User:Dr. Raman Chandrasekar

Dr.Raman Chandrasekar specializes in the field of Molecular Biology and Applied Biotechnology of Insects. He is very much interested in animal photography, but he has an amateur interest in entomology. His main interest is in identifying physiological important proteins, genes and their metamorphosis. Recently, he was evaluating the nutritional and hormonal effects on the storage protein gene (SP) and silk gene expression in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Some of his results have recently launched a “Lab to Land Programme”, with a view of practical contribution to sericulture for maximizing economic traits of economically important insect B.mori (Chandrasekar et al., 2007).

Currently he working on interdisciplinary research in molecular characterization of various receptors involved in the uptake of some of the vital proteins like storage protein (SP) and vitellogenin (Vg) yolk protein, Ferritin, ApoLp-III in the lepidopteran pests.

From this he gained the knoweldge in the field of gene expression, localization, molecular biology and bioinformatics from insects (Amsacta albistriga, Bombyx mori, Spodoptera litura, Hyphantira cunea) used as a good model system to understand the basic and modern biology of science.

He hold a M.Sc., in Zoology and Ph.D. (Dec.2007) in Biotechnology from Bharathidasan University. He worked in DST project entitled “Expression and sequestration of storage protein 1 (SP1) in differentiated fat body tissues of groundnut pest, Amsacta albistriga Walk” and carried out part of the Ph.D work on molecular localization of SP1 protein at the Division of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University (GSNU), South Korea. He also carried out a research project entitled “Isolation of gene for apolipophorin-III and its new function in Hyphantria cuena Drury” to his credit. This was sponsored by BK21 programme, under the guidance of Prof. Seo Sook Jae, GSNU, Jinju, South Korea during his pre-doctoral program. He has published more than 15 research papers, contributed book chapters, and attended many national and international conferences for his scientific discussion. He has been conferred various awards and fellowship for his achievement and contribution.

Country Visit: Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Norway (europe)

Awards and Fellowship:

== 2008 Travel Grant Fellow of Asia-Pacific congress on Sericulture and

            Insect Biotechnology, Japan.   
            ttp://www.hindu.com/2008/03/19/stories/2008031961880300.htm

2007 Travel Grant Fellow of Stavanger Medical University, Norway.

2007 Travel Grant Fellow of Indo-German Bilateral Seminar at INSA, New Delhi.

2006 Travel Grant Fellow of Indo-European Motivation of Youth in Science,DST.

2005 - 2006 Senior Research Fellow award (SRF), Department of Science & Technology,

            New Delhi, India

2004 – 2005 BK21 Fellow award for Pre-doctoral program, Korea Science and

            Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), South Korea.

2004 Cash Award from Tamilnadu Agri.Department, Ariyalur Dist. for Red

            Hairy Caterpillar  Awareness and their control program. 

2002 – 2004 Junior Research Fellow award (JRF), Department of Science & Technology,

            New Delhi, India.

1995 NCC “C” Certificate, Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

1990 Best Student Award for Science Exhibition, National Council for

            Science & Technology Communication DST, Tamilnadu State Council for 
            Sci. & Tech., Madras. ==

Selected Publications:

Chandrasekar R, Seo SJ, and Krishnan M. (2008) Expression and Localization of storage protein-1 (SP1) in differentiated fat body of red hairy caterpillar, Amsacta albistriga. Archive. Insect Biochem. Physiol., 69 (2): 70-84.

Chandrasekar R Sumithira P, Seo SJ and Krishnan M. (2008) Sequestration of storage protein 1 (SP1) in differentiated fat body tissues of the female groundnut pest Amsacta albistriga (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Inter.J.of Tropical Insect Science 28 (2), 78-87. (Cambridge University Press).

Chandraskar R, and Krishnan M. (2008). Hexameric storage proteins in groundnut pest, Amsacta albistriga Walker. Proc. of Asia-Pacific Congress of Sericulture and Insect Biotechnology (APSERI-2008), Japan. CR04, pp.24-25.

Chandrasekar R, Suganthi LM, Nirmala X, Krishnan M. (2007) Expression of silk gene with respect to the supplementation of hydrolyzed soy bean protein (P-Soyatose) in the fifth instar male larvae of Bombyx mori.Vol.6 (2) 163-174. J.Cell and Molecular Biology.

Chandrasekar R, Dhanalakshmi R, Krishnan M, Kim HJ and Sook Jae Seo (2005) Computational analysis of apolipohorin-III in Hyphantria cunea. Inter. J. Indus. Economic Entomol.10: 25-33

Saravanan TS. Chandrasekar R and Aneez Mohamed M. (2003) Endosulfan induced changes in the liver and ovary of the freshwater fishes, Oreochromis mossambicus (Trewaves), Malaysian Journal of Science, 22: 29-34.

Saravanan TS, Aneez Mohamed M and Chandrasekar R, Sundrasmoorthy M. (2003) Fresh water fishes as indicators of Kaveri river pollution, Journal of Enviornmental Biology. 3: 29-34.