Vidiya Ramachandran Position:   Associate Fellow Room:   35.101 (Office) Phone No:   +61 2 4221 3431 Email:   vidiya@uow.edu.au Lab/other loc:   35.105 Lab Phone:   +(61) 2 4221 3438

Research Interests

Characterisation of Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) fibronectin binding protein - PrtF2

Characterisation of PrtF2 mutant GAS strain.

 

Representative Publications

S. P. Djordjevic, V. Ramachandran, K. A. Bettelheim, B. A. Vanselow, P. Holst, G. Bailey, and M. A. Hornitzky. 2004. (In Press).Serotypes and virulence gene profiles of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from feces of pasture-fed and lot-fed sheep. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.

Ramachandran, V., J. D. McArthur, C. E. Behm, C. Gutzeit, M. Dowton, P. K. Fagan, R. Towers, B. Currie, K. S. Sriprakash and M. J. Walker. 2004. (Manuscript in preparation). Two distinct genotypes of prtF2, encoding a fibronectin binding protein, and the evolution of the gene family in Streptococcus pyogenes.

Ramachandran, V., K. N. Brett, M. A. Hornitzky, M. Dowton, K. A. Bettelheim, M. J. Walker, and S. P. Djordjevic. 2003. Distribution of intimin subtypes among Escherichia coli isolates from ruminant and human sources. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:5022-5032.

Brett, K. N., V. Ramachandran, M. A. Hornitzky, K. A. Bettelheim, M. J. Walker, and S. P. Djordjevic. 2003. stx1c is the most common Shiga toxin 1 subtype among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from sheep but not among isolates from cattle. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41: 926-936.

Bettelheim, K. A., M. Whipp, S. P. Djordjevic, V. Ramachandran. 2002. First isolation outside Europe of sorbitol-fermenting verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) belonging to O group O157. J. Med. Microbiol. 51:713-714.

Ramachandran, V., M. A. Hornitzky, K. A. Bettelheim, M. J. Walker, and S. P. Djordjevic. 2001. The common ovine Shiga toxin 2-containing Escherichia coli serotypes and human isolates of the same serotypes possess a Stx2D toxin type. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39: 1932-1937.

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Abbreviated CV

Academic Degrees

1998. B.Sc, University of Bangalore, India.
1999. M.Sc (Biotechnology), University of Wollongong.
2003. PhD, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
Thesis tilte: “Characterisation of virulence genes (Shiga toxins 1 and 2, and intimin) in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) of ovine origin and an assessment of the role of these STEC in human pathogenesis”

Academic and Research Appointments

2002 – present: Associate Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong

Awards

2000 – 2002: Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship and University Postgraduate Award.