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Department of Zoology

 

Biography

  • 2011-2016     PhD Cell and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK 
  • 2008-2011     Research Assistant, Developmental Genetics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, UK 
  • 2007-2008     MRes Medical and Molecular Biosciences (Immunobiology), Newcastle University, UK 
  • 2004-2007     BSc Biotechnology, Jain College, Bangalore University, India 

Publications

Key publications: 

Venkatesh D, Poen MJ, Bestebroer TM, Scheuer RD, Vuong O, Chkhaidze M, Machablishvili A, Mamuchadze J, Ninua L, Fedorova NB, Halpin RA, Lin X, Ransier A, Stockwell TB, Wentworth DE, Kriti D, Dutta J, van Bakel H, Puranik A, Slomka MJ, Essen S, Brown IH, Fouchier RAM, Lewis NS. (2018) Journal of Virology

Venkatesh, D, Boehm, C, Barlow, LD, Nankissor, NN, O‘Reilly, AJ, Kelly, S, Dacks, JB, and Field, MC 'Evolution of the endomembrane systems of trypanosomatids: Conservation and specialisation.' (2017) Journal of Cell Science. 

Other publications: 

Flegontov, P., Butenko, A, Firsov, S., Kraeva, N., Vlček, C., Logacheva, M.D., Gerasimov, E.S., Flegontova, O., Ishemgulova, A., Jackson, A.P., Kelly, S., Kostygov, A.Y., O'Reilly, A., Ševčíková, Z., Venkatesh, D., Záhonová, K., Maslov, D.A., Votýpka, J., Filatov, D., Field, M.C., Opperdoes, F., Yurchenko, V., and Lukeš, K. (2016) ‘Genome of the monoxenous trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris: insights into the origin of the dixenous life cycle in Leishmania and population genetics of Trypanosomatidae.’ Nature Scientific Reports [PDF][Supplementary data]

Murungi, E., Barlow, L.D., Venkatesh, D., Adung'a, V.O., Dacks, J.B., Field, M.C., and Christoffels, A., (2013) 'A comparative analysis of trypanosomatid SNARE proteins.' Parasitology International [PDF

Falconer, J., Mahida, R., Venkatesh, D., Pearson, J., and Robinson, J.H., (2015) ‘Unconventional T cell recognition of an arthritogenic epitope of proteoglycan aggrecan released from degrading cartilage.’ Immunology

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