Balasubramanian Cibichakravarthy
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chakravarthybio@gmail.com
+1 (475) 234 – 8938
orcid.org/0000-0002-2814-8870
Professional Appointments
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, USA | 2023-Till now |
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel | 2018-2022 |
University Grants Commission – Basic Science Research Fellowship, India | 2013-2018 |
ICAR-Senior Research Fellow, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India |
2010-2013 |
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, India |
2013-2018 |
Master of Science in Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, India |
2007-2009 |
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Bharathiar University, India |
2004-2007 |
Publications
Cibichakravarthy, B., Neta S., Einat K., Gottlieb Y., Endosymbiont derived metabolites are essential for its tick host reproductive fitness. mSphere Journal (under review) – mSphere00693-23.
Hart, T.M., Calloway, K., Dai, Y., Cui, Y., Matias, J., DePonte, K., DeBlasio, K.M., Hoornstra, D., Belperron, A.A., Cibichakravarthy, B., Hovius, J.W.R., Bockenstedt, L.K., Ring, A.M.,* Fikrig. E., * Comprehensive profiling of Ixodes scapularis antigens by curated yeast display (under preparation).
Cui, Y., Matias, J., Tang, X., Cibichakravarthy, B., DePonte, K., Wu, M. J., & Fikrig, E. (2024). Metabolomic changes associated with acquired resistance to Ixodes scapularis. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 15(1), 102279.
Cibichakravarthy, B., Oses-Prieto J.A., Ben-Yosef M., Karr T. L., Gottlieb Y., Comparative proteomics of Coxiella Like Endosymbionts (CLEs) in the symbiotic organs of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. Microbiology spectrum, 10.1 (2022): e01673-21.
Cibichakravarthy, B., Arul Jose, P Biosynthetic potential of Streptomyces rationalizes genome- based mining, Antibiotics 10.7 (2021):873.
Princy, S., Sathish, S. S., Cibichakravarthy, B., & Prabagaran, S. R. (2020). Hexavalent chromium reduction by Morganella morganii (1Ab1) isolated from tannery effluent contaminated sites of Tamil Nadu, India, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 23, 101469.
Cibichakravarthy, B., Abinaya, S., & Prabagaran, S. R. (2017). Syntrophic association of termite gut bacterial symbionts with bifunctional characteristics of cellulose degrading and polyhydroxyalkanoate producing bacteria. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 103, 613-620.
Cibichakravarthy, B., Kumutha, K., & Balachandar, D. (2015). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in phosphorus-deficient Alfisols of a dry North-western agro- ecosystem of Tamil Nadu, India. Annals of microbiology, 65(1), 143-153.
Cibichakravarthy, B., Preetha, R., Sundaram, S. P., Kumar, K., & Balachandar, D. (2012). Diazotrophic diversity in the rhizosphere of two exotic weed plants, Prosopis juliflora and Parthenium hysterophorus. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 28(2), 605- 613.
Cibichakravarthy, B., Balachandar, D & Kumar K. 2011. (2012). Performance of multifaceted plant growth promoting rhizobacterial strains as bioinoculants for aerobic rice (cultivar PMK3), The Madras Journal of Agricultural Sciences (MASU). 99(4-6), 315-319.
Book chapters
Cibichakravarthy, B., Princy, S & Prabagaran, S. R. (2019). Phytobiomes and bioremediation. In Microbiomes and Plant Health (pp. 301-316). Academic Press.
Cibichakravarthy, B., Venkatachalam, S., & Prabagaran, S. R. (2019). Unleashing Extremophilic Metabolites and Its Industrial Perspectives. In New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering (pp. 119-130). Elsevier.
Teaching Experience
(Course associate)
Veterinary Entomology for M.Sc., Veterinary | 2021-22 |
Veterinary Entomology for M.Sc., Veterinary | 2020-21 |
Veterinary Entomology for M.Sc., Veterinary | 2019-20 |
Agricultural and Industrial Microbiology for B.Sc., Agriculture | 2012-13 |
Agricultural and Industrial Microbiology for B.Sc., Agriculture | 2011-12 |
Microbial Genetics for B. Tech., Biotechnology and Bioinformatics | 2011-12 |
Conferences / Symposiums
Entomological Society of Israel, Israel |
2022 |
National level conference on biotechnology and omics sciences, India |
2022 |
Guest speaker at Department seminar series, Koret School of Vet. Med., Israel |
2021 |
Virtual symbiosis seminar series by Greg Hurst, UK and Nicole Gerado, USA |
2021 |
XIVth Int. Symposium on Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, Germany, (virtual) |
2021 |
Evolutionary convergence of symbioses in ticks (ENVOSYM), (virtual) |
2020 |
Evolutionary convergence of symbioses in ticks (ENVOSYM), France |
2019 |
Insect symbionts: Plasticity in confronting environmental challenges, Israel |
2018 |
International Union for Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), Helsinki, Finland |
2016 |
Sustainable utilization of tropical plant biomass (SutB4), TNAU, India |
2016 |
DAE-BRNS Life Science Symposium (LSS), BARC, Mumbai, India |
2015 |
Empowering Mankind with Microbial Technologies, TNAU, India |
2014 |
7th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, New Delhi, India |
2013 |
Workshops
SeqCode2021 workshop, ISME (virtual) |
2021 |
Anvi’o Helsinki Workshop (virtual) |
2020 |
Proteomics data analysis course, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel |
2019 |
National workshop on data analytics with R and Python, Bharathiar University |
2017 |
Soil to microbes, Institute of microbial technology (IMTECH), India |
2015 |
Data processing and presentation in marine sciences using open-source software tools, India |
2014 |
Academic Services
Evolutionary convergence of symbioses in ticks (ENVOSYM), Israel* |
2021 |
National Seminar on Frontiers in Biotechnology (NSFB) at Bharathiar University* |
2016 |
Workshop on Research Methodology at Bharathiar University† |
2013 |
Organized seminar* and workshop†
Our Skills
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- Branding – 90%
- UX Research – 77%
- Interface Design – 85%
Award winning Design
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