Profile
Dr. Madhuri Subbiah is a veterinarian by profession and received her Ph.D. in Molecular Virology from University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA in 2010. Dr. Subbiah previously worked as Deputy Manager, Platform Technologies, Anthem Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, where she was involved in managing projects from clients as well as developing novel platforms for drug development. She joined NIAB in November 2012. Her research focus at NIAB is to understand animal and poultry viral biology and to apply this knowledge for developing preventive measures and on-farm viral diagnostics.
Current Focus Areas
(1) Engineering recombinant viruses for use as multivalent vaccines (2) Molecular characterization of emerging viruses (3) reporter based high throughput enabled antiviral assays (4) Rapid on farm diagnostics development.
Selected Publications
First complete genome sequence of lumpy skin disease virus directly from a clinical sample in South India (2023). Putty K, Rao PL, Ganji VK, Dutta D, Mondal S, Hegde NR, Srivastava A, Subbiah M. Virus Genes. 59(2):317-322. doi: 10.1007/s11262-023-01967-3. PMID: 36689139 Validation of a human cell based high-throughput genotoxicity assay 'Anthem's Genotoxicity screen' using ECVAM recommended lists of genotoxic and non-genotoxic chemicals (2014). Rajakrishna L, Krishnan Unni S, Subbiah M, Sadagopan S, Nair AR, Chandrappa R, Sambasivam G, Sukumaran SK. Toxicol In Vitro. 1:46-53. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2013.06.027. PMID: 23850743 Sophora interrupta Bedd root derived flavonoids as prominent antiviral agents against Newcastle Disease Virus (2020). Cherukupalle Bhuvaneswar, Aluru Rammohan, Baki Vijaya Bhaskar,Pappithi Ramesh Babu,Gujjar Naveen, Duvvuru Gunasekar, Subbiah Madhuri, Pallu Reddanna and Wudayagiri Rajendra. RSC Adv., 10, 33534,. Molecular Phylogenetics of Newcastle disease viruses isolated from vaccinated flocks during outbreaks in Southern India reveals circulation of a novel sub-genotype (2019). Gowtham V, Ganesan V, Gopala Krishna Murthy TR, Nair S, Yegavinti N, Saraswathy PV, Suresh Kumar G, Udhayavel S, Senthilvel K, Subbiah M. Transboundary and Emerging diseases. 66(1): 363-372. Co-expression of sialic acid receptors compatible with avian and human influenza virus binding in emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) (2017). Naveen Gujjar, Shubhada K. Chothe, Shashikant Gawai, Ruth Nissly, Gitanjali Bhushan, Vijayarani Kanagaraj, Bhushan M. Jayarao, Kumanan Kathaperumal, Madhuri Subbiah and Suresh V. Kuchipudi. Virology 500: 14-121.