Jayasimha Rao
Postdoctoral fellow

Department of Cell Biology
University of Virginia
Health System Box 439
Charlottesville, VA 22908

(804) 924-2171
jr7y@virginia.edu
Education

1983 Osmania University,India B.Sc Botany (Hons).
1986 Gulbarga University,India M.Sc Microbilogy.
1993 Osmania University,India Ph.D Microbiology.
1993-1998 Indian Institute of Science,India Postdoctoral in Reproductive Immunology.

Research
Area of my research interest is to identify and characterize the rat sperm surface antigens for the development of immuno-contraceptive vaccine.

Representative Publications

Sarada,S., Jayasimha Rao and Adiga P.R (1996) Active Immunization of rats with chicken thiamin carrier protein results in earlier embryonic loss at periimplantation stages. Ind J. Exp. Biol. 34:302-306.

Adiga P.R., Subarnanian S., Jayasimha Rao and Mukesh (1997) Prospects of Riboflavin carrier protein (RCP) as an antifertility vaccine in male and female mammals. Hum. Reprod. Update. 3:325-334.

Rupashri Ain., Jayasimha Rao. A.T. Peter, Vijayakumar, Hema Shreedar and P.B. Seshagiri (1998) Bacterial Infection and Endotoxin levels in the female reproductive tract in rats: Correleation with the developmental status of preimplantation embryos. Ind J. Exp. Biolo. (In Press).