Saravanan Matheshwaran, Ph.D
Dr. Saravanan Matheshwaran received his PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in 2008. He received his postdoctoral training at the London Research Institute, UK, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany, and the IISc, Bangalore. He joined the faculty of BSBE in May 2013
EDUCATION
B.Sc. - Microbiology (University of Madras- 1999) M.Sc. - Integrated Biology (Specialization: Microbial Technology) Madurai Kamaraj University- Madurai (2001) PhD. - Science (Protein-Biochemistry, Department of Microbiology and Cell biology) - Indian Institute of Science -Bangalore (2008) EXPERIENCE / SKILLS
2013- Present : Assistant Professor, BSBE, IIT Kanpur, India 2012-2013 : Research Associate IISc, Bangalore, India 2012-2012 : EIPOD- Marie Curie Fellow, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany 2010-2012: EMBO Fellow, Institute of Cancer Research, London- UK 2008-2010: CR UK Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Research UK, Herts, UK 2008: Visiting Scientist, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Protein Engineering, DNA-Protein Interactions, Chromatin Dynamics, DNA damage response and Repair AWARDS / RECOGNITION 1. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) International Development Peer Review College Member (2018-2021) 2. Member, Executive Committee , Society of Biological Chemists (SBCI) India 3.DBT-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA-2016) 4. EIPOD-Marie Curie fellowship -EMBL (2012) 5. INSA Medal for Young Scientists (2010) 6. EMBO Fellowship (2009) 7. M. Sreenivasaya Medal for Best PhD Thesis IISc, Bangalore. (2008) 8. Cancer Research UK Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008) 9.CSIR-JRF (2002) Founder Biogroup India A group of young and aspiring biologists, chemists, Physicist and clinicians get together to discuss recent advancements in modern biology. https://biogroupindia.weebly.com/ Teaching area BSE611A- Instrumental methods in Modern Biological Sciences LIF101- Introduction to Biology BSE311A-Cell and Molecular Biology BSE221A- Biochemistry BSE612- Biochemical Engineering BSE642A- Microbiology and Immunology Patents: European Patent Zhu Z, Nagaraja V and Saravanan M (2010) European Patent Office EP 1 931773 B1 Title of the Patent “KpnI Restriction endonuclease with reduced star activity” (Date of Patent: 29.12.2010) USA patent Nagaraja V, Saravanan M and Zhu Z (2010) US Patent Office US 08119382 B2 Title of the patent “Variant of KpnI restriction endonuclease” (Date of Patent: 21.02.2012) Indian Patent application J.K. Bera, Chopra, S, Saravanan M, Kaur, M. Thakare R. Bhattacherya, A and Murugan PA (2019) "Potency of a Platinum-NHC (N-heterocyclic carbene) compound as antibacterial agent targeting drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus" (Indian Patent Application Number: 201911025087). S.K. Misra, A Singh, Matheshwaran S, Chatterjee N, Pandey P and Hariharan VC. A FORMULATION FOR INHIBITION OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF (Indian Patent Application Number: 202111033540 A) |