Hema Rajaram
Associate Professor
Life Sciences
Homi Bhabha National Institute
India
Biography
Hema Rajaram has done her Ph.D from Mumbai University and working as Assistant professor in Homi Bhabha National Institute. She Has won many awards and recognition during her period. She won Group Achievement Award-2012, Homi Bhabha Award-1995. Prof. V.C. Shah Award for best oral presentation-1996, Dr. Dhala's Felicitation fund Award for Best PhD presentation -2004.
Research Interest
Heat shock Response in Anabaena, a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, Oxidative stress in Anabaena, DNA Repair in Anabaena, Regulation of genes involved in stress tolerance in Anabaena, Biochemical charatcerisation of some of the important stress proteins
Publications
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Rajaram H, Apte SK (2010) Differential regulation of groESL operon expression in response to heat and light in Anabaena. Arch Microbiol 192:729-738.
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Raghavan PS, Rajaram H, Apte SK (2013) N-terminal processing of membrane-targeted MnSOD and formation of multiple active SOD dimers in the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120. FEBS J 280: 4827-4838.
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Anurag K, Rajaram H, Apte SK (2013) Characterization of two naturally truncated, Ssb-like proteins from the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. PCC7120. Photosyn. Res. 118: 147-154.
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Rajaram H, Chaurasia AK, Apte SK (2014) Cyanobacterial Heat Shock Response: Role and Regulation of Molecular Chaperones. Microbiology
