Dr. Biswas completed his Ph.D. in Biotechnology (Cellular Immunology) at Banaras Hindu University, India followed by postdoctoral studies at the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milan (Italy) working on the first molecular characterization of tumor associated macrophages. During this period, he was awarded a fellowship of the Alfredo Leonardi and G. Pfeiffer Foundation. In 2005, he joined the Bioinformatics Institute of A*STAR in Singapore as Research Scientist (In-Charge) of the Cell Interaction group. From 2007 onwards, he is a principal investigator at the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN, A*STAR), heading the Human Innate Immunity Lab. He has held adjunct associate professor position at the LKC School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is a visiting Professor at Humanitas University (Medical School), Milan, Italy. His research interest is in monocyte-macrophages biology and their role in inflammation and cancer, particularly in the human context.