ALEKHYA RANI CHUNDURI

Experienced biotechnologist with a background in molecular biology and over 5 years of research experience. My drug discovery and development coursework has provided me with a broad understanding of the entire drug development process and I have an invested interest in drug discovery. I am eager to apply this knowledge in innovative projects across these areas. I am passionate about contributing to the pharmaceutical industry and am seeking opportunities to leverage my skills in advancing drug development initiatives.

• Organization and co-ordination team member - 'INSPIRE INTERNSHIP SCIENCE CAMP' from 12/06/19 to 12/10/19.
• Current Member (2024) - Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
• Current Member (2024) - Graduate Student Association (GSA)
• Participated in the 'Clinical Trials Bootcamp 2024' exploring the various aspects of Clinical trial design and management organised by Jefferson Health, Thomas Jefferson University.

• Dynamics of nuclear matrix attachment regions during 5th instar posterior silk gland development in Bombyx mori., Chunduri, A.R., Rajan, R., Lima, A., Ramamoorthy, S., & Mamillapalli, A., BMC Genomics, 23, 247, 2022
• Genes expressed in silk glands of Bombyx mori show differential association with nuclear matrix during 5th instar development., Chunduri, A.R., & Mamillapalli, A., Applied Biological Research, 24, 1, 105-109, 2022
• Nuclear matrix associated RNAs in posterior silk glands show developmental dynamics in Bombyx mori in 5th instar larvae., Chunduri, A.R., Lima, A., Rajan, R., & Mamillapalli, A., BMC Research Notes, 15, 1, 68, 2022
• Nuclear matrix associated RNA datasets of posterior silk glands of Bombyx mori during 5th instar larval development., Chunduri, A.R., Lima, A., Rajan, R., & Mamillapalli, A., BMC Research Notes, 18, 14, 456, 2021
• DFMO feeding lowers polyamine levels and causes developmental defects in the silkworm Bombyx mori., Rajan, R., Chunduri, A.R., Siripurapu, P., Satti, A.B., Kottakota, S.K., Marupilla, B., Kallare, A.K., & Mamillapalli, A., Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 25, 1, 101835, 2022
• Spermidine Enhances Nutritional Indices of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Larvae., Rajan, R., Chunduri, A.R., Lima, A., & Mamillapalli, A., Journal of Entomological Science, 57, 1, 12-26, 2022
• 16S rRNA sequence data of Bombyx mori gut bacteriome after spermidine supplementation., Rajan, R., Chunduri, A.R., Lima, A., & Mamillapalli, A., BMC Research Notes, 24, 13, 94, 2020
• Bacterial Gut Symbionts of Antheraea mylitta (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)., Rajan, R., Chanda, S.D., Chunduri, A.R., Gattu, R., Vodithala, S., & Mamillapalli, A., Journal of Entomological Science, 55, 1, 137-140, 2020
• Spermidine alleviates heat shock and promotes the growth of Bombyx mori., Lima, A., Digudu, B.G.L., Chunduri, A.R., Rajan, R., & Mamillapalli, A., Journal of Thermal Biology, 110, 103353, 2022
• Thermal tolerance role of novel polyamine, caldopentamine, identified in fifth instar Bombyx mori., Lima, A., Digudu, B.G.L., Chunduri, A.R., Rajan, R., Jha, A., & Mamillapalli, A., Amino Acids, 55, 287-298, 2022

• Oral and poster presentation on virtual live Keystone Symposia eSymposia meeting: 'Higher-Order Chromatin Architecture in Time and Space', 11/15/21 to 11/17/21
• Presented a poster in Researchers' Day - 2020 on the occasion of 126th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar at GITAM Institute of Science, Visakhapatnam, 02/20/20
• Oral presentation given in National Conference on 'New Horizons in Nutrition, Health and Environment - 2020' Organized by Life Sciences, GIS, GITAM [Deemed to be University], Visakhapatnam, 01/09/20 to 01/10/20
• Presented a poster in the 88th Annual Meeting of SBCI and Conference on 'Advances at the interface of Biology and Chemistry', 10/31/19 to 11/03/19
• Oral presentation given in the National Conference on Seri-Biomics: Challenges, Innovations and Solutions, 02/15/18 to 02/17/18