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Employment (7)

Northumbria University: N/A, GB

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Northumbria University

Northumbria University: Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

2023-09-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Applied Sciences)
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Girish Beedessee

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

2020-09 to 2023-08 | Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University: Onna, JP

2019-04 to 2020-08 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
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Mauritius Oceanography Institute: Albion, MU

2008-07 to 2013-05 | Associate Research Scientist
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Mahatma Gandhi Institute: Moka, MU

2008-01 to 2008-06 | Educator
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National Centre for Biological Sciences: Bangalore, Karnataka, IN

2007-01 to 2007-07 | Trainee
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Education and qualifications (3)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University: Onna, JP

2014-09-01 to 2019-03-30 | PhD
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University of Madras: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN

2005-07 to 2007-05 | Master of Science
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Bangalore University: Bangalore, Karnataka, IN

2002-07 to 2005-04 | Bachelor of Science (Chemistry, Zoology, Biotechnology)
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Professional activities (6)

Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association: Zanzibar, TZ

2022 to present
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African BioGenome Project: NA, ZA

2021 to present | Annotation committee member
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Microbiology Society: London, GB

2019-12 to present
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Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

2021 to 2033 | College Research Associate
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Macquarie University: Sydney, NSW, AU

2013-03 to 2014-09 | IPRS (Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences)
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University of Mauritius: Reduit, Moka, MU

2009-09 to 2010-05 | Lecturer (Biology)
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Funding (13)

Fellowship

2020-09 to 2023-09 | Award
Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship (Cambridge, GB)
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Girish Beedessee

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

2017-04 to 2020-03 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
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Girish Beedessee

JSPS DC1 Research Fellowship

2017-04 to 2020-03 | Award
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
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Girish Beedessee

OIST Teaching Assistantship

2017-04 to 2020-03 | Salary award
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (Onna, JP)
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Girish Beedessee

Travel Grant

2014-10 to 2014-10 | Grant
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Travel Grant (Delaware, US)
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Girish Beedessee

Travel Grant

2013-06 to 2013-06 | Grant
INDEEP (Montreal, CA)
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Girish Beedessee

IPRS

2013-03 to 2014-09 | Award
Government of Australia (Sydney, AU)
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Girish Beedessee

Travel Bursary

2012-12 to 2012-12 | Grant
ISA Endowment Fund (Southampton, GB)
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Girish Beedessee

Fellowship

2011-10 to 2012-01 | Award
INSA-JRD TATA (Chennai, IN)
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Girish Beedessee

Travel Grant

2011-10 to 2011-11 | Grant
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (Zanzibar, TZ)
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Girish Beedessee

Fellowship

2011-06 to 2011-08 | Award
InterRidge-ISA (Southampton, GB)
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Girish Beedessee

MARG II Research Grant

2010-07 to 2010-08 | Grant
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (Zanzibar, TZ)
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Girish Beedessee

MARG III Travel Grant

2009-05 to 2009-05 | Grant
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (Zanzibar, TZ)
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Works (25)

Plastid translocon recycling in dinoflagellates demonstrates the portability of complex plastids between hosts

Current Biology
2024-12-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.034
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Contributors: William H. Lewis; Giulia Paris; Girish Beedessee; Ludek Kořený; Victor Flores; Tom Dendooven; Benoit Gallet; Daniel P. Yee; Simon Lam; Johan Decelle et al.
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Northumbria University

Establishing African genomics and bioinformatics programs through annual regional workshops

Nature Genetics
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01807-6
Contributors: Abdoallah Sharaf; Lucky Tendani Nesengani; Ichrak Hayah; Josiah Ochieng Kuja; Sinebongo Mdyogolo; Taiwo Crossby Omotoriogun; Blessing Adanta Odogwu; Girish Beedessee; Rae Marvin Smith; Abdelhamid Barakat et al.
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Plastid translocon recycling in dinoflagellates demonstrates the portability of complex plastids between hosts

2024-07-07 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.06.602338
Contributors: William H Lewis; Giulia Paris; Girish Beedessee; Ludek Koreny; Victor Flores; Tom Dendooven; Benoit Gallet; Daniel Yee; Simon Lam; Johan Decelle et al.
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Functional analyses of bacterial genomes found in Symbiodiniaceae genome assemblies

Environmental Microbiology Reports
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13238
Contributors: Eiichi Shoguchi; Masanobu Kawachi; Chuya Shinzato; Girish Beedessee
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Bridging the gap in African biodiversity genomics and bioinformatics

Nature Biotechnology
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41587-023-01933-2
Part of ISSN: 1087-0156
Part of ISSN: 1546-1696
Contributors: Abdoallah Sharaf; Charlotte C. Ndiribe; Taiwo Crossby Omotoriogun; Linelle Abueg; Bouabid Badaoui; Fatu J. Badiane Markey; Girish Beedessee; Diaga Diouf; Vincent C. Duru; Chukwuike Ebuzome et al.
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Metabarcoding assessment of fungal diversity in brown algae and sponges of Mauritius

Frontiers in Microbiology
2022-10-28 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1003790
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2-s2.0-85141935369
Contributors: Jessica Mélanie Wong Chin; Daneshwar Puchooa; Theeshan Bahorun; Vidushi S. Neergheen; Aadil Ahmad Aullybux; Girish Beedessee; Nadeem Nazurally; Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei; Rajesh Jeewon
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Metabarcoding assessment of fungal diversity in brown algae and sponges of Mauritius

Frontiers in microbiology
2022-01 | Journal article
PMC: PMC9649896
Contributors: Wong Chin J; Puchooa D; Bahorun T; Neergheen V; Aullybux A; Beedessee G; Nazurally N; Alrefaei A; Jeewon R
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Girish Beedessee via Europe PubMed Central

A New Dinoflagellate Genome Illuminates a Conserved Gene Cluster Involved in Sunscreen Biosynthesis.

Genome biology and evolution
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa235
PMID: 33146374
PMC: PMC7875005
Contributors: Shoguchi E; Beedessee G; Hisata K; Tada I; Narisoko H; Satoh N; Kawachi M; Shinzato C
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Cytotoxic potential of sponge extracts from Mauritius Waters on human cancer cell lines

Hematology and Medical Oncology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.15761/hmo.1000208
Part of ISSN: 2398-8495
Contributors: Girish Beedessee; Prerna Roy; Avin Ramanjooloo; Jay Rovisham Singh Doorga; Girish Beedessee; Thierry Cresteil; Rob WM Van Soest; Daniel EP Marie
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Integrated omics unveil the secondary metabolic landscape of a basal dinoflagellate

BMC Biology
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-00873-6
Contributors: Girish Beedessee; Takaaki Kubota; Asuka Arimoto; Koki Nishitsuji; Ross F. Waller; Kanako Hisata; Shinichi Yamasaki; Noriyuki Satoh; Jun’ichi Kobayashi; Eiichi Shoguchi
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Diversified secondary metabolite biosynthesis gene repertoire revealed in symbiotic dinoflagellates

Scientific Reports
2019-02-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37792-0
Contributors: Girish Beedessee; Kanako Hisata; Michael C. Roy; Frances M. Van Dolah; Noriyuki Satoh; Eiichi Shoguchi
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Two divergent Symbiodinium genomes reveal conservation of a gene cluster for sunscreen biosynthesis and recently lost genes.

BMC genomics
2018-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4857-9
PMID: 29898658
PMC: PMC6001144
Contributors: Shoguchi E; Beedessee G; Tada I; Hisata K; Kawashima T; Takeuchi T; Arakaki N; Fujie M; Koyanagi R; Roy MC et al.
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Girish Beedessee via Europe PubMed Central
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Fluid chemistry in the Solitaire and Dodo hydrothermal fields of the Central Indian Ridge

Geofluids
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12201
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2-s2.0-85001085849
Contributors: Kawagucci, S.; Miyazaki, J.; Noguchi, T.; Okamura, K.; Shibuya, T.; Watsuji, T.; Nishizawa, M.; Watanabe, H.; Okino, K.; Takahata, N. et al.
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Girish Beedessee via Scopus - Elsevier
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Vent fauna on the central Indian ridge

Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems: TAIGA Concept
2015 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54865-2_16
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2-s2.0-84939505200
Contributors: Watanabe, H.; Beedessee, G.
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Girish Beedessee via Scopus - Elsevier
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Multifunctional polyketide synthase genes identified by genomic survey of the symbiotic dinoflagellate, Symbiodinium minutum.

BMC genomics
2015-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2195-8
PMID: 26573520
PMC: PMC4647583
Contributors: Beedessee G; Hisata K; Roy MC; Satoh N; Shoguchi E
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Girish Beedessee via Europe PubMed Central
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Marine natural products research in Mauritius: Progress and challenges

Marine Chemistry
2015-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.01.002
Part of ISSN: 0304-4203
Contributors: Girish Beedessee; Avin Ramanjooloo; Daniel E.P. Marie
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First record and a new species of Alvinocaris Williams & Chace, 1982 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) from the Indian Ocean.

Zootaxa
2014-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.4
PMID: 25544513
Contributors: Yahagi T; Watanabe H; Kojima S; Beedessee G; Komai T
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Girish Beedessee via Europe PubMed Central
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α-Glucosidase inhibitory activity of marine sponges collected in Mauritius waters.

Natural product research
2014-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.945173
PMID: 25116959
Contributors: Ramanjooloo A; Cresteil T; Lebrasse C; Beedessee G; Oogarah P; van Soest RW; Marie DE
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Girish Beedessee via Europe PubMed Central
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Evaluation of hexane and ethyl acetate extracts of the sponge Jaspis diastra collected from Mauritius Waters on HeLa cells.

The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology
2014-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12256
PMID: 24758528
Contributors: Beedessee G; Ramanjooloo A; Tiscornia I; Cresteil T; Raghothama S; Arya D; Rao S; Gowd KH; Bollati-Fogolin M; Marie DE
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Girish Beedessee via Europe PubMed Central
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The apoptotic activity of one VLC fraction of the sponge Petrosia tuberosa on human cervical cells and the subsequent isolation of a bioactive polyacetylene

Natural Product Communications
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84878653235
Contributors: Ramanjooloo, A.; Beedessee, G.; Arya, D.; VanSoest, R.W.M.; Cresteil, T.; Marie, D.E.P.
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High connectivity of animal populations in deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields in the Central Indian Ridge relevant to its geological setting.

PloS one
2013-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081570
PMID: 24358117
PMC: PMC3864839
Contributors: Beedessee G; Watanabe H; Ogura T; Nemoto S; Yahagi T; Nakagawa S; Nakamura K; Takai K; Koonjul M; Marie DE
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Girish Beedessee via Europe PubMed Central
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Acetylcholinesterase-inhibitory activities of the extracts from sponges collected in mauritius waters.

Chemistry & biodiversity
2013-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200343
PMID: 23495160
Contributors: Beedessee G; Ramanjooloo A; Surnam-Boodhun R; van Soest RW; Marie DE
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Girish Beedessee via Europe PubMed Central
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Ethyl acetate extract of the Mauritian sponge Jaspis sp. induces cell arrest in human promyelocytic leukemia cells.

Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
2013-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.03.002
PMID: 23598257
Contributors: Beedessee G; Ramanjooloo A; Aubert G; Eloy L; Arya D; van Soest RW; Cresteil T; Marie DE
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Cytotoxic activities of hexane, ethyl acetate and butanol extracts of marine sponges from Mauritian Waters on human cancer cell lines.

Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
2012-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2012.05.013
PMID: 22743579
Contributors: Beedessee G; Ramanjooloo A; Aubert G; Eloy L; Surnam-Boodhun R; Soest RWMV; Cresteil T; Marie DEP
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Discovery of new hydrothermal activity and chemosynthetic fauna on the Central Indian Ridge at 18°-20° S.

PloS one
2012-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032965
PMID: 22431990
PMC: PMC3303786
Contributors: Nakamura K; Watanabe H; Miyazaki J; Takai K; Kawagucci S; Noguchi T; Nemoto S; Watsuji TO; Matsuzaki T; Shibuya T et al.
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Girish Beedessee via Europe PubMed Central
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