India Institute of
Science.
Kartik Sunagar,
Co-Investigator, SRPNTS
More people in India are burdened by snakebite than anywhere else in the world. Our work in the recent past has unravelled the poor efficacies of antivenoms in neutralising the venoms of the most medically important and diverse Indian snakes. Novel snakebite therapies and interventions are urgently needed to protect the lives, limbs, and livelihoods of India's 200,000 annual snakebite victims.
IISc, Bangalore
India’s leading institution of advanced education and research in the sciences and engineering.
Leads.
KARTIK
SUNAGAR
Co-Investigator
Kartik Sunagar is a SRPNTS investigator, a Wellcome Trust-DBT Alliance Fellow, and an Assistant Professor for the Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. He and his team at the Evolutionary Venomics Laboratory focus on the study of animal venoms to address broad scientific questions relating to evolutionary biology, molecular genetics, and ecology. Kartik employs an interdisciplinary approach spanning various “omics” fields of study (transcriptomics, proteomics, genomics), bioinformatics and molecular biology to uncover the molecular and biochemical diversity and the fascinating evolutionary history of animal venoms. As a part of the SRPNTS consortium, Kartik’s research has focused on obtaining and studying samples from the “Big Four” venomous snakes of India in order to shed light on how best to develop next generation snakebite therapies that will be effective on the Indian subcontinent. Kartik received his bachelor’s degree from Karnatak Science college, master’s degree from Karnatak University, and PhD from the University of Porto, Portugal.
Team members.
SENJI R.R.
LAXME
PhD Student
Assitance with transcriptomic annotation and dataset curation
ASHWIN S.
IYER
Biochemical characterisation of venoms
Project Assistant
SAURABH
ATTARDE
Post-doctoral Associate
Proteomic characterisation of venom
VIVEK
SURANSE
PhD Student
Assitance with transcriptomic annotation and dataset curation
JAYALAKSHMI
KRISHNA
Lab Manager
Finance and accounts management
