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Lakshminarayanan Rajamani

Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Education Experience Publications

Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
University of Madras, Cheyyar, India	B.Sc.	1992	Chemistry
University of Madras, Cheyyar, India	M.Sc.	1994	Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India		1995-96	M.Tech., Fiber Science & Technology
National University of Singapore, Singapore	Ph.D.	2003	Chemistry

Research & Professional Experience

2005-present	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center of Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2002-2005	Research Fellow, Singapore Millennium Foundation, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2004	ASEM-DUO-Denmark Fellowship, Nanoscience Center, University of Copenhagen
1997-1998	Research Associate, Vam Organic Chemicals (now Jubilant Organosys) Ltd, India.

Publications

Lakshminarayanan, R., Vivekanandan, S., Samy, R. P., Banerjee, Y., Chi-Jin, E. O., Teo, K. W., Jois, S. D. S., Kini, R. M., & Valiyaveettil, S. (2008) Structure, self-assembly and dual role of a b-defensin like peptide from the Chinese soft-shelled turtle eggshell matrix. Journal of the American Chemical Society 130, 4660-4668.

Wellman-Labadie, O. Lakshminarayanan, R., & Hincke, M. T. (2008) Antimicrobial properties of avian eggshell-specific C-type Lectin-like proteins. FEBS Letters 582, 699-704.

Lakshminarayanan, R., Daming Fan, Chang Du, and Moradian-Oldak, J. (2007) The role of secondary structure in the entropically driven amelogenin self-assembly. Biophysical Journal 93, 3664-3674.

Banerjee Y, Lakshminarayanan R, Vivekanandan S, Anand GS, Valiyaveettil S, Kini RM. (2007) Biophysical characterization of anticoagulant Hemextin AB complex from the venom of snake Hemachatus haemachatus. Biophysical Journal 93, 3963-3976

Gayathri S, Lakshminarayanan R, Weaver JC, Morse DE, Kini RM, Valiyaveettil S. (2007). In Vitro Study of Magnesium-Calcite Biomineralization in the Skeletal Materials of the Seastar Pisaster giganteus. Chemistry. 13(11):3262-3268.

Lakshminarayanan R, Loh XJ, Gayathri S, Sindhu S, Banerjee Y, Kini RM, Valiyaveettil S. (2006). Formation of transient amorphous calcium carbonate precursor in quail eggshell mineralization: an in vitro study. Biomacromolecules. 7(11):3202-9.

Ajikumar PK, Vivekanandan S, Lakshminarayanan R, Jois SD, Kini RM, Valiyaveettil S. (2005). Mimicking the function of eggshell matrix proteins: the role of multiplets of charged amino acid residues and self-assembly of peptides in biomineralization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 44(34):5476-9.

Ajikumar PK, Wong LG, Gayathri S, Lakshminarayanan R, Valiyaveettil S. (2005). Synthesis and characterization of monodispersed spheres of amorphous calcium carbonate and calcite spherules. Crystal Growth and Design. 5, 1129 – 1134.

Lakshminarayanan R, Chi-Jin EO, Loh XJ, Kini RM, Valiyaveettil S. (2005). Purification and characterization of a vaterite-inducing peptide, pelovaterin, from the eggshells of Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese soft-shelled turtle). Biomacromolecules. 6(3):1429-37.

Lakshminarayanan R, Joseph JS, Kini RM, Valiyaveettil S. (2005). Structure-function relationship of avian eggshell matrix proteins: a comparative study of two major eggshell matrix proteins, ansocalcin and OC-17. Biomacromolecules. 6(2):741-51.

Ajikumar PK, Lakshminarayanan R, Valiyaveettil S. (2004). Controlled deposition of thin films of calcium carbonate on natural and synthetic templates. Crystal Growth and Design. 4, 331-335.

Ajikumar PK, Lakshminarayanan R, Valiyaveettil S. (2003). Mimicking the formation of biomineral composites through deposition of calcium carbonate thin films on modified fiber net templates. MRS Symposium Proceedings 774, 121-126.

Ajikumar PK, Lakshminarayanan R, Ong BT, Valiyaveettil S, Kini RM. (2003). Eggshell matrix protein mimics: designer peptides to induce the nucleation of calcite crystal aggregates in solution. Biomacromolecules. 4(5):1321-6.

Lakshminarayanan R, Valiyaveettil S. (2003). Influence of silicate anions on the morphology of calcite crystals. Crystal Growth and Design. 3, 611-614.

Lakshminarayanan R, Loy GL, Valiyaveettil S. (2003). Selective nucleation of calcium carbonate polymorphs: Role of surface functionalization and poly(vinyl alcohol) additive. Crystal Growth and Design. 3, 953-958.

Lakshminarayanan R, Valiyaveettil S, Rao VS, Kini RM. (2002). Purification, characterization, and in vitro mineralization studies of a novel goose eggshell matrix protein, ansocalcin. J Biol Chem. 278(5):2928-36.

Lakshminarayanan R, Kini RM, Valiyaveettil S. (2002). Investigation of the role of ansocalcin in the biomineralization in goose eggshell matrix. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99(8):5155-9.

Lakshminarayanan R, Valiyaveettil S. (2002). Polyamide fiber surface induced synthesis of calcium carbonate polymorphs. Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry). 43(1), 378-379.

Valiyaveettil S, Lakshminarayanan R. (2001). Controlling the morphology of calcium carbonate crystals using multifunctional macromolecular additives. Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering. 84, 798-799.

Last Updated: 04/04/08