DR PALLAVI BALIGA

1. Current
   a. Designation Assistant Professor Stage -1
   b. Start Date 16.8.2022
2. Previous
   a. Company/Organization – Lecturer, MSc - Biochemistry St. Aloysius College 2009
   Assistant Professor – Biotechnology Finishing School
   2015

3. Research experience

   a.      INDO-UK BBSRC project entitled “Novel molecular approaches for advancing prediction and mitigation of disease outbreaks in aquaculture for small-scale farmers” at the Department of Aquatic Animal Health Management, College of Fisheries (2016-2019)

   2.      DST -SERB project entitled “Identification, cloning, characterization and assessment of the potentiality of an Aeromonas phage endolysin as an antimicrobial agent against multi drug resistant Aeromonas hydrophila”

Microbial Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Enzymology, Antimicrobial resistance 

1. Puneeth, TG and Pallavi, B and Vilasini, U and Kushala, KB and Nithin, MS and Girisha, SK and
   Suresh, T Large scale mortality in cultured Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): natural co-infectionwith Aeromonas hydrophila and Streptococcus iniae. Iranian journal of veterinary research, Volume
   23, Year 2022, Pages 219--228
2.  Pallavi Baliga, Puneeth Thadooru Goolappa, Malathi Shekar, S.K. Girisha. Cloning,
   Characterization, and Antibacterial Properties of Endolysin LysE against Planktonic Cells and Biofilms
   of Aeromonas hydrophila. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 2022; 1-9.
   https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-021-09880-7
3. Pallavi Baliga, Malathi Shekar, Puneeth TG, Girisha SK. Investigation into the prevalent
   CRISPR–Cas systems among the Aeromonas genus. Journal of Basic Microbiology 2021;1–9.
   https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.202100234
4. Pallavi Baliga, Puneeth Thadooru Goolappa, Malathi Shekar, S.K. Girisha, Ramesh K.S.,
   Vilasini Udyavara, M.N. Venugopal. (2021) Bacterial community changes in Penaeus vannamei
   Boone, 1931 surface and rearing water during Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei infection. Asian
   Fisheries Science. 34(2021), 168-180. https://doi.org/10.33997/j.afs.2021.34.2.006
5.  Baliga, P., Shekar, M. & Kallappa, G.S. (2021) Genome-wide identification and analysis of
   chromosomally integrated putative prophages associated with clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae strains.
   Current Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-021-02472-2
6. Pallavi Baliga, Puneeth Thadooru Goolappa, Malathi Shekar, S.K. Girisha, Ramesh K.S.,
   Vilasini Udyavara, M.N. Venugopal. (2021) Bacterial communities associated with Penaeus vannamei
   Boone, 1931 surface and its rearing water in biofloc culture system. Asian Fisheries Science. 34(1),
   34-46. https://doi.org/10.33997/j.afs.2021.34.1.004
7. Pallavi, B., Puneeth, T., Shekar, M. and Girisha, S. (2021) Isolation, characterization,
   and genomic analysis of vB ‐ AhyM ‐ AP1, a lytic bacteriophage infecting Aeromonas hydrophila.
   Journal of Applied Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.14997
8. Puneeth TG, Baliga P, Girisha SK, Shekar M, Nithin MS, Suresh T, Naveen Kumar BT. (2021)
   Complete genome analysis of a red seabream iridovirus (RSIV) isolated from Asian seabass (Lates
   calcarifer) in India. Virus Research. 2; 291:198199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198199
9. Baliga P, Shekar M, Venugopal MN (2019) Detection and characterization of clustered
   regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat-associated endoribonuclease gene variants in Vibrio
   parahaemolyticus isolated from seafoods and environment. Veterinary World. 12(5):689-695.
   https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2019.689-695
10. P Baliga, M Shekar, ST Ahamed, MN Venugopal (2019) Antibiotic resistance pattern and its
    correlation to the presence of tdh gene and CRISPR-Cas system in Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains
    isolated from seafood. Indian Journal of Fisheries 66 (2), 101-108. https://doi.org/
    10.21077/ijf.2019.66.2.86920-14
11. Pallavi Baliga · Malathi Shekar · Moleyur Nagarajappa Venugopal (2019) Investigation of
    direct repeats, spacers and proteins associated with clustered regularly interspaced short
    palindromic repeat (CRISPR) system of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Molecular Genetics and Genomics.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-018-1504-8
12. P Baliga, Malathi Shekar , Moleyur Nagarajappa Venugopal. Potential outer membrane
    protein candidates for vaccine development against the pathogen Vibrio anguillarum: A reverse
    vaccinology-based identification. Current Microbiology (2018) 75: 368. DOI 10.1007/s00284-017-
    1390-z
13. B. Pallavi, KM Shankar, P.B. Abhiman, and Ahmed Iqlas (2015). Identification of putative genes involved in parasitism in the anchor worm, Lernaea cyprinacea by de novo transcriptome analysis. Experimental Parasitology, Volume 153, Pages 191–197. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2015.03.014
14. Pallavi, K. M. Shankar, R. P. Sathish, K. S. Ramesh and K. N. Prabhudev. Evaluation of loss in terms of mortality and growth reduction in Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) under experimental infection of anchor worm. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 63(1): 132-134, 2016.
15. Pallavi B, Shankar KM and Abhiman PB. In silico prediction of potential vaccine candidates of Lernaea cyprinacea the ectoparasite of the Indian Major Carps. Indian Journal of Biotechnology Vol 15, October 2016, pp 601-603.
16. Pallavi Baliga, Shankar K.M., Abhiman P.B, Iqlas Ahmed. Molecular studies for identification of the fish parasite Lernaea. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 64(2): 76-82, 2017 DOI: 10.21077/ijf.2017.64.2.60131-12
17. Pallavi B, Shankar KM, Sathish RP and Abhiman PB. Zymography to study protease profile of the fish ectoparasite Lernaea. Environment and ecology, 34 (2): 454—456, 2016.
18. Pallavi B., Shankar K.M., Ahmed I. and Abhiman P.B. (2015). Identifying critical stages in the life cycle of the parasite Lernaea (Linnaeus, 1758) by infection studies in Poecilia reticulata. International Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages, 140-142.
19. Abraham Asha, Baliga Pallavi. Production, Purification and Characterization of extracellular L-Asparaginase having anti neoplastic activity from Fusarium sp. Journal of Advance Research in Biological Sciences. 2012; 4(4): 293-301.
20. Popular article Pallavi Baliga, Malathi Shekar & Girish Shivani Kallappa. Bacteriophage Endolysins-Alternative to Antibiotics. SR Vol.57(10) [October 2020] 41-44.

Best Oral presentation award for the paper entitled “Microbiome changes in Litopenaeus
vannamei shrimp surface and rearing water in relation to Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei infection” at
Virtual conference on Aquaculture techniques and Disease Management-ATDM, 2020, organized by
Sathyabhama institute of science and technology.

Pallavi Baliga, Nisha Rodrigues, and Asha Abraham. Isolation and characterization of extracellular L-
asparaginase from fungi. International Conference on Biotechnology, Bangalore Bio 2008, 24-26
April, Bangalore.

·         DST AWSAR Award for popular article on post-doctoral research (2020)

·         DST-SERB NPDF for Post-Doctoral studies (2019)

·         CSIR JRF and SRF for Doctoral studies (2008)

Society For Bacteriophage Research and Therapy Life Member (SBRTLM00084)

One-Day Symposium on Health Informatics –Yenepoya University (Oct 19, 2022 - Jan 28, 2023)

Impact of Bioinformatics Tools in Biological Sciences -Sir Sitaram and Lady Shantabai Patkar College (Feb 25 - May 9, 2023)

Let Us Fight AMR: Awareness about Antimicrobial Resistance –Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College (May 1-27, 2023)

Molecular Docking & Biological Software Packages for Data Analysis –Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology (June 15-17, 2023)

Research, Writing & Publishing in Reputed Journals – PA College of Engineering (Aug 3-5, 2023)

Fungal Genomics & Its Implications – RUSA Centre for Human Excellence, Patkar College (Sep 2, 2023)

Advances in Cancer Research – RUSA Centre for Human Excellence, Patkar College (Aug 26, 2023)

Interdisciplinary Approaches in Biology – Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women (Dec 5-6, 2023)

Intellectual Property Rights – Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology, Administrative Management College (Feb 2, 2024)

Avenues & Trends in Biofuels – RUSA Centre for Human Excellence, Patkar College (Feb 8, 2024)

Restoration of Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future – Patkar College (June 5, 2024)

Bridging Nature with Data Science – Azim Premji University, Bhopal (June 18-19, 2024)

Essential AI Tools for Teachers, Students & Researchers – A2Z EduLearningHub (July 8-9, 2024)

Bioinformatic Tools for Epigenetic Research in Neurodegenerative Disorders – RUSA, Patkar Varde College (Aug 17, 2024)

Traditional Knowledge - Intellectual Property & People's Rights – CSIR-Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Unit (Aug 20-27, 2024)

Recent Advances in Nanotechnology – VIT, Vellore (Oct 22 - Nov 22, 2024)