Department of Biotechnology

• Assistant Professor (Self-Finance) in the Department of Biotechnology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, from 07 August 2024 
• Research Associate in the Department of Immunology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, from 13 October 2022 to 06 August 2024.
• Assistant Professor (Self-Finance) in the Department of Biotechnology, Lady Doak College, Madurai, from 12 June 2019 to 13 April 2020.

• Cleared GATE BT 2013.
• Cleared TNSET 2016 for life sciences.
• Recipient of Young Scientist Award 2019 - Animal Veterinary and Fisheries Sciences Section from the Indian Science Congress Association [Professional Body under the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India] during the 106th Indian Science Congress, Jan 3-7, 2019 held at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab.
• Recipient of Best Poster Award 2018 - Animal Veterinary and Fisheries Sciences Section from the Indian Science Congress Association [Professional Body under the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India] during the 105th Indian Science Congress, March 16 - 20, 2018 held at Manipur University, Imphal.

Journal publications - 8

1. Manoharan, S., Nagarajan, G., Amuthavel, A., Ramasamy, T., Ayyappan, C., Asirvatham, A., & Mariakuttikan, J. (2025). MTHFR C677T and HLA-DR3/4 genetic variants: Insights into their contribution to type 1 diabetes. Gene Reports, 41, Article 102375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2025.102375
2. Manoharan, R. S., Raghavan, K., & Mariakuttikan, J. (2024). Genomic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of Acinetobacter sp.: A pan-genome analysis. Indian Journal of Microbiology, 65(2), 1028–1036. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-024-01411-6
3. Shobana M, Raghavan K and Ramesh U (2019) Deciphering the morphological and molecular characteristics of fresh water fish Lepidocephalus thermalis (V.) – DNA Barcode approach, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 57 (8): 573-579 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/49548
4. Raghavan K, Shobana M and Ramesh U (2019) Phylogeographic study of freshwater fish Channa striata (Bloch) and Channa punctata (Bloch) construed using DNA barcodes between three Rivers in Southern Tamil Nadu region, India, Proceedings of the Zoological Society https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12595-019-00299-1
5. Raghavan Kuppu, Shobana Manoharan and Ramesh Uthandakalaipandian. (2018). "A study on the impact of water quality on the murrel fish Channa striata and Channa punctata from three major Southern Tamilnadu rivers, India " RSC Advances 8, 11375–11387. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA13583A
6. Shobana M, Raghavan K and Ramesh U (2017) Comparative assessment of nutritional composition in raw and cooked Indian fresh water fish Lepidocephalus thermalis (V.), Proceedings of the Zoological Society. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12595-017-0249-4.
7. Shobana Manoharan, Raghavan Kuppu, and Ramesh Uthandakalaipandian. "Bioprospecting the Anti-microbial Properties of Lepidocephalus thermalis (V.)." Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature 7, no. 4 (2017): 270-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/22311866.2017.1351890
8. Kanupriya, M Shobhana, C Vasugi, C Aswath, V Radhika, Lakshmana Reddy and M.R. Dinesh (April 2012) Genetic relationship among papaya (Carica papaya) and wild papaya (Vasconcellea species) using RAPD and ISSR markers, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 82 (4): 366 - 69.https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v82i4.16658

Book chapters - 5

1. Pavithra Gayathri, K., Manoharan, R. S., Jayalakshmi, M., & Ramesh, U. (2024). Potential challenges of enzyme-incorporated nanoparticles toward environmental applications. In C. M. Hussain, V. Ananthi, & A. Arun (Eds.), Nano-enzyme incorporated particles (Progress in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, pp. 175–186). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18810-7.00007-7
2. Shobana M, Raghavan K and Ramesh U. 2017. Role of Biotechnology in Food Authentication. Biotechnology for Sustainability. AIMST University, Malaysia. pp 51 - 57.  ISBN: 978-967-14475-3-6; e - ISBN: 978-967-14475-3-9.
3. Raghavan Kuppu, Shobana Manoharan and Ramesh Uthandakalaipandian. 2017. Application of DNA Barcoding in Taxonomy. Everymans Science 71, no. 5 (2017): 319-320.
4. Shobana Manoharan, Raghavan Kuppu, and Ramesh Uthandakalaipandian. "How to manage aquaculture and horticulture together? Aquaponics." Everymans Science 51, no. 4 (2016): 263-265.
5. Shobana M, Raghavan K and Ramesh U. 2015. Molecular Markers and their application in Aquaculture, Department of Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Karunya University, Coimbatore. ISBN No: 9789380485751

Conference Proceedings - 12

Nucleotide Submission to databases - 15

1. The Indian Science Congress Association L27542/2015 
2. Biotech Research Society of India LM 1720/2014 
3. Association of Microbiologists of India LM 3887/2014