Expertise at Chang Gung System

Rajendra Prasad Janapatla , Ph.D
Intitution:Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, LinKou
Position: Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Department: Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Department of Medicine Research
Address:12L, Pediatric Research Center, No. 5, FuShing Str. GuieShan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Tel: 03-3281200 ext 8284 Fax: 03-3286210
E-mail: janapatla.raj@gmail.com

Focus of Interest:
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pediatric Medicine
  • Medical Laboratory Technology

Fulltime Employment:
  •  Post Doctoral Fellow (3/2009 – Current date) Molecular Infectious Diseases Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
  •  University of Calgary -- Department of Life Science, post-doctoral fellow, Alberta, Canada, during 1999-2002.
  • Post Doctoral Fellow (1/2006-2/2009) Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Education:
  •  Ph.D. in Microbiology/Genetics (5/2002-7/2005) Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University Departments at the Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Project Research Fellow – Toxicology Department (4/2000-4/2002) Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad, Telangana, India .
  • MSc - Environmental Science and Technology (1/1998-1/2000) JNTU, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • BSc – Botany, Zoology and Chemistry (7/1994-1/1998) Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Honors & Awards:
 1.  North –South Dialogue PhD Research Scholarship (5/2002-7/2005) OeAD - Österreichischer Austauschdienst University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Selected Publications:
  1. Janapatla RP, Hsu M-H, Hsieh Y-C, Lee H-Y, Lin T-Y, C-H Chiu. Necrotizing pneumonia caused by nanC-carrying serotypes is associated with pneumococcal hemolytic uremic syndrome in Children. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 May;19(5):480-6. 
  2. Janapatla RP, Chang HJ, Hsu MH, Hsieh YC, Lin TY, Chiu CH. Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Alloiococcus otitidis in young children in the era of pneumococcal immunization in Taiwan. Scand J Infect Dis. 2011 Dec;43(11-12):937-42.
  3. Siller M, Janapatla RP, Pirzada ZA, Hassler C, Zinkl D and Charpentier E. Functional analysis of the group A streptococcal luxS/AI-2 system in metabolism, adaptation to stress and interaction with host cells. BMC Microbiology 2008, 8(1):188.
  4. Wu HM, Janapatla RP, Ho YR, Hung KH, Wu CW, Yan JJ, Wu JJ. Emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in group B streptococcal isolates in Taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008, 52(5): 1888-1890.
  5. Janapatla RP, Yan JJ, Huang AH, Chen HM, Wu HM, Wu JJ. Inducible clindamycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing bacteremia at a university hospital in southern Taiwan. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007, 58 (2): 203-209.
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