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Suneel
Kateriya
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Assistant Professor
Biochemistry
South Campus, University of Delhi-110021
Flat. No. 069,DDA Flats, Sec-12, Pkt-7,
Dwarka, New Delhi-110075
01124114159
09312315704
011-24110283
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Institution
Institute for
Biochemistry University
of Regesnburg,
Germany
Year
2004
School of Biotechnology
Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi,
India
Kanpur University,
India
1998
Career Profile
Organisation / Institution
Department of
Biochemistry,
South Campus,
University of Delhi
Department of
Pharmacology, Columbia
University, NY, USA
Institute of Biophysics,
Humboldt University,
Germany
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Thesis topic: Identification,
Expression and
Characterization of
Archaeal-Type Opsins of
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Subjects: Biotechnology
1996
Subjects: Zoology, Botany
and Chemistry
Designation
Lecturer
Duration
2007-Cont.
Role
Teaching and Research
Postdoctoral
Fellow
2005-2007
Postdoctoral
Fellow
2004-2005
Role of Cardiac Sodium
Channel in Long QT
Syndrome
Study functional role of
sensory rhodopsins of C.
reinhardtii
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Research Interests / Specialization
Rhodopsin mediated signal transduction and intraflagellar transport in lower eukaryotes
Photoreceptor mediated virulence and survival in Bacteria
Development of optogenetics tools for Neurosciences, Cell Biology and Clinical applications
Teaching Experience (Subjects/Courses Taught)
Teaching experience in the area of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, proteomics and
metabolomics
Biochemistry/ 1. Applications of Proteomics and Metabolomics
2. Cell Biology-II
3. Molecular Biology-1
Honors & Awards
Awards
Indian Science Congress Young Scientist Award in New Biology Section for 20092010
Indian Biophysical Society Ratna Phadke Young Scientist Award for 2010
Association of Microbiologist of India Young Scientist Award for 2011
International Fellowship
Max Planck India Fellowship (2012-2016) from Department of Science and
Technology, India and Max Planck Group-Germany
Publications (LAST FIVE YEARS)
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Photo-dynamics of BLUF domain
containing adenylyl cyclase NgPAC3
2014
from the amoeboflagellate Naegleria
gruberi NEG-M strain
2013
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Photo-dynamics and thermal behavior of
the BLUF domain containing adenylate
cyclase NgPAC2 from the
amoeboflagellate Naegleria gruberi NEGM strain.
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Co-Author
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Co-Author
Journal of
Photochemistry
and
Photobiology A:
Chemistry 287
19–29
Chemical
Physics
412, 96-108
A.Penzkofer,
M.Tanwar, S.
K. Veetil, S.
Kateriya, M.
Stierl,
P.Hegemann
A.Penzkofer,
M.Tanwar, S.
K. Veetil, S.
Kateriya, M.
Stierl,
P.Hegemann
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2013
2012
2012
Nuclear gene targeting in Chlamydomonas
using engineered zinc-finger nucleases.
Plant Journal
73, 873-882
Phototropin
Influence
on
Eyespot Plant Cell
Development and Control of Phototactic 24, 4687-4702
Behavior in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Jessica
Trippens,
Andre Greiner,
Jana Schellwat,
Martin
Neukam,
Theresa
Rottmann,
Yinghong Lu,
Suneel
Kateriya, Peter
Hegemann, and
Georg Kreimer.
Bacteriophytochrome controls carotenoidindependent response to photodynamic
stress in a non-photosynthetic
rhizobacterium, Azospirillum brasilense
Sp7
Kumar S,
Kateriya S,
Singh VS,
Tanwar M,
Agarwal S,
Singh H,
Khurana JP,
Amla DV,
Tripathi AK
Sci Rep.
2, 872
2012
A photochromic histidine kinase rhodopsin
(HKR1) that is bimodally switched by UV
and blue light.
J Biol Chem.
287, 40083–
40090
2012
Disulphide Bridges of Phospholipase C of
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Modulates
Lipid Interaction and Dimer Stability.
PLoS One
7(6):e39258
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Sizova I,
Greiner A,
Awasthi M,
Kateriya S,
Hegemann P
Luck M,
Mathes T,
Bruun S, Fudim
R, Hagedorn R,
Nguyen TM,
Kateriya S,
Kennis JT,
Hildebrandt P,
Hegemann P
Awasthi
M, Batra
J, Kateriya S.
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2012
Absorption and fluorescence
Characteristics of photo-activated
adenylate cyclase nano-clusters from the
amoeboflagellate Naegleria gruberi NEGM strain
Chem. Phys.
392, 46-54
Penzkofer, A.,
Stierl, M.,
Hegemann, P.,
Kateriya, S
2012
Cellular oxido-reductive proteins of
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii control the
biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles.
J.
Nanobiotechnol
ogy
9, 56
Indu Barwal,
Peeyush
Ranjan, Suneel
Kateriya and
Subhash
Chandra Yadav.
2011
Thermal protein unfolding in photoactivated adenylate cyclase nano-clusters
from the amoeboflagellate Naegleria
gruberi NEG-M strain.
Photochem. and
Photobiol. A
Chemi. 225, 4251
Penzkofer, A.,
Stierl, M.,
Hegemann, P.,
Kateriya, S
2011
Photo-dynamics of the BLUF domain
containing soluble adenylate cyclase
(nPAC) from the amoeboflagellate
Naegleria gruberi NEG-M strain.
Chem. Phys.
387: 25-28
Penzkofer, A.,
Stierl, M.,
Hegemann, P.,
Kateriya, S
BBA
1810, 675- 682
Veetil, S.K.,
Mittal, C.,
Ranjan, P., and
Kateriya, S.
2011
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A conserved isoleucine in the LOV1
domain of a novel phototropin from the
marine alga Osterococcus tauri
modulatesthe dark state recovery of the
domain.
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Articles
Conference Presentations
 Summer Meeting 25-28. July 2004. Regen / Bayerischer Wald, Germany
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Leeds Ion Channel Workshop 2003. Leeds, U.K, London.

11th International Conference on Retinal Proteins (11th ICRP). June 20-24, 2004.
Germany.
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Georg Nagel, Peter Hegemann, Suneel Kateriya and Ernst Bamberg. Channelrhodopsin
1,2, a new class of ion channels: functional description and cellular applications.
AuPS/ASB Meeting – 2005. Canberra, Australia.
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Georg Nagel, Tanjef Szellas, Suneel Kateriya, Nona Adeishvili, Peter Hegemann, Ernst
Bamberg. Channelrhodopsins: Ion Channels which are directly gated by Light. 1st Joint
German/British Bioenergetics Meeting Mechanisms of Bioenergetic, Membrane Proteins:
Structures & Beyond. March 20- 24, 2005. Germany.
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Biophysical Society 50th Annual Meeting. February 18-22, 2006. Salt Lake City, Utah,
USA.
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Biophysical Society 51st Annual Meeting. March 3-7, 2007. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Harsha Sikri, Harsh Takkar, Rajanish Giri and Suneel Kateriya Expression, purification
and spectral characterization of LOV1 domain of phototropin from Ostrecoccus tauri.
First INDO-DANISH DU_SDU Seminar on Emerging Trends in Interfacial Areas of
Chemical, Biological and Environmental Sciences. March 17-18 2008. India.
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Harsha Sikri and Suneel Kateriya. Identification, expression and biochemical
characterization of LOV1 Domain of Phototropin from Ostrecoccus tauri. 8th
International Symposium on Biochemical Roles of Eukaryotic Cell Surface
Macromolecule. Jan. 21-25, 2008. India.
Invited Lectures
Institute of Microbial Technology, 2008, Chandigarh, India
Fourth Asia Oceania Conference on Photobiology, 2008.India
Young Scientist Award, Indian Science Congress Meeting, 2010, Trivandrum, India
Young Scientist Award, Indian Biophysical Society Meeting, 2010, Varanasi, India
UCG sponsored symposium 2010, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Biotechnology symposium 2010, DCRUST, Murthal, Haryana, India
Annual meeting of Association of Microbiologist of India, 2010, Ranchi, India
International meeting: Fifth Asia Oceania Conference on Photobiology 2011, Nara,
Japan
Total Publication Profile -17
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Books: 02
In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals: 22
Articles
Conference Presentations
Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity
Serving as a member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC)
Serving as a member of Board of Research Studies (BRS) for faculty of interdisciplinary and applied sciences, University of Delhi, South Campus (UDSC)
Serving as a referee for the Advances in Applied Research Journal
Professional Societies Memberships
Indian Biophysical Society-Life Member
The Indian Science Congress Association-Life Member
New York Academy of Sciences, USA-Member
Biophysical Society, USA-Member
Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations)
1. Engineering of Photoactivated Adenylate Cyclase (PAC) for the Development of
Optogenetic Tools for Neuroscience Applications-DBT, (2012-15).
2. Photo-dynamic, Biochemical and Optogenetic Characterization of the Novel
Bacterial Photoactivated Adenylate Cyclase.SERB-DST (2012-16
3. Functional characterization of new photoreceptor
proteins and ion channels in
the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using functional
genomics
methods. Indo(DST)-Russian (RFBR) Project (2012-14)
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