Dr Sudheesh N
Assistant Professor
Manipal Institute of Virology
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Teaching MSc students of MIV
- Resource person for the series of training programmes (workshops) in Virology (Basic and advanced virological techniques, cell culture and PCR techniques) conducted by Manipal Institute of Virology
- Guiding MSc. Clinical Virology students' short term research projects in MIV
- Actively involved in inter-departmental teaching at MIV.
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
Subject | Semester / Year |
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Basic Virology | 1st semester |
Systematic virology: II | 1st semester |
Virological Techniques | 1st semester |
Disaster Management | 4th semester |
Analytical methods | 4th semester |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
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PhD | Virology | Manipal Institute of Virology | 2021 |
Experience
Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
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Manipal Institute of Virology | Assistant Professor | January 2022- Present | |
FNDR Doddaballapura, Bengaluru | Research Scientist-1 (Virology) | May 2021- December 2021 | |
Manipal Institute of Virology | Senior Project Associate | February 2021- May 2021 | |
Manipal Institute of Virology | Laboratory Manager | October 2015- January 2021 | |
Manipal Institute of Virology | Research Assistant | October 2012- September 2015 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Public health virology; Emerging and remerging viral diseases; Development of diagnostic assays and viral vaccines; Antiviral drug development; Biosafety and Biosecurity
Area of Expertise
Virology laboratory design; Development and validation of serological and PCR assays for viruses; Antiviral screening; Clinical & Diagnostic virology; Laboratory biorisk management system; working in biosafety level-3 lab
Area of Research
Antiviral assays; Development and validation of assays; Molecular virology and viral vaccines.
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1. Molecular Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus in India during April 2016 - August 2018
2. Exploring the antiviral for Chikungunya virus (in silico and in vitro approach)
3. Molecular Characterization of hemagglutinin gene of Influenza A (H3N2) viruses circulating in India during 2014 - 2016