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Dr. Poorna Viswanathan is an Associate Professor in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University, specializing in the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, and Immunology. With a Ph.D. from Mumbai University in 1995, she coordinates the undergraduate teaching labs and is responsible for executing smooth operations of undergraduate lab courses. She also oversees outreach programs that serve the community as part of the departmental mission. Her research focuses on transposon mutagenesis in Burkholderia cepacia to identify virulence genes using the C.elegans model system, as well as understanding transcriptional regulation of developmentally regulated genes in Myxococcus xanthus, where she identified key cis-elements in the promoter region necessary for normal developmental processes. Additionally, she has conducted studies on microbial inulinases, which are enzymes that convert inulin to fructose, and her work in this area includes optimizing fermentation production of inulinase from Aspergillus niger using laboratory methods. Publications from her work are available through ISI Web Knowledge.
Michigan State University • East Lansing, MI
Teaching and research in the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, and Immunology.
Department of Psychology