Dr. Mathangi Ganapathy

Sponsored Projects Completed

• Grant from Woman Scientist Scheme (DST WOS-A) Department of Science and Technology Govt. of India

• “Development of plant expression system for the production of recombinant therapeutic proteins" (November-2010 - December-2013). Project Cost: 21.00.

The major thrust areas in Research

Recombinant protein expression

• Creating an ideal plant platform for the expression of recombinant diagnostic and prophylactic proteins

• Find out the factors regulating transgene integration and expression

• Interaction between transgene and plant metabolism

Nutraceuticals

• Overexpression and purification of nutraceuticals from plants

• Pathway modification

• Evaluating the nutraceutical potential of phytochemicals

Plant tissue culture

• Clonal propagation of endangered and red book listed medicinal plants and isolation of medicinally important compounds from them

• Analysis of antioxidant activity of traditional medicinal plants

Collaboration

Research Publications

• National and International : 9

• Book Chapter : 2

• M.Tech thesis guided : 18

• B.Tech thesis guided : 16

Publications

• Maalavika Govindarajan, Mathangi Ganapathy (2020)“ Plant Immunomodulators Against Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Based On Various Traditional Medicine Practices Communicated
• MathangiGanapathy , Harini Balasubramanian (2020) Biocementing – A Review on the feasibility of using Bacteria and Algae in construction .Communicated.
• Sangavi, G., ArghoBakshi, Mathangi, G., and Nandhini Devi, G.* (2020) Adsorption of Reactive Dyes from Aqueous Solution Using Activated Carbon Prepared from Plantain Leaf Sheath Waste Chem. Biochem. Eng. Q., 34 (3) 169–180 https://doi.org/10.15255/CABEQ.2020.1826
• Rukmani Thiruppathi, Sachin Mishra, Mathangi Ganapathy, Parasuraman Padmanabhan and Balazs Gulyaz . Nanoparticle Functionalization and Its Potentials for Molecular Imaging ( 2017 ) Advanced Science 2017, 4 1600279 DOI: 10.1002/advs.20160027
• Ganapathy, M and Bhunia,S (. 2016) Nutraceuticals: The New Generation Therapeutics Adv Tech Biol Med 2016, 4:2 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2379-1764.1000179
• Ganapathy, M . (2016). Plants as bioreactors – A Review Adv Tech Biol Med 2016, 4:1 http://dx.doi. org/10.4172/2379-1764.1000161
• Ganapathy ,M, Chakravarthy Mohan, Jason Charles, Harunipriya P, Jaiganesh S, Subramonian N, Kaliraj P ( 2014). Immunodiagnostic properties of Wucheraria bancrofti SXP-1, a potential filarial diagnostic candidate expressed In Tobacco plant , Nicotiana tabacum. Appl Biochem Biotechnol (2015) 176:1889–1903 DOI 10.1007/s12010-015-1685-0
• Ganapathy, M, Adhiseshan, P, Chakravarthi,M, Harunipriya,P, Kaliraj, P.( 2014) Immunogenicity of Brugia malayi Abundant Larval Transcript-2, a potential filarial vaccine candidate expressed in tobacco. Plant Cell Rep 33:179–188.
• Jeeva Jothi D , Mathangi Ganapathy (2011). Hepatoprotective effect of Cassia auriculata L Leaf Extracts On Carbon Tetra Chloride Intoxicated Liver Damage in Wistar Albino Rats Asian J of Biochemistry .6(1): 104-112.
• A.K.Gupta, N. Anoop, A.Mushtaq, V. Mathangi (1999).Transgenic Legumes- A Mini Review JPAS Vol 1 27-34.
• V. Mathangi A.K.Gupta (1993). Genetic Manipulation of the Plant Cell Biology Education July-September 140-146.

Programmes Organized

• Part of the organizing team, 23rd National Congress on Parasitology (By Anna University, Chennai and Indian Society of Parasitology), from 18-Nov-2011 to 20-Sep-2011.
• Part of the organizing team, Registration, International level conference on "Avidadham2013" from 28-Jan-2013 to 31-Jan-2013.
• Part of the Organizing team.. Registration, International level conference on "Avidadham 2014" from 03-Feb-2014 to 05-Feb-2014.
• Part of the Organizing team Registration, International level conference on "Avidadham 2015" from 16-Feb-2015 to 18-Feb-2015.
• Part of the Organizing team, International level conference on "Avidadham2016" from 18-Mar-2016 to 19-Mar-2016.

Programme Attended

• Attended a National level seminar on "National seminar on Biotechnology:" organized by Dr.M.G.R Educational and Research Institute, Maduravoyil,Chennai, India from 19-Oct-2006 to 19-Oct-2006.
• Participated in a International level conference on "Biotechnology, UK and Indian Perspectives" organized by Anna University, India from 11-Sep-2007 to 12-Sep-2007.
• Participated in a International level conference on "BIotechnology, UK and Indian Perspectives" organized by Anna University, India from 13-Oct-2008 to 15-Oct-2008.
• Participated in a International level conference on "International Workshop on Integrated Approaches to Foods, Diet and Health: Indian and European Perspectives" organized by Anna University, India from 08-Feb-2011 to 09-Feb-2011.
• Participated in a National level workshop on "4th Workshop on “Data Collection and Statistical Analysis Including Training on Usage of Statistical Packages” for Women Scientists Scheme (WOS-A) awardees " organized by CR Rao Advanced Institute Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sciences, Central University Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad. India and , India from 09-Dec-2012 to 15-Dec-2012.
• Participated in Science Leadership Workshop June 22-28, 2020
• Participant in the virtual symposium COVID-19 Disease Control - Opportunities and Challenges for Vaccines, Bio-therapeutics and Diagnostics” An Industry-Academia Interaction organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, July 9-10, 2020
• Virtual symposium on “COVID-19 Disease Control - Opportunities and Challenges for Drug Discovery and Development; Drug Repurposing and Alternative Medicine” An Industry-Academia Interaction organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, 24th-25th July 2020

Invited Lectures

• Delivered a Lecture on "Invited lectures on RDNA technology and Cell biology:" in UG and PG students organized by Dept. Of Zoology, Madras Christian College,Tambara, Chennai (01-Jun-2004).
• Delivered a Lecture on "Invited lectures on RDNA technology and Cell biology:" in PG students organized by Dept. Of Biotechnology,Sri Ramachandra Medical Col, Chennai (14-Jul-2004).
• Delivered a Lecture on "Invited Speaker for Concepts in RDNA technology " in National seminar on Genes to Genomics: organized by Bharath Institute of Higher Educationand Researc, Chennai (22-Sep-2005).
• Delivered a Lecture on "Recent trends in Cell and Molecular biology" organized by ArunaiEngineering College, Thiruvannamalai, ,TamilNadu (21-Mar-2008).
• Delivered a Lecture on "Recent trends in Plant biotechnology, " organized by Pratyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Chennai (11-Feb-2010).

Programme chaired

• Co Chairman, National level conference titled "National Conference on Genes to Genomics" conducted by Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research from 22-Sep-2005 to 22-Sep-2005

Book Chapter

1. Chapter 5 in Advances in Biotechnology Vol II an open access e book

Production of Recombinant Proteins from Plants - An Overview 2017 . Mathangi Ganapathy*; Perumal Kaliraj ISBN is 978-81-935757-0-3

Edited by

• Asis Datta
• Md Fakruddin
• Hafiz Muhammad Nasir Iqbal
• Jayanthi Abraham

2. Applications of Biotechnology in Food Industry.(2020) The chapter has been accepted for the book 3: Food Biotechnology in the series “Innovations in Biotechnology” by Apple Academic Press/CRC Press, USA. 2020

Awards and Honors

• Awarded DST-WOA- Women Scientist grant by DST,GOVT. OF India(2010-2013)


• Qualified CSIR UGC lecturership
• Awarded CSIR fellowship for Ph.D both JRF and SRF


• Third rank in the University for M.Sc Degree
• Availed Kerala Govt Fellowship for undergraduate studies


• 13th rank in the state for SSLC

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