Rajeevkumar Raveendran Nair

About

Currently, Core Manager/Researcher at the Viral Vector Core (VVC), Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience/CNC, NTNU. Viral Vector Core

PhD in Biotechnology from Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Kerala, India. Thesis title: ‘Structure-Function relationships in the interactions between Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase type II (CaMKII) and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) subunits’. After PhD, I joined Bramham group, UiB, Norway as Post Doctoral Fellow/Researcher (2006-2010, studying the post-translational modifications of another memory-associated protein Arc/Arg3.1). Later, I joined Tashiro group (2010-2013, investigating the role of NMDA receptors in adult-neurogenesis) and Kentros group (2013-2018, developing cell type-specific viral vectors) at Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience/CNC, NTNU as Post Doctoral Fellow/Researcher. Google scholar profile

Passionate in understanding the secrets of brain, interested in creating novel molecular tools, and designing & creating viral vectors to deliver genes inside the cells in a petriplate to complex mammalian brains. A Science enthusiast interested in writing blogs for communicating Science to general audience. Scientific blogs

Management Committee member representing Norway for COST Action (CA21113- Genome Editing to Treat Humans Diseases).

Publications

2024

Courcelles, Erik Justin; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Convertino, Laura; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Witter, Menno Peter; Nigro, Maximiliano Jose. (2024) Association cortical areas in the mouse contain a large population of fast-spiking GABAergic neurons that do not express parvalbumin. European Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
Potenza, Maria Letizia; Blankvoort, Stefan Matthias Adriaan; Carvalho, Miguel; Grimstvedt, Joachim Schweder; Maria, Valentina Di; Moan, Kristian Magnus. (2024) Generation of an enhancer-driven gene expression viral tool specific to dentate granule cell-types through direct hippocampal injection. Frontiers in Neuroscience
Academic article

2023

Courcelles, Erik Justin; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Convertino, Laura; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Witter, Menno Peter; Nigro, Maximiliano Jose. (2023) Association cortical areas in the mouse contain a large population of fast-spiking GABAergic neurons that do not express parvalbumin. BioRxiv
Academic article
Grimstvedt, Joachim Schweder; Shelton, Andrew M; Hoerder-Suabedissen, Anna; Oliver, David K; Berndtsson, Christin Høiberget; Blankvoort, Stefan Matthias Adriaan. (2023) A multifaceted architectural framework of the mouse claustrum complex. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir; Battistin, Claudia; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Bjorkli, Christiana; Skender, Belma; Kentros, Clifford George. (2023) Lowering levels of reelin in entorhinal cortex layer II-neurons results in lowered levels of intracellular amyloid-β. Brain Communications
Academic article

2022

Nigro, Maximiliano Jose; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Convertino, Laura; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Witter, Menno. (2022) Enrichment of specific GABAergic neuronal types in the mouse perirhinal cortex. BioRxiv
Academic article
Jacobsen, R. Irene; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Obenhaus, Horst-Andreas; Donato, Flavio; Slettmoen, Torstein; Moser, May-Britt. (2022) All-viral tracing of monosynaptic inputs to single birthdate-defined neurons in the intact brain. Cell Reports Methods
Academic article
Bauer, Ulrich Stefan; Fiskum, Vegard; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Wijdeven, Rosanne Francisca van de; Kentros, Clifford; Sandvig, Ioanna. (2022) Validation of Functional Connectivity of Engineered Neuromuscular Junction With Recombinant Monosynaptic Pseudotyped ΔG-Rabies Virus Tracing. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Academic article

2021

Ohara, Shinya; Blankvoort, Stefan; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Nigro, Maximiliano Jose; Nilssen, Eirik Stamland; Kentros, Clifford. (2021) Local projections of layer Vb-to-Va are more prominent in lateral than in medial entorhinal cortex. eLIFE
Academic article
Nigro, Maximiliano Jose; Kirikae, Hinaco; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Witter, Menno P.. (2021) Not All That Is Gold Glitters: PV-IRES-Cre Mouse Line Shows Low Efficiency of Labeling of Parvalbumin Interneurons in the Perirhinal Cortex. Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Academic article
Nigro, Maximiliano Jose; Kirikae, Hinako; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Witter, Menno. (2021) Not all that is gold glitters: PV-IRES-Cre mouse line shows low efficiency of labeling of parvalbumin interneurons in the perirhinal cortex. BioRxiv
Academic article
Åmellem, Ingrid; Yovianto, Glen; Chong, Hai Tarng; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Cnops, Vanja; Thanawalla, Ayesha. (2021) Role of NMDA receptors in adult neurogenesis and normal development of the dentate gyrus. eNeuro
Academic article

2020

Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Blankvoort, Stefan; Lagartos, Maria Jose Donate; Kentros, Clifford. (2020) Enhancer-Driven Gene Expression (EDGE) Enables the Generation of Viral Vectors Specific to Neuronal Subtypes. iScience
Academic article
Madhavan, Mayadevi; G.Mohanan, Archana; Jacob, Reena Sarah; Gunasekaran, Sowmya; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; V, Omkumar Ramakrishnapillai. (2020) Glu60 of α-Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II mediates crosstalk between the regulatory T-site and protein substrate binding region of the active site. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Academic article

2019

Bauer, Ulrich Stefan; Wijdeven, Rosanne Francisca van de; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Fiskum, Vegard; Kentros, Clifford; Sandvig, Ioanna. (2019) Modelling functional human neuromuscular junctions in a differentially-perturbable microfluidic environment, validated through recombinant monosynaptic pseudotyped ΔG-rabies virus tracing. BioRxiv
Academic article

2018

Nilssen, Eirik Stamland; Jacobsen, Bente; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Fjeld, Gunhild; Blankvoort, Stefan; Kentros, Clifford. (2018) Inhibitory Connectivity Dominates the Fan Cell Network in Layer II of Lateral Entorhinal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Chandrika, Arunkumar Renganathan; Steephan, Mathew; Devi, Suma Priya Sudarsana; Kumar, Mantosh; Paul, Soumya. (2018) A simple end-point assay for calcium channel activity. Cell Calcium
Academic article

2017

Myrum, Craig; Soule, Jonathan; Bittins, Margarethe; Cavagnini, Kyle; Goff, Kevin; Ziemek, Silje Karina. (2017) Arc interacts with the integral endoplasmic reticulum protein, calnexin. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Academic article
Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Patil, Sudarshan; Tiron, Adrian; Kanhema, Tambudzai; Panja, Debabrata; Schiro, Lars Erik. (2017) Dynamic Arc SUMOylation and selective interaction with F-actin-binding protein Drebrin A in LTP consolidation in vivo. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
Academic article

2015

Hall, Malgorzata H.; Magalska, Adriana; Malinowska, Monika; Ruszczycki, Blazej; Czaban, Iwona; Patel, Satyam. (2015) Localization and regulation of PML bodies in the adult mouse brain. Brain Structure and Function
Academic article

2010

Bramham, Clive R. Evjen; Alme, Maria Nordheim; Bittins, Margarethe; Kuipers, Sjoukje; Nair, Rajeevkumar R; Pai, Balagopal Sreenivasa. (2010) The Arc of synaptic memory. Experimental Brain Research
Academic literature review

2009

Bramham, Clive R. Evjen; Panja, Debabrata; Tiron, Adrian; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Wibrand, Karin; Kuipers, S. (2009) Arc/Arg3.1 synthesis and control of LTp consolidation in the adult dentate gyrus in vivo. European Neuropsychopharmacology
Abstract
Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Devi, Suma Priya Sudarsana; Madhavan, Mayadevi; Mathew, Steephan; R., Santhoshkumar Thankayyan; John, Cheriyan. (2009) Phosphorylation status of the NR2B subunit of NMDA receptor regulates its interaction with calcium/calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase II. Journal of Neurochemistry
Academic article

Journal publications

Courcelles, Erik Justin; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Convertino, Laura; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Witter, Menno Peter; Nigro, Maximiliano Jose. (2024) Association cortical areas in the mouse contain a large population of fast-spiking GABAergic neurons that do not express parvalbumin. European Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
Potenza, Maria Letizia; Blankvoort, Stefan Matthias Adriaan; Carvalho, Miguel; Grimstvedt, Joachim Schweder; Maria, Valentina Di; Moan, Kristian Magnus. (2024) Generation of an enhancer-driven gene expression viral tool specific to dentate granule cell-types through direct hippocampal injection. Frontiers in Neuroscience
Academic article
Courcelles, Erik Justin; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Convertino, Laura; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Witter, Menno Peter; Nigro, Maximiliano Jose. (2023) Association cortical areas in the mouse contain a large population of fast-spiking GABAergic neurons that do not express parvalbumin. BioRxiv
Academic article
Grimstvedt, Joachim Schweder; Shelton, Andrew M; Hoerder-Suabedissen, Anna; Oliver, David K; Berndtsson, Christin Høiberget; Blankvoort, Stefan Matthias Adriaan. (2023) A multifaceted architectural framework of the mouse claustrum complex. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir; Battistin, Claudia; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Bjorkli, Christiana; Skender, Belma; Kentros, Clifford George. (2023) Lowering levels of reelin in entorhinal cortex layer II-neurons results in lowered levels of intracellular amyloid-β. Brain Communications
Academic article
Nigro, Maximiliano Jose; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Convertino, Laura; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Witter, Menno. (2022) Enrichment of specific GABAergic neuronal types in the mouse perirhinal cortex. BioRxiv
Academic article
Jacobsen, R. Irene; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Obenhaus, Horst-Andreas; Donato, Flavio; Slettmoen, Torstein; Moser, May-Britt. (2022) All-viral tracing of monosynaptic inputs to single birthdate-defined neurons in the intact brain. Cell Reports Methods
Academic article
Bauer, Ulrich Stefan; Fiskum, Vegard; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Wijdeven, Rosanne Francisca van de; Kentros, Clifford; Sandvig, Ioanna. (2022) Validation of Functional Connectivity of Engineered Neuromuscular Junction With Recombinant Monosynaptic Pseudotyped ΔG-Rabies Virus Tracing. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Academic article
Ohara, Shinya; Blankvoort, Stefan; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Nigro, Maximiliano Jose; Nilssen, Eirik Stamland; Kentros, Clifford. (2021) Local projections of layer Vb-to-Va are more prominent in lateral than in medial entorhinal cortex. eLIFE
Academic article
Nigro, Maximiliano Jose; Kirikae, Hinaco; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Witter, Menno P.. (2021) Not All That Is Gold Glitters: PV-IRES-Cre Mouse Line Shows Low Efficiency of Labeling of Parvalbumin Interneurons in the Perirhinal Cortex. Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Academic article
Nigro, Maximiliano Jose; Kirikae, Hinako; Kjelsberg, Kasper; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Witter, Menno. (2021) Not all that is gold glitters: PV-IRES-Cre mouse line shows low efficiency of labeling of parvalbumin interneurons in the perirhinal cortex. BioRxiv
Academic article
Åmellem, Ingrid; Yovianto, Glen; Chong, Hai Tarng; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Cnops, Vanja; Thanawalla, Ayesha. (2021) Role of NMDA receptors in adult neurogenesis and normal development of the dentate gyrus. eNeuro
Academic article
Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Blankvoort, Stefan; Lagartos, Maria Jose Donate; Kentros, Clifford. (2020) Enhancer-Driven Gene Expression (EDGE) Enables the Generation of Viral Vectors Specific to Neuronal Subtypes. iScience
Academic article
Madhavan, Mayadevi; G.Mohanan, Archana; Jacob, Reena Sarah; Gunasekaran, Sowmya; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; V, Omkumar Ramakrishnapillai. (2020) Glu60 of α-Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II mediates crosstalk between the regulatory T-site and protein substrate binding region of the active site. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Academic article
Bauer, Ulrich Stefan; Wijdeven, Rosanne Francisca van de; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Fiskum, Vegard; Kentros, Clifford; Sandvig, Ioanna. (2019) Modelling functional human neuromuscular junctions in a differentially-perturbable microfluidic environment, validated through recombinant monosynaptic pseudotyped ΔG-rabies virus tracing. BioRxiv
Academic article
Nilssen, Eirik Stamland; Jacobsen, Bente; Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Fjeld, Gunhild; Blankvoort, Stefan; Kentros, Clifford. (2018) Inhibitory Connectivity Dominates the Fan Cell Network in Layer II of Lateral Entorhinal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Chandrika, Arunkumar Renganathan; Steephan, Mathew; Devi, Suma Priya Sudarsana; Kumar, Mantosh; Paul, Soumya. (2018) A simple end-point assay for calcium channel activity. Cell Calcium
Academic article
Myrum, Craig; Soule, Jonathan; Bittins, Margarethe; Cavagnini, Kyle; Goff, Kevin; Ziemek, Silje Karina. (2017) Arc interacts with the integral endoplasmic reticulum protein, calnexin. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Academic article
Raveendran, Rajeevkumar Nair; Patil, Sudarshan; Tiron, Adrian; Kanhema, Tambudzai; Panja, Debabrata; Schiro, Lars Erik. (2017) Dynamic Arc SUMOylation and selective interaction with F-actin-binding protein Drebrin A in LTP consolidation in vivo. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
Academic article
Hall, Malgorzata H.; Magalska, Adriana; Malinowska, Monika; Ruszczycki, Blazej; Czaban, Iwona; Patel, Satyam. (2015) Localization and regulation of PML bodies in the adult mouse brain. Brain Structure and Function
Academic article
Bramham, Clive R. Evjen; Alme, Maria Nordheim; Bittins, Margarethe; Kuipers, Sjoukje; Nair, Rajeevkumar R; Pai, Balagopal Sreenivasa. (2010) The Arc of synaptic memory. Experimental Brain Research
Academic literature review
Bramham, Clive R. Evjen; Panja, Debabrata; Tiron, Adrian; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Wibrand, Karin; Kuipers, S. (2009) Arc/Arg3.1 synthesis and control of LTp consolidation in the adult dentate gyrus in vivo. European Neuropsychopharmacology
Abstract
Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Devi, Suma Priya Sudarsana; Madhavan, Mayadevi; Mathew, Steephan; R., Santhoshkumar Thankayyan; John, Cheriyan. (2009) Phosphorylation status of the NR2B subunit of NMDA receptor regulates its interaction with calcium/calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase II. Journal of Neurochemistry
Academic article

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