Sabarish V. Indran
Scientist-D
Department of Microbiology
Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square
India
Biography
Academic Qualifications Ph.D. (Microbiology, 2010): Human Cytomegalovirus Assembly. Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Mentor: Dr. William J. Britt. M.V.Sc (Veterinary Microbiology, 2004). Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India. Mentor: Dr. S. K. Batra. Ðevelopment of sero-diagnostics for Infectious Bursal Disease Virus. B.V.Sc & A.H (2002). Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, India. Academic Positions: Scientist-D, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha: March 2015 to date. Assistant Professor (Grade II), Amity University, Uttar Pradesh: November 2013- March 2015. Post-doctoral Fellow,Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA: February 2013- November 2013. Mentor: Dr. Juergen Richt. Molecular Virology of Rift Valley Fever Virus. Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, USA: February 2011 to January 2013. Mentor: Dr. Tetsuro Ikegami. Molecular Virology and Vaccine Development- Rift Valley Fever Virus. Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA: June 2010 to January 2011. Assembly of Human Cytomegalovirus.
Research Interest
molecular basis of viral pathogenesis, virus-host interactions, viral immunology, vaccinology and development and utilization of reverse genetics systems for studying viruses.
Publications
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Kalveram B*, Lihoradova O*, Indran S V*., Lokugamage N, Head JA, Ikegami T. 2013. Rift Valley fever virus NSs inhibits host transcription independently of the degradation of dsRNA-dependent protein kinase PKR. Virology 435:415–424.
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Lihoradova OA, Indran S V., Kalveram B, Lokugamage N, Head JA, Gong B, Tigabu B, Juelich TL, Freiberg AN, Ikegami T. 2013. Characterization of Rift Valley Fever Virus MP-12 Strain Encoding NSs of Punta Toro Virus or Sandfly Fever Sicilian Virus. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 18;7(4):e2181
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Kalveram B, Lihoradova O, Indran SV, Head JA, Ikegami T. 2013. Using click chemistry to measure the effect of viral infection on host-cell RNA synthesis. J Vis Exp. 2013 Aug 9;(78).
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Indran S V., Lihoradova OA, Phoenix I, Lokugamage N, Kalveram B, Head JA, Tigabu B, Smith JK, Zhang L, Juelich TL, Gong B, Freiberg AN, Ikegami T. 2013. Rift valley fever virus MP-12 vaccine encoding toscana virus NSs retains neuroinvasiveness in mice. J. Gen. Virol. 94:1441–1450.
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Gaudreault N N, Indran S V, Bryant P K, Richt J A and Wilson W C (2015) Comparison of Rift Valley fever virus replication in North American livestock and wildlife cell lines. Front. Microbiol. 6:664.
