Publications

1. *Prabakaran S, Lippens G, Steen H, Gunawardena J. Post-translational modification: nature’s escape from genetic imprisonment and the basis for dynamic information encoding. 2012 Submitted.

2. *Prabakaran S, Everley RA, Landrieu I, Wieruszeski JM, Lippens G, Steen H, Gunawardena J. Comparative analysis of Erk phosphorylation suggests a mixed strategy for measuring phospho-form distributions. Nature Mol Syst Biol. 2011 Apr 12; 7:482. Pubmed. (Featured article)

3. Schwarz E, *Prabakaran S, Whitfield P, Major H, Leweke FM, Koethe D, McKenna P, Bahn S. High throughput lipidomic profiling of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder brain tissue reveals alterations of free fatty acids, phosphatidylcholines, and ceramides. J Proteome Res. 2008 Oct; 7(10):4266-77. (joint-first-author). Pubmed.

4. Huang JT, Wang L, *Prabakaran S, Wengenroth M, Lockstone HE, Koethe D, Gerth CW, Gross S, Schreiber D, Lilley K, Wayland M, Oxley D, Leweke FM, Bahn S. Independent protein-profiling studies show a decrease in apolipoprotein A1 levels in schizophrenia CSF, brain and peripheral tissues. Nature Mol Psychiatry. 2008 Dec; 13(12):1118-28. (joint-first-author). Pubmed.

5. *Prabakaran S, Wengenroth M, Lockstone HE, Lilley K, Leweke FM, Bahn S. 2-D DIGE analysis of liver and red blood cells provides further evidence for oxidative stress in schizophrenia. J Proteome Res. 2007 Jan; 6(1):141-9. Pubmed.

6. *Prabakaran S, Swatton JE, Ryan MM, Huffaker SJ, Huang JT, Griffin JL, Wayland M, Freeman T, Dudbridge F, Lilley KS, Karp NA, Hester S, Tkachev D, Mimmack ML, Yolken RH, Webster MJ, Torrey EF, Bahn S. Mitochondrial dysfunction in schizophrenia: evidence for compromised brain metabolism and oxidative stress. Nature Mol Psychiatry. 2004 Jul; 9(7):684-97, 643. (joint-first-author). Pubmed.

7. Swatton JE, Prabakaran S, Karp NA, Lilley KS, Bahn S. Protein profiling of human postmortem brain using 2-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis (2-D DIGE). Nature Mol Psychiatry. 2004 Feb; 9(2):128-43. Pubmed.

Key conferences with abstract publication

1. 5th Q-bio conference (2011): poster presenter on “Non-steady-state phospho-form distributions of Erk –quantitation, mathematical analysis and biological significance” at Santa Fe, USA.

2. Gordon Research Conference (2011): on Stochastic physics in biology, poster presenter on “Non-steady-state phospho-form distributions of Erk –quantitation, mathematical analysis and biological significance” at Ventura, USA.

3. 4th Q-bio conference (2010): poster presenter on “Phospho-form distributions of proteins – quantitation, mathematical analysis and biological significance” at Santa Fe, USA.

4. Society for Neuroscience (2007): poster presenter on “2-D DIGE Analysis of Liver and Red Blood Cells provides further evidence for oxidative stress in schizophrenia” at San Diego, USA.    

5. Society for Neuroscience (2004): poster presenter on “Evidence for Oxidative Stress in Schizophrenia” at San Diego, USA.

6. Society for Neuroscience (2004): poster presenter on “A bioinformatics approach to identify regulatory elements of genes in high susceptibility loci for schizophrenia” at San Diego, USA.

Honors, scholarships and awards

1. Travel award (2011): awarded by the Cambridge Philosophical Society for the Gordon Research Conference on Stochastic Physics in Biology, Ventura, 2011, USA.

2. Travel award (2010): awarded for the 4th q-bio conference, Santa Fe, 2010, USA.

3. Travel award (2004): awarded for the 12th International conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), 2004, UK.

4. Scholarship (2002-2005):  awarded by Stanley Medical Research Institute, USA, as extra living allowance for PhD in Cambridge University.

5. Nehru Trust for Cambridge scholarship (2002): awarded by Nehru Trust for pursuing PhD in the University of Cambridge from 2002 to 2005 (2 were awarded out of 8000 applicants)

6. Govt of India scholarship (2000): awarded by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India for pursuing Masters Program in Biotechnology from 2000 to 2002 (16 were awarded out of 10,000 applicants)

7. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research summer fellowship (2001), India: awarded as a visiting student researcher in 2001.

8. Travel award (1998): awarded for International Conference on Mathematical Physics held at Nagpur University, India, 1998.

9. Diploma in Carnatic Music-for Violin-Government of Tamil Nadu, India, 2000.

11. Honours Diploma in Network-Centered Computing from National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT), India.

12. Best All Rounder (2000): Amongst 3500 students was chosen as the best all rounder in under graduation.

13. Participated and won lot of academic quiz competitions during Under-graduation.

14. Best Cadet (1994):  chosen as the best cadet of the National Cadet Corps (Air Force wing) of the school and 3rd best in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, 1994.

15. Merit scholarship (1995): Merit scholarship holder of the Central Board of Secondary Education, India, 1995.

16. National Maths Olympiad Certificate, India.

Press coverage

1. March 2007: Süddeutsche Zeitung -Innovate! -Schizophrenia leaves its mark (German Article)

2. Dec 2006: American Chemical Society - Abnormal proteins linked to schizophrenia found in liver and red blood cells

3. May 2004: The Scientist - Pegging pathology on mitochondrial dysfunction

4. May 2004: Electrophoresis- Proteins on the brain

Past and present memberships

1. Member of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, member since 2003.

2. Member of American Academy of Advancement of Science, invited member since 2010.

3. Member of the American Chemical Society, Invited member since 2011.

4. Member of Society for Neuroscience, past member.

5. Honorary fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, life time.

Other scientific activities

1. Taught courses in Proteomics.

2. One of the contributors of Bio-Numbers a collaborative community effort to establish a database of useful biological numbers

3. Reviewed scientific papers for Biological psychiatry and Molecular Systems Biology.

4. I strongly believe in public engagement, explanation and dissemination of science, I started this with blogging, the philosophy and contents of it can be found here: blog.