Dr. Anuradha Dhanasekaran

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CORE COMPETENCIES

Comprehensive and in-depth knowledge in vascular biology, Redox Biology ,cardiovascular and stem cell biology. Developed techniques to isolate beating cardiomyocytes from rat pups and mastered isolation of stem cells from Umblical Cord, Bone marrow and cardiac explants.

Developed a CAM model to study angiogenesis and has developed Hypoxia models to study various therapeutic targets.

Discovered the anti-apoptotic property of EETS, leading to the development of possible drugs for myocardial Ischemia.

Previous Position

Director and Head, Centre for Biotechnology, Alagappa College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai 600 025	May-2016 to April 2019.
Associate Professor, Centre for Biotechnology, Alagappa College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai	June-2012 to June 2015
Assistant Professor, Centre for Biotechnology, Alagappa College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai	December-2009 to May- 2012.
Deputy Director, Centre for International Affairs, Anna University, Chennai	April-2013 to August-2013.

Areas of Expertise

• Tissue Engineering

• Angiogenesis

• Cell signalling

• Hypoxia

• Stem cell Technology

• Cardiovascular Therapy

• Cancer Biology

Stem cell Technology

• To create a platform that fosters inter-disciplinary collaborations toward bench to bedside translation of stem cell technologies for heart and vascular disease management

• To study the role of Wnt signaling in Stem cell differentiation

• Role of conditioned media from MScs

• Effects of micro-environmental stress on the regenerative activity of mesenchymal stem cells.

My lab focuses on further understanding of stem cell behavior, characterization, manipulation, expansion and therapeutic delivery

Cardiovascular Therapeutics

• In vitro studies in enhancing CSCs survival, proliferation and subsequent differentiation to functional Cardiomyocytes under hypoxic conditions.

• Analysis of anti-apoptotic and cyto protective pathways give clue regarding molecular mechanisms involved in decreasing the extent of cell death.

• Isolation, culture and characterization of CSCs from rat heart biopsies by explant method

Cancer Biology

• Understanding the signaling mechanisms in Cancer stem cells

• Mitochondrially targeted compounds novel therapeutic agents for Cancer novel therapeutic agents for Cancer

• Tumour Angiogenesis

Our goal is to understand the mechanism of tumor derived cytokines recruits and regulates the fate of infiltrating stem cells and how these cells affect tumor progression. We are focused in genetic and metabolic profiling that occur in tumor and MSCs.

Invited Lectures

Delivered a Lecture on "Trends in Biotechnology- the Indian Scenario" in UK- India workshop on Industrial Biotechnology, organized by UK Science and Innovation Network and British Council,Chennai, 16th September,2016

Delivered a Lecture on "Curbing Cancer targeting the power house " in AMBICON organized by IMS and SUMS Hospital, Odisha (09-Jan-2016).

Delivered a Lecture on "The Success story of Stem Cell Technology used for Pharmaceutical Technology " in Bio-Summit 2015 organized by Karpaga vinayaga college of Engineering & technology, Kanchipuram (08-Jan-2015).

Delivered a Lecture on "Role of stem cells in the ageing endothelium" in ARCHA Symposium organized by Aston University, UK (16-Jul-2014).

Delivered a Lecture on "Pitfalls in Regenerative Medicine-An Insight" in Future Trends in Biotechnology organized by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore,India (03-May-2014).

Delivered a Lecture on "Therapeutic application of bone marrow derived MScs cultured on bioscaffolds" in National Conference on current research perspective in Biotechnology, Healthcare & Environment organized by Dr. M.G.R. Educational and research Institute Univ, India (16-Apr-2013).

Delivered a Lecture on "Biocompataibility studies of novel customizable polyamide scaffold for supporting osteoblast regeneration- Chances and challe" in Special Seminar in Department of Biophysics. organized by Medical college of Wisconsin, USA (12-Dec-2012).

Delivered a Lecture on "Advances in Stem cell Research" in National seminar on Molecular Medicine organized by MepcoSchlenk, EngeeneringCollege,, Sivakasi,India (29-Aug-2012).

Delivered a Lecture on "Whats in and out in Stem cell Technology" in National conference on Medicinal applications and advances. Organized by Aandal Alagar Engineenering College, Chennai (03-Jun-2012).

Delivered a Lecture on "Advances in confocal Microscopy" in 23rd National congress of Parasitology organized by Indian society of Parasitology & Anna Univeristy, India (11-Nov-2011).

Delivered a Lecture on "Recent trends in Bioscience- Advent & ambiguities" in Seminar organized by Dr. M.G.R. Educational and research institute Univ, India (29-Aug-2011).

Delivered a Lecture on "Stem cells Boon or Bane" in Seminar on Biotechnology Uk and Indian Perspective organized by Centre for Biotechnology Anna University, India (11-Aug-2011).

Delivered a Lecture on "Stem cell Technology" in Future perspectives in Biotechnology organized by Science City, Chennai., India (15-Dec-2010).

Delivered a Lecture on "Novel Therapeutic approaches of Arachidonic acid derivatives" in Conducted Special Seminar on Department of Biochemistry organized by Sri Ramachandra Medical college and Research Insti, India (12-Jun-2009).

Delivered a Lecture on "The RNA Avatars" in Seminar on Advanced Techniques in Biochemistry organized by Sri Ramachandra Medical college and Research Insti, India (10-May-2009).

Selected Publications

	All	Since 2014
Citations	2095	2095
h-index	24	21
i10-index	35	29

• Amudha Thanarasu, Karthik Periyasamy, Jason Thamizhakaran Stanley, Kubendran Devaraj, Premkumar Periyaraman, Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Sivanesan Subramanian. Anaerobic Co-digestion of Alkaline Pretreated Prosopis juliflora biomass with Sewage Sludge for Biomethane production. Energy Fuels, Vol. 33, Pages 7357-7365 (2019).
• Hameed A, Natarajan M, Jabbar S, Dhanasekaran JJ, Kumar K, Sivanesan S, Kron M, Dhanasekaran A. Immune Response to Brugia malayi Asparaginyl-tRNA Synthetase in Balb/c Mice and Human Clinical Samples of Lymphatic Filariasis. Lymphat Res Biol. Vol. 17 (4),Pages 447-456 (2019).
• Kubendran Devaraj, Manivasagan Veerasamy, Salma Aathika, Yuvarani Mani, Amudha Thanarasu, Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Sivanesan Subramanian. Study on effectiveness of activated calcium oxide in pilot plant biodiesel production. Journal of cleaner production, Vol. 225, Pages18-26 (2019).
• Selvaraj Vimalraj, Subramaniyam Rajalakshmi, Sekaran Saravanan, Deepak Thirumalai, Murugan Kadarkarai, A Vasanthi Rajkumar, Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Zinc chelated morin promotes osteoblast differentiation over its uncomplexed counterpart. Process Biochemistry Vol. 82, Pages 167-172 (2019).
• Ramya Thangamani, Muthukumar Muthusamy, Premkumar Manickam Periyaraman, Amudha Thanarasu, Thiruselvi Devaraj, Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Subramanian Sivanesan. Advance electrochemical oxidation of fipronil contaminated wastewater by graphite anodes and sorbent nano hydroxyapatite. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Vol. 41, Pages 866-880 (2019).
• Tarun Pant, Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Xiaowen Bai, Zeljko Bosnjak, Zhi-Dong Ge. Genome Wide Microarray Profiling Identified Differentially Expressed Circulating Biomarkers Associated with Early Development of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. The FASEB Journal, Vol. 33, Pages 778.12 (2019).
• Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Tarun Pant, Manoj Mishra, Xiaowen Bai, Zhi-Dong Ge, Zeljko Bosnjak. Co-expression Network Analysis of Altered lncRNAs and mRNAs in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy using Human iPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes. The FASEB Journal, Vol. 33, Pages 778.1 (2019).
• Premkumar Manickam Periyaraman, Sowmya Karan, Senthil Kumar Ponnusamy, Vinothkumar Vaidyanathan, Sathyaselvabala Vasanthakumar, Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Sivanesan Subramanian. Adsorption of an anionic dye onto native and chemically modified agricultural waste. Environmental Engineering & Management Journal (EEMJ), Vol. 18, Pages 257-270 (2019).
• Pant T, Mishra MK, Bai X, Ge ZD, Bosnjak ZJ, Dhanasekaran A. Microarray analysis of long non-coding RNA and mRNA expression profiles in diabetic cardiomyopathy using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Diab Vasc Dis Res. Vol. 16 (1), Pages 57-68 (2018).
• Tarun Pant, Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Juan Fang, Xiaowen Bai, Zeljko Bosnjak, Mingyu Liang and Zhi Cong GE. Current status and strategies of long non-coding RNA Research for Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. – Accepted July 2018.
• Pavani Koka, Reddy Sailaja Mundre, Rohini Rangarajan, Yamini Chandramohan, Raghunandha Kumar Subramanian, Anuradha Dhanasekaran Uncoupling Warburg effect and stemness in CD133+ve Cancer stem cells from Saos-2 (Osteosarcoma) cell line under hypoxia. (2018) Mol Biol Rep. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-018-4309-2.
• Sekaran Saravanan, Selvaraj Vimalraj and Dhanasekaran Anuradha. Chitosan based thermoresponsive hydrogel containing graphene oxide for bone tissue repair. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. Volume 107, July 2018, Pages 908-917.
• Subramaniyam Rajalakshmi, Selvaraj Vimalraj, Sekaran Saravanan, Desingh Raj Preeth, Manickaraj Shairam and Dhanasekaran Anuradha. Synthesis and characterization of silibinin/phenanthroline/ neocuproine copper(II) complexes for augmenting bone tissue regeneration: an in vitro analysis. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. March 2018. doi.org/10.1007/s00775-018-1566-4.
• Mundre RS1, Koka P1, Dhanaraj P1, Khatri N1, Vig S1, Chandramohan Y1, Dhanasekaran A1. Synergistic role of 5-azacytidine and ascorbic acid in directing cardiosphere derived cells to cardiomyocytes in vitro by downregulating Wnt signaling pathway via phosphorylation of β-catenin. PLoS One. 2017 Nov 30;12(11):e0188805. doi: 10.1371
• Variar G, Pant T, Singh A, Ravichandran A, Swami S, Kalyanaraman B, Dhanasekaran A. Effect of mitochondrially targeted carboxy proxyl nitroxide on Akt-mediated survival in Daudi cells: Significance of a dual mode of action. PLoS One. 2017 Apr 20;12(4)
• Samanta S, Balasubramanian S, Rajasingh S, Patel U, Dhanasekaran A, Dawn B, Rajasingh . MicroRNA: A new therapeutic strategy for cardiovascular diseases. J.Trends in cardiovascular medicine,March 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2016.02.004.
• Jeeva Jothi D, M Dhanraj, S Solaiappan, S Sivanesan, M Kron, A Dhanasekaran, "Brugia malayi Asparaginyl-tRNA Synthetase Stimulates Endothelial Cell Proliferation, Vasodilation and Angiogenesis", PLOS ONE, published by PLOS ONE. Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 1-12 (2016).
• Asiya Parvin A, Rohini Rangarajan, Pavani Koka, Raj K Bala, Reddy Sailaja,Mubeen Fathima,Jeeva Jothi D, Sanjana Sivanesan, John E Baker, Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Recombinant Erythropoietin Mitigates Injury fromIschemia/Reperfusion in Neonatal Cardiomyocytes by Novel Multiple Signalling Pathways. Int J Pharm Pharm Sci (2015)
• Asiya Parvin A, John E Baker, Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Erythropoietin receptor mRNA expression in Human Cardiomyocytes. Journal of Biochemical Sciences, 2 (2015)
• Asiya Parvin A, Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Erythropoietin Regulation on p38 MAPK and Downstream targets of Akt during Hypoxia/Reperfusion injury on H9C2 cells. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 6 (5) (2015).
• John E. Baker, Jidong Su, Stacy Koprowski, Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Tom P. Aufderheide, and Garrett J. Gross, " Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonists Protect Human Cardiac Myocytes from Injury by Activation of Cell Survival Pathways", J Pharmacol Exp Ther, published by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experi. pp. 429-437 (2014).
• A Parvin, U Shalini, A Devendran, JE Baker, A Dhanasekaran, "Erythropoietin protects cardiomyocytes from cell death during hypoxia/reperfusion injury through activation of survival signaling pathways", PLOS ONE, published by PLOS ONE. Vol. 9, Issue 9, pp. 1-12 (2014).
• A. Murugesan, T. Vidhyadevi, S.S. Kalaivani, P. Baskaralingam, C.D. Anuradha and S. Sivanesan", Kinetic studies and isotherm modeling for the removal of Ni2+ and Pb2+ ions by modified activated carbon using sulfuric acid", Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, published by Wiley Online library. Vol. 33, Issue 3, pp. 844-854 (2013).
• T. Vidhyadevi, A. Murugesan, S.S. Kalaivani, M. Anil Kumar, K.V. Thiruvenkada Ravi, L. Ravikumar, C.D. Anuradha, S. Sivanesan, "Optimization of the process parameters for the removal of reactive yellow dye by the low cost Setariaverticillata carbon using response surface methodology: Thermodynamic, kinetic, and equilibrium stu", Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, published by Wiley Online library. Vol. 33, Issue 3, pp. 855-865 (2013).
• ER Jacobs, S Bodiga, I Ali, AM Falck, JR Falck, M Medhora, A Dhanasekaran, " Tissue protection and endothelial cell signaling by 20-HETE analogs in intact ex vivo lung slices", Experimental Cell Research, published by elsevier. Vol. 318, Issue 16, pp. 2143-2152 (2012).
• Anuradha Dhanasekaran Sreedhar Bodiga , Stephanie Gruenloh , Ying Gao , Laurel Dunn, John R. Falck , J. Noelle Buonaccorsi , Meetha Medhora , Elizabeth R. Jacobs, " 20-HETE increases survival and decreases apoptosis in pulmonary arteries and pulmonary artery endothelial cells", American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology , published by American Physiological Society. Vol. 296, Issue 3, pp. H777-H786 (2009).
• Anuradha Dhanasekaran , Stephanie K. Gruenloh , J. Noelle Buonaccorsi , Rong Zhang , Garrett J. Gross , John R. Falck , Paresh K. Patel , Elizabeth R. Jacobs , Meetha Medhora, "Multiple antiapoptotic targets of the PI3K/Akt survival pathway are activated by epoxyeicosatrienoic acids to protect cardiomyocytes from hypoxia/anoxia", American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology , published by American Physiological Society. Vol. 294, Issue 2, pp. H724-H735 (2008).
• Meetha Medhora , Anuradha Dhanasekaran , Phillip F. Pratt Jr., Craig R. Cook , Laurel K. Dunn, Stephanie K. Gruenloh , Elizabeth R. Jacobs, " Role of JNK in network formation of human lung microvascular endothelial cells", American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology , published by American Physiological Society. Vol. 294, Issue 4, pp. L676-L685 (2008).
• A Dhanasekaran, S Gruenloh, R Zhang, G Gross, J Falck, E Jacobs, M Medhora, "Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) block cardiomyocyte cell death from hypoxia/reoxygenation injury via the PI3K/Akt survival pathway", FASEB, published by FASEB. Vol. 21, Issue 6, pp. A1288-A1288 (2007).
• A Dhanasekaran, R Al-Saghir, B Lopez, D Zhu, DD Gutterman, ER Jacobs, M Medhora, " Protective effects of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids on human endothelial cells from the pulmonary and coronary vasculature", American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology , published by American Physiological Society. Vol. 29, (2006).
• A Dhanasekaran, R Al-Saghir, B Lopez, D Zhu, DD Gutterman, ER Jacobs, M Medhora, " Protective effects of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids on human endothelial cells from the pulmonary and coronary vasculature", American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology , published by American Physiological Society. Vol. 29, (2006).
• A Dhanasekaran, S Gruenloh, E Jacobs, M Medhora, "Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) protect cardiovascular cells from apoptosis mediated by caspase 3-dependent pathways", FASEB, published by FASEB. Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. A123-A123 (2006).
• Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Srigiridhar Kotamraju, Chandran Karunakaran, Shasi V. Kalivendi, Simmy Thomas, Joy Joseph, B. Kalyanaraman, " Mitochondria superoxide dismutase mimetic inhibits peroxide-induced oxidative damage and apoptosis: role of mitochondrial superoxide", Free Radical Biology and Medicine , published by Elsevier. Vol. 39, Issue 5, pp. 567-583 (2005).
• Dhanasekaran A, Kotamraju S, Kalivendi SV, Matsunaga T, Shang T, Keszler A, Joseph J, Kalyanaraman B., "Supplementation of endothelial cells with mitochondria-targeted antioxidants inhibit peroxide-induced mitochondrial iron uptake, oxidative damage, and apoptosis", The journal of biological chemistry, published by JBC Papers. Vol. 279, Issue 36, pp. The journal of biological chemistry (2004).
• T Matsunaga, S Kotamraju, SV Kalivendi, A Dhanasekaran, J Joseph, B Kalyanaraman, "Ceramide-induced Intracellular Oxidant Formation, Iron Signaling, and Apoptosis in Endothelial Cells PROTECTIVE ROLE OF ENDOGENOUS NITRIC OXIDE", Journal of Biological Chemistry , published by y The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecu. Vol. 279, Issue 27,pp. 28614-28624 (2004).
• A Shraim, NC Sekaran, CD Anuradha, S Hirano, "Speciation of arsenic in tube-well water samples collected from West Bengal, India, by high-performance liquid chromatography–inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry", Applied Organometallic Chemistry , published by FEB. Vol. 16,Issue 4, pp. 202-209 (2002).
• S Hirano, CD Anuradha, S Kanno, "krox20/egr2 is upregulated following non‐specific and homophilic adhesion in ratmacrophages", Immunology, Vol. 107, Issue 1, pp. 86-92 (2002).
• Y Dragneva, CD Anuradha, A Valeva, A Hoffmann, S Bhakdi, M Husmann, " Subcytocidal attack by staphylococcal alpha-toxin activates NF-κB and induces interleukin-8 production", Infection and immunity , Vol. 69, Issue 4, pp. 2630-2635 (2001).
• S Kanno, CD Anuradha, S Hirano, "Localization of zinc after in vitro mineralization in osteoblastic cells", pp. springer (2001).
• S Kanno, CD Anuradha, S Hirano, " Chemotactic responses of osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells toward zinc chloride", Biological Trace Element Research , published by Springer. Vol. 83, Issue 1, pp. 49-55 (2001).
• CD Anuradha, S Kanno, S Hirano, " Oxidative damage to mitochondria is a preliminary step to caspase-3 activation in fluoride-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells", Free Radical Biology and Medicine, published by Elsevier. Vol. 31, Issue 3, pp. 367-373 (2001).
• CD Anuradha, S Kanno, S Hirano, "Fluoride induces apoptosis by caspase-3 activation in human leukemia HL-60 cells", Archives of toxicology , published by Springer. Vol. 74, Issue 4, pp. 226-230 (2000).
• CD Anuradha, S Kanno, S Hirano, " RGD peptide-induced apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 cells requires caspase-3 activation", Cell biology and toxicology , published by Springer. Vol. 16, Issue 5, pp. 275-283 (2000).
• S Hirano, CD Anuradha, S Kanno, " Transcription of krox-20/egr-2 is upregulated after exposure to fibrous particles and adhesion in rat alveolar macrophages", American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology , published by Am Thoracic Soc. Vol. 23, Issue 3, pp. 313-319 (2000).
• CD Anuradha, S Hirano, SHYAMALA DEVI C. S., "Studies on the nature and significance of collagen in experimentally induced oralsubmucous fibrosis in rats", Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition , Vol. 27, Issue 3, pp. 123-130 (1999).
• CD Anuradha, S Kanno, S Hirano, "Studies on the hematological profile and trace elements in oral submucous fibrosis", Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition , Vol. 19, Issue 1, pp. 9-17 (1995).

Significant Papers Presented in Conferences

• Sathyamoorthy Balasubramanian, J. Thangavel, K.N.Dileepan, A.Dhanasekaran, B.Dawn and J.Rajasingh. Combinatorial treatment with epigenetic modifiers inhibits thrombin- induced eNOS/RhoA signaling and restores AJ integrity. Experimental Biology Annual meeting 2014, April 26-30 2014, San Diego , USA.
• Jeeva Jothi Dhanasekaran, S.Solaiyappan, M. Dhanraj, S.Chatterjee, M.Kron and Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Expression and characterization of Asparagine- tRNA synthetase: the key enzyme that mediates angiogenesis in lymphatic filariasis. Experimental Biology Annual meeting 2014, April 26-30 2014, San Diego , USA
• Rohini Rangarajan and Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Comparison and characterization of PVA/Vanillin scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. 12-14 March 2014, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore,India.
• Abinayaa Ravichandran, Gokul Variar, Tarun Pant, Apoorva Singh and Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Hypoxia-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells. A prelude to treatment with targeted compounds. 30th Jan-  1st Feb 2014, Cancercon, IIT Madras, India.
• AsiyaParvinAllaudeen, AjayDevendran. John E Baker, Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Prevents Reactive Oxygen Species  - Induced Apoptosis Via  Akt and p38 MAPK Pathway During Hypoxia/ Reperfusion Injury.Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2013 .American Heart Association- Circulation Research. Las Vegas,Nevada,USA July, 2013
• ThiruvarutChelvan S, Johnson W E Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Role of secretion of MSCs in presence of Leptin. National conference on Biolife.Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences,Lucknow, India ,March 2013
• Ruban Rex P, Johnson W E, Arumaikkannu G Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Analysis of a novel customizable polyamide scaffold to support osteoblast differentiationInvitro bio-compatability study. National conference on Biolife.Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.4,5th March 2013.
• JeevaJothi D, SuvroChattergiee, Anuradha Dhanasekaran. Ap3A inhibits AsnRs-induced angiogenesis in Ehy926 endothelial cells. International workshop on wound healing & angiogenesis AU-KBC Research Centre, Chennai, India, December 2013
• AsiyaParvin .A, Raj Pranp, Shalini.U Anuradha Dhanasekaran. “Erythropoietin receptor signaling in cardiomyocytes protection during hypoxia   reperfusion injury” along with National conference on “Impact of Biotechnology in Health care & Industry Vel Tech High Tech Dr.Rangarajan, Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai, India, 2011
• JeevaJothi.D, Anuradha Dhanasekaran ‘Expression and purification of Asperhine-tRNA synthetases in lymphatic filariasis’, 23rd National congress on Parasitology,Anna University,  Chennai, India 2011
• C.D.Anuradha,Kanno,S Seishiro Hirano Fluoride induces apoptosis by caspase-3 activation in HL-60 cells. Society of Toxicology Meeting Philadelphia, USA,Mar 2000
• C.D.Anuradha,Kanno,S Seishiro Hirano RGD peptide- induced apoptosis in Human leukemia HL-60 cells requires caspase-3 activation 18th International Conference of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) Birmingham, UK,July 2000
• C.D.Anuradha, Kanno,S Seishiro Hirano Cytochrome-c release and caspase activation in NaF-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells Gordon Research Conference-Mechanisms of Toxicity New Hampshire, USA, July 2000
• C.D.Anuradha, Kanno,S Seishiro Hirano Fluoride induces apoptosis in HL-60 cells through a mechanism involving oxidative stress Gordon Research Conference-Oxidative stress and Diseases Los Angeles, USA, March 2001
• C.D.Anuradha,Kanno,S Seishiro Hirano Oxidative damage to mitochondria is a preliminary step to caspase-3 activation in fluoride induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells 40thSociety of Toxicology Meeting San Fransisco, USA, March 2001.
• C.D.Anuradha,Kanno,S Seishiro Hirano Fluoride induces apoptosis in Human leukemia (HL-60) cells by down regulation of Bcl-2 ASBMB meeting on Experimental Biology Orlando, USA, April 2001.
• C.D.Anuradha, SrigiridharKotamraju, Joseph J, Murphy MP, Kalyanaraman(2003):Supplementation of endothelial cells with mitochondrially-targeted ubiquinone derivative, MitoQ    inhibits H2O2-induced mitochondrial iron uptake and apoptosis Society for Free radicals in Biology and Medicine. Seattle, USA, Nov 2003
• Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Stephanie K. Gruenloh, Elizabeth R. Jacobs and MeethaMedhora(2005). EETs protect microvascular endothelial cells from Fas-induced apoptosis. American Heart Association. Texas,USA 2005
• Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Stephanie K. Gruenloh, Elizabeth R. Jacobs and MeethaMedhora (2005). EETs protect cardiomyocytes from hypoxia-reperfusion induced injury by a AKT-dependent pathway. FASEB meeting. San Fransisco, USA 2006.
• Anuradha Dhanasekaran, Stephanie K. Gruenloh, Rong Zhang, Noelle Buonaccorsi, Elizabeth R. Jacobs and MeethaMedhora(2007) PI3K/Akt pathway is activated by epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) to protect cardiomyocytes from apoptosis induced by hypoxia/reoxygenation injury.
• GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE‐Oxidative stress and Diseases.Ventura Beach,California 2007.

Conferences Organised

• Organising Secretary, Current trends on Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Lifestyle Diseases, February 27th -28 ,2018.
• Organising Secretary, Advances in Gene Editing, March 1-2 ,2017
• Organizer, International conference on "Avidadham-2016- An International conference on Recent Advances in Diagnostics and Treatment of Metabolic Disorders “from March 18 &19-2016.
• Organizer, One day Seminar on Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration-Organized by Anna University & Aston University-DST-UKIERI, On October 2015.
• Organizer, International conference on Contemporary Research Trends in Diagnostics and Therapeutics" from 16-Feb-2015 to 18-Feb-2015.
• Organising Secretary, An International conference on frontiers and challenges in healthcare, Biotechnology and food processing Technology"from 03-Feb-2014 to 05-Feb-2014.
• Organizing Secretary, International level conference on Molecular therapeutics organized by Anna University.
• Organizer, International level seminar on "Biotechnology: UK and Indian Perspectives" from 13-Oct-2011 to 14-Oct-2011.
• Organizing Secretary, National level conference on "National congress of Parasitology, jointly organized by the Indian Society for Parasitology and Anna University" November-2011.

MHRD – GIAN COURSE ORGANIZED

• 1.Targeting Cancer Metabolism [166020H04] – by Dr. Balaraman Kalyanaraman from 05.12.2016 -09.12.2016 at Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai.
• 2.An Insight to Infectious diseases [166020H03] – by Dr. Michael Kron from 05.02.2017 – 09.02.2017 at Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai.
• 3.Cell Redox biology and its Therapeutics – by Dr. Jeanette Vasquez Vivar from 16.07.2018 – 20.07.2018 at Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai.
• 4.Biomedical imaging: Advanced FLIM - FRET Microscopy Techniques for Cancer Cellular Imaging-By Dr Ammasi Periyasamy from 17th to 22nd December 2018

Collaborators

	BALARAMAN KALYANARAMAN, PhD Chairman and Professor of Biophysics Medical College of Wisconsin USA
	ELIZABETH ROGERS JACOBS, MD Professor and Chief Pulmonary Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin USA
	MICHAEL KRON, MD, MS Dept of Medicine Medical college of Wisconsin USA
	Dr MEETHA MEDHORA Professor, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin USA
	JOHN E. BAKER PhD Professor, Department of Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Medical College of Wisconsin USA
	RAJASINGH JOHNSON Division of Cardiovascular Diseases Kansas Medical Center Kansas USA
	EUSTACE JOHNSON PhD Life and Health Sciences Aston University UK
	ZELJKO J. BOSNJAK PhD Professor Department of Medicine Division of Endocrinology Medical College of Wisconsin USA

Awards

• Prof M.Viswanathan Honor Award for the year 2017 in recognition of outstanding research
• Was selected under Erasmus Exchange for staff mobility by European Union to attend workshop in University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Active Researcher Award for outstanding contributions awarded by Center for Technology development and transfer(CTDT), Anna University, India (2015).
• Visiting Fellow at Ghent University, Belgium March-April 2015 under SVAGATA Fellowship under Erasmus Mundus programme.
• Award for Excellence in Research by Divisiion of Pulmonary and Critical care, Department of Medicine, Medical college of Wisconsin, USA ,2009.
• Recipient of Svagata fellowship (2014-15) under the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (EMA2) Svaagata.eu project to visit Ghent University, Belgium as Staff for a month.
• "International Conference Travel grant " given by Anna University from India (2013)
• Has been cited in Asia’s Who’s Who of Men & Women of Achievement 2010
• Got the “MOST CITED PAPER AWARD” from Elsevier publications for the year “2005- 2007”.
• Got the “BEST CLINICAL RESEARCH PRESENTATION AWARD” for best research presentation by the Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin during Research Day 2005.
• Travel Award from the chair’s fund to present research findings at the GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE – Oxidative Stress and Disease in Los Angeles, USA, March 2001.
• Young Scientist Travel Award was awarded to present at the ASBMB meeting on Experimental Biology in Orlando, USA, April 2001
• Travel Award from the chair’s fund to present at the GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE – Mechanisms of Toxicity held in Newhampshire, Boston, July 2000
• The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Postdoctoral Travel Award program at Orlando, Florida in March 2001.
• Science and Technology Agency Award by Japan Science and Technology Corporation and Japan International Science and Technology Exchange (JSPS) Center to work as a researcher in Japan in August-2000.
• 18 th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Young Scientist Travel Fellowships Symposium in International conference centre Birmingham, UK-July 2000.
• Has been cited in Marquis Whos Who in Medicine and Health care for the year 2001.
• Science and Technology Agency Award by Japan Science and Technology Corporation and Japan International Science and Technology Exchange Center to work as a researcher in Japan in September 1998-2000.
• As Course co-ordinator ,three courses, Antiparasite drug discovery and Targeting Cancer Metabolism and Redox Biology was approved by GIAN,(Global initiative for academic network)

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