Profile
Name Mrs. D. Swathi
Designation Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest Animal Biotech, Transcriptomics and Molecular Biology
Room No. 12-203
Intercom No. 582
Mobile 9445450240
Email Id (Official) swathid@svce.ac.in
Email Id (Personal) swathi.1591@gmail.com
Qualification
  • (Biotechnology), SVCE (UR – 6), Sriperumbudur, 2015.
  • (Dual IT), Anna University of Technology, BIT campus, Trichy, Nov 2012.
  • (Biotechnology), Anna University of Technology, BIT campus, Trichy, 2012.
Academic Experience
    Teaching

  • Assistant Professor, SVCE, since August 2023.

    • Research

  • Senior Research Fellow, ICAR- NIANP, Bangalore (Feb 2018 – Oct 2022)
  • Junior Research Fellow, TANUVAS, Chennai (Apr 2017 – Feb 2018)
  • Young Professional, TANUVAS, Chennai (June 2016 – March 2017)
  • ABCEP Trainee, TRPVB, TANUVAS, Chennai (October 2015 – March 2016)
Courses Handled
    Theory Courses

  • Basics of Stem cell Technology
  • Biology for Beginners
  • Advanced Biopharmaceutical Technology
  • Laboratory Courses
Research & Consultancy
    Research papers

  • Selvaraju, S., Ramya, L., Swathi, D., Archana, S. S., Lavanya, M., Krishnappa, B., … & Sharma, R. K. (2023). Cryostress induces fragmentation and alters the abundance of sperm transcripts associated with fertilizing competence and reproductive processes in buffalo. Cell and Tissue Research, 1-19. (I.F: 4.051).
  • Archana, S. S., Swathi, D., Ramya, L., Heena, H. S., Krishnappa, B., Binsila, B. K., … & Selvaraju, S. (2023). Relationship among seminal antigenicity, antioxidant status and metabolically active sperm from Holstein-Friesian (Bos taurus) bulls. Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, 1-13. (I.F: 2.973).
  • Divakar Swathi, Laxman Ramya, Santhanahalli Siddalingappa Archana, Maharajan Lavanya, Balaganur Krishnappa, Bala Krishnan Binsila and Sellappan Selvaraju (2022). X chromosome-linked genes in the mature sperm influence semen quality and fertility of breeding bulls. Gene, 839, 146727. (I.F: 3.913).
  • Lavanya, M., Swathi, D., Archana, S. S., Ramya, L., Ranjithkumaran, R., Krishnaswamy, N., … & Selvaraju, S. (2021). Supraphysiological concentration of urea affects the functional competence of Holstein-Friesian (Bos taurus) sperm. Theriogenology, 176, 104-114. (I.F: 2.923).
  • Lavanya, M., Archana, S.S., Swathi, D. et al. Sperm preparedness and adaptation to osmotic and pH stressors relate to functional competence of sperm in Bos taurus. Sci Rep 11, 22563 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01928-6 (I.F: 4.996).
  • Ramya, L., Swathi, D., Archana, S. S., Lavanya, M., Parthipan, S., & Selvaraju, S. (2021). Establishment of bioinformatics pipeline for deciphering the biological complexities of fragmented sperm transcriptome. Analytical Biochemistry, 620, 114141. (I.F: 3.191).
  • Archana, S. S., Selvaraju, S., Arangasamy, A., Binsila, B., Swathi, D., Ramya, L., … & Krishnappa, B. (2021). Seminal antigenicity affects mitochondrial membrane potential and acrosome reaction ability of the spermatozoa during cryopreservation. Theriogenology, 159, 132-139. (I.F: 2.923).
  • Selvaraju, S., Ramya, L., Parthipan, S., Swathi, D., Binsila, B. K., & Kolte, A. P. (2021). Deciphering the complexity of sperm transcriptome reveals genes governing functional membrane and acrosome integrities potentially influence fertility. Cell and Tissue Research, 385(1), 207-222. (I.F: 4.051).
  • Binsila, B. K., Archana, S. S., Ramya, L., Swathi, D., Selvaraju, S., Gowda, N. K., … & Bhatta, R. (2021). Elucidating the processes and pathways enriched in buffalo sperm proteome in regulating semen quality. Cell and Tissue Research, 383(2), 881-903. (I.F: 4.051).
  • Selvaraju, S., Swathi, D., Ramya, L., Lavanya, M., Archana, S. S., & Sivaram, M. (2021). Orchestrating the expression levels of sperm mRNAs reveals CCDC174 as an important determinant of semen quality and bull fertility. Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, 67(1), 89-101. (I.F: 2.973).
  • R. Kirubagaran and S. Rajakumar T.S. Kumar, A. Josephine, D. Swathi, I. Lawrance, K. Thirupathi, G. Dharani (2020). Effect of different light/dark cycle on the growth of Chlorella vulgaris under phototrophic and mixotrophic conditions, Indian Hydrobiology 19(1&2), 159- 170.
  • Swathi, D., Saranya, S., Raja, A., Vijayarani, K., & Kumanan, K. (2020). In silico prediction of the epitopes for the immunogenic proteins present in Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis”, Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 90(2), 156-160. (I.F: 0.18).
  • Kaliyaperumal Viswanathan, P. Monisha, M. Srinivasan, D. Swathi, M.Raman, G. Dhinakar Raj, “Chlorhexidine-calcium phosphate nanoparticles – polymer mixer based wound healing cream and their applications”, Material Science and Engineering C (2016), 67:516-21. (I.F: 7.328).

    • Chapters in Book:

  • Selvaraju S., Ramya L, Swathi D., Parthipan S, Archana SS, Binsila BK, Krishnappa B and Arangasamy A. Sperm transcriptome sequencing for predicting bull fertility: Concepts, Facts and Future Directions a book chapter in Springer 2022 First Edition on “Frontier Technologies in Bovine Reproduction”, pp 133-146.
  • Selvaraju S, Archana SS, Swathi D, Ramya L, Krishnappa B, Binsila B Krishnan and Arangasamy A, 2021. Semen quality and male fertility in dairy animals book chapter on “Nutrition and fertility management of dairy animals in changing climate scenario” (E-book).
Conference / Workshop / FDP
  • Attended a Workshop on “Introductory Genomics and NGS data analysis”, hosted by IBAB, Bangalore, 31st March to 2nd April, 2023.
  • Online Training Workshop on “Data Visualization using R” organized by ICARNAARM, Hyderabad from 9th -11th March 2022.
  • Has been a part of the organizing committee in the Hands-on Training course on Semen evaluation techniques and nutritional management of breeding bulls from 2-4 December 2021.
  • Participated in the Online Training Programme on Proteomic Data Analysis from November 24-26, 2021.
  • Attended a webinar on “FAO Guidelines on Genomic Characterization of Animal Genetic Resources” on 11th October 2021.
  • Participated in the International Symposium on Harnessing the Potential of genome editing tools to augment the productivity and health of farm animals organized by NAHEP, ICAR-NDRI on July 19-20th, 2021.
  • Attended the International webinar on “Impact of oxidative stress on male and female reproduction” organized by IDP-NAHEP at ICAR-NDRI on 21st July 2021.
  • Attended the International Workshop on “Scientific Writing” organized by IDP-NAHEP at ICAR-NDRI on 23rd and 24th June 2021.
  • Attended a webinar “Quantitative western blotting: optimization is a key” by Biorad on 22nd June 2021.
  • Attended a webinar on “International E-workshop on recent trends in Quality Control of Bovine Semen- A Paradigm Shift” on 22nd April 2021.
  • Online course on Application of Statistics in Science and Technology using SPSS: Organized by the World Food Preservation Centre, USA. Organized on 8th – 10th August 2020.
  • Online course on Flow Cytometry: Principles, Applications, Experimental Designing and Data Analysis: Conducted by Flow cytometry Solutions. Organized on 24th – 30th June 2020.
  • Participated in the “Scientific Writing Skills” webinar 15th Annual Convention of the Indian Society for Animal Reproduction, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India. Organized from 18th to 20th December 2019.
  • Participated in the National Level Technical Symposium held on 18th August 2014 at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur.

    • Conferences Attended

  • Archana SS, Swathi D, Ramya L, Heena H S, Krishnappa B, Binsila B K, Rajendran D, Selvaraju S. Relationship among seminal antigenicity, leukocytary, antioxidant status and metabolically active sperm in HF bulls. Presented in the scientific session on the International Symposium of Novel Knowledge, Innovative Practices and Research in Theriogenology organized by The Indian Society for Study of Animal Reproduction (ISSAR) from 27th to 29th December 2021.
  • Swathi D, Ramya L, Archana SS, Binsila B K, Krishnappa B, and Selvaraju S. Sperm expressed X-linked genes influence semen quality and field fertility rate in cattle and buffalo. Presented poster at the International Symposium on Novel Knowledge, Innovative Practices and Research in Theriogenology organized by The Indian Society for Study of Animal Reproduction (ISSAR) from 27th to 29th December 2021.
  • Ramya L, Swathi D, Archana SS, Arangasamy A, Binsila B.K, Krishnappa B, Selvaraju S. Expression levels of genes associated with energy production pathways in sperm influence the fertility status of the buffalo bulls. Presented paper in the international symposium on Novel Knowledge, Innovative Practices and Research in Theriogenology organized by The Indian Society for Study of Animal Reproduction (ISSAR) from 27th to 29th December 2021.
  • Swathi D, Ramya L, Archana SS, Binsila B.K, Krishnappa B and Selvaraju S. Poster Presentation on “Sperm total RNA profiling certitudes the existence of transcriptome plasticity during cryostress”. Presented paper in the international symposium on Novel Knowledge, Innovative Practices and Research in Theriogenology organized by The Indian Society for Study of Animal Reproduction (ISSAR) from 27th to 29th December 2021.
  • Swathi D, Ramya L, Lavanya M, Archana, S.S., Binsila B.K, Selvaraju S paper on “Spermatozoal genes and their associated pathways in regulating acrosomal integrity in bovine” at the Proceedings of the 35th Annual Convention of the Indian Society for the study of Animal Reproduction and International Symposium on Global perspectives to enhance livestock fertility through modern reproductive techniques for doubling farmer’s income during 18th to 20th December 2019 held at Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal- 637 002, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Presented a seminar on “Challenges in the prediction of bull fertility” at ICAR-NIANP, Bangalore on 3rd October 2019.
  • Presented a poster titled “Anti-microbial cream development using Zinc Oxide ZnO)/Silver (Ag NPs) Nanoparticles as an active agent and study their efficiency” at the International Conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2016″, Sastra University, Thanjavur.
  • Presented poster on “Identification of an enhancer for bone marrow-derived murine mesenchymal stem cell proliferation using computational tools” at the Indo- Australian conference on Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery System and Regenerative Medicine (BiTerm-2015) held at Anna University, Chennai between 5th -7th of February 2015.
  • Participated in the “International Conference on Computational Systems in Engineering and Technology” organized by Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering held on 7th and 8th of March, 2014.
  • Presented a paper titled “Alkaline Phosphatase Biosensor” at the International Conference on Biotechnology and Global Warming held at Vivekananda College of Engineering for Women, Tiruchengode” on 10th March 2011.
  • Presented posters “SCP Production from Azo-Dye Degradation” in the “Innovautt” at the Anna University of Technology, Trichy on 27th Jan 2011.
  • Participated in the National Symposium on Recent Advances in Biotechnology (NSRAB) at th e Anna University of Technology, Trichy on 23rd Jan 2010.
Laboratory Handled
Training Attended
Additional Responsibilities
Achievements
  • Best Research Paper Award – Second: For the research paper entitled “Sperm expressed x-linked genes influence semen quality and field fertility rate in cattle and buffalo” presented in the scientific session at the international symposium organized by The Indian Society for Study of Animal Reproduction (ISSAR) on 27th to 29th December 2021.
  • Best research paper – ICAR NIANP (2021): Elucidating the processes and pathways enriched in buffalo sperm proteome in regulating semen quality. Authored by Binsila, B. K., Archana, S. S., Ramya, L., Swathi, D., Selvaraju, S., Gowda, N. S., … & Bhatta, R.
  • Best Oral presentation – IAVMI (2018): Evaluating the Efficiency of Rabies Vaccine coupled with NKT Cell-based Glycolipid Adjuvants in Modulating the Expression Levels of TLRs and Cytokines in Canine Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells presented in the 31st Annual Convention of IAVMI, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati from 29th to 31st January 2018.
  • Received Technology transfer appreciation for the contribution to the development of Nano-Dermal Cream at TRPVB, TANUVAS.
  • Won second prize in SVCE INNOVATES-2015 competition for the work on “Mutation analysis of rifampicin and ethambutol targeting protein using the molecular dynamic approach in tuberculosis” held on March 27th, 2015.
  • Received GATE Scholarship during post-graduation.
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