PhD, Madurai Kamaraj University, 2003

MS, Madurai Kamaraj University, 1997

BS, Delhi University, 1995

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• Co-author, “Excitatory cholecystokinin neurons of the midbrain integrate diverse temporal responses and drive auditory thalamic subdomains,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021 118 (10):e2007724118
• Co-author, “Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Bidirectionally Controls Dendritic Ih in a Cell Type-Specific Manner between Mouse Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex,” Journal of Neuroscience 2020 40(27):5327-5340
• First author, “Functional Access to Neuron Subclasses in Rodent and Primate," Cell Reports 2019 26(10):2818-2832
• Co-author, “Calcium imaging with genetically encoded indicators in behaving primates,” Elife 2016 5:e16178
• Co-author, “Sensitive Cu²⁺ − Cu²⁺ distance measurements in a protein-DNA complex by double-quantum coherence ESR,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2013 117(20):6227-6230.
• First-author, “Ribosome purification approaches for studying interactions of regulatory proteins and RNAs with the ribosome,” Methods in Molecular Biology 2012; 905:273-89.
• Co-author “ESR spectroscopy identifies inhibitory Cu²⁺ sites in a DNA-modifying enzyme to reveal determinants of catalytic specificity,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012 Apr 24; 109(17):E993-1000
• Co-author, “The highly conserved KEOPS/EKC complex is essential for a universal tRNA modification, t6A,” EMBO Journal 2011 Mar 2; 30(5):873-81
• First author, “Non-stop mRNA decay initiates at the ribosome,” Molecular Microbiology 2010 Dec 78(5):1159-70.
• Co-author, “A trimeric DNA polymerase complex increases the native replication processivity,” Nucleic Acids Research 2009
• Co-author, “HNHDb: A database on pattern based classification of HNH domains reveals functional relevance of sequence patterns and domain associations,” Bioinformation 2009 4(2): 80-83
• Co-author, “Identification of prophages in bacterial genomes by dinucleotide relative abundance difference,” PLOS ONE 2007 2(11):e1193
• First author, “RNase R degrades non-stop mRNAs selectively in an SmpB-tmRNA-dependent manner,” Molecular Microbiology 2006 62(6):1700-1712
• First author, “tmRNA determinants required for facilitating nonstop mRNA decay,” RNA 2006 12(12):2187-2198
• Co-author, “Database and Comparative Identification of Prophages (book chapter),” Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 2006 344:863-868
• First author, “Analysis of the lambdoid prophage element e14 in the E. coli K-12 genome,” BMC Microbiology 2004 4:4
• First author, “HNH family sub-classification leads to identification of commonality in the His-Me endonuclease superfamily,” Protein Science 2004 13(1):295-300

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