Dr. Suganthi Martena Devadas
Department of Microbiology
Qualification: MSc PhD
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Actively involved in PY II MBBS teaching program - in both theory and practical classes.
Guidance for undergraduate students in their short-term research projects. Actively involved in the departmental academic activities.
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Microbiology | PY-II MBBS |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Medical Microbiology | Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 2017 |
| MSc | Microbiology | Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 2010 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | Tutor | 05/2026 till Date |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Area of Expertise
Biofilms, Pathophysiology of bacterial diarrheal pathogens, Candida infections, Gut-Brain microbiome studies
Area of Research
Biofilm infections, Bacterial GI pathogens and its One Health association, Mycobiome - Bacteriome interactions in the gut, POC diagnostic solutions
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
- Life Member of Gastrointestinal Infection Society of India. (LM 119)
- Life Member of Indian Society of Medical Mycologists. (LM 327)
- Life Member of Manipal - Government of Karnataka Bioincubator (BIM/2023/L-731)
- Certified Food Safety Supervisor – FSSAI
- Ballal M, Raju B, Martena S, Sarkar S, Bairy I. Vibrio fluvialis from an immunocompromised patient in Manipal, South India. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 2010;32(13):103-4.
- Ballal M, Martena S. An unusual presentation of diarrhea by Fasciolopsis Buski, Taenia Spp. and Aspergillus Spp. In a retro positive patient. A first case report from rural coastal India-Manipal, Karnataka. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2012;5(5):543.
- Ballal M, Devadas SM, Shetty V, Umakanth S, Ramamurthy T. Fatal Case of Diarrhea with Acute Kidney Injury and Hemiplegia Due to Salmonella enterica Serovar Wangata: The First Report from the Indian Subcontinent. Japanese journal of infectious diseases. 2015;68(6):530-1.
- Ballal M, Devadas SM, Shetty V, Bangera SR, Ramamurthy T, Sarkar A. Emergence and serovar profiling of non-typhoidal Salmonellae (NTS) isolated from gastroenteritis cases–A study from South India. Infectious Diseases. 2016;48(11-12):847-51.
- Devadas SM, Nayak UY, Narayan R, Hande MH, Ballal M. 2,5- Dimethyl-4-Hyroxy-3(2H)-furanone as an antibiofilm agent against Non-Candida albicans Candida species. Mycopath ologia. 2019 184(3):403-411.
- Sah P, Patel P, Chandrashekar C, Devadas SM, Ballal M, Hegde M, Guddattu V, Murdoch G, Sharma M, Radhakrishnan R. Oral Candidal carriage correlates with CD4+ cell count but not with HIV and highly active antiretroviral therapy status. J Invest Clin Dent. 2019;10:e12438.
- Chawla K, Martena S, Gurung B, Mukhopadhyay C, Varghese GK, Bairy I. Role of PCR for diagnosing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in HIV-infected individuals in a tertiary care hospital in India. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2011;54(2):326.
- Ballal M, Martena S. First case report of Moraxella osloensis diarrhea in a hemolytic uremic syndrome/acute renal failure child from rural coastal India-Manipal, Karnataka. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2013;80(3):255-7
- Singla N, Acharya S, Martena S, Singla R. Effect of oil gum massage therapy on common pathogenic oral microorganisms-A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology. 2014;18(4):441.
- Devadas SM, Ballal M, Prakash PY, Hande MH, Bhat GV, Mohandas V. Auxanographic Carbohydrate Assimilation Method for Large Scale Yeast Identification. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research: JCDR. 2017;11(4):DC01.
Book Chapters: Ballal M, Devadas SM. Clinical biofilms are a challenging frontier in healthcare-associated infections and their drug resistance. In Thomas S, Prabhakaran DM, eds. Emerging concepts in Bacterial Biofilms: Molecular Mechanisms and Control Strategies. UK, Cambridge Scholars Publishing Ltd, 2019; 44-74