Mr Anup Jayaram
Lecturer
Manipal Institute of Virology
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Teaching MSc students at MIV
- Actively involved in planning and conducting workshops and training sessions at MIV Manipal.
- Serving as a resource person for short courses and workshops on:
- Mentoring MSc students during their 4th-semester research projects at MIV Manipal.
Ø Clinical & Diagnostic Virology
Ø Basic and Advanced Virological Techniques
Ø Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Ø Cell Culture Techniques
Ø Biosafety & Biosecurity
Ø Medical Entomology
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Epidemiology | 2nd Semester |
| Virology Lab Design & Management | 3rd Semester |
| Intellectual Property Rights | 3rd Semester |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD (Ongoing) | Virology | Manipal Institute of Virology | |
| MSc | Microbiology | Madras University | 2007 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manipal Institute of Virology | Lecturer | Jan 2024 - Present | |
| Manipal Institute of Virology | Senior Research Officer | June 2021 – Dec 2023 | |
| Manipal Institute of Virology | Research Officer | Jan 2020 – May 2021 | |
| Manipal Institute of Virology | Project Administrator | Oct 2018 – Dec 2019 | |
| Manipal Centre for Virus Research | Project Administrator | Jan 2016 – Sep 2018 | |
| Manipal Centre for Virus Research | Additional Project Administrator | Oct 2015 – Dec 2015 | |
| Manipal Centre for Virus Research | Research Assistant | June 2013 – Sep 2015 | |
| Directorate of Health Services, Kerala | District Microbiologist | June 2009 – May 2013 | |
| Sree Narayana College, Alathur | Guest Lecturer | June 2008 – March 2009 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Infectious Diseases, Quality Assurance, One Health, Operational Research, Biosafety & Biosecurity
Area of Expertise
Expertise in studying the epidemiology of viral infections; Kit evaluation studies; Quality assurance in the laboratory; Development of virus-like particles (VLP’s); Outbreak investigations; Data Analytics; Virology Lab Design; Grants Management.
Area of Research
Immunological response to influenza natural infection; Developing Influenza Virus-like particle; Immune profiling of viral infections; Surveillance studies on infectious diseases; Epidemiology of viral infections.
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
WHO TDR SORT IT Fellow for public health emergencies in the Southeast Asia region
1. Puneet Bhatt, Muralidhar Varma, Vikas Sood, Anoop Ambikan, Anup Jayaram, Naren Babu, Soham Gupta, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Ujjwal Neogi. Temporal cytokine storm dynamics in dengue infection predicts severity. Virus Research. Jan 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2023.199306
2. Naren Babu, Shakuntala Mahilkar, Anup Jayaram, SylvesterAgha Ibemgbo, Garvita Mathur, Anitha Jagadesh, Sujatha Sunil et al. Cytokine profile, neutralization potential and viral replication dynamics in sera of chikungunya patients in India: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. Sep 2023, 100269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100269
3. Smriti Krishna, Anup Jayaram, Ujwal Shetty, Prasad Varamballi, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Anitha Jagadesh. Detection of H275Y oseltamivir resistance gene mutation among Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 patients by allelic discrimination real-time RT-PCR. Journal of Medical Virology. May 2023, 95, 5, e28764. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.28764
4. Babu, N.N., Jayaram, A., Auti, A.M. et al. Rickettsia africae and other unclassified Rickettsia species of the spotted fever group in ticks of the Western Ghats, India. Exp Appl Acarol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-023-00814-2
5. Mandal, S.K.; Neupane, J.; Kumar, A.M.V.; Davtyan, H.; Thekkur, P.; Jayaram, A.; Chalise, B.S.; Rawal, M.; Paudel, M.; Baral, B.; et al. Audit of Clinical Care Received by COVID-19 Patients Treated at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Nepal in 2021. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2022, 7, 381. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7110381
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