Acharya Nagarjuna University

Biochemistry

Dr. Venkata Prasuja. N
Assistant Professor (UGC)
PhD

Date of Birth 14-06-1977
Date of Joining 03-04-2017
Contact , , 9949913760, nvprasuja@gmail.com
PhD Thesis
Title of Thesis University from which Ph.D. awarded Awarded Year
Cellular and molecular studies on the role of Endoplasmic reticulum mediated cell death and survival mechanisms in cerebral ischemia JNU-New Delhi / Central Drug Research Institute 2009
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Areas of Research Interest
Neurobiology of Disease (Broad area) ? Role of ER stress and Oxidative stress in Stroke & Traumatic brain injury ? Post-translational modifications after Stroke ? Role of Non-coding RNAs after Stroke.
Academic Achievements
1. Received Young scientist award (Gold medal) for oral presentation in ?International Conference on Innovations in Pharma and Biopharma Industry (ICIPBI-2017) held at University of Hyderabad, India 2. Selected as Assistant Professor (3rd cycle awarded) at national level, appointed by University Grants Commission (UGC), India under faculty recharge programmme (FRP). 3. Start-Up Research Grant (Young Scientists award) from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India. 4. Reviewer for SERB, Government of India funded research projects. 5. Reviewer for Metabolic Brain Research and The Open Drug Discovery journals 6. Contributed for invited book chapter entitled Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Brain Damage published in Methods in Enzymology based on my PhD work. 7. Doctoral research fellowship award (JRF&SRF) from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. 8. National eligibility award for lectureship in 2003 from UGC, India (Combined CSIR-UGC-NET) 9. Post-doc member (2010), Society for Neuroscience (SFN)-USA. 10. Member, Society for Neurochemistry India (SNCI)-India.
No. of Books Published and Edited
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Research Students Information

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Research Collaboration
1. Prof. Raghu Vemuganti, PhD Department of Neurological Surgery University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 2. Rajkumar Verma, PhD, Assistant Professor UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030

Major/Minor Research Projects Conducted

Title Date Funding Amount(in Lakhs) Project Summery
SERB-Young scientist Start up research grant. Project title: ?Studies on molecular crosstalk between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria in brain damage after stroke? (YSS/2014/000204) 2016 (3 years) Principal Investigator Major Science and Engineering Research Board 32.5 Click here
Mechanistic role of apocynin on unfolded protein response and protein aggregation in stroke has approved for funding (File number: EEQ/2017/000804). Project cost about 46.5 lakhs 29-Nov- 2017 (3 Years) Principal Investigator Major Science and Engineering Research Board 46.5 Click here
Start-Up grant for newly recruited faculty 01-Mar-2018 (3 Years) Principal Investigator Minor UGC 6 lakhs Click here