Department of Bio-Technology
 
Profile
Name Dr. Sangiliyandi Gurunathan
Designation Prof. & Head
Address Department of Biotechnology
Kalasalingam University
Srivilliputtur,Tamilnadu
India - 626190
Phone No 04563289042 , +919842797947
Mail Id lvsangs@yahoo.com
Qualifications
S.No. Degree University Year of Graduation
1 PhD Madurai Kamaraj University 1998
2 MSc Madurai Kamaraj University 1993
3 BSc Madurai Kamaraj University 1991
Experience
S.No. Institution Position Period
1 University of California, SanDiego, USA Post Graduate Research Scientist Step II 2001-2003
2 Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Post Doctoral Fellow 1998-2001
3 Department of Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai Ph.D Fellow 1994-1998
4 Kalasalingam University Associate Professor & Head 2006 till date
5 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill USA Post Doctoral Research Associate 2003-2004
6 Wilmer Eye Institute school of medicine, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA Post Doctoral Research Associate 2004-2005
Areas of Interest
  Intracellular protein trafficing in Eukaryotic systems
  Biosynthesis of nano particles and its applications
  Molecular mechanism of Diabetic Retinopathy
Publications
  Sangiliyandi, G V.Ganesan, K. Rajendran and K. Linkakumar (1998) Differential phytotoxic responses of cotton to two herbicides. Indian J.Plant Physiol. 2 : 275-278
  Kannan, T.R., Sangiliyandi, G and P.Gunasekaran (1997) Relationship betweeb the sucrase activity and formation of by-products in sucrose fermentation by zymomonas mobilis. Indian J.Microbiol. 37: 53-58
  Kannan, T.R., Sangiliyandi, G and P.Gunasekaran (1997)Influence of intra and extra cellular sucrases of Zymomonas mobilis on the ethanol production and by products fromation. Biotechnol.Lett. 19: 661-664
  Sangiliyandi, G, K.C Raj and P.Gunasekaran(1999) Elevated temperature and chemical modification selectively abolishes levan sucrase of Zymomonas mobilis. iotechnol.Lett.21 :179-182
  Sangiliyandi, G.and P.Gunasekaran(1998)A simple method for purification of a 55kDa thermostable levansucrase of Zymomonas mobilis from a recombinant Escherichia coli. J.Microbiol. Methods. 33 : 153-156
  Sangiliyandi, G, T.R.Kannan, K.C.Raj and P.Gunasekaran (1999) Separation of levan sucrase formation and sucrose hydrolysis catalysed by levan sucrase of Zymomonas mobilis using invitro mutagenesis. Braz.Arch.Biol.Tchnol.42 : 375-379
  Kannan, T.R., Sangiliyandi, G and P.Gunasekaran (1998) Improved ethanol production from sucrose by a mutant of Zymomonas mobilis lacking sucrases in immobilizd cell fermentation. Enz.Microbial .Tech. 22: 179-184
  Gurunathan, S,Chapmann-shimshoni, D.Trajkovick, S, and GerstJ.E.(2000) Yeast ecocytic vSNAREs confer endocytosis. Mol.Biol.Cell. 11:3629-3643
  Sangiliyandi G and Gunasekaran P. (2004). Differential expression of Zymomonas mobilis sucrase genes (sacB and sacc) in Escherichia coli and sucrase mutants of Zymomonas mobilis. Braz.Arch.Biol.Biotechnol.47:329-338
  Sangiliyandi G and Gunasekaran P. (2001) Polymerase and Hydrolase activities of Zymomonas mobilis levan sucrase separately modulated by in-vitro mutagenesis and elevated temperature. J.Process.Biochem.36:543-548
  GurunathanS, David, D and Grest, J.E.(2002).Dymanin and clathrin are required for the biogenesis of a distinct class of secretory vesicles in yeast. EMBO J 21:602-614
  Vishwanathan M, Sangiliyandi G, Vinod S.S, Mohan Prasad and V.Shanmugam G (2003). Genetic Instability and tumor specific alterations in oral squamous cell carcinomas assessed by Inter-(simple sequence repeat)PCR. Clinical Cancer Research 9:1057-1062.
  Sangiliyandi, G and P.Gunasekaran (1996) Extracellular lipase producing bacillus licheniformis from an oil mill refinery effluent. Indian J. Microbiol. 36: 109
  Gurunathan S, Marash, M., Weinberg, A and Gerst, J.E. (2002). t-SNARE phosphorylation regulates endocytosis in yeast. Mol.Biol.Cell 13: 1594-1604
  Sangiliyandi, G, and P.Gunasekaran(2000) A simple method for purificaion of overexpressed extracellular sucrase sucrase of Zymomonas mobilis. Biotechnol.Lett. 22:1059-1062
Professional Membership(s)
  John Hopkins Medical and Surgical association 2005-2006
  Academic Council members for Post graduate Studies at Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi
  Member of Advisory Board, Sai Biosciences Research Institute Pvt.Ltd. Chennai
  Association for research in Vision and opthalmology 2006
  Chairman, Board of studies, Department of Biotechnology, Kalsalingam University.
  Member, Board of Studies, Karpagam arts and Science College, Coimbatore
 
 
 
 

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