Karthik Subramanian
VIDWAN ID: 263200

Dr Karthik Subramanian

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Scientist
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
Kerala
Expertise: Infectious Diseases
14 Publications
3 Projects
447 Scopus Citations
437 CrossRef
12 Years 2 Months Total Experience
Publications
14 Total
Articles
14
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Professional Recognition

DBT-Ramalingaswami Re-entry fellowship
2021
Department of Biotechnology [DBT], India
DST-INSPIRE Faculty Research Grant
2020
Department of Science & Technology [DST], India
SERB-Start up Grant
2021
Department of Science & Technology [DST], India
Research article ranked Top downloaded article, Wiley Publications
2020
Wiley Publications
Research article recommended by Faculty of 1000 Prime
2019
Faculty of 1000 Prime
Travel grant
2019
Scandinavian Society for Immunology
Best Scientific paper of the year award
2018
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
Research Foundation grant
2018
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
Postdoctoral research fellowship
2014
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Graduate Research scholarship
2009
Ministry of Education, Singapore
Best outgoing student of the batch
2009
SASTRA University, Tamilnadu, India
Dean's list award
2009
SASTRA University, Tamilnadu, India
Summer Research fellowship
2008
indian Academy of Sciences
Summer Research fellowship
2007
Indian Academy of Sciences

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Scandinavian Society for Immunology
Member
Jan 2019

Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
2013
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Bachelor of Technology
2009
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Scientist
Dec 2020 – Present
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
Assistant Professor
Apr 2020 – Sep 2020
Karolinska Institute
Post-Doctoral Fellow
May 2014 – Mar 2020
Karolinska Institute
Medical and Health Sciences
Infectious Diseases

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Scholarly Work

Unravelling bacterial immunoevasion and host immune reprogramming strategies in invasive pneumococcal diseases
Other
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Principal Investigator Grant: SRG/2021/000401
Investigating pneumococcal adaptation to intracellular survival within the host and characterization of macrophage extracellular vesicles for novel vaccine development
Other
Agency: Department of Bio-Technology Role: Principal Investigator Grant: BT/RLF/Re-entry/46/2020
Disarming bacterial pathogens using novel peptides that target pore-forming toxins: from in silico to in vivo
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Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Principal Investigator Grant: DST/INSPIRE/04/2019/002238
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Mannose receptor-derived peptides for neutralizing pore-forming toxins for therapeutic uses.

Birgitta Henriques Normark
Karthik Subramanian
Georgios Sotiriou
- Application No. : PCT/EP2021/067923 Filed : 29-06-2021
Published : 30-11--0001 Filed

Scholarly Publications

Sorafenib, a clinical kinase inhibitor, attenuates Streptococcus pneumoniae pathogenesis and reduces disease progression in vivo

Open Access
Journal Article
mBio. Year: 2026. Volume: 17 , Issue: 7 .
Authors: Joel Abraham; Aswathy C. Sagilkumar; Himani Dhyani; Charmi M. Panchal; Shaheena Aziz; M. K. Priyadatha; Aan Ruth; Keerthana Bhaskaran; Sivakumar Krishnankutty Chandrika; S. Shaima; Rosemol Varghese; Ayyanraj Neeravi; Balaji Veeraragavan; Nagarjun Narayanaswamy; Sandhya Ganesan; Karthik Subramanian

Bacterial pore-forming toxin pneumolysin drives pathogenicity through host extracellular vesicles released during infection

Open Access
Journal Article
iScience. Year: 2024. Volume: 27 , Issue: 8 .
Authors: Saba Parveen; Chinmayi V. Bhat; Aswathy C. Sagilkumar; Shaheena Aziz; J. Arya; Asmita Dutta; Somit Dutta; Sautan Show; Kuldeep Sharma; Sumit Rakshit; John Bernet Johnson; Upendra Nongthomba; Anirban Banerjee; Karthik Subramanian

Editorial: Deceiving the host: mechanisms of immune evasion and survival by pneumococcal bacteria

Open Access
Editorial
Authors: Karthik Subramanian; Anirban Banerjee

Extracellular vesicle-bound bacterial toxin pneumolysin triggers membrane engagement and damage beyond canonical pore formation

Preprint
Year: 2026.
Authors: Aswathy C Sagilkumar; Avinashi Lal Kushwaha; Anuskha Shitut; Dheeraj Kumar Sarkar; Sruthika Sukumar; Jagannath Mondal; Karthik Subramanian

Emerging Roles of Extracellular Vesicles in Pneumococcal Infections: Immunomodulators to Potential Novel Vaccine Candidates.

Open Access
Journal Article
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. Year: 2022. Volume: 12 , Pages: 836070 .
Authors: Saba Parveen; Karthik Subramanian

Mannose receptor‐derived peptides neutralize pore‐forming toxins and reduce inflammation and development of pneumococcal disease

Open Access
Journal Article
EMBO Molecular Medicine. Year: 2020. Volume: 12 , Issue: 11 , Pages: EMMM202012695 .
Authors: Karthik Subramanian; Federico Iovino; Vasiliki Tsikourkitoudi; Padryk Merkl; Sultan Ahmed; Samuel B Berry; Marie‐Stephanie Aschtgen; Mattias Svensson; Peter Bergman; Georgios A Sotiriou; Birgitta Henriques‐Normark

Emerging concepts in the pathogenesis of the Streptococcus pneumoniae : From nasopharyngeal colonizer to intracellular pathogen

Open Access
Journal Article
CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY (ELECTRONIC). Year: 2019. Volume: 21 , Issue: 11 .
Authors: Karthik Subramanian; Birgitta Henriques‐Normark; Staffan Normark

Genomic Characterization of the Emerging Pathogen Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae.

Open Access
Journal Article
mBio. Year: 2019. Volume: 10 , Issue: 3 , Pages: e01286-19 .
Authors: Geneviève Garriss; Priyanka Nannapaneni; Alexandra S. Simões; Sarah Browall; Karthik Subramanian; Raquel Sá-Leão; Herman Goossens; Herminia de Lencastre; Birgitta Henriques-Normark
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