KARTIK SUNAGAR
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
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56. Abiotic factors
2.04.2025
News coverage of our latest publication.
55. Birth to Bite
10.08.2024
News coverage of our latest publication.
54. Distinction
10.08.2023
Dr. Kartik Sunagar has been promoted to associate professor.
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53. Distinction
27.07.2023
Paulomi wins the Best Poster Award at the International Society of Chemical Ecology, 2023!
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52. Publication
07.05.2023
Check out our new paper, 'Fangs in the Ghats: preclinical insights into the medical importance of endemic pit vipers from the Western Ghats' in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
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51. Interview
07.03.2023
Kartik was interviewed on the national television, Doordarshan. He answered questions on venoms, snakebites and myths associated with snakes.
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50. Distinction
31.08.2022
Senji won a Bronze medal for her talk at the Pathogens and Natural Toxins e-Conference!
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49. Publication
24.10.2022
Check out our new paper, 'The deadly toxin arsenal of the tree-dwelling Australian funnel-web spiders.' in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
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48. Publication
23.10.2022
Check out our new paper, 'The Middle Eastern Cousin: Comparative Venomics of Daboia palaestinae and Daboia russelii' in Toxins.
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47. Distinction
20.10.2022
Senji won the best oral presentation award for Early Career Researchers at the International Society for Toxinology, Abu Dhabi!
Senji co-chairs the ECR session, while Kartik chairs the session on basic toxinology. Senji gave a talk on the evolutionary venomics of medically important Indian snake venoms, and Kartik talks about the common origin and early evolution of spider venom disulphide-rich peptide toxins.
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46. Groundbreaking ceremony for Anti-Venom Research and Development Centre
04.07.2022
Science and Technology Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan laid the foundation for the Anti-Venom Research and Development Centre (AVRDC) a collaborative initiative between Karnataka Innovative & Technological Society (KITS) under the Department of IT/BT, IBAB (Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology) and the Evolutionary Venomics Lab, Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science.
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45. Publication
18.06.2022
Check out our new paper on the dynamic evolution of snake venom phospholipase A2 in Toxins.
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44. Talk
26.05.2022
Kartik delivers a talk at the Annual Snakebite Conference of the Indian Society for Toxinology and Snakebite Mitigation (ISTSM), Department of Emergency Medicine and Public Health, AIMS, Kochi. India.
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43. Publication
24.02.2022
Check out the new paper on the preclinical evaluation of a second-generation antivenom for treating snake envenoming in India, published in Toxins.
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42. Distinction
11.04.2022
Our PhD student, Paulomi Dam, has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) Fellowship. Congratulations to her!
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41. Distinction
17.11.2021
Kartik has been awarded the Merck Young Scientist Award!
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40. Talk
04.11.2021
Kartik delivers a talk at the International Society for Toxinology Asia-Pacific Conference. Cairns, Australia.
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39. Distinction
19.10.2021
Our PhD student, Senji Laxme, has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) Fellowship. Congratulations to her!
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38. Publication
26.03.2021
Check out our new paper on the venom of the enigmatic Andaman Cobra (Naja sagittifera) in Frontiers in Pharmacological Sciences.
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37. Publication
26.03.2021
Our new paper on the biogeographic venom variation in Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) and the preclinical inefficacy of antivenom therapy in snakebite hotspots has been accepted for publication in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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36. Publication
18.02.2021
Our new paper on the biogeographical venom variation in the Indian spectacled cobra (N. naja) has been accepted for publication in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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35. Distinction
15.01.2021
Kartik has joined the Editorial Board of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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34. Publication
01.01.2021
Our new paper titled "Post-Genomic Regulation Dictates Venom Profiles of Medically-Important Cryptic Kraits in India" has been accepted for publication in Toxins.
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33. Welcome!
01.01.2021
Neeraja joins the lab as a co-advised PhD student (with Dr Rachit Agarwal, BSSE). Congratulations to Neeraja!
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32. Welcome!
01.01.2021
Paulomi Dam joins the lab as a PhD student. Congratulations to Paulomi!
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31. Award
20.10.2020
Kartik has been awarded the INSA (Indian National Science Academy) Medal for Young Scientists!
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30. Welcome
01.10.2020
Naeem Shaikh joins the lab as a Project Assistant. Welcome, Naeem!
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29. Welcome!
01.10.2020
Vivek Suranse joins the lab as a PhD student. Congratulations to Vivek!
28. Welcome
02.09.2020
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Stefan joins the lab. Welcome, Stefan!
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27. Talk
01.09.2020
Senji speaks at the International Toxin Talks about her PhD work on the biogeographic venom variation in the medically most important Indian snakes.
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26. Interview
04.08.2020
Kartik speaks to the Interview Portal on his 'offbeat and unconventional' career choice. Read the full story here.
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25. Publication
03.08.2020
Our perspective on snakebite treatment therapies in India is now published in Indian Pediatrics.
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24. Publication
01.08.2020
Our paper in PLOS Genetics becomes the most cited paper in 2015; amongst the top 10% of highly cited papers since 2015 in this journal!
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23. Publication
19.06.2020
A comprehensive review of variations in snake venoms in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences.
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22. Award
21.04.2020
A Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellowship has been awarded to Kartik!
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21. Publication
31.03.2020
A new collaborative publication in Cell Reports that also made the cover of the journal!
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20. Welcome
01.01.2020
Navneet Kaur joins the lab as a Project Assistant. Welcome, Navneet!
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19. Publication
06.12.2019
Our first paper from the lab on snakebites in India made the cover of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases! The paper highlights the necessity to innovate a broadly effective snakebite treatment in India, not only for the 'big four snakes' but also the 'neglected many'.
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18. Welcome
01.12.2019
Ashwin Iyer joins the lab as a Project Assistant. Welcome, Ashwin!
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17. Publication
26.11.2019
Our new paper on the origin of venom in some very unusual mammals in PNAS.
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16. Event
16.10.2019
EVL hosts an International symposium on snakebites at IISc.
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15. Welcome
15.09.2019
Rashmi joins the lab as an integrated-PhD student. Congratulations to Rashmi!
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14. Welcome
01.08.2019
Senji joins the lab as a PhD student. Congratulations to Senji!
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13. Welcome
01.06.2019
Jayalakshmi K joins the lab as the Lab Manager. Welcome, Jaya!
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12. Welcome
01.03.2019
Dr Saurabh Attarde joins the lab as a Research Associate. Welcome, Saurabh!
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11. Welcome
11.02.2019
Anisha Anand joins the lab as a Project Assistant. Welcome, Anisha!
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10. Publication
06.12.2018
Senji and Vivek's new paper on Arthropod venoms: Biochemistry, ecology and evolution in Toxicon.
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9. Publication
27.10.2018
Our latest paper on the Nematostella CRISPR knockin into stinging cells and the cell type-specific transcriptomes is published in BMC Biology.
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8. Welcome
05.10.2018
Suyog Khochare joins the lab as a Project Assistant. Welcome, Suyog!
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7. Publication
20.03.2018
Our collaborative paper on Aculeata venom allergens is accepted for publication in the Journal of Molecular Evolution.
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6. Welcome
16.08.2018
Dr Priti Hebbar joins the lab as a DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow. Welcome, Priti!
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5. Workshop
18.05.2018
Gowri Shanker and EVL conduct a one-day workshop for the Karnataka Forest Department at the Bhadra Tiger Reserve.
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4. Publication
20.03.2018
Vivek Suranse's review on Animal Venoms is accepted for publication in eLS. Congratulations!
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3. Publication
02.03.2018
Our paper on Nematostella venom dynamics is published in eLife.
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2. Workshop
18.12.2017
Gowri Shanker and EVL conduct a one-day workshop for the Karnataka Forest Department at the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve.
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1. The beginning!
10.07.2017
Dr Kartik Sunagar joins IISc as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences.