Profile

Dr. Madhuri Subbiah is a veterinarian by profession and received her Ph.D. in Molecular Virology from University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA in 2010. Dr. Subbiah previously worked as Deputy Manager, Platform Technologies, Anthem Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, where she was involved in managing projects from clients as well as developing novel platforms for drug development. She joined NIAB in November 2012. Her research focus at NIAB is to understand animal and poultry viral biology and to apply this knowledge for developing preventive measures and on-farm viral diagnostics.

Current Focus Areas

  • research focus at NIAB is to understand animal and poultry viral biology and to apply this knowledge for developing preventive measures and on-farm viral diagnostics.

Selected Publications

  • 1. Putty K, Rao PL, Ganji VK, Dutta D, Mondal S, Hegde NR, Srivastava A, Subbiah M. (2023). First complete genome sequence of lumpy skin disease virus directly from a clinical sample in South India. Virus Genes, Apr;59(2):317-322. 2. Rajendran R, Srinivasan J, Natarajan J, Govindan K, Kumaragurubaran K, Muthukrishnan M, Seeralan M, Subbiah M, Sundaram RS, Rao PL, Ramasamy S. (2023). First report of Duck Hepatitis A virus genotype 2 in India. Vet Res Commun., Jan 3. Volume 47, 1231–1241. 3. Yenuganti VR, Afroz S, Khan RA, Bharadwaj C, Nabariya DK, Nayak N, Subbiah M, Chintala K, Banerjee S, Reddanna P, Khan N. (2022). Milk exosomes elicit a potent anti-viral activity against dengue virus. J Nanobiotechnology, Jul 6;20(1):317. 4. Rao PL, Priyanka E, Kannaki TR, Subbiah M. (2022). Whole genome analysis and molecular characterization of chicken infectious anemia virus from an outbreak in a layer flock reveals circulation of genogroup IIIb in South India. Virus Res., Jan 15;308:198649. 5. Kannaki TR, Priyanka E, Subbiah M, Haunshi S. (2021). Development and validation of high throughput real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for quantitative detection of chicken infectious anemia virus. Virus disease, Jun;32(2):343-346.

Skills & Proficiency

Molecular Virology Poultry viruses Porcine viruses Virus Genome Virus Engineering Reverse Genetics Rapid on farm diagnostics Antiviral Screen Effective vaccines Emerging viruses