Dr. L. Uma
M.Sc., Ph.D
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Chair - School of Marine Science
Director - National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria
Professor & Head - Department of Marine Biotechnology
Coordinator - Bioinformatics Centre |
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| Area of Research |
| Environmental Biotechnology, Molecular Tagging
& Comparative Genomics
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| Research Projects |
| Project Title: Detoxification & Degradation of Phenolic compounds- (Minor)
Funding Agency: UGC, Govt of India
Duration: 1991-1992
Grants: 0.15 Lakhs
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Project Title: National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria
Funding Agency: DBT, Govt. of India
Duration: 2003 - 2012
Grants: 53.82 Lakhs
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Project Title: Bioinformatics Centre
Funding Agency: DBT, Govt. of India
Duration: 2003 - 2012
Grants: 61.34 Lakhs
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Project Title: Marine Cyanobacteria - A potential candidate for Uranium mining
Funding Agency: DAE, Govt. of India
Duration: 2007 - 2012
Grants: 19.56 Lakhs
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Project Title: Marine cyanobacteria - a promising candidate for CO2 sequestration with multiple utilization
Funding Agency: DBT, Govt. of India
Duration: 2009 - 2012
Grants: 46.85 Lakhs |
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| Awards and Membership |
| Awards:
Cash Award (2004) A marine bacterium to treat chlor-alkali effluent.
MICON - International Conference of Association of microbiologists of India, Mysore
Best poster presentation award (2004), National symposium on Biology and Biodiversity of Fresh Water algae, Chennai
Best poster presentation award (2006), International Conference on Applied phycology, New Delhi
Best poster presentation award (2007), National symposium on Recent advances & trends in applied phycology, University of Punjab, Chandigarh
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| Membership:
Biosafety committee DBT Nominee , DBT , Govt of India.
Executive Member ,IECD, Bharathidasan University.
Executive Member- BDC, Bharathidasan University.
Member standing committee on Academic affairs ,Bharathidasan University
Member - Board of studies - Gandhigram Rural University, Gandhigram
Academic council Member - Holy Cross college, Trichy.
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| Country Visited |
| University of Leicester and Kings College, London
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| Collaborations |
|  Bioinformatics Studies on cyanobacteria Cytochrome P450, University of Calcutta
Biogas production and Effluent Treatment and Environmental audit , Carbon- dioxide Sequestration, Pioneer Jellice Industries, Cuddalore
Uranium Mining by Marine Cyanobacteria, BARC, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India |
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| Publications |
| Premanandh J, Priya B, Teneva I, Balik D, Prabaharan D, Uma L. (2006) Molecular characterization of marine cyanobacteria from Indian subcontinent deduced from the sequence analysis of phycocyanin operon (cpcB- IGS- cpcA) and 16S-23S IPS region. J. Microbiology 2006 (6):607-16. (1.6)
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| Priya B, Premanandh J, Dhanalakshmi, Seethalakshmi, D, Prabaharan D, and Uma L. (2007) Comparative analysis of cyanobacterial SOD a canonical form , BMC Genomics Vol :8; 458 (4.03))
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| Venugopal Rajendran, Mallayan Palaniandavar, Palanisami Swaminathan and Lakshmanan Uma Cleavage of Proteins by a mixed Ligand copper(II) Phenolate complex: hydrophobicity of Diimine co-ligand promotes cleavage. 2007, Journal Inorganic chemistry, 46:10446-10448 (4.30)
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| L. Uma, D. Prabaharan, B. Priya and G. Subramanian (2009). Role of cyanobacterial Oxidases in Bioremediation- An Overview. In : Algal Biology and Biotechnology. J.I.S. Khattar, D.P. Singh & Gurpreet Kaur (eds.). I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. pp.251-261
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| Swaminathan Palanisami, Prabaharan Dharmar, Lakshmanan Uma (2009) Fate of few pesticide- metabolizing enzymes in the marine cyanobacterium Phormidium valderianum BDU 20041 in perspective with chlopyrifos exposure. Pesticide Physiology and Biochemistry, 94, 68-72 (1.45)
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| Jagadeesan Premanandh, Balakrishnan Priya, Dharmar Prabaharan and Lakshmanan Uma. (2009) Genetic heterogeneity of the marine cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya valderiana (Pseudanabaenaceae) evidenced by RAPD molecular markers and 16S rDNA sequence data. Journal of Plankton Research. 31: 1119 -1129. Imp. Factor (1.8)
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| P. Swaminathan, Sushantha Kumar Saha, L. Uma (2009) Laccase and poly phenol oxidize activities of marine cyanobacteria, a study with poly R-478 decoulrization. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 21: 887-881. Impact factor (0.945)
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| P.Chellapandi, D.Prabaharan, L.Uma Laxmanan. (2010), Evaluation of methanogenic activity of biogas plant slurry for monitoring co-digestion of ossein factory wates and cyanobacterial biomass. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 162: 524-525 Impact Factor (1.04)
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| Sushanta Kumar Saha, Palanisami Swaminathan, C. Raghavan, Lakshmanan Uma, Gopalakrishnan Subramanian. (2010) Ligninolytic and antioxidative enzymes of a marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria willei BDU 130511 during Poly R-478 decolourization. Bioresource Technology. 101: 3076-3084. Impact Factor (4.453)
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| Balakrishnan Priya, Reddi K Sivaprasanth, Vincent Divya Jensi, Lakshmanan Uma, Gopalakrishnan Subramanian, Dharmar Prabaharan,. (2010) Characterization of manganese superoxide dismutase from a marine cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya valderiana BDU20041 Saline Systems 6:6 (2.28).
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| D.Prabaharan, D.Arun Kumar, L.Uma, G.Subramanian (2010), Dark hydrogen production in nitrogen atmosphere an approach for sustainability by marine cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya valderiana BDU 20041. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35:10725-10730 (3.93).
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| Swaminathan Palanisami, Lakshmanan Uma (2010) Role of copper in Poly R-478 decolourization by the marine cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya valderiana BDU140441. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 26: 63-69 (0.95)
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| Balakrishnan Priya, Lakshmanan Uma, Abdul Khaleel Ahamed, Gopala Krishnan Subramanian and Dharmar Prabaharan (2011) Ability to use the diazo dye, C.I. Acid Black 1 as a nitrogen source by the marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria curviceps BDU92191 Bioresource Technology. 102: 72187223 (4.453)
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