Profile
Dr. Madhusudan R Nandineni holds a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from Nizam College, Hyderabad, and a Master of Science degree in Biotechnology from the University of Hyderabad. He pursued his Ph.D. at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, where his research identified five novel genetic loci involved in water-stress tolerance in Escherichia coli. Afterward, he conducted postdoctoral research at Yale University School of Medicine, focusing on ribosome biogenesis using baker's yeast(Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as model system. Returning to India in 2005, he joined CDFD, Hyderabad, as Staff Scientist and Group Leader. His current research interests include forensic DNA profiling, human population diversity, and plant-fungal interactions. Recognized with accolades such as the Innovative Young Biotechnologists Award (IYBA-2006) and the Max Planck India Visiting Scientist Fellowship (2007-10), Dr. Nandineni is also a recipient of the BioAsia Innovation Award for Young Scientists (2007) and the Best Scientist Award from the Government of Telangana State (2018). He is an elected Fellow and Executive Council Member of the Telangana Academy of Sciences and a Member of the Board of Trustees for the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ), Germany.
Current Focus Areas
Our group's primary focus is exploring genetic diversity within Indian populations and conduct genotype-phenotype correlation studies, validating SNPs associated with visible traits such as skin color, BMI, and height. Furthermore, we investigate pathogenicity genes in Colletotrichum truncatum, aiming to understand its infection biology, lifestyle, and host specificity in plant-microbe interactions.
Selected Publications
1. Singh M, Sarkar A, Kumar D and Nandineni MR. (2020). The genetic affinities of Gujjar and Ladakhi populations of India. Scientific Reports. 10(1):2055. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59061-9. 2. Singh M, Sarkar A, Nandineni MR. (2018). A comprehensive portrait of Y-STR diversity of Indian populations and comparison with 129 worldwide populations. Scientific Reports. 8(1):15421. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33714-2. 3. Rao S, Sharda S, Oddi V and Nandineni MR. (2018). The Landscape of Repetitive Elements in the Refined Genome of Chilli Anthracnose Fungus Colletotrichum truncatum. Frontiers in Microbiology, Oct 4; 9:2367. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02367. eCollection 2018. 4. Sarkar A and Nandineni MR. Association of common genetic variants with human skin colour variation in Indian populations. American Journal of Human Biology (2017) Oct 6. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23068. 5. Sarkar A and Nandineni MR. Development of a SNP-based panel for human identification for Indian populations. Forensic Science International- Genetics (2017); 27:58-66. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.12.002.