. Kharat is a Pune-based regenerative medicine scientist (Scientist D) specializing in dental and mesenchymal stem-cell research. He holds a Ph.D. in stem-cell biology and has an extensive publication record that spans tissue-engineering strategies, MSC differentiation protocols, and translational applications — including inventive plant-derived scaffolding and diabetes-related dental stem-cell studies.