Dr. P.Sundaresan is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Genetics, Aravind Medical Research Foundation. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from Madurai Kamaraj University, India in 1981 and 1983 respectively. He received Ph.D in Microbiology from School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, India in 1990. After serving as Lecturer for two years in Birla Institute of Science and Technology, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, he has worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. After spending three years as Research Associate in the Department of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University, Washington DC he joined in 1999 as Research Assistant Professor at Pediatric Infectious diseases, Mount Sinai, School of Medicine, New York.

Dr. Sundaresan's postdoctoral training was on structure-function of Herpes simplex virus-1 glycoprotein gE; HSV-1: Viral Gene therapy for brain and prostate cancer and making Herpes Simplex Virus-2 gB -2 recombinant viruses to study cell entry.

Currently, Dr. Sundaresan's interests are the Molecular Genetics on Inherited Eye diseases, understanding the genetic and structural analysis of Myocilin in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma patients and Screening for mutations in the known glaucoma genes to devise a macro-chip containing all the responsible candidate genes to facilitate an easy and rapid diagnosis. Dr. Sundaresan has been studying inherited and sporadic Aniridia in several families and has identified many novel mutations associated with the formation of Aniridia in Indian population. His laboratory is also examining the Molecular Genetics of Diabetic Retinopathy; Ocular Albinism and Age related Macular Degeneration.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Nallathambi et al .Hum Mutat. 2008 May 16.
• Hemadevi et al Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 May: 126 (5) 700-708.
• Rajasundari et al J Med Virol. 2008 Mar;80(3):536-546.
• Moumne et al Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2008 Jan 30;282(1-2):2-11.
• Shukla et al Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Sep;144(3):419-423
• Nallathambi et al 2007 Journal of Genetics, 2007 Aug;86(2):165-168.
• Kanagavalli et al 2007 Molecular vision 13 :1161-1168
• Suganthalakshmi et al 2007 Molecular vision 13:611-617
• Hewitt et al 2007 Molecular vision 13: 487-492
• Nallathambi et al 2007 Human Genetics 121: 107-112
• Nallathambi et al 2006 Molecular vision 12: 1086-1092
• Neethirajan G et al BMC Ophthalmol. 2006, 27;6:28.
• Vithana EN, Morgan P, Sundaresan P et al Nat. Genet. 2006 Jul;38(7):755-7.
• Suganthalakshmi B et al Mol.Vis. 2006: 12: 336-341
• Nallathambi J et al Mol. Vis. 2006 : 12: 236-242
• Suganthalakshmi B et al . Asian J. Exp. Sci., Vol. 20, Supplement, 2006, 15-28.
• Periasamy Sundaresan et al. 2004, Molecular Vision 10: 1005-10.
• Janakaraj Kanagavalli et al. 2004, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 52: 271-80.
• Guruswamy Neethirajan et al. 2004, BMC Medical Genetics 5:9.
• Guruswamy Neethirajan et al. 2004, Journal of Human Genetics 49: 647-649.
• Janakaraj Kanagavalli et al 2003 Molecular Vision 9: 606-614.
• Guruswamy Neethirajan et al 2003 Molecular Vision 9:205-209.
• Periasamy Sundaresan et al 2000 Journal of Virology, 74(8): 3832-3841.
• Tomoki Todo et al 1999 Human Gene Therapy, 10: 2741-2755.
• A.Chahlavi et al 1999 Gene Therapy, 6 1751-1758.
• JonathanR. Walker et al1999 Human Gene Therapy, 10: 2237-2243.
• Shin-Ichi Miyatake et al 1999 Gene Therapy, 6, 564-572.
• Thandavarayan Nagashunmugan et al 1998Journal of Virology 72 (7) 5351
• Benjamin S. Weeks et al 1997 Biochemcial and Biophysical Research Communications 235, 31-35.
• P.Sundaresan et al 1993 Journal of Bioscience 18: 291-301.
• N.Ubalthoose Raja, et al 1989 Indian J. Microbiol. 29 (4): 303-311.
• P.Sundaresan, et al 1988Current Science 57 (2): 84-85.
• P.Sundaresan et al 1987 J.Swamy Bot. Club 491: 33-37.
• P.Gunasekaran et al 1987 Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Plant Science) 97 (3): 231