Dr. Vidya Rajendran

With the graduation of Fisheries Science (B.F.Sc) from Kerala Agriculture University in 2007 and specialization in fish pathology and microbiology for the masters (2007-2009) and Doctor of Philosophy (2009-2016) at ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai, I begin my research career in ICAR – CIBA in 2014 by understanding host-pathogen interactions and immune responses against animal virus and bacteria in aquatic animals. I am currently working on microbial ecosystems associated with aquatic seed production and farming systems, more specifically on the negative and positive microbial interactions in various developmental stages. My passion for microbes begins while studying the microbial association in Milkfish which is known for its inherent resistance to diseases. Apart from the conventional practices of classical microbiology, I use molecular and protein-based techniques for profiling, understanding, and proving biological hypothesis.

• Microbial profiling of brackish water seed production systems
• Bacteriophages
• Prophylaxis and therapeutics for microbial diseases

• ICAR- National Eligibility Test (Fish Health)-2013
• Junior research fellowship,ICAR, (M.F.Sc)- 2007-2009
• Hiralal Choudhary gold Medal-M.F.Sc (FPM)-2007-2009
• Kerala agriculture university merit scholarship- 2004

• Rekha, M. U., Tomy, S,  Sukumaran, K., Vidya, R,  Kailasam, M.,  Balasubramanian, C. P. and Vijayan., K. K. (2020). Comparison of the reproductive biology of two stocks of Indian subcontinental Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) with special reference to reproductive isolation and philopatry. J. Geo Marine Sciences, 50 (02), 130-140.
• Kumar, S., Sathish Kumar, T., Vidya, R. and Pandey, P. K.(2017). A prospective of epidemiological intervention in investigation and management of argulosis in aquaculture. Aquacult Int., 25: 303–325
• Sathish kumar, T., Vidya, R., Kumar, S., Alavandi, S. V. and Vijayan, K. K. (2017). Zoea-2 syndrome of Penaeus vannamei in shrimp hatcheries Aquaculture, 479, 759-767.
• Vidya, R., Makesh, M., Purushothaman, C.S., Chaudhari, A., Babu, P.G., Rajendran, K.V. (2016). Report of leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) from Scylla serrata: Ontogeny, molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis following ligand stimulation, and upon bacterial and viral infections. Gene, 590:159–168.
• Vidya, R., Paria, A., Deepika,A., Sreedharan,K., Makesh,M., Purushothaman,C.S., Chaudhari,A., Babu, P.G. and Rajendran.K.V. (2014). Toll-like receptor of mud crab, Scylla serrata: molecular characterisation, ontogeny and functional expression analysis following ligand exposure, and bacterial and viral infections.  Biol. Rep., 41: 6865–6877

• Sujeet Kumar, Kumar, C.B. Vidya R., Abishaw, N. Anand, P. S. S. Kannapan, S. Viswas K. Nagaleekar, Vijayan. K. K. and Alavandi, S.V. (2021). Delineating virulence of Vibrio campbellii: a predominant luminescent bacterial pathogen in Indian shrimp hatcheries. Rep., 41598, Article No: 94961. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94961-4
• Rekha, M. U., Tomy, S, Sukumaran, K., Vidya, R, Kailasam, M., Balasubramanian, C. P. and Vijayan., K. K. (2020). Comparison of the reproductive biology of two stocks of Indian subcontinental Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) with special reference to reproductive isolation and philopatry. J. Geo Marine Sciences, 50 (02), 130-140.
• Sujeet Kumar, Jangam, A. K., Akhil, V., Rajendran, V., Katneni, V.K., Rajan, J.J.S., Grover, M., Nagaleekar, V.K., Alavandi, S.V. and Vijayan, K.K. (2017). Draft genome sequence of the luminescent strain Vibrio campbelliiLB102, isolated from a Black Tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) broodstock rearing system. Genome Announc., 5: 342-17