Cell adhesion molecules in neurodegeneration and neurite outgrowth.

Neurodegeneration in diabetes-cell adhesion molecules and neuronal membrane proteins.

G protein signalling in platelets and neutrophils.

STEM education and research in newer teaching methods in interdisciplinary biology teaching.

Ph.D (04, 2008): Centre for molecular neuroscience, University of Hamburg, Germany

Postdoctoral scientist (04, 2008 - 05, 2010): Institute for biochemistry and molecular biology, University of Duesseldorf and Institute for pharmacology and toxicology, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Senior scientist (05, 2010 - 05, 2012): Institute for pharmacology and toxicology, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Visiting faculty/Teaching faculty (01, 2013 - current and 01, 2015 - 08, 2015): The Institute of mathematical sciences and The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Assistant Professor (August, 2015 ~): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, India

DST women's scientist award (KIRAN SoRF), 2015 from Department of science and technology, India

PhD fellowship for selected overseas students, Hamburg medical school, 2006 from Universitaets Klinikum Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Team award for Hit evaluation in antimycobacterial project, 2002 from Astra Zeneca India, Bangalore

Devanathan V, Hagedorn I, Kahler D, Pexa K, Cherpokova D, Kraft P, Singh M, Rosenberger P, Stoll G, Birnbaumer L, Piekorz RP, Beer-Hammer S, Nieswandt B, Nuernberg B. "Platelet Gi protein Gai2 is an essential mediator of thrombo-inflammatory organ damage in mice", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 119(20), 6491-6 (2015).

Kahler D, Devanathan V, Bernardo de Oliveira Franz C, Eldh T, Novakovic A, Roth JM, Granja T, Birnbaumer L, Rosenberger P, Beer-Hammer S, Nuernberg B, "Gai2- and Gai3-deficient mice display opposite severity of myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury", PLoS One 9(5) , e98325 (2015).

Kanig K, Marth L, Roissant J, Granja T, Jennewein C, Devanathan V, Schneider M, Koehler D, Zarbock A, Rosenberger P., "The plexin C1 receptor promotes acute inflammation.", Eur J Immunol 44(9) , 2648-58 (2014).

Busse K, Strotmann R, Strecker K, Wegner F, Devanathan V, Gohla A, Schoeneberg T, Schwarz J., "Adaptive gene regulation in the Striatum of RGS9-deficient mice.", PLoS One 9(3) , e92605 (2014).

Siraskar B, Huang DY, Pakladok T, Siraskar G, Sopjani M, Alesutan I, Kucherenko Y, Almilaji A, Devanathan V, Shumilina E, Foeller M, Munoz C, Lang F"Downregulation of the renal outer medullary K(+) channel ROMK by the AMP-activated protein kinase", Pflugers Arch 465(2) , 233-45 (2013).

Cellular form of prion protein inhibits Reelin-mediated shedding of Caspr from the neuronal cell surface to potentiate Caspr-mediated inhibition of neurite outgrowth.
Devanathan V, Jakovcevski I, Santuccione A, Li S, Lee HJ, Peles E, Leshchyns'ka I, Sytnyk V, Schachner M. J Neurosci. 2010 Jul 7;30(27):9292-305. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5657-09.2010.

Bio 111: Introductory Biology I: Basic Principles

Bio 112: Biology Lab I: Basic Biology

Bio 121: Introductory Biology II: Cellular and Molecular Biology

Bio 122: Biology Lab II: Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

Bio 212: Introductory Biology IV: Biology of Systems