Kulandaiappan Varadaraj

FACULTY


 

Kulandaiappan Varadaraj

Kulandaiappan Varadaraj
Research Professor

Ph.D. Madurai-Kamaraj (India), 1991

Basic Science Tower, T-6, Room 165
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8661

Phone: (631) 444-7551
Fax: (631) 444-3432
Email: Kulandaiappan.Varadaraj@stonybrook.edu

Varadaraj CV

Research Our research focuses on the physiology and pharmacology of mammalian lens membrane transporters, with specific emphasis on aquaporins, glucose transporters, and Vitamin C transporters and their relation to lens cataract and transparency.
Selected Publications

 

Varadaraj, K., Kumari, S.S.. (2018). Molecular mechanism of Aquaporin 0-induced fiber cell to fiber cell adhesion in the eye lens.  Biochem. Biophys. Res Commun. 506:284-289

Kumari, S., Varadaraj, M., Menon, A.G., Varadaraj, K. 2018. Aquaporin 5 promotes corneal wound healing. Exp. Eye Res., 172:152-158

Kumari, S., Gao, J., Mathias, R.T., Sun, X., Eswaramoorthy, A., Browne, N., Zhang, N., Varadaraj, K., 2017. Aquaporin 0 modulates lens gap junctions in the presence of lens-specific beaded filament. Proteins. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 58:6006-6019

Patil, R.V., Xu, S., van Hoek, A., Rusinko, A., Feng, Z., May, J.,Hellberg, M. Sharif, N.A., Wax, M.B., Irigoyen, M., Carr, G. Brittain,T., Brown, P.,  Colbert, D., Kumari, S., Varadaraj, K., Mitra, A.K. 2016. Rapid identification of Novel Inhibitors of the Human Aquaporin-1 Water Channel. Chem Biol Drug Des., 87:794-805

















































Varadaraj, K., Kumari, S. S. and Pandian, T. J., 1994. Comparison of conditions for hormonal sex reversal of Mozambique tilapias. Prog. Fish-Cult., 56:81-90.



Varadaraj, K. 1993. Production of viable haploid Oreochromis mossambicus gynogens using UV-irradiated sperms. J. Exp. Zool., 267:460-467.

Varadaraj, K and Pandian, T. J. 1991. Effect of solubilizing 17 a-ethynyltestosterone in three solvents on sex reversal ratio of Mozambique tilapia. Prog. Fish-Cult., 53:67-71.

Varadaraj, K., 1990. Dominant red colour morphology used to detect paternal contamination in batches of Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) gynogens. Aquacult. Fish. Manag., 21:163-172.

Varadaraj, K. 1990. Production of monosex male Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) by administering 19-norethisterone acetate. Aquacult. Fish. Manag., 21:133-135.



Varadaraj, K. and Pandian, T. J., 1990. Production of all-female sterile-triploid Oreochromis mossambicus. Aquaculture, 84:117-123.

Varadaraj, K., 1990. Production of diploid Oreochromis mossambicus gynogens using heterologous sperm of Cyprinus carpio. Indian J. Exp. Biol., 28:701-705.

Varadaraj, K, and Pandian, T. J., 1989. Induction of allotriploids in the hybrids of Oreochromis mossambicus female X red tilapia male. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Anim. Sci.), 98:351-358.





Varadaraj, K. and Pandian, T. J., 1988. Induction of triploids in Oreochromis mossambicus by thermal, hydrostatic pressure and chemical shock. Proc. Aquacult. Inter. Congress, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 531-535.

Varadaraj, K. and Pandian, T. J., 1987. Masculinization of Oreochromis mossambicus by administration of 17α-methyl-5-androsten-3β-17β-diol through rearing water. Curr. Sci., 56:412-413.