<成員

Ramya Kumar

助理研究員

學歷：

2015-2020： Ph.D. Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan,Taiwan
2002-2004：M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
1999-2002：B. Sc. in Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India

研究專長

Molecular biology techniques, microbiology techniques, recombinant protein expression, cell culture, RNAi technique, Histology, Immunoprecipitation, animal experiments, bioinformatics skills, microarray, qPCR.

研究及工作經歷

July 2020 Onwards - Assistant Researcher, International Center for Scientific Development of Shrimp Aquaculture, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan
Feb 2020 Onwards - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan
2015 - 2020 - PhD, Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan

Topic: Involvement of bile acid transporters and bile acids in pathogenesis of AHPND in white shrimp L. vannamei

Advisor: Prof. Wang, Han-Ching

2012 - 2015 - Associate Scientist, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Syngene International Ltd, Bangalore, India
2011 - 2012 - Junior Scientist, Aurigene Discoveries Ltd, Bangalore, India
2010 - 2011 - Junior Scientist, Genotypic Technologies Ltd, Bangalore, India
2008 - 2010 - Senior Research Fellow, Avesthagen Limited, Bangalore, India
2004 - 2007 - Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

教學經歷

1. Course Name: NCKU Summer Research Program, NCKU Medical School, Tainan, Taiwan

Gave a lecture on the comprehensive research outcomes of shrimp diseases from our research team to international students
Briefed students about the campus life and opportunities in NCKU for international students

2. Course Name: Application of shrimp and microbial model, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan

Gave a lecture on the sustainable aquaculture and application of shrimp as a model organism to study disease pathogenesis to Master students
Briefed students about the challenges faced in invertebrate research in comparison to medical research

3. Course Name: Biotechnology Research, Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, Tainan, Taiwan

Gave a lecture on the translation of basic research to applied research in shrimp aquaculture to PhD students

研究榮譽獎項

Excellent Research Work award in NCKU Graduate Research Day, Tainan, Taiwan (2021).
First prize for poster presentation in Marine Biotechnology Conference 2019. Shizuoka, Japan (2019).
Potential for elite young researcher award in Outstanding Theses presentation organized by National Central Library and Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan (2019).
First prize for poster presentation in The Fisheries Society of Taiwan Conference. Taipei, Taiwan (2019).
2^nd runner-up award for poster presentation in 23rd Biological Sciences Graduate Congress. Bangkok, Thailand (2018).
First prize in poster presentation in The Fisheries Society of Taiwan Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2018).
Best poster presentation award in Taiwan marine biotechnology industry development conference. Taiwan (2017).
NCKU Distinguished International Student Scholarship, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan (2015-2019).
NCKU- Bank SinoPac Outstanding Talent Scholarship, Taiwan (2017-2018).
Team Excellence award, BBRC, Syngene International, India (2014).
Star Employee awards, BBRC, Syngene International, India (2014 and 2015).

研究成果

Chang YH, Kumar R, Ng TH, Wang HC. What vaccination studies tell us about immunological memory within the innate immune system of cultured shrimp and crayfish. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 80: 53-66, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.03.003. Ranking: 0.034 (ZOOLOGY, 6/175), IF: 3.636.
Kumar R, Chang CH, Ng TH, Ding JY, Tseng TC, Lo CF, Wang HC. Draft genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain M1-1, which causes Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) in shrimp in Vietnam. Genome Announcements, 18(6): e01468-17, 2018. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01468-17.
Tseng YT, Kumar R, Wang HC. LvRas and LvRap are both important for WSSV replication in Litopenaeus vannamei. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 88: 150-160, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2019.02.035. Ranking: 0.034 (VETERINARY SCIENCES, 5/146), IF: 4.581.
Ng TH, Kumar R, Apitanyasai K, He S-T, Chiu S-P, Wang H-C. Selective expression of a "correct cloud" of Dscam in crayfish survivors after second exposure to the same pathogen. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 92: 432-437, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.06.023. Ranking: 0.034 (VETERINARY SCIENCES, 5/146), IF: 4.581.
Kumar R, Ng TH, Chang C-C, Lin S-S, Lo CF, Wang HC. Bile acid and bile acid transporters are involved pathogenesis of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease in white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Cellular Microbiology 22: e13127, 2019. doi: 10.1111/cmi.13127. Ranking: 0.437 (MICROBIOLOGY, 60/137), IF: 3.715.
Kumar R, Ng TH, Wang HC. Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease in penaeid shrimp. Reviews in Aquaculture, 12: 1867-1850. 2020. doi.org/10.1111/raq.12414. Ranking:0.018 (FISHERIES, 1/53), IF: 10.592.
Wang HC, Lin SJ, Mohapatra A, Kumar R, Wang HC. A review of the functional annotations of important genes in the AHPND-causing pVA1 plasmid. Microorganisms, 8(7): 996, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8070996. Ranking: 0.379 (MICROBIOLOGY 52/137) IF: 4.128.
Kao ZN, Liu CH, Liu WJ, Kumar R, Leu JH, Wang HC. Shrimp SIRT1 activates of the WSSV IE1 promoter independently of the NF-κB binding site. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 106: 910-919, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2020.08.034. Ranking: 0.034 (VETERINARY SCIENCES, 5/146), IF: 4.581.
Chen YL, Kumar R, Liu CH, Wang HC. In Litopenaeus vannamei, the cuticular chitin-binding proteins LvDD9A and LvDD9B retard AHPND pathogenesis but facilitate WSSV infection. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 120: 103999, 2021. doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2021.103999. Ranking: 0.034 (ZOOLOGY, 6/175), IF: 3.636.
Kumar R, Tung TC, Ng TH, Chang CC, Chen YL, Chen YM, Lin SS, Wang HC. Metabolic alterations in shrimp stomach during acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease and effects of taurocholate on Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 631468, 2021. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.631468. Ranking: 0.20(MICROBIOLOGY, 28/137), IF: 5.640.
Luangtrakul W, Boonchuen P, Jaree P, Kumar R, Wang HC, Somboonwiwat K. Cytotoxicity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus AHPND toxin on shrimp hemocytes, a newly identified target tissue, involves binding of toxin to aminopeptidase N1 receptor. PLoS Pathogens, 17(3): e1009463. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009463. Ranking: 0.14 (MICROBIOLOGY, 20/137) IF: 6.823.
Kumar R, Huang JY, Ng YS, Chen CY, Wang HC. The Regulation of Shrimp Metabolism by the White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV). Reviews in Aquaculture, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12643. Ranking:0.018 (FISHERIES, 1/53), IF: 10.592.

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