Dr. Santharam S Katta Associate Professor

Specialization

Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology

Areas Of Interest

Functional genomics, molecular biology, drug discovery,

Programs Organised

Qualification

M.Sc., Ph.D, Post doc

Teaching Experience

4.5

Awards & Recognition

• PhD awarded by JNU, New Delhi in 2010,
• Qualified for CSIR- NET Junior Research Fellowship (2003),
• Procured CSIR-NET Senior Research fellowship (2006)
• Cleared CSIR-NET lectureship (2002).

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Publications In Refereed Journals

Key Publications (Only Q1 & Q2 Rated)

• COVID-19 and cancer comorbidity: therapeutic opportunities and challenges, Pathania, A. S., Prathipati, P., Abdul, B. A., Chava, S., Katta, S. S., Gupta, S. C., ... & Challagundla, K. B. (2021). Theranostics,11(2), 731. PMID:33391502. doi: 10.7150/thno.51471
• Exosomes: Novel Players of Therapy Resistance in Neuroblastoma, Richard, H., Pokhrel, A., Chava, S., Pathania, A., Katta, S. S., & Challagundla, K. B. (2020), Tumor Microenvironment, 75-85. Springer, Cham. PMID:33119866. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50224-9_5
• Analysis of inner nuclear membrane composition in live cells by split-GFP and correlation spectroscopy, Smoyer CJ, Katta SS, Gardner J, Stoltz L, McCroskey S, Bradford WD, Melainia M Smith SE, Slaughter BD, Unruh JR, and Jaspersen SL.. J Cell Biol. (2016) 215, 575-90. PMID:27831485.doi: 10.1083/jcb.201607043
• Sec66 dependent regulation of spindle pole body duplication through Pom152. Katta SS*, Chen J,  Gardner J, Friedirichs JM, Smith S, Gogol M, Slaughter B, Unruh J, Jaspersen SL. Genetics (2015) 201 (4) 1479-95. PMID:26510791. doi: 10.1534/genetics.115.178012.
• Destination: Inner nuclear membrane. Katta SS*, Smoyer CJ*, Jaspersen SL., Trends Cell Biol. (2014) 24, 221-9.  PMID:26510791. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.10.006.
• Trafficking activity of myosin XXI, is essentially required in assembly of Leishmania flagellum. Katta SS*, Tammana TV*, Sahasrabuddhe AA*, Bajpai VK, Gupta CM. J Cell Sci. (2010) 123, 2035-2044.  PMID:20501700. doi: 10.1242/jcs.064725.
•  Flagellar localization of a novel isoform of myosin, myosin XXI, in Leishmania. Katta SS, Sahasrabuddhe A. A, Gupta C.M. Mol Biochem Parasitol. (2009) 164, 105-110. PMID:19121339. doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.12.002.

Research Summary

Yeast are model organisms to understand the basic questions in biology. Budding yeast is widely utilized to understand genetic and physical interactions, through various screening techniques. Yeast have a tremendous potential to produce wide range of nutraceuticals and products of commercial value and diverse types of yeasts have been explored for their commercial value.