Kiranam  Chatti,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Research Scientist  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Institute of Life Sciences 
                           
                                                                              
                            Department of Biology 
                           
                                                                              
                            University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli 
                           
                                                    
                            Hyderabad - 500 046                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Andhra Pradesh                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: kiranamc@ilsresearch.org 
                           
                                                    
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://www.ilsresearch.org/professional/pro_view.php?id=118  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Position  
                                  Affiliation  
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                                  Research Scientist  
                                  Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad, India 
                                  
								  Present 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Post Doctoral Research Associate  
                                  State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, USA 
                                  
								  2004-2008 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Proteomics 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Exploring the potential regulation of BRK by an inactive splice variant, via autoinhibitory domain interactions 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Use of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos as in vivo models to study the physiological role of BRK and in a larger context, for tyrosine kinase biology 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
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				Rana, N., Moond, M., Marthi, A., Bapatla, S., Sarvepalli, T., Chatti, K.  and Challa, A. K.  Caffeine-induced effects on heart rate in zebrafish embryos and possible mechanisms of action: an effective system for experiments in chemical biology. Zebrafish.  2010.  7, 69-81. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Xiang, B., Chatti, K. , Qiu, H., Lakshmi, B., Krasnitz, A., Hicks, J., Yu, M., Miller, W. T. and Muthuswamy, S. K.  Brk is coamplified with ErbB2 to promote proliferation in breast cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  2008.  105, 12463-12468. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mamoon, N. M., Smith, J. K., Chatti, K. , Lee, S., Kundrapu, K. and Duhe, R. J.  Multiple cysteine residues are implicated in Janus kinase 2-mediated catalysis. Biochemistry.  2007.  46, 14810-14818. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chatti, K. , Farrar, W. L. and Duhe, R. J.  Tyrosine phosphorylation of the Janus kinase 2 activation loop is essential for a high-activity catalytic state but dispensable for a basal catalytic state. Biochemistry.  2004.  43, 4272-4283. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                    
                            Grant Support:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Project Title  
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                                  Embryonic Zebrafish as a model system to study Breast Tumour Kinase (BRK) signalling 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  Department of Biotechnology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2010-2013								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Phosphoproteomic analysis of BRK tyrosine kinase signalling 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  Department of Science & Technology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2009-2012								   
                                 
                                                              
                                 
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                            Education  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    				
				 
                                                    University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson MS, USA,                             1998-2004                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            M.Sc.                                                    in Biotechnology, 				
				 
                                                    Madurai Kamaraj University,                             1995-1997                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
                                            Honors and Awards  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2002, International Union of Pharmacology Travel Award (XIV World Congress of Pharmacology), American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics   
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2001, Fisher Scientific Graduate Student Award, Fisher Scientific   
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2000, Lowell M. Greenbaum Graduate Student Award, South Eastern Pharmacology Society