Dr. L. Divya

Associate Professor

Department of Zoology, University of Calicut,
Calicut University PO, Malappuram District, Kerala 673635 India
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Residence: Sreesailam, Keerthinagar H.No 76, Asramam, Kollam, Kerala, India- 691002

 

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M. Phil – Zoology, University of Kerala

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CSIR Research Associate- 2010-2011

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M. Sc dissertations completed- 42

 

AWARDS

• Vice Chancellor's Excellence Award, 2021.
• Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments (SAAE) travel grant 2019.
• SERB-Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India, Women Excellence Award-2017. 
• Awardee of two Indian National Science Academies: Indian National Science Academy, Delhi, (INSA) medal for Young Scientist – 2011; &
• National Academy of Sciences, (NASI) Allahabad, India ‘Swarna Jayanti Puraskar’ -2011.
•  INSA -Royal Society of Edinburgh International Bilateral Exchange to Scotland -2015.University of Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, Scotland.
• Young Investigator Travel Award by International Neuroendocrine Federation, (INF) Rouen, France, 2010 
• Young Scientist Award in Life Sciences by Kerala State Council for Science Technology & Environment (KSCSTE), Govt of Kerala, 2008.  
• Best poster award in the International Symposium on current trends in endocrine & reproductive health, University of Mysore, 2011.
• Prof. N.J. Chinoy Award for the best oral presentation by Society for Reproductive Biology & Comparative Endocrinology, International Symposium on Endocrinology & Reproduction: Molecular mechanisms to molecular medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2010.
• CSIR travel grant to attend the 7th International Congress on neuroendocrinology, France, 2010 (not availed). 
• Shortlisted for Young Scientist Award presentation, Indian Science      Congress, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 2009.
• Research Fellowship in Science For Meritorious Students (RFSMS) University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, 2008.

MEMBERSHIP/ROLE IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

1.  European Chemoreception Research Organization: Member
2.  Society of Reproductive Biology & Executive Council member Comparative Endocrinology (SRBCE) 
3.  Kerala Academy of Sciences (KAS): Executive council member
4.  Technical Support Group member, Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Govt of Kerala.

5.  Society for Translational Cancer Research (STCR): Life member.  
6.  Indian Science Congress Association: Life member.
7.  Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments: Life member

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS

S. No.	Title	Grant Period	Cost(Rs.in lakhs)	Funding Agency
1.	Caecilian Secretomics: their potential!	2015  -  2018	Rs.17 lakhs	Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi
2.	Conservation of marine turtles with community participation	2015 - 2016	Rs. 5 lakhs	(KSBB) Kerala State Biodiversity Board.
3	ROS modulation of development and polyphenism in Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius 1775) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).	2016- 2019	Rs. 18 lakhs	SERB, Department of Science & Technology

PROFILE LINKS

GOOGLE SCHOLAR:   https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pAlGGbUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ORCID ID:    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5613-5284

SCOPUS AUTHOR ID: 8664135800

 

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Interdisciplinary systems wide Research in three main areas

1.  Endocrine integration of nutrient sensing, metabolism & growth in fishes
2.  Developmental toxicity/disruptions to environmental/engineered materials in various model systems.
3.  Caecilian skin and secretome.  

Model systems range from Anuran & Apodan amphibians (caecilians, frogs), carps, tilapia, zebra fish, & ants 

 

PEER REVIEWED SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (2022-2016)

1. Sheeja CC, Damodaran Arun, Lekha Divya (2021).  Insect in vitro system for toxicology studies-current and future perspectives. Frontiers in Toxicology, In Vitro Toxicology, 3;34, doi: 10.3389/ftox.2021.671600.
2. R.Dileepkumar, K. Anaswara, V.Navya, S. Beena, A. Jacob, Lekha Divya, A. S. Vijayasree, V. Deepthi, G. Renganayaki, P. R. Shidhi, M. A. Akbarsha, K. P. Laladhas, Achuthsankar S.Nair, P.R. Sudhakaran & O. V. Oommen 2.(2021). Reporting of a black palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum Linn.) from India: Association with a frame shift mutation in Melanocortin-1-Receptor (MC1R) gene. Current Science, (I.F – 1.104). doi:10.18520/cs/v121/i2/306-312 
3. D Arun, S. Sandhya, M A Akbarsha, O V. Oommen, Lekha Divya *(2020). An insight into the skin glands, dermal scales and secretions of the caecilian amphibian Ichthyophis beddomei, Elsevier, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, ISSN 1319-562X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.06.009.   (I.F – 4.219).
4. Sheeja C C, Anusri Ambali, Levna Chacko, PM Aneesh*, Lekha Divya*(2020). MoS2 nanoflakes induce behavioral alteration and oxidative stress mediated cellular toxicity in the social insect Oecophylla smaragdina (Asian weaver ant) Article in press; Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier) (IF-14.588). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121624.
5. Martin MV, Venkatesan R, Beyline M, Limna Mol VP, Lekha Divya (2020). Influence of environmental factors on macrofoulant assemblages on moored buoys in the eastern Arabian Sea.  PLoS ONE 15(1): e0223560 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223560. ISSN: 1932-6203  (I.F-3.24). 
6. Arun, D., Akbarsha, M. A., Oommen, V. O., Lekha Divya* (2019). Light and electronmicroscopic structure of skin glands and dermal scales of a cacecilian amphibian Gegenophis ramaswammii with a note on its skin gland secretion.  Microscopy research and techniques (Wiley online). doi:10.1002/JEMT.23276 (IF- 2.769).
7. Midhun, S. J., Neethu, S., Arun, D., Vysakh, A., Lekha Divya., Radhakrishnan, E. K., Jyothis, M., (2019). Dietary supplementation of Bacillus licheniformis HGA8B improves growth parameters, enzymatic profile and gene expression of Oreochromis niloticus. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture. 2019.02.064 Aquaculture (Elsevier) ISSN: 0044-8486. (IF-4.242).
8. Sruthi MV., Akhila B. Nair, D Arun, V.V. Thushara, C.C. Sheeja, A S Vijayasree, O V. Oommen, Lekha Divya*(2018). Dietary curcumin influences leptin, growth hormone and hepatic growth factors in Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) Aquaculture (Elsevier) ISSN: 0044-8486. (IF-4.242) doi:10.1016/j .aquaculture.2018.06.083. 
9. Arun D, Beyo RS, Ramachandran K, Akbarsha MA, Oommen OV, Lekha Divya*(2018). Light and electron microscopic observations on the organization of skin and associated glands of two caecilian amphibians from Western Ghats of India. Micron, (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2018.01.004. (IF- 1.726)
10. Sheeja C C, Thushara V V, Lekha Divya*(2018).Caste specific expression of Na+/K+-ATPase in the Asian weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775) Neotropical entomology, (Elsevier) https://doi.org/10.1007/s 13744-018-0598. ISSN:1678-8052. (IF-1.434).
11. Arun D, Ramachandran K, Akbarsha M A, Oommen O V & Lekha Divya* (2016). Ultrastructural study of the skin of three caecilians (Ichthyophis tricolor, Uraeotyphlus oxyurus and Gegenophis ramaswamii) from Western Ghats, India. Anatomical Records, Special issue Vol:299, 261-262. (IF:2.06). ONLINE ISSN:1932 8494.
12. Midhun S Jose, Arun D, Lincy Edatt, Thushara V.V, Sruthi M.V, Sameer    Kumar V.B & Lekha Divya* (2016)- Modulation of digestive enzymes, GH, IGF-1 and 2 genes in the teleost, Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) by dietary curcumin. Aquaculture International, Springer 24: 1277-1286 (DOI 10.1007/s10499-016-9984-1). (IF:2.235).

 

PUBLICATIONS- BOOK CHAPTERS

1. CC Sheeja, Damodaran Arun and Lekha Divya* (2022). Nano-enabled Pesticides Status and Perspectives in Nanotechnology for Agriculture, CRC press, USA (in press, Accepted).
2. Sheeja CC, Beyline Maxwell, Lekha Divya*(2021). Na+K+-ATPase: Discovery, Functions and Regulation Nova Publishers, USA. ISBN 978-1-53618-968-1
3. K. P. Laladhas, Preetha Nilayangode, Sujith V. Gopalan, L. Divya, and Oommen V. Oommen (2017).  Community Conservation of Marine Turtles and Sustainable Ecosystems, In Environmental Challenges & Solution, (Ed:, Robert J. Carbin) Springer Publishers, USA, pp 117-184.ISSN 2214-2827.
4.   R Kotharambath, M Wilkinson, Lekha Divya, OV. Oommen, S George, R A. Nussbaum and David J. Gower (2015) Elusive and ''Lost'' Caecilian Species of Western Ghats, India - A case study, Biodiversity Conservation – Challenges for the Future, Bentham Publishers, UAE, 50-52, ISBN:978-1-68108-022-2.
5.   R Kotharambath, Lekha Divya, Mohammed.A.Akbarsha & Oommen O V (2012) Caecilians - The Limbless Subterranean Amphibians: in the backdrop of Kerala region of the Western Ghats, Rare Animals of India, Bentham Publishers, USA 1-19. ISBN:978-1-60805-629-3.
6. R S Beyo, Divya L, K. Ramachandran, O V Oommen and M A Akbarsha (2009). Ultrastructural Details of Ovarian Follicles and Yolk Accumulation in Caecilian Oocytes. In: Animal Reproduction: New Research Developments (Ed: Lucas T. Dahnof). Nova Science Publishers, USA Inc. pp 107-161. ISBN-13: 978-1606925959

 

SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED

1. Current trends in Animal Science Research, March 2012, Kasaragod, 
2. National Biodiversity Congress Dec 27-30, 2012, Thiruvananthapuram 
3. Community Conservation program of Olive Ridley turtles across the Kanhangad coastline of Kasaragod district, Nileshwar,2015.
4. National Biodiversity Congress, 23-27 Feb, 2015.
5. Kerala State Biodiversity congress, 2014.
6. Fourth International Symposium on Translational Research Recent    Developments in Cancer Prevention Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, 2011. Organized by M.D Anderson Cancer Research Centre, Texas, USA, & Society for Translational Cancer Research (STCR) & Central University of Kerala.
7. TECHNOTHSAV 2015-16, Dec 31,2015- 4 Jan, 2016, Govt Polytechnic College, Kasaragod
8. Organized Distinguished lecture series with University of Saskatchewan, Canada under Global Ambassador program of Shastri Indo Canadian Institute, 2017, CUK.