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Elankumaran Subbiah

Elankumaran Subbiah, BVSc, MVSc, PhD, Diplomate ACVM

Assistant Professor
Virology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease
 
e-mail: kumarans@vt.edu

Education

1996 Ph.D., Veterinary Microbiology
Madras Veterinary College
1989 M.V.Sc., Veterinary Microbiology
Madras Veterinary College
1984 B.V.Sc., Veterinary Medicine
Madras Veterinary College

Board Certification

2003 Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, Virology

Research Interests

Broad Research Interests:

  • Negative strand RNA viruses, their structure and function, pathogenesis, and control of diseases produced by them
  • RNA virotherapy of invasive tumors
  • Development of novel, non-invasive immunization strategies for control of viral diseases
  • Emerging viral diseases

Current Research Areas:

  • Develop recombinant Newcastle disease virus (NDV) as an oncolytic agent
  • Molecular basis of interspecies transmission of influenza A viruses with emphasis on swine influenza virus
  • Viral vectored vaccines for emerging viral diseases

Professional Experience

2006-present Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2004-2006 Research Assistant Professor
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Maryland College Park
1999-2004 Faculty Research Associate
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Maryland College Park
1989-1999 Assistant Professor
Central University Laboratory
Center for Animal Health Studies
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
1987-1989 Graduate Student, Veterinary Microbiology
Madras Veterinary College
1984-1987 Assistant Manager
Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producer's Union Ltd., Veterinary Medicine - Veterinary Services

Professional Memberships

  • American Association of Veterinary Immunologists
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Association of Avian Pathologists
  • American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
  • American Society for Virology
  • Indian Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
  • Indian Association of Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology

SelectedPublications

  • Elankumaran, S., Rockemann, D.D., Samal, S. K. (2006) Newcastle disease virus exerts oncolysis by both intrinsic and extrinsic caspase-dependent pathways of cell death, Journal of Virology, 80(15)7522-34
  • Herren, C. D., Mitra, A., Palaniyandi, S.K., Coleman, A., Elankumaran. S., Mukhopadhyay, S. (2006) The BarA-UvrY two-component system regulates virulence in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli O78:K80:H9, Infection and Immunity, 74(8)4900-9
  • Bukreyev A, Huang Z, Yang L, Elankumaran S, St Claire M, Murphy BR, Samal SK, Collins PL (Nov 2005) Recombinant newcastle disease virus expressing a foreign viral antigen is attenuated and highly immunogenic in primates., Journal of Virology, 79(21)13275-84
  • Huang Z, Elankumaran S, Yunus AS, Samal SK, A recombinant newcastle disease virus (NDV) expressing VP2 protein of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) protects against NDV and IBDV, Journal of Virology, 78(18):10054-63, September 2004
  • Panda A, Elankumaran S, Krishnamurthy S, Huang Z, Samal SK, Loss of N-linked glycosylation from the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein alters virulence of Newcastle disease virus, Journal of Virology, 78(10):4965-75, 2004
  • Huang Z, Panda A, Elankumaran S, Govindarajan D, Rockemann DD, Samal SK, The hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein of Newcastle disease virus determines tropism and virulence, Journal of Virology, 78(8):4176-84, 2004
  • Bautista DA, Elankumaran S, Heckert RA, Effect of a variant infectious bursal disease virus (E/Del) on Salmonella typhimurium infection in commercial broiler chickens, Avian Diseases, 48(2):361-9, 2004
  • Panda A, Huang Z, Elankumaran S, Rockemann DD, Samal SK, Role of fusion protein cleavage site in the virulence of Newcastle disease virus, Microbial Pathogenesis, 36(1):1-10, 2004
  • Sheela RR, Babu U, Mu J, Elankumaran S, Bautista DA, Raybourne RB, Heckert RA, Song W, Immune Responses against Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection in Virally Immunosuppressed Chickens, Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 10(4):670-9, July 2003
  • Huang Z, Elankumaran S, Panda A, Samal SK, Recombinant Newcastle disease virus as a vaccine vector, Poultry Science, 82(6):899-906, June 2003

More publications may be viewed at my COS bio at http://expertise.cos.com/cgi-bin/exp.cgi?id=340087.