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Hire Dr. Kannan S.

New Zealand

Profile Summary

Biotechnologist with experience in research networking, communication and troubleshooting scientific ideas. Inquisitiveness, accomplishing targets as a team and excellent problem solving potential, coupled with proven leadership skills are some of my key skills. My doctoral research focused on using surface plasmon resonance biosensor for assay development in the process of studying crucial receptor, protein interactions. The recombinant proteins to be analyzed were synthesized using molecular biology techniques using insect cell lines. Currently, I work at Comvita Innovation, performing research on mammalian cell lines and testing the potent cytostatic, cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory effects of natural substances. Following are a list of some of the projects I have done  Study on bagasse from sugarcane as a supplementary carbon source  Extraction and characterization of protease enzyme from an isolate from the effluents of the sago industry  Low-cost alternative remedies for cancer treatment- halogen substituted alternatives of dichloro-acetate  Kinetics of insulin, insulin-receptor interactions using surface plasmon resonance  Anti-proliferative effect and toxicity studies of natural compounds on mouse and human tumor cell lines

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Carbon Materials
• ☆ Biology/Life Sciences
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Protein/Enzyme Engineering

Services

• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Researcher

Comvita Innovation

December 2014 - Present

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical and process engineering)

University of Canterbury

January 2010 - December 2013

Bachelor of Technology (Biotechnology)

Anna University

June 2005 - May 2009

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

OTHER

(2014). Kinetics of insulin - insulin receptor interaction using a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) . UC - Thesis.

CONFERENCE POSTER

(2013). A new surface plasmon resonance assay to study insulin receptor - insulin interactions in real-time. 38 th Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function, 09-13 Feb 2013.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Subramanian, Kannan and Fee, Conan J and Fredericks, Rayleen and Stubbs, Richard S and Hayes, Mark T(2013). Insulin receptor-insulin interaction kinetics using multiplex surface plasmon resonance . Journal of Molecular Recognition. 26. (12). p. 643--652. Wiley Online Library

Subramanian, Kannan and Ramaian, Anand S(2010). Development of a less toxic dichloroacetate analogue by docking and descriptor analysis . Bioinformation. 5. (2). p. 73. Biomedical Informatics Publishing Group

CONFERENCE PAPER

(2008). Phytochemical studies on Ailanthus excelsa. Pratyarth 2008 - SASATRA.