Myself

Presently,

  • Staff Scientist, March 2022-present, Umeå University, Sweden.

Education

  • Ph D. Life Sciences (Environmental Sciences & Public health) in Prof. Miceli’s group, Italy
  • M.Sc. Marine Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, India
  • B.Sc.  Zoology (Spl in Biotechnology), The American College, Madurai.

International collaboration

  • Dr. Martina Schrallhammer, University of Freiburg, Germany
  • Dr. Pietro Lio’University of Cambirdge, UK
  • Dr. Marina Lotti, University of Milan, Italy
  • Dr. Gianfranco Santovito, University of Padova, Italy
  • Dr. Ugur Sezerman, Epigenetiks, Turkey

Patent

  1. Marinomonas sp. ef1 and Rhodococcus sp. ef 1 for the production of secondary metabolites Sandra Pucciarelli, Maria Sindhura, Kesava Priyan Ramasamy, Alessio MANCINI, Nagoth Joseph Amruthraj. Patent application in Italy N.102019000014121 filed on 06/08/2019.

Conferences

Conference presentation*/Contribution#

  1. Resilience and Adaptation to Extreme Environments: The Special Case of Euplotes focardii, a Strictly Psychrophilic Antarctic Ciliate. ISOP Meeting 2018. Sandra Pucciarelli*, Patrizia Ballarini, Kesava Priyan Ramasamy, Matteo Mozzicafreddo, Cristina Miceli.
  2. *Ramasamy KP, Pucciarelli S, Ballarini P, Telatin A, Schrallhammer M, Miceli C (2016). Characterisation of microbial consortium associated with psychrophilic Antarctic ciliate Euplotes focardii. Italian Society of Protistology (2016), 14-16 September, Pineto, Italy (Oral presentation).
  3. *Ramasamy KP, Pucciarelli S, Ballarini P, Schrallhammer M, Miceli C (2016). Isolation and characterization of bacterial strains from a consortium associated to the Antarctic ciliate Euplotes focardii. “A cold afternoon” Insight into adaptation to Life at low temperature. METABLE (2016), 26 May, Milan, Italy (Poster presentation).
  4. *Ramasamy KP, Pucciarelli S, Ballarini P, Boldrin F, Tolomeo AM, Santovito G, Miceli C (2015). Characterisation of the Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) family in the marine Antarctic ciliate Euplotes focardii and the freshwater ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference (2015), 11-16 July, University of Camerino, Italy. (Oral presentation).
  5. *Ramasamy KP, Pucciarelli S, Ballarini P, Schrallhammer M, Miceli C (2015). Isolation and preliminary characterisation of psychrotolerant bacteria Marinomonas sp from the Antarctic ciliate Euplotes focardii. Metable Bioinformatics workshop (2015), 21-27th March, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. (Poster presentation).
  6. *Ramasamy KP, Pucciarelli S, Elena M, Santovito G, Miceli C (2014). Identification and preliminary characterisation of copper-zinc superoxide dismutases in the Antarctic ciliate Euplotes focardii. Frontiers in ciliate genome evolution, adaptation, and symbiosis (2014), 5th-9th October, University of Pisa, Italy. (Poster presentation).
  7. Participation at the Training school “Genomics and Evolutionary Biology”, 4th-9th November 2013, University of Camerino, Italy. Organised in the frame of the COST action BM1102.
  8. Ramasamy KP, Kaliyan BK, Manohar CS, Meena RM (2013). Diversity of fungi and decolourisation potential of a fungus, F-38 isolated from the coral reef regions off Kavaratti. ASEAN INDIA Marine Biotechnology workshop, 19th-22nd March 2013, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India. (Oral Presentation).
  9. Participation in the National Conference on “Mycodiversity with its Sustainable Exploration and Biotechnological Applications and 38th Annual Meeting of Mycological Society of India on 6th and 7th February 2012 at Shri Shivaji Science College Maharastra, India.