Academic / Professional Achievements

Publications – Books Chapters Published

1. Roy S. C. and Divyashree B. C. 2014. Biomarkers of male fertility. In training Compendium of ICAR Sponsored Winter School on “Advanced concepts and techniques to augment reproduction in livestock” held at ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition & Physiology, Adugodi, Bengalurue-560030 from 12 Nov-2 Dec, 2014. pp 114-117.
2. Roy S. C. and Divyashree B. C. 2014. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of proteins: principles and applications. In training Compendium of ICAR Sponsored Winter School on “Advanced concepts and techniques to augment reproduction in livestock” held at ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition & Physiology, Adugodi, Bengalurue-560030 from 12 Nov-2 Dec, 2014. pp 177-181.

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Paper Publications

1. Divyashree B. C., Roy S. C., Gurupriya V. S. 2019. Asthenozoospermic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) sperm tail is associated with lower expression of tektin-2 and SPAG6 and higher expression of specific tyrosine phosphorylated proteins. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences, 7:86-94.
2. Divyashree B. C. and Roy S. C. 2018. Species-specific and differential expression of BSP-5 and its variants in normozoospermic and asthenozoospermic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and cattle (Bos taurus) seminal plasma. Theriogenology, 106: 279-286.
3. Gurupriya V. S., Roy S. C., Javaaji P. K., Dhali A., Badami S., Rahim F., Divyashree B.C., Panda A. P. 2018. Expression of ADAMTS10 in male reproductive tract of buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Theriogenology, 81: 396-402.
4. Rana M., Roy S.C. and Divyashree B.C. 2017. Sperm antioxidant defences decrease during epididymal transit from caput to cauda in parallel with increases in epididymal fluid in the goat (Capra hircus). Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 29: 1708-1719.
5. Varghese T., Divyashree B. C., Roy S. C., Roy K. S. 2016. Loss of heat shock protein from apical region of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) sperm head after freezing and thawing. Theriogenology, 85: 828-834.
6. Kar S., Divyashree B.C., Roy S. C. 2015. Temporal leakage of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase and loss of two low molecular weight forms of glutathione peroxidase-1 from buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) sperm after freezing and thawing. Theriogenology, 83: 512-519.
7. Gurupriya V. S., Divyashree B.C., Roy S. C. 2014. Cryogenic changes in proteases and anti-protease activities of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and cattle (Bos taurus) semen. Theriogenology, 81: 396-402.
8. Panda A. P., Roy S. C., Sakhare D. T.,Badami S., Divyashree B. C.,Gurupriya V. S. and Dhali A. 2019. Reduced cytochrome oxidase activity and increased proteintyrosine phosphorylation of mitochondria-rich fractions of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) spermatozoa after a cycle of freezing and thawing. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, doi. 10.1071, RD 18502.

Papers Published in the Conference / Symposium Proceedings

1. Divyashree B.C., Roy S.C., Sakhare D. T., Gurupriya V. S, Panda A. P. 2019. “Higher expression of MENT, a novel motility-associated protein and GRP78 and lower expression of AKAP4 in asthenozoospermic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) spermatozoa” at 7th Pan Commonwealth Veterinary Conference on ‘ The role of veterinarians in addressing the global challenges to the lives of our pets, livestock, wildlife, humans and our environment’ from March 3-7, 2019 in ICAR-NIANP, Bengaluru, India (Poster presentation)
2. Divyashree B.C., Roy S.C. and Panda A. P. 2017. “Molecular characterization and identification of motility-associated proteins in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) spermatozoa” at Society of Veterinary Biochemists and Biotechnologists of India on 2nd and 3rd June, 2017 held in Bengaluru Veterinary College, Bengaluru. (Oral presentation)
3. Divyashree B.C and Roy S.C. 2016. “Differential expression of BSP-5 and its variants in normozoospermic and asthenozoospermic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) seminal plasma: TIMP-2, a binding partner of BSP-5” at 85th annual meeting of ‘Society of Biological Chemists (India)’  on ‘Innovations in Biological Research in health and diseases’ from November 21-24, 2016 held in CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, India (Poster presentation)
4. Panda A. P., Roy S.C., Divyashree B. C., Dhali A., Badami S., Gurupriya V. S. 2019. Cryopreservation-associated molecular changes in nuclear proteins of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) sperm. In compendium of abstracts of 7th Pan Commonwealth Veterinary Conference on “The role of veterinarians in addressing the global challenges to the lives of our pets, livestock, wildlife, humans and our environment” from March 3-7, 2019 in ICAR-NIANP, Bengaluru, India.
5. Javaaji P. K., Dhali A., Roy S. C., Divyashree B. C., Kolte A. P., Roy K. S., Mech A. 2017. High level expression and purification of an immunogenic recombinant buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) from inclusion bodies of Escherichia coli. In compendium of abstracts of “XIII Agricultural Science Congress (India) on Climate smart agriculture” held at University of Agricutural Sciences, Bengaluru from February 21-24, 2017. Abstract No. B363. Section: adaptation to climate change.
6. Roy S. C., Divyashree B. C., Dhali A., Roy K. S. 2015.  Aberrant expression of CatSper3 ion channel proteins in asthenozoospermic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) spermatozoa. In compendium of abstracts of 25th Annual Meeting of the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility (ISSRF) and International Conference on Reproductive Health held at Nehru Centre, Mumbai, from 14-17 February, 2015. Abstract No. PP-33, Page No. 118.
7. Roy S. C., Divyashree B. C., Gurupriya V. S., Dhali A., Roy K. S. 2014. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2): a possible biomarker of motility for buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) semen. In compendium of abstracts of “83rd Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists (India) on Evolution: Molecules to Life” held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha from 18-21st Dec, 2014. Abstract No. P-12-004. Section: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology.

Research 

Junior Research Fellow in DBT project “ Molecular cloning and characterization of buffalo sperm Catsper and few other fertility associated proteins for development of a fertility assay to screen sub-fertile buffalo bull semen” at ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology Adugodi, Bengaluru- 560030 from 2012-2015

Conferences/ Workshops / Seminars/ Workshops – Organized

1. Symposium on ‘Nanotechnology- fundamentals, applications and commercialization’ at Ramaiah college of arts, science and commerce on 19 th September, 2019 from Department of Microbiology
2. Workshop on ‘flow cytometry’ from Department of Microbiology, Ramaiah college of arts, science and commerce