Research Interests

• RNA mediated gene silencing by si-RNA and mi-RNA
• Gene isolation and molecular plant transformation
• Molecular marker development and QTL characterisation
• Protein isolation and crystallography.

Background

Dr.Anandan has 15 years experience in research areas involving gene isolation, molecular plant transformation, gene expression, RNA-mediated gene silencing, marker-assisted selection, protein crystallography and virus detection and characterization. He joined the Insect Barcoding Team of the Biotechnology Division in 2008.

Qualification

• MSc (Virology), Massey University, New Zealand 1992
• PhD (Molecular Biology), Waikato University, New Zealand 2006.

Current Projects

• Insect gene barcoding
• Degraded DNA amplification
• Molecular pathogen identification

Publications

Christeller JT, Farley PC, Marshall RK, Anandan A, Wright MM, Newcomb RD, Laing WA (2006) The Squash Aspartic Proteinase Inhibitor SQAPI Is Widely Present in the Cucurbitales, Comprises a Small Multigene Family and is a Member of the Phytocystatin Family. J Mol Evol.

Anandan A, Walter C, Forster RLS, Fountain DW and Yu PL (1993) Molecular cloning and expression of a tamarillo lectin gene. Proceedings of the Queenstown Molecular Biology Conference, New Zealand

Fields of Research

• Molecular biology or biotechnology

Keywords

• Plant molecular biologist

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