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
Time Period
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:
1.
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]
2.
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]
3.
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]
4.
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
Role
Funding Agency
Sanction Number
Sanction Date
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