Dr. B. Hemavathi - IIIT-RK Valley

Profile of Dr. B. Hemavathi

Dr. B. Hemavathi

Mentor

Education	: M.Sc, Ph.D, NET
Department	: Biology
Email	: bhemavathi@rguktrkv.ac.in
Date of Join	: 01-April-2009
Experience @ RK Valley	:

Research areas and interests

Endocrinology and Immunology
Insect Physiology and Biochemistry
Environmental Science and Ecology
Chronobiology and Evolution

Educational Details

Doctoral Degree from (Sericulture-Biochemistry) Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, 2001.
Master of Sciences (Sericulture) from Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, 1995.
Bachelor of Science from Sri Venkateswara University, June, 1992.

Teaching Experience

Faculty in Biology at RGUKT, R.K. Valley since 2009.
2005-2008 Lecturer in GATE Degree and PG College, Tirupati.
1997-2002 Lecturer, Department of Zoology and Seri Biotechnology, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, India.

List of duties currently serving to the institute

Working as Warden (Eng-Phase II Girls Hostels) RGUKT, R.K. Valley since 23rd September, 2015 to till date.
Elected as member of Faculty Council on 14th March, 2016 and continuing to till date.

Research Profile

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific research (JNCASR), Bangalore, Post doctoral Fellow (5/1/2005 - 30/06/2005). Principal Investigator: Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma Experiments are being carried out to investigate the structural and functional aspects of biological clocks in fruit flies, ants and mice. Experiments are also being carried out to investigate the interaction of various time cues and the biological clocks. Behavioural and molecular experiments are conducted to understand the ontogeny of circadian rhythms in fruit flies and mice.
Biotechnology Research Center (BIOTRIM), State Government Forest Research Center, Tirupati. Senior Research Assistant (01/03/2003 - 20/12/2005).
Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Research Associate (14/12/2001 - 28/02/2003). Principal Investigator: Prof. K.Thyagaraju Isolation and Purification of GSTs of rat brain, liver and testis and its characterization. Induced expression of GSTs in brain and testis tissues by treatment with different doses of carcinogens such as Phenobarbital and Methylcholanthrene were studied. Studies were done by the enzymatic analysis using different substrates and also by western blot analysis. In brain and testis the induction of Yb and Y? subunits of µ class and Y? subunit of ? class proteins were observed. Induction of µ and ? class subunits may play a role in detoxification process.
Biotechnology Research Center (BIOTRIM), State Government Forest Research Center, Tirupati, Research Assistant (1/9/1996 - 1/2/1998).
Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Junior Research fellow (1/9/1995 - 31/8/1996). Principal Investigator: Prof. K. Thyagaraju Isolation and Purification of GSTs of rat brain, liver and testis and its characterization. Impact of carcinogens on rat testicular Glutathione transferases.
SRI PADMAVATHI MAHILA VISVAVIDYALAYAM, TIRUPATI, INDIA (FEB 1998 - DEC 2001) PH.D. Research Supervisor: Prof. D. Bharathi (Specialization in Physiology and Biochemistry) Dissertation Title: "Effect of thyroxin on growth and metabolism in silkworm Bombyx mori L." The major objective of the present work is to elucidate the mechanism of silkworm physiology and metabolism which can be explained for the improvement of the silkworm performance under the influence of vertebrate hormone, thyroxin. Both treated and controls were taken for analysis due to their physiological significance.

Scholarships/Awards/Achievements

NET-1995

Research Papers Published In Journals

INTERNATIONAL

Vasundhara, K., Hemavathi, B and Thyagaraju, K. (2006). Tissue specific expression of testicular Glutathione S-transferases on ?-methylcholanthrene treatment. International Journal of Cancer Research (IJCR). 2(1): 69-83.
Thygaraju, K., Hemavathi, B., Vasundhara, K., Rao, A.D. and Devi, K.N. (2005). A comparative study on Glutathione transferases of rat brain and testis under the stress of phenobarbitol and ?-methylcholanthrene. Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE (JZUS). 6B(8): 759-769.
Thygaraju, K., Vasundhara, K., Uma, A., Hemavathi, B and Devi, K.N. (2004). Effect of Phenobarbital on the induction of glutathione S-transferases in rat testis. Journal of Reproductive Biomedicine online (JRB). 8(1):58-64.
K.N. Devi, B.Hemavathi, A. Aliya, R.Raveendra and K. Thyagaraju (2002). A Comparative study on the effect of Phenobarbital and -Methylcholanthrene on Glutathione S-transferases of Rat Testis. Journal of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics (JBMBB). 26(1): 1-5. (IPF.3.258).

NATIONAL

Hemavathi, B. (2004). Sericulture: A biotechnological tool. Indian Journal of Sericulture. 43(2): 125-141.
Hemavathi, B, Thyagaraju, K. and Bharathi, D. (2004). Influence of thyroxine on the activities of dehydrogenases in Bombyx mori L. during development. Indian Journal of Parasitology and Applied Animal Biology. 13(1&2):1-12.
Hemavathi, B and Bharathi, D (2003). Effect of thyroxine on food utilization by silkworm Bombyx mori L. Indian journal of sericulture. 42(1):16-20.
Hemavathi, B and Bharathi, D (2003). Effect of thyroxine on ATPases in silkworm Bombyx mori L. Journal of Ecology and Environment, 21 (3): 649-657.
Uma, A., Vasundhara, P., Hemavathi, B and Thyagaraju, K. (2003). Induction of glutathione transferases as biomarkers under the influence of Phenobarbital and 3-methyl cholanthrene, Pp. 43-47. "Proc. of Int. Sem. Recent Adv. in Biotechnology", Ed by Armugam B, Thanjavur. pp118-124.
Vasundhara, K, Hemavathi, B, Uma, A and Thyagaraju, K. (2002). A comparative study on histopathology and glutathione S-transferases of rat liver and testis with 3-methyl cholanthrene. Indian Journal of comparative Animal physiology. 20: 1-7.
Hemavathi, B and Bharathi, D (2002). Effect of thyroxine on the activities of dehydrogenases in silkworm Bombyx moriL". Indian Journal of comparative Animal physiology. 20: 59-65.
Hemavathi, B and Bharathi, D. (1999). "Effect of thyroxine on economic characters and organic constituents of silkworm, Bombyx mori L", Pp. 118 - 119. "Proc. of Nat. Sem. on Tropical Sericulture".
Hemavathi, B and Thyagaraju, K (1999). Inhibition of Glutathione-S-transferases by thyroxine in fifth instar Bombyx mori L. larvae. Journal of Sericulture. 7 (1&2): 48-50.
Devi, K.N., Rao, A.D., Hemavathi, B and Thyagaraju, K (1996). Glutathione-S-transferases of Bombyx mori L. Larvae. Indian Journal of Sericulture.35: 114-116

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Attended

National Seminar on Comparative physiology and endocrinology, Tirupati, 28-1 March, 2003.
Int'l Con'ce on Rec Ad's in Biotec'gy, PRC, Tanjavur, Feb 24-25, 2003
Annual conference of Indian, Society for Comparative Animal Physiology, SVU, TPT , Feb 26-28, 2003
National Seminar on women in Science, Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupati, May 1998.
35th World Congress on Natural Medicines, S.V.University, Tirupati, March 14-16, 1997.
National Seminar on "Comparative physiology and endocrinology", Tirupati, 28-1 Decem. 1996.
National Seminar in IISc, BOS, Bangalore, Oct. 1996.