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Research Portfolio & Focus

Dr. G. Subrahmanyam has a multidisciplinary research portfolio focused on seri-biotechnology, molecular pathology, insect virology, and genome editing. His work centers on molecular characterization of silkworm viruses (CPV, baculovirus, iflavirus), point-of-care (PoC) diagnostic kit development, gut bacteriomes, and silk by-product value addition.

Molecular Virology & Pathology

Research on silkworm CPV, baculoviruses, iflaviruses, host-pathogen dynamics, and point-of-care (PoC) diagnostic tool development.

Microbiology & Diagnostics

PCR-based diagnostics, gut microbiota, and probiotic applications for enhancing silkworm health.

Silk By-Products & Bioeconomy

Engineered sericin/fibroin biomaterials for biomedical, cosmetic, and circular bioeconomy applications.

Awards & Honors

Best Innovation Award (2025) for PoC diagnosis kit for cypovirus detection at ICECBI, SRMIST.
Best Young Scientist Award (2020) by Central Silk Board, Govt. of India.
Dr. S. N. Choudhury Best Scientist Award (2018), CMER&TI, Jorhat.
TWAS-CAS International Fellowship (2010), RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.

Education & Experience

Scientist-D (May 2024 – Present)
Seribiotech Research Laboratory (SBRL), CSB, Bangalore
Scientist C & B
SBRL Bangalore (2021-2024) & CMER&TI Assam (2015-2021)
Ph.D. in Microbiology (2013)
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat

Selected Publications

  1. Subrahmanyam G, et al. (2026). Insect cypoviruses: advances in structural characterization, evolutionary genomics, and host interaction dynamics. Archives of Virology, 171(4), p.126.
  2. Deepika I, Singh A, Kumar I, Gnanasekaran R, Dubey H, Debnath R, Shukla P, Ponnuvel KM, Moorthy SM, Subrahmanyam G (2025). Biological and genomic characterization of a cypovirus isolated from golden muga silkworm. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 108343.
  3. Subrahmanyam G, et al. (2024). Contrasting gut bacteriomes unveiled between wild Antheraea assamensis and domesticated Bombyx mori silkworms. Molecular Biology Reports, 51: 666.
  4. Deepika I, Ramesh KV, Kumar I, Singh A, Debnath R, Dubey H, Shukla P, Ponnuvel KM, Moorthy SM, Subrahmanyam G (2024). Molecular diagnostics in sericulture: A paradigm shift towards disease diagnosis in silkworms. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 172: 372–382.
  5. Balakrishnan IK, Dubey H, Shukla P, Debnath R, Vanitha C, Subrahmanyam G, Moorthy SM, et al. (2025). Evaluation of stable reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis in Antheraea assamensis during pathogenic infections. Molecular Biology Reports, 52(1): 668.