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Sudha Chaturvedi

Sudha Chaturvedi

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Mycotic & Parasitic Diseases
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences

Ph.D., Fungal biology and pathogenesis (1990)
Faculty of Medicine, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Postdoctoral Training: Fungal pathogenesis and parasite cell biology
University of Cincinnati and Yale University

E-mail: schaturv@wadsworth.org

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  • Chaturvedi, S., Dyavaiah, M., Larsen, R.A., Chaturvedi, V. 2005. Cryptococcus gattii in AIDS patients in Southern California. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11:1686-1692.
  • Chaturvedi, S., Ren, P., Narasipura, S.D., Chaturvedi, V. 2005. Selection of optimal host strain for molecular pathogenesis studies on Cryptococcus gattii. Mycopathologia, 160:207-215.
  • Narasipura, S.D., Chaturvedi, V., Chaturvedi, S. 2005. Characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii SOD2 reveals distinct roles of the two superoxide dismutases in fungal biology and virulence. Molecular Microbiology, 55:1782-1800.
  • Narasipura S., Ault, J.G., Behr, M.J., Chaturvedi, V., Chaturvedi, S. 2003. Characterization of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene knockout mutant of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii: role in biology and virulence. Molecular Microbiology, 47:1681-1694.
  • Chaturvedi, V., Fan, J., Stein, B., Behr, M.J., Samsonoff, W.A., Wickes, B.L., Chaturvedi, S. 2002. Molecular genetic analyses of mating pheromones reveals intervariety mating/hybridization in Cryptococcus neoformans. Infection & Immunity 70:5225-5235.
  • Chaturvedi, S. Hamilton, A.J., Hobby, P., Zhu, G., Lowery, C.V., Chaturvedi, V. 2001. Molecular cloning, phylogenetic analysis and three-dimensional modeling of Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) from three varieties of Cryptococcus neoformans. GENE, 268:41-51.
  • Liendo, A., Stedman, T.T., Ngo, H.M., Chaturvedi, S., Hoppe, C., Joiner, K.A. 2001. Toxoplasma gondii ADP-ribosylation factor 1 mediates enhanced release of constitutively secreted dense granule proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276:18272-81.
  • Chaturvedi, S., Rodeghier, B., Fan, J., McClelland, C.M., Wickes, B., and Chaturvedi, V. 2000. Direct PCR of Cryptococcus neoformans MATα and MATa pheromones to determine mating type, ploidy and variety: a tool for epidemiological and molecular pathogenesis studies. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 38:2007-2009.
  • Chaturvedi, S., Huilin, Qi, Coleman, D., Rodriguez, A., Hanson, I., Striepen, B., Roos, D.R., Joiner, K.A. 1999. Constitutive calcium-independent release of Toxoplasma gondii dense granules occurs through the NSF/SNAP/SNARE/rab machinery. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 274:2424-2431.
  • Chaturvedi, S., and Newman, S.L. 1997. Modulation of the effector function of 18. human macrophages from Histoplasma capsulatum by HIV-1. Role of Envelope glycoprotein gp120. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 100:1465-1474.

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E-mail: schaturv@wadsworth.org
Phone: (518) 474-7563