Dr. Someswar R. Sagurthi

Assistant Professor

Dr. Someswar R. Sagurthi lab: Drug Design & Molecular Medicine lab

A multidisciplinary approach to address fundamental questions about the Signaling and gene Regulations and Multifactorial Diseases

Dr. Someswar R.Sagurthi has joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics (Biotechnology), Osmania University in the year of 2013. He pursued post graduationin Biotechnology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during 1999 -2001, and was awarded post graduation diploma in Bioinformatics in 2002 from the same university. He received his Doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2009 fromthe Biophysics department for his work on, “Structural studies on capsid of physalis mottle virus&stress response proteins from Oriza sativa and Salmonella typhimurium”.He was qualified national level CSIR- NET eligibility test and his Ph.D. was funded by CSIR in the form of JRF and SRF from 2003 to 2008. He worked as a visiting faculty at Jamia Central Univeristy, New Delhi and Amity University at Noida in Uttar Pradesh during 2002-2003. He had assisted in several projects and trained masters and bachelor students in their projects in India and USA.Hehad fouryears of postdoctoral research experience in USA. He attended various national and international conferences and presented his research work and also as a keynote speaker in international conferences. To his credit, published several international research publications in peer reviewed Journals. Works as a educational trainer in the field of Bioinformatics across the Universities. Theresearch career was initiated in the field of Bioinformatics, Structural biology and Molecular medicine to study the proteins. Specialized in designing and biolchemical evaluation of drug lead molecules related to secondary diabetic complications, viral infections and Cancer. He acts as reviewer for high impact factor national, international journals and research grant.

Honours & Awards

• Junior & Senior Research Fellowship (2003-2008) from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.
• Winner of the best poster presentation competition. International symposium on “Management of Vector-Borne Viruses” International crops research institute for the semi-arid tropics 7-10 February 2006, Hyderabad, India.
• Third prize for quiz competition in the “National Science Day” 28th February 2002, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
• Conducted a conference as a editorial chief “National conference on emerging & re-emerging viral outbreaks in India clinical challenges & management” 2014.
• Acted as a Co-convenor for a conference “New frontiers in Biotechnology Prospects and Challenges”, conducted by University college for Women, Koti.
• Got selected for Young Investigators' Meeting (YIM) March, 2017 in Goa.
• Got elected as Associate Member of Telangana Academy of Science 2017.
• DST-SERB -ECR research grant awarded

 

Memberships in Professional/Scientific Bodies:

• BOS, of the Institution, “St. Anns College for Women” since June, 2015 to date.
• BOS, of the Institution, “University college for Women, Koti ” since June, 2015 to date.
• BOS, of the Institution, “Mahatma Gandhi University” since April, 2016 to date.
• Appointed as Core Committee member for Research Development and Consultancy Cell (RDCC), Osmania Universities since July, 2016.
• BOS, of the Institution, “Department of Genetics”, University College of Sciene, Osmania University, June 2017 to date.
• Associate Fellow, of the “Telangana Academy of Sciences”, Osmania University campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, from 1st July 2017

DBT Nominee for IBSE (Institutional Biosafety committee)

• 1. DBT Nominee for RAS Life Sciences, Hyderbabad
• 2. DBT Nominee for clonz Biotech compamny