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Hire Dr. Rajalakshmy A.
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PhD Biomedical Scientist & Scientific Writer | Immunology, Microbiology, Translational Research

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Technical Writing
Research Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection
Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Statistical Analysis
Work Experience

Biologist/Research Scientist

UT Southwestern Medical Center

November 2024 - February 2026

Assistant Instructor

UT Southwestern Medical Center

November 2022 - October 2024

Postdoctoral Researcher

UT Southwestern Medical Center

April 2021 - September 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Houston

May 2018 - March 2021

Postdoctoral Researcher

UT Southwestern Medical Center

October 2016 - August 2017

Senior Research Fellow / DST INSPIRE Fellow

Vision Research Foundation - Sankara Nethralaya

January 2012 - April 2016

Junior Research Fellow

Vision Research Foundation - Sankara Nethralaya

August 2010 - December 2011

R & D Officer

Poseidon Biotech

August 2009 - July 2010

Education

Molecular immunology of ocular manifestations and neuroinvasion of hepatitis C virus: immune response against viral antigens

SASTRA Deemed University - India

January 2026 - January 2026

M.Sc. Microbiology

University of Calicut

August 2005 - January 2008

B.Sc. Microbiology

University of Calicut

September 2003 - June 2005

Certifications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran, Jose Sanches, Natalia Mussi, Hamid Baniasadi, Danielle Robertson (2025). IL-1β-Mediated Immunometabolic Adaptation in Corneal Epithelial Cells . Journal of Inflammation Research.
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran, Rossella Titone, Joelle T. Abdallah, Mahad Rehman, Mou Cao, Hamid Baniasadi, Danielle M. Robertson (2025). Inhibition of Unc-51-like-kinase is mitoprotective during <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> infection in corneal epithelial cells . mSphere.
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran, Namita Saraf, Mou Cao, Andrew Lemoff, Hamid Baniasadi, Danielle M. Robertson (2024). Serum-derived extracellular vesicles for the treatment of severe ocular surface disease . The Ocular Surface.
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran, Andrew Lemoff, Danielle M. Robertson (2024). Extracellular vesicles released by host epithelial cells during Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection function as homing beacons for neutrophils . Cell Communication and Signaling.
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran, Jose Marcos Sanches, Danielle M. Robertson (2023). The roles of autophagy and mitophagy in corneal pathology: current knowledge and future perspectives . Frontiers in Medicine.
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran, Andrew Lemoff, Danielle M. Robertson (2023). Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Modulate Corneal Inflammation: Role in Microbial Keratitis? . Infection and Immunity.
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran, Samantha A. Chalmers, Sayra J. Garcia, Evan Der, Leal Herlitz, Jeanette Ampudia, Dalena Chu, Nicole Jordan, Ting Zhang, Ioannis Parodis, et al.(2022). The CD6/ALCAM pathway promotes lupus nephritis via T cell–mediated responses . Journal of Clinical Investigation. 132. (1). American Society for Clinical Investigation
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran (2022). Sticky interactions in lupus nephritis . Journal of Cellular Immunology.
(2020). Dietary simple sugars alter microbial ecology in the gut and promote colitis in mice . Scince Translational Medicine.
AR Rajalakshmy, J Malathi, HN Madhavan, S Bhaskar, GK Iyer (2016). Internalisation of hepatitis C virus core protein by human conjunctival fibroblasts . Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.
A. R. Rajalakshmy, J. Malathi, H. N. Madhavan (2016). Serum‐derived hepatitis C virus 1a infection of human astrocyte cell line SVG . Journal of Viral Hepatitis.
AR Rajalakshmy, J Malathi, HN Madhavan, JKA Samuel(2015). Mebiolgel, a thermoreversible polymer as a scaffold for three dimensional culture of Huh7 cell line with improved hepatocyte differentiation marker expression and HCV replication . Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 33. (4). p. 554--559. Elsevier {BV}
Rajalakshmy AR, Malathi J, Madhavan HN (2015). Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Mediated Microglial Inflammation via TLR2/TLR6 MyD88/NF-κB Pathway and Toll Like Receptor Ligand Treatment Furnished Immune Tolerance . PloS one.
Ayilam Ramachandran Rajalakshmy, Jambulingam Malathi, Hajib Naraharirao Madhavan, Srinivasan Bhaskar, Geetha Krishnan Iyer(2015). Patients With Dry Eye Without Hepatitis C Virus Infection Possess the Viral RNA in Their Tears . Cornea. 34. (1). p. 28--31. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Rajalakshmy AR, Malathi J, Madhavan HN (2014). HCV core and NS3 proteins mediate toll like receptor induced innate immune response in corneal epithelium . Experimental eye research.
Rajalakshmy AR, Malathi J, Madhavan HN, Srinivasan B, Iyer GK (2014). Hepatitis C virus core and NS3 antigens induced conjunctival inflammation via toll-like receptor-mediated signaling . Molecular vision.
Rajalakshmy AR, Malathi J, Madhavan HN, Srinivasan B, Iyer GK (2014). Hepatitis C virus core and NS3 antigens induced conjunctival inflammation via toll-like receptor-mediated signaling . Molecular vision.
PREPRINT
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran, Hamid Baniasadi, Danielle M. Robertson (2024). <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> infection increases palmitoyl carnitine release by host-derived extracellular vesicles .
Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran, Joelle T. Abdallah, Mahad Rehman, Hamid Baniasadi, Abigail M. Blanton, Santiago Vizcaino, Danielle M. Robertson (2024). <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> impairs mitochondrial function and metabolism during infection of corneal epithelial cells .
BOOK CHAPTER
(2018). The Inflammasome: Regulation of Nitric Oxide and Antimicrobial Host Defense . Advances in Microbial Physiology.