Shivanand Pudakalakatti, Ph.D.
Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Instructor, Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IND, PHD, Chemistry |
| 2009 | Karnatak University, Dharwad, IND, MS, Chemistry |
| 2007 | Karnatak Science College, Dharwad, USA, BS, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics |
Honors & Awards
| 2019 | Postdoctoral Travel Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2018 | Summa Cum Laude (Gold) Merit Award, 26th Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB |
| 2018 | AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards, AACR |
| 2017 | Trainee travel award, at Division of Diagnostic Imaging Annual Trainee Symposium at MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2014 | Ernst-Wuthrich Travel Award, Bruker Biospin |
| 2009 | Second Prize, the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka |
| 2007 | First Prize, Kittel Science College Dharwad |
| 1999 | National Merit scholarship (Rural Students), Government of India |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Sharma G, Enriquez JS, Armijo R, Wang M, Bhattacharya P, Pudakalakatti S. Enhancing Cancer Diagnosis with Real-Time Feedback: Tumor Metabolism through Hyperpolarized 1-13C Pyruvate MRSI. Metabolites 13(5), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37233647.
- McCowan CV, Salmon D, Hu J, Pudakalakatti S, Whiting N, Davis JS, Carson DD, Zacharias NM, Bhattacharya PK, Farach-Carson MC. Post-Acquisition Hyperpolarized 29Silicon Magnetic Resonance Image Processing for Visualization of Colorectal Lesions Using a User-Friendly Graphical Interface. Diagnostics (Basel) 12(3), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35328163.
- Tripathi S, Park JH, Pudakalakatti S, Bhattacharya PK, Kaipparettu BA, Levine H. A mechanistic modeling framework reveals the key principles underlying tumor metabolism. PLoS Comput Biol 18(2):e1009841, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35148308.
- Pudakalakatti S, Titus M, Enriquez JS, Ramachandran S, Zacharias NM, Shureiqi I, Liu Y, Yao JC, Zuo X, Bhattacharya PK. Identifying the Metabolic Signatures of PPARD-Overexpressing Gastric Tumors. Int J Mol Sci 23(3), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35163565.
- Pudakalakatti S, Audia A, Mukhopadhyay A, Enriquez JS, Bourgeois D, Tayob N, Zacharias NM, Millward SW, Carson D, Farach-Carson MC, Lang FF, Heimberger AB, Bhat KP, Bhattacharya PK. NMR Spectroscopy-Based Metabolomics of Platelets to Analyze Brain Tumors. Reports (MDPI) 4(4), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35937580.
- Kim J, Jo D, Yang SH, Joo CG, Whiting N, Pudakalakatti S, Seo H, Son HY, Min SJ, Bhattacharya P, Huh YM, Shim JH, Lee Y. 29Si Isotope-Enriched Silicon Nanoparticles for an Efficient Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance Imaging Probe. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 13(48):56923-56930, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34793118.
- Pudakalakatti S, Enriquez JS, McCowan C, Ramezani S, Davis JS, Zacharias NM, Bourgeois D, Constantinou PE, Harrington DA, Carson D, Farach-Carson MC, Bhattacharya PK. Hyperpolarized MRI with silicon micro and nanoparticles: Principles and applications. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol 13(6):e1722, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33982426.
- Enriquez JS, Chu Y, Pudakalakatti S, Hsieh KL, Salmon D, Dutta P, Millward NZ, Lurie E, Millward S, McAllister F, Maitra A, Sen S, Killary A, Zhang J, Jiang X, Bhattacharya PK, Shams S. Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance and Artificial Intelligence: Frontiers of Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer. JMIR Med Inform 9(6):e26601, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34137725.
- Joseph D, Sukumaran S, Chandra K, Pudakalakatti SM, Dubey A, Singh A, Atreya HS. Rapid nuclear magnetic resonance data acquisition with improved resolution and sensitivity for high-throughput metabolomic analysis. Magn Reson Chem 59(3):300-314, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33030750.
- Jaiswal AR, Liu AJ, Pudakalakatti S, Dutta P, Jayaprakash P, Bartkowiak T, Ager CR, Wang ZQ, Reuben A, Cooper ZA, Ivan C, Ju Z, Nwajei F, Wang J, Davies MA, Davis RE, Wargo JA, Bhattacharya PK, Hong DS, Curran MA. Melanoma Evolves Complete Immunotherapy Resistance through the Acquisition of a Hypermetabolic Phenotype. Cancer Immunol Res 8(11):1365-1380, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32917656.
- Dutta P, Salzillo TC, Pudakalakatti S, Gammon ST, Kaipparettu BA, McAllister F, Wagner S, Frigo DE, Logothetis CJ, Zacharias NM, Bhattacharya PK. Assessing Therapeutic Efficacy in Real-time by Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance Metabolic Imaging. Cells 8(4), 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30978984.
- Zacharias NM, Ornelas A, Lee J, Hu J, Davis JS, Uddin N, Pudakalakatti S, Menter DG, Karam JA, Wood CG, Hawk ET, Kopetz S, Vilar E, Bhattacharya PK, Millward SW. Real-Time Interrogation of Aspirin Reactivity, Biochemistry, and Biodistribution by Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 58(13):4179-4183, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30680862.
- Seo H, Choi I, Whiting N, Hu J, Luu QS, Pudakalakatti S, McCowan C, Kim Y, Zacharias N, Lee S, Bhattacharya P, Lee Y. Hyperpolarized Porous Silicon Nanoparticles: Potential Theragnostic Material for 29 Si Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Chemphyschem 19(17):2143-2147, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29779258.
- Uppangala S, D'Souza F, Pudakalakatti S, Atreya HS, Raval K, Kalthur G, Adiga SK. Laser assisted zona hatching does not lead to immediate impairment in human embryo quality and metabolism. Syst Biol Reprod Med 62(6):396-403, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27598006.
- D'Souza F, Pudakalakatti SM, Uppangala S, Honguntikar S, Salian SR, Kalthur G, Pasricha R, Appajigowda D, Atreya HS, Adiga SK. Unraveling the association between genetic integrity and metabolic activity in pre-implantation stage embryos. Sci Rep 6:37291, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27853269.
- Uppangala S, Pudakalakatti S, D'souza F, Salian SR, Kalthur G, Kumar P, Atreya H, Adiga SK. Influence of sperm DNA damage on human preimplantation embryo metabolism. Reprod Biol 16(3):234-241, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27492188.
- N. Venkateshaa, Shivanand M. Pudakalakattib, Yasrib Qurishic, Hanudatta S. Atreyab and Chandan Srivastava. MnFe2O4–Fe3O4 core–shell nanoparticles as a potential contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.
- SHIVANAND M PUDAKALAKATTI, ABHINAV DUBEY & HANUDATTA S ATREYA. Simultaneous acquisition of three NMR spectra in a single experiment for rapid resonance assignments in metabolomics. Journal of Chemical Sciences 127:1091-1097, 2015.
- Pudakalakatti SM, Chandra K, Thirupathi R, Atreya HS. Rapid characterization of molecular diffusion by NMR spectroscopy. Chemistry 20(48):15719-22, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25331210.
- Pudakalakatti SM, Dubey A, Jaipuria G, Shubhashree U, Adiga SK, Moskau D, Atreya HS. A fast NMR method for resonance assignments: application to metabolomics. J Biomol NMR 58(3):165-73, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24488481.
- Pudakalakatti SM, Uppangala S, D'Souza F, Kalthur G, Kumar P, Adiga SK, Atreya HS. NMR studies of preimplantation embryo metabolism in human assisted reproductive techniques: a new biomarker for assessment of embryo implantation potential. NMR Biomed 26(1):20-7, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22714820.
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