Ritwij Kulkarni
- Faculty
- Graduate Coordinator
- Drs. Roderick & Tina Clark/BORSF Endowed Professorship in The Ray P. Authement College of Sciences for Pre-Professional Advising Center
- 337-482-6263
- ritwij.kulkarni@louisiana.edu
- Wharton Hall, Room 519
Education
PhD Microbial Pathogenesis, 2007
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
MS Microbiology, 1998
MES’ Abasaheb Garware College, University of Pune, Pune, India
BS Microbiology, 1996
MES’ Abasaheb Garware College, University of Pune, Pune, India
Student Research/Collaboration
- Mucosal Immunology
- Inflammasome Biology
- Environmental Exposures (secondhand cigarette smoke)
Publications
- Kulkarni R$, Caskey J, Singh S, Paudel S, Baral P, Schexnayder M*, Kim J, Kim N, Kosmider B, Ratner AJ, Jeyaseelan S. CSE exposed MRSA does not modulate leukocyte recruitment but regulates leukocyte function for persistence in the lungs Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2016 Oct; 55(4):586-601 $Corresponding author
- Amaral FE*, Parker D, Randis TM, Kulkarni R, Prince AS, Shirasu-Hiza MM, Ratner AJ. Rational manipulation of mRNA folding free energy allows rheostat control of pneumolysin production by Streptococcus pneumoniae. PLoSONE 2015 DOI 10.1371
- Paragas N#, Kulkarni R#, Werth M#, Schmidt-Ott KM#, Forster C, Deng R, Zhang Q, Singer E, Klose AD, Shen TH, Francis KP, Ray S, Vijayakumar S, Seward S, Bovino ME, Xu K, Takabe Y, Mohan S, Wax R, Corbin K, Sanna-Cherchi S, Mori K, Johnson L, Nickolas T, D’Agati V, Lin C-S, Payne S, Qiu A, Al-Awqati Q, Ratner AJ and Barasch J. The α-Intercalated Cell Defends the Urinary System from Bacterial Infection. J Clin Invest. 2014 Jul; 124(7): 2963-76. # equal contribution.
- Leissinger M, Kulkarni R, Zemans RL, Downey GP, Jeyaseelan S Investigating the role of NOD-like receptors in bacterial lung infections. Review Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Jun; 189(12):1461-8.
- Kulkarni R, Jeyaseelan S Strangers with candy: policing the lungs with C-type lectins. Invited editorial. J Leukoc biol 2013;94(3):387-9