School of Biomedical Sciences
生物醫學學院
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學

Dr. MULLAPUDI Nandita


NanditaLecturer

BS.c. in Biochemistry & Microbiology, University of Mumbai, India

MSc. in Microbiology, University of Mumbai, India

Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, U.S.A.

Telephone:  3943 0464

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Address:  610T, Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building, CUHK

 

 

 

Biography

Dr. MULLAPUDI Nandita is a Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2020.  She received her Ph.D. (Genetics) from The University of Georgia, USA, and undertook post-doctoral training at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. After her academic training, she spent several years in the genomics industry in India.  She is interested in genomics technology and the analysis and interpretation of genomics data in the context of basic genetics and disease biology. Her teaching and research interests focus on genetics, genomics and bioinformatics.

  1. Genomics & Bioinformatics
  2. Molecular biology & Genetics
  3. Cancer genomics & Drug discovery
  1. Zhou, X., Chen, Y., Mok, K.Y., Kwok, T.C.Y., Mok, V.C.T., Guo, Q., Ip, F.C., Chen, Y., Mullapudi, N., Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Giusti-Rodríguez, P., Sullivan, P.F., Hardy, J., Fu, A.K.Y., Li, Y., Ip, N.Y. (2019). Non-coding variability at the APOE locus contributes to the Alzheimer's risk. Nat Commun, 10(1):3310.
  2. Panigrahi, I., Didel, S., Kirpal, H., Bellampalli, R., Miyanath, S., Mullapudi, N. & Rao, S. (2018). Novel mutation in a family with WNT1-related osteoporosis. Eur J Med Genet, 61(7):369-371.
  3. Shetty, M., Ramdas, N., Sahni, S., Mullapudi, N. & Hegde, S. (2017). A Homozygous Missense Variant in INPP5E Associated with Joubert Syndrome and Related Disorders. Mol Syndromol, 8(6):313-317.
  4. Mullapudi, N., Ye, B., Suzuki, M., Fazzari, M., Han, W., Shi, M.K., Marquardt, G., Lin, J., Wang, T., Keller, S., Zhu, C., Locker, J.D. & Spivack, S.D. (2015). Genome Wide Methylome Alterations in Lung Cancer. PLoS One, 10(12):e0143826.
  5. Chendamarai, E., Ganesan, S., Alex, A.A., Kamath, V., Nair, S.C., Nellickal, A.J., Janet, N.B., Srivastava, V., Lakshmi, K.M., Viswabandya, A., Abraham, A., Aiyaz, M., Mullapudi, N., Mugasimangalam, R., Padua, R.A., Chomienne, C., Chandy, M., Srivastava, A., George, B., Balasubramanian, P. & Mathews, V. (2015). Comparison of newly diagnosed and relapsed patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with arsenic trioxide: insight into mechanisms of resistance. PLoS One, 10(3):e0121912.
  6. Lin, J., Marquardt, G., Mullapudi, N., Wang, T., Han, W., Shi, M., Keller, S., Zhu, C., Locker, J. & Spivack, S.D. (2014). Lung cancer transcriptomes refined with laser capture microdissection. Am J Pathol, 184(11):2868-84.
  7. Janbon, G., Ormerod, K.L., Paulet, D., Byrnes, E.J. 3rd, Yadav, V., Chatterjee, G., Mullapudi, N., Hon, C.C., Billmyre, R.B., Brunel, F., Bahn, Y.S., Chen, W., Chen, Y., Chow, E.W., Coppée, J.Y., Floyd-Averette, A., Gaillardin, C., Gerik, K.J., Goldberg, J., Gonzalez-Hilarion S., Gujja, S., Hamlin, J.L, Hsueh, Y.P., Ianiri, G., Jones, S., Kodira, C.D., Kozubowski, L., Lam, W., Marra, M., Mesner, L.D., Mieczkowski, P.A., Moyrand, F., Nielsen, K., Proux, C., Rossignol, T., Schein, J.E., Sun, S., Wollschlaeger, C., Wood, I.A., Zeng, Q., Neuvéglise, C., Newlon, C.S., Perfect, J.R., Lodge, J.K., Idnurm, A., Stajich, J.E., Kronstad, J.W., Sanyal, K., Heitman, J., Fraser, J.A., Cuomo, C.A. & Dietrich, F.S. (2014). Analysis of the genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii reveals complex RNA expression and microevolution leading to virulence attenuation. PLoS Genet, 10(4):e1004261.
  8. Biswal, D.K., Ghatani, S., Shylla, J.A., Sahu, R., Mullapudi, N., Bhattacharya, A. & Tandon, V. (2013). An integrated pipeline for next generation sequencing and annotation of the complete mitochondrial genome of the giant intestinal fluke, Fasciolopsis buski (Lankester, 1857) Looss, 1899. PeerJ, 1:e207.
  9. Annadurai, R.S., Jayakumar, V., Mugasimangalam, R.C., Katta, M.A., Anand, S., Gopinathan, S., Sarma, S.P., Fernandes, S.J., Mullapudi, N., Murugesan, S. & Rao, S.N. (2012). Next generation sequencing and de novo transcriptome analysis of Costus pictus D. Don, a non-model plant with potent anti-diabetic properties. BMC Genomics, 13:663.
  10. Serup, P., Gustavsen, C., Klein, T., Potter, L.A., Lin, R., Mullapudi, N., Wandzioch, E., Hines, A., Davis, A., Bruun, C., Engberg, N., Petersen, D.R., Peterslund, J.M., Macdonald, R.J., Grapin-Botton, A., Magnuson, M.A. & Zaret, K.S. (2012). Partial promoter substitutions generating transcriptional sentinels of diverse signaling pathways in embryonic stem cells and mice. Dis Model Mech, 5(6):956-66.
  11. Sundar, I.K., Mullapudi, N., Yao, H., Spivack, S.D. & Rahman, I. (2011). Lung cancer and its association with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: update on nexus of epigenetics. Curr Opin Pulm Med, 17(4):279-85.
  12. Mullapudi, N., Joseph, S.J. & Kissinger, J.C. (2009). Identification and functional characterization of cis-regulatory elements in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Genome Biol, 10(4):R34.
  13. Mullapudi, N. & Lancto, C.A. (2007). Abrahamsen MS, Kissinger JC. Identification of putative cis-regulatory elements in Cryptosporidium parvum by de novo pattern finding. BMC Genomics, 8:13.
  14. Bhatti, M.M., Livingston, M., Mullapudi, N. & Sullivan, W.J. Jr. (2006). Pair of unusual GCN5 histone acetyltransferases and ADA2 homologues in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Eukaryot Cell, 5(1):62-76.
  15. Huang, J., Mullapudi, N., Lancto, C.A., Scott, M., Abrahamsen, M.S. & Kissinger, J.C. (2004) Phylogenomic evidence supports past endosymbiosis, intracellular and horizontal gene transfer in Cryptosporidium parvum. Genome Biol, 5(11):R88.
  16. Huang, J., Mullapudi, N., Sicheritz-Ponten, T. & Kissinger. J.C. (2004). A first glimpse into the pattern and scale of gene transfer in Apicomplexa. Int J Parasitol, 34(3):265-74.