S. Shanmugaapriya, (Ph. D.)
Assistant Professor, Department of Bio-Medical Science
Education
Ph.D in Bio-Medical sciences (submitted)- Dr. M.G.R University, Chennai, India.
M.Sc. in Bio-Technology (March 1998-May 2000), Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli, India
Professional Experience
Apr. 2002 – Mar. 2008 : Senior Research Fellow- DBT sponsored Advanced Center for Molecular Genetics in Hematology, Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dec. 2000 - Apr. 2002 : Junior Research Fellow – DBT sponsored Advanced Center for Molecular Genetics in Hematology, Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Jul. 2000 - Oct. 2000 : Lecturer, Department of Gene technology, J.J College of Arts and Sciences, Pudukottai, Tamilnadu, India.
Area of Specialization
Molecular Immunology
Awards/Fellowships
Recipient of ICMR - INSERM Mar 2004 visited INSERM UR 396, Laboratoire d’ Immunologie et d’ HIstocompatibilite,
St.Louis Hospital, Paris, France (Mar –May2004)
Publications in the Conferences
1. Shanmugaapriya Sellathamby, Ryad Tamouza1, Kavitha M L, Vikram Mathews, Auro Viswabandya, Biju George, Mammen Chandy, Rajagopal Krishnamoorthy1, Dominique Charron1, Alok Srivastava. Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India and INSERM U662, Hospital St. Louis, Paris. Polymorphism in the IFN gene is associated with severe acute graft versus host disease in children with beta thalassemia major undergoing matched related hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). (American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting Abstracts) Blood 2007, Vol 110: 1105.
2. Shanmugaapriya Sellathamby1*, Ryad Tamouza2*, Kavitha M Lakshmi1*, Auro Viswabandya1*, Biju George1*, Vikram Mathews1*, Rajagopal Krishnamoorthy2*, Dominique Charron2*, Mammen Chandy1* and Alok Srivastava1. Il-10 Polymorphism And TGF-β Haplotypes Are Associated With Rejection Of Graft In Children With Beta Thalassemia Major Undergoing Matched Related Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT). (American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting Abstracts) Blood 2006, Vol 108: 3011.
3. V. Mathews, S. Sellathamby, M.L. Kavitha, B. George, S. Ramachandra. V, M. Chandy, A. Srivastava (Vellore, IND). Effect of KIR genotype on outcome of patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia undergoing HLA identical stem cell transplant. (31st Annual Meeting of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation) Bone Marrow Transplantation 2005 Vol 35: 737.
4. Shanmugaapriya S, VikramMathews, KavithaM. L, BijuGeorge, ShajiR. V, MammenChandy and AlokSrivastava. Effect of KIR Genotype on Outcome of Related HLA Identical Stem Cell Transplant in Patients with ß Thalassaemia Major. (American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting Abstracts) Blood 2004, Vol 104: 3337.
5. Shanmugaapriya S, Srivastava VM 1, George B, Mathews V, Srivastava A, Chandy M. Epithelial cells of donor origin post allogeneic stem cell transplant. Indian J Hematology & Blood Transfusion 2004; 22. Suppl.
6. Shanmugaapriya S, Kavitha S, George B, Chandy M, Srivastava. A. Are HLA alleles associated with GVHD after bone marrow transplantation in India ? Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood transfusion 2003; 21. Suppl.
7. Shanmugaapriya S, Daniel D, Mammen JJ, Srivastava A, Chandy M. Efficacy of serological techniques in resolving splits of broad HLA class I antigens in the Indian population. Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood transfusion 2002; 20 (1). Suppl.
Seminars/Symposia Attended
1. Indian society for haematology and blood transfusion meeting held at Calicut, between October (24th-27th), 2002.
2. 1st Winter symposium on Cell Biology and Molecular Biology Dec 2002.
3. 12th Asia-pacific conference of and 44th conference of Indian society for haematology and blood transfusion meeting held at New Delhi, November (15th-18th), 2003.
4. Indian society for hematology and transfusion medicine meeting held at Christian Medical College, Vellore, between October (18th-20th) 2004.
Publications
1. Shanmugaapriya Sellathamby , P Balasubramanian, S Sivalingam, RV Shaji, V Mathews, B George, A Viswabandya, A Srivastava and M Chandy.Developing an algorithm of informative markers for evaluation of chimerism after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation (2006) 37, 751–755.
2. Reena Rajasekar, Vikram Mathews, Kavitha M Lakshmi, Shanmugaapriya Sellathamby , Biju George, Auro Viswabandya, Dolly Daniel, Mammen Chandy, Alok Srivastava. Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Count on Day 28 in HLA-Matched Related Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant Predicts the Incidence of Acute and Chronic GVHD. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2008) 14:344-350.
Contact Information
Department of Bio-Medical Science,
School of Basic Medical Sciences,
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 620 024.
Email : shaniya_99@yahoo.com
Mobile: +91- 9443485903, 9344078789