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| Designation | Principal Scientist & Head, AAHED |
| Discipline | Biotechnology (Animal Sciences) |
| Division | Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Division |
| Specialization | Biotechnology (Aquaculture) |
| Phone | +91- 044 – 24618817 Ext: 510 |
| MS.Shekhar@icar.gov.in | |
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- Best 5 Publications during the Career
- Best 3 Publications during last 3 years
After taking a master's in Animal Biotechnology in 1990 and Ph.D. in Biotechnology in 2005 I am working in CIBA since 1994 on Aquaculture Biotechnology. I currently work in the division of Nutrition Genetics and Biotechnology in CIBA. My main interests are to study host pathogen interactions related to shrimp and fish diseases, molecular diagnostics, molecular genetics, genomics, and transgenics.
- Molecular studies on host pathogen interaction
- Aquatic disease diagnosis and pathogenesis
- Genomics and transcriptomics of Brackishwater candidate shell fish and fin fish species
- Genetic characterization and development of DNA markers for Brackishwater aquatic species
- Bioprospecting of genes and allele mining for abiotic stress tolerance
| No | Title | Funded By |
| 1 | Whole Genome sequencing of Indian white shrimp Penaeus indicus | ICAR |
| 2 | Application of advanced molecular and bioinformatic tools for improvement of brackishwater fish and shellfish | ICAR |
- UNESCO/BAC Fellowship.
- DBT overseas associateship 2006-07
- Swathi, M S Shekhar, Vinaya Kumar Katneni, K. K. Vijayan. (2018). Genome size estimation of brackishwater fishes and penaeid shrimps by flow cytometry. Molecular Biology Reports. 45, 951-960.
- Vinaya Kumar K, Shekhar MS, Otta SK, Karthic K, Ashok Kumar J, Gopikrishna G, Vijayan KK. 2018. First report of a complete genome sequence of White spot syndrome virus from India. Genome Announc 6:e00055-18.
- Katneni VK, Shekhar MS, Jangam AK, Prabhudas SK, Krishnan K, Kaikkolante N, Paran BC, Baghel DS, Koyadan VK, Jena J and Mohapatra T (2020) Novel Isoform Sequencing Based Full-Length Transcriptome Resource for Indian White Shrimp, Penaeus indicus. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:605098. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.605098
- Peruzza, L., S. Thamizhvanan, S. Vimal, K. Vinaya Kumar, S. Shekhar, V.J. Smith, C. Hauton, K.K. Vijayan and A. S. Sahul Hameed, 2020. A comparative synthesis of transcriptomic analyses reveals major differences between WSSV-susceptible Litopenaeus vannamei and WSSV-refractory Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Development and Comparative Immunology, 104, 103564.
- Vinaya Kumar Katneni, Mudagandur S. Shekhar, Ashok Kumar Jangam, Balasubramanian C. Paran, Ashok Selvaraj, Karthic Krishnan, Nimisha Kaikkolante, Sudheesh K. Prabhudas, Gopikrishna Gopalapillai, Vijayan K. Koyadan (2021). Phylogenetic relations and mitogenome-wide similarity metrics reveal monophyly of Penaeus sensu lato . Ecology and Evolution. 11:2040–2049.
- S.Shekhar , Vinaya Kumar Katneni , Ashok Kumar Jangam , Karthic Krishnan , Nimisha Kaikkolante & K. K. Vijayan (2020): The Genomics of the Farmed Shrimp: Current Status and Application, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture. //doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2020.1858271
- S. Shekhar, K. Karthic, K. Vinaya Kumar, J. Ashok Kumar, A. Swathi, Chris Hauton, L. Peruzza,K.K. Vijayan (2019). Comparative analysis of shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) miRNAs expression profiles during WSSV infection under experimental conditions and in pond culture. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 93, 288–295.
- Peruzza, M.S. Shekhar, K. Vinaya Kumar, A. Swathi, K. Karthic, Chris Hauton, K.K. Vijayan. Temporal changes in transcriptome profile provide insights of White Spot Syndrome Virus infection in Litopenaeus vannamei (2019) Scientific Reports 9:13509.