RESUME Dr. B. UMA REDDY Associate Professor PG Department

RESUME

Dr. B. UMA REDDY Associate Professor PG Department of studies in Botany Vijayanagara Srikrishnadevaraya University Ballari- 583104 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Senior Research Associate (SRA): Dept of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Aug 2010 to Jan DST- FAST-TRACK Young Scientist: Completed DST, GOI sponsored project 2019. (Rs. ~30 lakhs/-) approved under FAST-TRACK young Scientists Scheme, May 2012-15) at Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

2008-2009 PG diploma in Nanoscience & Technology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 1996-2001 Ph.D. Gulbarga University Gulbarga 1995-1996 M.Phil. (Phytochemistry and Pharmacology), Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 1993-1995 M. Sc. (Botany, spl. in medicinal plants), Gulbarga University, Gulbarga

EMPLOYMENT

From 27th May  Associate Professor, PG Department of Studies in Botany, Vijayanagara 2019 onwards Srikrishnadevaraya University. Feb, 2019 to 24th  Coordinator for Nanobiotechnology Training Program, Centre for May 2019. Nanoscience and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science.  Guest Lecturer: Botany, Bioinformatics Dept, Gulbarga University, 2008-10 Gulbarga.  Lecturer: Biotechnology Dept, National College [private], Bellary, Karnataka 2004-08 (2004-08). 2000-03  Lecturer: Smt. A.S.M. College for Women, Bellary (2000-03).

Sponsored Projects under Supervision as Principal Investigator and Funds Received

Project Title Sponsoring Agency Amount Reference “Screening of medicinal Science and Engineering Research 30 lakhs No.SR/FT/LS-01/2011 plants for antiiral Board DST, Govt of India properties against SERB-DST Fast Track Hepatitis C virus” Technology Bhavan Young Scientists New Meharauli Road scheme New Delhi 110016

AWARDS / HONORS / PRIZES

 Awarded DST Fast Track Young Scientists Project as a Principal Investigator at IISc Bangalore. Project (18th May 2012- 17th May 2015).

 Selected for International Travel Grant Award by INSA-CSIR-BRNS/DAE-CICS on 22 September 2015 to participate 22nd International Symposium on Hepatitis C virus and related viruses. Held at Strasbourg, France from 7th to 13th Oct 2015.

 Secured IV-prize in co-authorship for Poster Presentation in the 2nd National Conference on Biotechnology for Rural & Industrial Development 17-19 Jan 2008 at Department of Biotechnology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga.

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

 Completed Summer Research Fellowship program (under Teachers Training Scheme), at Prof. Virender Chauhan’s Lab, Director, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. It was sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences (Bangalore), National Academy of Sciences (New Delhi) & The National Academy of Sciences (Allahabad), India (1st May to 30th June 2008).

 Participated Department of Science and Technology (DST), GOI sponsored workshop at MVIT College, Bangalore: “Traditional and Modern Approaches in Plant Taxonomy” Sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (15 – 26 Feb 2010)

 Member for Board of Studies, Served as a BOS member to the Dept of Biotechnology for under graduation (UG) Biotechnology courses, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka (2007- 2010)

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

 Supervised and conducted practical sessions and taught several experiments (related to Genetics and Molecular Biology) to the participating Teachers Refresher Course. Organized by Academy of Sciences held at Biological Sciences, Division, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

1. 16th – 29th, Jan, 2017 2. 08th - 22nd, Dec 2017 3. 28th Jan to 10th Feb 2019

COORDINATOR (workshop organized for the Medical Professionals at IISc):

 Served as a program coordinator for the Workshop entitled as “Residential Training Program on Nanotechnology Relevant to Medical Research”, for medical professionals, sponsored by the RGUHS (Rajiv Gandhi University for Health Sciences) from 22nd April to 3rd May 2019 at Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. INVITED SPEAKER

1. Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India sponsored - Brain Storming Scientific Discussion, “Antiviral compounds from plants” (invited by the Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden & Research institute (JNTBGRI), held at JNTBGRI, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India on 12-13th June 2014.

2. 4th Molecular virology meeting, (invited by the organizers of 4th molecular virology meeting). held at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 16th - 17th April 2015.

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Molecular virology, Vaccine Research, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Plant Taxonomy

CONFERENCES: 19 (Conferences, workshop, seminars, Brain Storming discussions, symposiums at National & International levels)

PUBLICATIONS : 23 (Research articles + 1 chapter in Book)

Following the list of recent publication from last 5 years

1. B. Uma Reddy, Ranajoy Mullick, Anuj Kumar, Geetika Sharma, Paromita Bag, Chaitrali Laha Roy, Govindarajan Sudha, Himani Tandon, Pratik Dave, Asutosh Shukla, Priyanka Srinivasan, Madhusudhan Nandhitha, Narayanaswamy Srinivasan, Saumitra Das (2018). A natural small molecule inhibitor corilagin blocks HCV replication and modulates oxidative stress to reduce liver damage. Antiviral Research 150 (2018) 47–59, doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.12.004. (Impact factor. 4.9).

2. Abirami L, B. Uma Reddy, Nallani Raghav, Vijay Kumar Ravi, Anuj Kumar, Prabal K. Maiti, Ajay. K. Sood, N. Jayaraman, Saumitra Das (2015) Galactose-functionalized dendritic si-RNA nanovector to potentiate hepatitis C inhibition in liver cells. Nanoscale. (Published by Royal Society of Chemistry) Oct 8; 7(40):16921-31. doi: 10.1039/c5nr02898a. Citations =07 (Impact factor: 7.37). Research Highlights: IISc Press Release & Media coverage (Bangalore Mirror) etc.

3. Uma Reddy B*, Ranajoy MR, kumar A, Sudha G, Srinivasan N, Saumitra Das* (2014). Small molecule inhibitors of HCV replication from Pomegranate. Scientific Reports. (Nature Publishing Group) Jun 24;4:5411. doi: 10.1038/srep05411. Citations =18 (Impact factor : 5.2)

[Research Highlights: Nature India; IISc Press Release; Research news: Current Science & Media coverage (Bangalore Mirror) etc]

4. Balakrishnan S, Mathad SS, Sharma G, Raju SR, Reddy Uma B, Das S, Ananthasuresh GK (2019) A Nondimensional Model Reveals Alterations in Nuclear Mechanics upon Hepatitis C Virus Replication. Biophys J. 116(7):1328-1339. (Impact factor 3.5). Research Highlights: IISc Press Release

5. 2 more research articles are under communication /revision process

PATENTS FROM INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (IISc) :

1) 4034/CHE/2011 (Filing date:11/23/2011 & Published on 06/21/2013) 2) 3473/CHE/2015 (filing date: 01/6/2016) PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Prof. Saumitra Das, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Prof. Jayaraman N, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Prof. Srinivasan N, Department of Molecular Biology & Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

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