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Dr. M. Sundararaman
Associate Professor, Department of Marine Biotechnology
Education
M. Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D.
Professional Experience
Positions |
Year |
Institute & Place |
Research area |
Associate Professor |
2006 to till date |
Bharathidasan University |
Bioactive compounds, |
Reader |
2003 - 2006 |
Bharathidasan University |
Bioactive compounds, |
Indian Acadamy of |
June-Aug 2004 |
Indian Inst. of Science, Bangalore |
Microbial Proteomics |
Post-doc associate ship 1997-98 |
|
Michigan State University, USA |
Construction of Genomic library |
Lecturer (senior scale) |
1997 onwards |
Bharathidasan University |
Antimicrobial compounds from Marine Cyanobacteria |
Lecturer From |
1993 |
Bharathidasan University |
- Do- |
Research Fellow |
1992-1993 |
Bharathidasan University |
Intra- and Extracellular Substances in Marine Cyanobacteria |
Senior Research Fellow |
1989-1992 |
Bharathidasan University |
-Do- |
Junior Research Fellow |
1987-1989 |
Bharathidasan University |
-Do- |
Research Experience
Total Years of research experience : 24 Years
Teaching experience : 18 Years
Area of Specialization
Bioactive compounds - Antibacterial, Anticandidal & Anticancer activity
Cyanotoxins
Mangrove biodiversity and associated microbes
Nanobiotechnology
Membership in Professional Societies
Society for Biological Chemistry
Association of microbiologist of India
Sea weed research & utilization association
Indian association of biomedical scientists
Awards/Honors
The Indian association of Biomedical scientists confer the title of FELLOW on 25th Nov. 2006 by recognition of significant contributions for the advancement of biomedical sciences.
Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, selected as teacher trainee and underwent training in the field of proteomics at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for two months during July & Aug. 2004.
Awarded Over-seas long term associate-ship by DBT (Govt. of India).1997-1998. Because of the associate-ship, a basic molecular research in genomic library construction of cyanobacteria was performed at Plant research Laboratory (PRL), Michigan state University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA under the steward ship of Prof. C.P. Peter Wolk.
Certificate of appreciation obtained from the Bharathidasan University for the Pioneering Research in the technology development of marine cyanobacteria.
Research Projects
Cyanotoxins – Investigation of potent toxins from marine cyanobacteria and their application. Sponsored by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) Govt. of India. (Rs. 27, 20,030) from 2008 – 20011 (On-going)
Microbial diversity of mangrove plants and a novel strategy for raising mangrove nursery , funded by Ministry of Environment and forests, Govt. of India MoEF, (Rs. 9.99,810), from 2005 – 2008. (Completed)
Vacation training programme on Bioresources for school children – sponsored by DBT, Govt. of India 2- 29, May 2006 (Rs. 6, 00,000/-). (Completed)
Vacation training programme on Bioresources for school children – sponsored by DBT, Govt. of India on 2- 29, May 2004 (Rs. 5, 50,000/-). (Completed)
Minor project from UGC-unassigned grant from Bharathidasan University. The title of the project: Long-term preservation of marine cyanobacteria. (Rs. 15,000/-). (Completed)
Collaborations
Academic Institute
"Marine Cyanobacteria of Sundarbans: a noval source of antibiotics lead compounds" sponsored by University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, collaboration with Jadavpur University, Kolkotta.
Industry
An industrial collaborative project entitled "Mode of action of two compounds (BS100 and BS101) on selected cyanobacterial species" sponsored by Kemin Industries, south asia Pvt. Ltd., Chennai – 29 (Rs.2,10,000) from Oct. 2009 – Jan. 2010.
Countries Visited
USA & Germany
Research Supervision
Degree |
Number of Candidates |
|
|
Completed |
Presently working |
Ph.D. |
Three (3) |
Eight (8) |
Ph.D. |
Two (2) |
- |
M.Phil |
Three (3) |
One (1) |
Research Scholars
S. No. |
Name |
Title of the thesis |
Degree Awarded |
1 |
Dr. G. Selvakumar |
Biodiversity of cyanobacteria in backwater of Palk strait region (Bay of Bengal) and their role in reclamation of salt affected soil |
Oct. 2007 |
2 |
Dr. N. Sivakumar |
Formulation of aqua feed: Dietary constituents of feed supplemented with cyanobacteria, seaweeds and probiotics for Penaeus monodon. |
Oct. 2007 |
3 |
Dr. B. K. Nagaraja |
Prevalence and development of rapid identification system for Candia and investigation of novel Anticandidal compounds from soil fungi and marine cyanobacteria |
Nov. 2009 |
4 |
T. Boopathy |
Cyanobacterial diversity of mangroves and its potential application |
Thesis Submitted |
5 |
S. Gopinath |
Bacterial diversity of mangroves and its potential application |
Thesis Submitted |
6 |
M. Nagarajan |
Investigation of toxins from marine cyanobacteria |
Progressing |
7 |
V. Maruthanayagam |
Cyanotoxins and its potential application |
Progressing |
8 |
K. Meenakshi Sundaram |
Bioactive potentials of plant toxins |
Progressing |
9 |
R. Rajesh kumar |
Aspects about the identification of novel Anticandidal drugs |
Progressing |
10 |
Sriparthy |
Drugs for candidiasis |
Progressing |
11 |
Poongulali |
Drugs for Mycobacterium |
Progressing |
Publications
A. Lab Manuals published (co-authored)
1. STORMCUP manual of techniques in cyanobacterial research, 1994. National facility for marine cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan university, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024.
2. Methods in cyanobacterial research. 1999. National facility for marine cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan university, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024.
B. Books published (Course manual)
1. Resurgence of Bioresources .2004, (Edited volume), National facility for marine cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India.
2. Resurgence of Bioresources .2006, (2nd Edition), National facility for marine cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
C. Research Papers
1. M. Chandarasekaran and M Sundararaman, Antimycobacterial Activity of Marine Cyanobacterial species against Mycobacterium, accepted in CBM - Cahiers de Biologie Marine.
2. N. Sivakumar, M. Sundararaman and G. Selvakumar. Efficacy of micro algae and cyanobacteria as a live feed for juveniles of shrimp Penaeus monodon. African Journal of Biotechnology. 11 July 2011 (Accepted)
3. M. Nagarajan, V. Maruthanayagam and M. Sundararaman , A review of pharmacological and toxicological potentials of marine cyanobacterial metabolites, Applied Toxicology, (2011) DOI : 10.1002/jat.1717.
4. Pramanik Arnab, Sundararaman M , Das Satadal, Ghose, Uma, Mukherjee Joydeep, 2011, Isolation and characterization of cyanobacteria Possessing antimicrobial activity from the Sundarbans, The world’s largest tidal mangrove forest. Journal of Phycology, 47: 731 -743.
5. Ilangovan A, Venkatesan P, Sundararaman M , Rajesh Kumar R, 2011 Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of 4-amino-1-alkyl pyridinium salts. Medicinal Chemistry Research (Med Chem Res), . DOI 10.1007/s00044-011-9578-4. Published in Online first on 2nd February 2011.
6. Sivakumar N and M. Sundararaman , 2010, Microbial Quality of Formulated shrimp feed on storage, Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental sciences Vol.12: 139-142.
7. Selvakumar and M. Sundararaman , 2009 Influence of cyanobacteria on improving alkaline soil fertility, growth and yield of paddy. J. Sci. Trans. Environ. Technov. 2009 2 (3): 135 – 138.
8. Boominathan M, M. Sundararaman , and C. Manoharan 2007. Biodiversity of microbes in diary effluent. Pollution Research vol. 26 (2) : 271 – 276.
9. Sundararaman, M, T. Boopathi and S. Gopinath, 2007, Status of Mangrove Ecosystem: Exploring The Potential Role Of Cyanobacteria In Restoration And Afforestation . Ed. Seckbach Joseph Vol II ALEX, COLE SERIES - Algae and Cyanobacteria in extreme environments In. Springer, Netherlands p 211-224.
10. Selvakumar and M.Sundararaman, 2007, Diversity of cyanobacterial flora in the backwaters of palk bay region, in Seaweed Res. Utilin. 29 (1 & 2) 139 -144.
11. Sundararaman M , Boopathi T & Gopinath 2006 Status of Mangrove forests - global and Indian backgrounds, In: Resurgence of Bioresources, (ed.) Sundararaman M . Bharathidasan university, Tiruchirappalli, 89 – 91.
12. Sundararaman M and Nagaraja BK. 2006 Investigation of marine cyanobacteria for antifungal activity against Candida albicans. Seaweed research & Utilization 28 (1) 183 – 187.
13. Sivakumar N and Sundararaman M , 2006 Effect of different seaweeds as a dietary supplement on growth and survival of Penaeus mondon. Seaweed Research Utilization 28 (1) 175 – 182.
14. Sivakumar N and Sundararaman M , 2006. Cyanobacterial abundance in shrimp culture pond in Chidambaram and Cuddalore regions, Tamilnadu. Seaweed Research Utilization 28 (1) 49 – 54.
15. Senthilkumar R and Sundararaman M , 2005, Marine cyanobacterial flora of Nagappattinam District. In: Environmental crisis and security in the new Millennium (ed.) Anisa Basheer Khan, Anmol publications pvt. Ltd. New Delhi – 110 002.
16. Sundararaman M 2005, Microarray analysis. In: Bioinformatics, (ed.) T. Thirunalasundari, published by Mother Theresa Women’s university press, 45 – 54.
17. Sivakumar N and M. Sundararaman M, 2005, Study of multidrug resistant Vibrio parahaemolyticus from marine shrimp, Journal of Microbial World Vol 7 No.1 pp 53-56.
18. Sundararaman M and Nagaraja BK, 2004, Basic microbiological methods. In.: Resurgence of Bioresources, (ed.) Sundararaman M . Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappali.
19. Sivakumar N and Sundararaman M , 2004, Intestinal bacterial flora of Penaeus monodon and its semi intensive culture pond. Journal of Microbial world 6 (2), 2004.
20. Selvakumar and Sundararaman M 2001 Mangrove associated cyanobacterial species in Muthupet estuary. Seaweed research and utilization, vol.23 (1&2), 19 –22.
21. Sundararaman M , and Sekar S, 2001, Biotechnological potentials of cyanobacteria, In: Algal Biotechnology, ed. PC Trivedi, Pointer publisher, Jaipur, 31 – 52.
22. Gopalakrishnan V, Pramod NP, Sundararaman M , Subramanian G and Thyagarajan SP. 1998 Antimicrobial properties of marine cyanobacteria,. In: Cyanobacterial biotechnology, (eds.) Subramanian G, Kaushik BD, Venkataraman GS pp.453-458. Oxford & IBH publishing co. pvt. ltd.
23. Sundararaman M , Averal HI, Akbarsha MA & Subramanian G,1996. Evaluation of the bio-activity of marine cyanobacteria on some biochemical parameters of rat serum. Phytotherapy research, 10: 9-12.
24. Sundararaman M , Averal HI, Akbarsha MA & Subramanian G, 1994, Bio-activity of marine cyanobacterium in the animal-based systems:" Modulation of food intake and body weight, some haematological characters. Annals of applied biology, 125: 195-206.
25. Subramanian G, Sundararaman M , Thajuddin N, Prabaharan D and Sekar S. Survey of cyanobacterial flora in the southern east coast of India. 1989. In: Advances in applied phycology (ed.) Shukla AC. Today and Tomorrow scholarly publications, New Delhi, 307-321.
Workshops & Seminars Organized
Conducted a symposium on "Planet Earth for Young Scientists - 2010" along with Kumari arivial Peravai, Kanniakumari on 24th April 2010 at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.
Vacation training programme on Bioresources for school children from 02nd to 29th May 2006 (about a month) at NFMC, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Vacation training programme on Bioresources for school children from 02nd to 29th May 2004 (about a month) at NFMC, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.
Conducted two days seminar on “Current concepts in biological sciences” on 27 & 28th Feb. 2004 Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Extension Activities
1. Camp Officer – June 2010 for PG Central Valuation, Bharathidasan University.
2. Camp Officer - Dec 2009 for P.G. Central Valuation, Bharathidasan University.
3. Member in wastage committee to dispose waste examination papers of Bharathidasan University.
4. Chief Superintend for theory examination at Bangalore centre, 2008.
5. Member in board of studies of Department of Marine Biotechnology from 2008 for M.Phil course on Microbial Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University.
6. Member in board of studies of Department of Marine Biotechnology from 2006, Bharathidasan University.
7. Member in board of studies of Department of Microbiology till 2006, Bharathidasan University.
8. Chairman in the “students guidance and counseling cell” of Dept. of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University till 2006.
9. Committee member in “Students welfare committee” of Bharathidasan University from 2004-2007.
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Contact Information
Dr. M. Sundararaman
Associate Professor
Department of Marine Biotechnology
National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria
Bharathidasan University
Palkalai Perur
Tiruchirappalli – 620 024
Telephone: 0431- 2407084 (Extn. 558)
E-mail: sundarbdu1@gmail.com, sundar@bdu.ac.in