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Dr. Joseph Selvin

 

Co-ordinator

Department of Microbiology

School of Life Sciences

Academic

DegreeSpecializationUniversity / InstitutionYear of Completion

1Ph.D.-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute2002

2M.Sc.-M.S. University1996

3B.Sc.-M.S. University1993

Total Experience: 

 14 Years (Research - 14 Years)

In Teaching: 

 11 Years

Area of Specialization/Interest: 

Metagenomics and Bioprospecting

Publications (in last 3 years): 

  1. G. Sathiyanarayanan, George SK, J. Selvin* (2012). Synthesis of silver nanoparticles by polysaccharide bioflocculant produced from marine Bacillus subtilis MSBN17. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, (In press).

  2. J Selvin, J Kennedy, DPH Lejon, George SK, ADW Dobson (2012). Isolation identification and biochemical characterization of a novel halo-tolerant lipase from the metagenome of the marine sponge Haliclonasimulans. Microbial Cell Factories 11 (1), 72doi:10.1186/1475-2859-11-72.

  3. S. Sujith, AseerManilal, J. Selvin, A. Idhayadhulla, R.S. Kumar (2012).Evaluating the antagonistic potential of seaweed-associated marine bacteria collected from the South Indian littoral. Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 7 (7): 578-587.

  4. C.E. Rani Juneius, J. Selvin, B. Sabarathnam, D. Asha, VijayalakshmiPandian and G. Sathiyanarayanan  (2012) Rhodobactersphaeroides MSB 57 - A natural source of 2-piperidinone,1-(3,4,5,6- tetrahydro-2-pyridinyl) : A novel inhibitor for reverse transcriptase of HIV. Central European Journal of Experimental Biology. 1:36-44.

  5. C.E. Rani Juneius and J. Selvin (2012). Upstream Processing and Preliminary Screening of Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Secondary Metabolites from Marine Sponge Associated Bacteria Rhodobactersphaeroides MSB 57. Advanced BioTech, Vol: 11 Issue 1.

  6. AseerManilal, S. Sujith, J. Selvin, M.V.N. Panikkar, Shiney George (2012).Anticoagulant potential of polysaccharide isolated from Indian red alga,  Asparagopsistaxiformis (Delile) Trevisan Thalassas 28 (2): 9-15 (In Press).

  7. AseerManilal, J. Selvin and MVN Panikkar (2012).Evaluation of therapeuticefficacy of Indian green alga, Acrosiphoniaorientalis (J. Agardh) in the treatment of vibriosis inPenaeusmonodon. Thalassas 28 (1): 33-46.

  8. AseerManilal, J. Selvin, N. Thajuddin, S. Sujith, A. Idhayadhulla, R.S. Kumar (2012).Biopotentials of Lobophoravariegatacollected from the South Indian littoral.Thalassas 28 (1): 47-54.

  9. AseerManilal, J. Selvin and Shiney George (2012). In vivo therapeutic potentiality of red seaweed, Asparagopsis (Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta) in the treatment of Vibriosis inPenaeusmonodon Fabricius. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 19: 165–175.

  10. S. Vijayanand, J. Hemapriya, Joseph Selvin and Shegal Kiran (2012).Operational stability and reusability of Halobacteriumsp. JS cells immobilized in various matrices for haloalkaliphilic protease production. International Journal of Microbiological Research 3 (1): 01-06.

  11. S. Vijayanand, J. Hemapriya, Joseph Selvin and GS Kiran (2012).Biodiversity of extremely halophilic bacterial strains isolated from solar salterns of Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, India.International Journal of Water Resources and Arid Environments 2(1): 01-07

  12. C.E. Rani Juneius and J. Selvin, (2012). Process optimization for the production of antimicrobials from marine sponge associated bacteria Rhodopseudomonaspalustris MSB 55.Indian Journal of Innovations and Developments. Vol. 1, No. 2

  13. C.E. Rani Juneius and J. Selvin, (2012). Axinelladonani – A novel source of therapeutic compounds. Indian Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.Vol: 2 (1):223-234 (ISSN: 2231 –3168)

  14. C.E. Rani Juneaus and J.Selvin (2012). Identification, phylogenetic characterization and preliminary screening of primary and secondary metabolites producing bacteria associated with marine sponge Axinelladonani. Indian Journal of Drugs and Diseases. Vol.1 No.1.

  15. C.E. Rani Juneius and J. Selvin (Apr 2012). Drug likeliness of 3, 6-diisopropyl-2,5-piperazinedione -produced by marine sponge associated bacteria Rhodopseudomonaspalustris MSB 55. Indian Journal of Medicine and Healthcare .Vol.1 No.1

  16. Selvin J, AseerManilal, Sujith, S., Kiran, G.S. (2011). Efficacy of marine green algaUlvafasciata extract on the management of shrimp bacterial diseases. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 39(2): 197-204.

  17. J. Kennedy, N. O'Leary, G.S. Kiran, J. Morrissey, F. O'Gara, J. Selvin, A. Dobson (2011). Functional metagenomic strategies for the discovery of novel enzymes with biotechnological application from marine ecosystems. Journal of Applied Microbiology 111: 787–799.

  18. George SK, *Joseph Selvin, AseerManilal, S. Sujith (2011). Biosurfactants as green stabilizer for the biological synthesis of nanoparticles. Critical Reviews Biotechnology31(4):354-64.

  19. R. Surendra Kumar, A. Idhayadhulla, A. Jamal Abdul Nasser, J. Selvin (2011). Synthesis and anticoagulant activity of a new series of 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 46: 804-810.

  20. R. Surendra Kumar, A.Idhayadhulla, A. Jamal Abdul Nasser, J. Selvin (2011).  Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of a new series of 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society 76 (1) 1–11.

  21. G. Santhiya, C. Lakshumanan, Joseph Selvin and D. Asha (2011). Microbiological analysis of seawater and sediments in urban shorelines: Occurrence of heavy metals resistance bacteria on Chennai beaches, Bay of Bengal. Microchemical Journal99 (2), pg. 197-202 

  22. H Ameur, M Ghoul, J Selvin (2011). The osmoprotective effect of some organic solutes on Streptomyces sp. mado2 and nocardiopsis sp. mado3 growth. Braz. J. Microbiology 42 (2), 543-553.

  23. Manilal, A., Sujith, S., Sabarathnam, B., Kiran, G.S., Selvin, J.,
    Shakir, C., Lipton, A.P. (2011) Biological activities of red alga Laurencia
    brandenii. ActaBotanicaCroatica70 (1), 81–90.

  24. AseerManilal, S. Sujith, J. Selvin, MVN Panikkar (2011). Evaluation of seaweed bioactives on common aquatic floral and faunal weeds of shrimp ponds. ThalassasAn International Journal of Marine Sciences, 27 (1): 47-55.  

  25. AseerManilal, N. Thajuddin, J.  Selvin, A. Idhayadhulla, R.S. Kumar and S. Sujith. (2011). In vitro Mosquito Larvicidal Activity of Marine Algae Against the Human Vectors,Culexquinquefasciatus (Say) and Aedesaegypti (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Culicidae).International Journal of Zoological Research, 7: 272-278.

  26. George SK, A. Sabu, Joseph Selvin (2010). Synthesis of silver nanoparticles by glycolipid biosurfactant produced from marine Brevibacteriumcasei MSA19. Journal of Biotechnology148: 221–225.

  27. George SK, B. Sabarathnam, Joseph Selvin (2010). Biofilm disruption potential of a glycolipid biosurfactant from marine Brevibacteriumcasei. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 59: 432-438.

  28. George SK, T. Anto Thomas, Joseph Selvin (2010). Production of a new glycolipid biosurfactant from marine Nocardiopsislucentensis MSA04 in solid-state cultivation. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces78: 8–16.

  29. George SK, T. Anto Thomas, Joseph Selvin, B. Sabarathnam, A.P. Lipton (2010). Optimization and characterization of a new lipopeptidebiosurfactant produced by marineBrevibacteriumaureum MSA13 in solid state culture.  Bioresource TechnologyVolume 101, Issue 7, April 2010, Pages 2389-2396.

  30. *J. Selvin, A.S. Ninawe, George SK, A.P. Lipton (2010). Sponge-Microbial Interactions: Ecological Implications and Bioprospecting Avenues. Critical Reviews Microbiology Vol. 36, No. 1, Pages 82-90.

  31. AseerManilal, SuganthanSujith, *Joseph Selvin, George S.K, ChippuShakir, R. Gandhimathi, A.P. Lipton (2010). Antimicrobial potential of marine organisms collected from southwest coast of India against multiresistant human and shrimp pathogens. Scientia Marina 74(2):  287-296

  32. S.S. Priya, G. S. Kiran, *Joseph Selvin, T. RajeethaRaviji, T. Anto Thomas (2010). Optimization, purification and characterization of extracellular mesophilic alkaline cellulase from sponge associated Marinobacter sp. MSI032. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology162:625–640.

  33. AseerManilal, S. Sujith, S.S. Priya,*Joseph Selvin, G. SeghalKiran, ChippuShakir, R. Gandhimathi (2010). Virulence of vibrios isolated from diseased black tiger shrimpPeneausmonodonFabricius. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Wiley-Inter Science 41: 332-343.

  34. R.Surendra Kumar, A.Idhayadhulla, A. Jamal Abdul Nasser And J. Selvin (2010). Synthesis and characterization of new series of imidazolidin- 2,4-dione derivatives and its antimicrobial activity. Oriental Journal of Chemistry Vol. 26(4), 1425-1430.

  35. Hema T.A., George SK, *Joseph Selvin, A. Idhayadhulla, R. 
    Surendar (2010). Optimization and characterization of rhamnolipid
    biosurfactant from sponge associated marine fungi Aspergillus sp. MSF1. Desalination and Water Treatment24: 257–265.

  36. C. Shakir, AseerManilal, M. Jayakumari, S. Sujith, J. Selvin (2010). Current status of shrimp farming in the southwestern coast (Manroe Island, Kollam) of India.Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment,1 (4): 287-292.

  37. AseerManilal, B. Sabarathnam, G.S. Kiran, S. Sujith, C. Shakir, J. Selvin. (2010). Antagonistic potentials of marine sponge associated fungi Aspergillus clavatus MFD15.Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2 (4): 195-200.

  38. Sabarathnam B., AseerManilal, S. Sujith, G.S. Kiran, J. Selvin,  A. Thomas and  R.Ravji. (2010). Role of Sponge Associated Actinomycetes in the Marine Phosphorous Biogeochemical Cycles.American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, 8 (3): 253-256.

  39. Jamal Abdul Nasser, A.Idhayadhulla, R.Surendra Kumar, J. Selvin (2010). Synthesis of Some 2-Thioxo-imidazolidin-4-one Derivatives and its Antimicrobial Activity. E-Journal of Chemistry 7(4), 1320-1325.

  40. Nasser, A.J.A., Idhayadhulla A., Kumar, R.S., Selvin, J. (2010). Synthesis and biological activities of new series of Imidazolidin-2,4-dione Derivatives. Asian Journal of Chemistry22: 5853-5858.

  41. AseerManilal, S. Sujith, B. Sabarathnam, G.S. Kiran,  Joseph Selvin, ChippuShakir,  A.P. Lipton (2010). Bioactivity of the red algae Asparagopsis taxiformis collected from the Southwestern coast of India. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography58: 93-100.

  42. A. Manilal, C. Rani, B. Sabarathnam, George SK, *Joseph Selvin, S. Sujith and ChippuShakir (2010). A comparative study on the prevalence of HCC seromarkers among tribal and coastal population. Iranian Journal of Energy and Environment 1 (3): 179-183.

  43. AseerManilal, S. Sujith, B. Sabarathnam, George SK, *Joseph Selvin, ChippuShakir and Aaron Premnath Lipton (2010). Antifouling Potentials of Seaweeds Collected from the Southwest Coast of India. World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 6 (3): 243-248.

  44. S. Vijay Anand, J. Hemapriya, Joseph Selvin, George SK (2010). Production and optimization of haloalkaliphilic protease by an extremophilicHalobacteriumsp. JS1, isolated from Thalassohaline environment. Global Journal of Biotechnology & Biochemistry 5 (1): 44-49.

  45. AseerManilal. Chippu Shakir, Joseph Selvin and B. Sabarathnam (2010). “Mokele-Mbembe”: a crytozoological animal of centre African prefecture: veracity or hoax. World Applied Science Journal 10: 544-551.

(b) Books

Selvin J., Ninawe, A.S. and Lipton, A.P. 2009. Shrimp disease management: prospective approaches. ANE Publishers, New Delhi, India, pp. 281.

(c) Chapters written in Books

George SK and J. Selvin (2011).Microbial production of tannase under solid state fermentation using agro-industrial wastes. In: Sabu et al. (eds). Chemistry and biotechnology of polyphenols, CiBET Publishers, India. pp. 86-100.

Papers presented in Seminars/ Symposia

J. Selvin (2010). Metagenomics: exploring the unseen majority. In: International Conference on Recent Trends in Biotechnology (Rtb ‘10), 13th January, 2010. Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Holy Cross College, Nagercoil – 4, Tamilnadu.

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Conducted(Last 3 Years): 

Organizing Secretary (India) of Indo-UK conference funded by Royal Society was organized on January 25-27, 2012 in collaboration with Prof. Simon Cutting, University of London, UK.

Honours / Awards (if any): 

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru Award (2003) by Indian Council of Agricultural Research

  2. DST Young Scientist project (2004) on “Exploration of Chemical Ecology of Secondary Metabolites Synthesis in Chosen Marine Sponges”

  3. INSA Young Scientist Medal (2006)

  4. INSA-Professor LSS Kumar Memorial Award (2006)

  5. UNESCO-IOC-TEMA Grant (2006)

  6. NPG (Nature Publishing Group) Award 2006 for 2nd GRC on Marine Microbes

  7. DBT Young Investigator Project (2008) on “Exploring the polyketide synthase genes from uncultivable bacteria associated with marine sponges: a metagenomic approach”.

  8. INSA-Anil Kumar Bose Memorial Medal (2009)

  9. Chairman of Board of studies of Microbiology (UG and PG), Bharathidasan University (2009-2011), Tiruchirappalli 620024.

  10. Fellow Guide of Summer Research Fellowship Programme for Students and Teachers offered by IAS, INSA and NASI.

  11. ESCMID Grant for EUROBIOFILMS 2009, Rome

  12. BOYSCAST Fellow, Microbial Genomics Research Centre, University College Cork, Ireland.

  13. My name is included in the “Marquis Who’s Who in the World” in the 2010 edition and Marquis Who’s Who in the Health Care” in the 2011 edition

  14. Editor of Blue Journal of Biotechnology, and STM Journals such as Research & Reviews: Journal of Computational Biology” and “Research & Reviews: Journal of Genomics and Proteomics

Projects Undertaken: 

Project TitleOngoing/completedPositionFunding AgencyAmount
Rs. lakhs

Development of Greener Scale-up Bioprocess for the Production of Biosurfactants from MarineActinobacteriaOngoingPrincipal InvestigatorDBT43.65 lakhs

Development of novel biosurfactants from marine actinobacteriaOngoingPrincipal InvestigatorCSIR20 lakhs

Exploring the Polyketide Synthase Genes from Uncultivable Bacteria Associated with Marine Sponges: A Metagenomic ApproachCompletedPrincipal InvestigatorDBT-RGYIRs. 23.00

Development of an Integrated Disease Management (IDM) System for Sustainable Shrimp FarmingCompletedPrincipal InvestigatorDBT, New DelhiRs. 27.99

Biological control of shrimp diseases using antagonistic probiotics from marine bacterial symbiontsCompletedPrincipal InvestigatorUGC, New DelhiRs. 7,47,800

Development of Novel Antimicrobial Agents from Endosymbiotic Marine ActinomycetesCompletedPrincipal InvestigatorCSIR New DelhiRs. 14 lakhs

Exploration of Sponge Associated Uncultivable Marine Bacterial EndosymbiontsCompletedPrincipal InvestigatorMoES, New DelhiRs. 15.63 lakhs

Development of Novel Antagonistic Shrimp Probiotics from Marine Bacterial EndosymbiontsCompletedPrincipal InvestigatorINSA, New DelhiRs. 1.5 lakhs

Development of culture-independent approaches to explore unculturable microbial majority of marine sponge Dendrilla nigraCompletedChief InvestigatorIFS, Sweden12,000 USD

Studies on the chemical ecology of Dendrillanigra, a fouling sponge inhabitated along the peninsular coast of IndiaCompletedChief InvestigatorIFS, Sweden10,000 USD

Exploration of Chemical Ecology of Secondary Metabolites Synthesis in Chosen Marine SpongesCompletedPrincipal InvestigatorDST, New DelhiRs. 9.5  lakhs

Contact Details

Present Address: 

 Centre for Micro Biology, School of Life Sciences, R.V.Nagar, Kalapet, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605014.

Email: 

 josephselvinss@gmail.com, jselvin.mib@pondiuni.edu.in

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