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Dr.Pratheesh Mankuzhy
Designation: - Assistant Professor Address: - Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, KVASU, Pookode Mobile No: - +91-9400494181 Email ID: - pratheesh@kvasu.ac.in |
Post Doctorate - The University Of Western Australia, Australia - 2018
PhD - ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute , India - 2012
MVSc in Animal Physiology - ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, India - 2009
BVSc & AH - Kerala Agricultural University, India - 2007
Stem Cell Biology
Assistant Professor - Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode. - 2015 March -Till date
Scientific Officer - Centre for Stem Cell Research, Vellore, - 2013 February - 2015 February
Endeavour Research Fellowship Australian Government 2018
Dr. G.Nirmalan Award for the best research article-2014 Veterinarian’s Welfare Society 2015
Pratheesh M.D, Nitin E. Gade, Amar Nath, Pawan K. Dubey, Sivanarayanan T.B,Madhu D.N, Sreekumar T.R, Amarpal, G.Saikumar and G. Taru Sharma (2017) " Evaluation of persistence and distribution of intra-dermally administered PKH26 labelled goat bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells in cutaneous wound healing model. Cytotechnology, doi:10.1007/s10616-017-0097-0.
Sumitha P B, KannanV M, Syed Mohammed M A,, Dhavapriya P, PrasantA D , Pratheesh M D, Alok Srivastava, and Shaji R V (2017) Systematic evaluation of markers used for the identification of human induced pluripotent stem cells. Biology Open . DOI:10.1242/bio.022111.
Pratheesh M.D, Nitin E. Gade, Amar Nath, Pawan K. Dubey, Sivanarayanan T.B,Madhu D.N, Amarpal, G.Saikumar, Bhaskar Sharma and G. Taru Sharma (2017) " Comparative study on characterization and wound healing potential of goat (Capra hircus) mesenchymal stem cells derived from fetal origin amniotic fluid and adult bone marrow. Research In Veterinary Science ,112:81-88.
Sabapathy V, Sundaram B, VM S, Pratheesh M.D, Kumar S (2014) Human Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells Plasticity Augments Scar-Free Skin Wound Healing with Hair Growth. PLoSONE 9(4): e93726. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0093726
Pratheesh M.D, Nitin E. Gade, Amar Nath, Pawan K. Dubey, Sivanarayanan T.B,Madhu D.N, Amarpal, G.Saikumar, Bhaskar Sharma and G. Taru Sharma (2014) "Molecular characterization and xenogenic application of wharton's jelly derived caprinemesenchymal stem cells". Veterinary Research Communications. DOI:10.1007/s11259-014-9597-y
Pratheesh M.D, Nitin E. Gade, Amar Nath, Pawan K. Dubey, Amarpal, G.Saikumar, Bhaskar Sharma and G. Taru Sharma (2013). ‘Isolation, Culture and Characterization of CaprineMesenchymal Stem Cells derived from Amniotic Fluid’. Research in Veterinary Science. 94(2):313-9
Nitin E. Gade, Pratheesh M.D, Amar Nath, Pawan K. Dubey, Amarpal, G.Saikumar, Bhaskar Sharma and G. Taru Sharma (2013). ‘Molecular and Cellular Characterization of Buffalo Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells’. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 48(3):358-67.
Amar Nath, Veena Sharma, Pratheesh M.D, Nitin E. Gade, Pawan K. Dubey, G.Saikumar and G. Taru Sharma (2013). ‘Impact of gonadotropin supplementation on the expression of germ cell marker genes (MATER, ZAR1, GDF9 AND BMP15) during in vitro maturation of buffalo oocyte. In Vitro Cellular & DevelopmentalBiology - Animal. 49(1):34-41.
G.Taru Sharma, Pawan K. Dubey, O P Verma, M.D. Pratheesh, Amar Nath, G. Sai Kumar, (2012). ‘Collagen-IV induces embryoidbodies formation and differentiation from buffalo (Bubalusbubalis) embryonic stem cells’. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication. 424(3):378–384
Pawan K. Dubey, VrajeshTripathi, Ram Pratap Singh, Amar Nath, Pratheesh M.D, Nitin E. Gade and G. Taru Sharma (2012). Expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in different stages of buffalo(BubalusBubalis) ovarian follicles: effect of nitric oxide on in vitro development of preantral follicles. Theriogenology 77: 280-291.