Saravanan Ramakrishnan
| Grant Category: | Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowships (Research) |
| Project Title: | Systems immunology evaluation of RIG-I and STING agonist adjuvanted influenza virus protein-based vaccines |
| Field of Study: | Agricultural Sciences (Animal-Related) |
| Home Institution: | ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh |
| Host Institution: | Oklahoma State University , Stillwater, OK |
| Grant Start Month: | September 2025 |
| Duration of Grant: | Nine months |
Brief Bio:
Dr. Saravanan Ramakrishnan is a Principal Scientist in the Veterinary Immunology Section at the ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. His areas of interest in research are vaccine development, molecular adjuvants, and innate immunity. Dr. Ramakrishnan’s research group works on employing different toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists as immunomodulators in designing vaccine formulations against poultry viral diseases. He was also a part of the research group which developed the sub-viral particle-based recombinant VP2 protein vaccine against infectious bursal disease for use in poultry industry. He has authored over 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals and completed several extramural research projects.
As a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellow, Dr. Ramakrishnan is studying how molecular adjuvants work in conjunction with protein-based influenza vaccines. This effort could lead to the development of a universal influenza vaccine.