Cont@ct:
Mitchel J.Doktycz
Biological & Nanoscale Systems Group
Life Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratories
PO Box 2008 MS 6123
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6123
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Amudhan Venkateswaran is pursuing his postdoctoral research in the Life Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with Dr. Jennifer Morrell-Falvey and Dr. Mitch Doktycz. He received his M.Sc. (Hons.) in Biological Sciences (1998), ME in Biotechnology (1999) and PhD in Microbial Biotechnology (2003) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. His primary research interests focus on integrating his expertise in molecular biology and microbial genomics with advanced imaging to provide a comprehensive “picture” of biological systems. He is currently conducting protein fusion studies to understand the interrelationship between the genes and gene products involved in carbohydrate metabolism in Escherichia coli. He is looking to extend these studies to describe the molecular basis underlying microbial adaptation to environmental stress.
Publications

1. Debabrota Ghosal, Marina V. Omelchenko, Elena K. Gaidamakova, Vera Y. Matrosova, Alexander Vasilenko, Amudhan Venkateswaran, Min Zhai, Heather M. Kostandarithes, Hassan Brim, Kira S. Makarova, Lawrence P. Wackett, James K. Fredrickson, Michael J. Daly. 2005. How radiation kills cells: survival of Deinococcus radiodurans and Shewanella oneidensis under oxidative stress.
FEMS Microbiol Rev. Apr;29(2):361-75. Review.

2. Michael J. Daly, Elena K. Gaidamakova, Vera Y. Matrosova, Alexander Vasikenko, Min Zhai, Amudhan Venkateswaran, Mathias Hess, Marina V. Omelchenko, Heather Kostandarithes, Kira S. Makarova, Larry P. Wackett, James K. Fredrickson, and Debabrota Ghosal. 2004. Accumulation of Mn(II) in a mechanism towards surviving gamma-radiation in Deinococcus radiodurans. Science, 306(5698):1025-8 Epub. September 30, 2004.

3. Hassan Brim, Amudhan Venkateswaran, Heather M. Konstandarithes, James K. Fredrickson and Michael Daly. 2003. Engineering Deinococcus geothermalis for bioremediation of high-temperature radioactive waste environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69(8): 4575-82.

4. Yongqing Liu, Jizhong Zhou, Marina Omelchenko, Alex Beliaev, Amudhan Venkateswaran, Julia Stair, Liyou Wu, Dorothea K Thompson, Dong Xu, Igor B Rogozin, Elena K. Gaidamakova Min Zhai, Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, and and Michael J. Daly. 2003. Transcriptome dynamics of Deinococcus radiodurans recovering from ionizing radiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 100(7); 4191-4196.

5. Mary. S. Lipton, L.Paa-tolic, G.A. Aderson D.J.Anderson D. Auberry, J.R.Battista, Michael. J. Daly, J.K.Fredrickson, K.K.Hixson, H.Kostandarithes, T. Conrads, C. Masselon, M. Markille, R. J. Moore, M.F.Romine, Y.Shen, N.Shen, N.Tolic, H.R. Udseth, T.D Veentra, Amudhan Venkateswaran, K.K.Wong, R.Zhao, and R.D Smith. 2001. Global analysis of the Deinococcus radiodurans R1 proteome using accurate mass tags. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 99(17); 11049-11054.

6. Amudhan Venkateswaran, Sara C McFarlan, Debabrota Ghosal, Kenneth W Minton, Alexander Vasilenko Kira Makarova, Lawrence P Wackett, and Michael J Daly. 2000. Physiological determinants of radiation resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66(6); 2620-2626.).