Dr. Reuben Sunil Kumar Sharma

 

E-mail	:	reuben@vet.upm.edu.my
Telephone	:	603-89468058
Field of expertise	:	Molecular Parasitology
Teaching	:	VPK 3311   -  Veterinary Parasitology I VPK 3312   -  Veterinary Parasitology II VPK 3700   -  Introductory Clinic I VPK 3701   -  Introductory Clinic II
Research interest	:	Molecular and cell biology of parasitic protozoa Phylogenetics and systematics of tropical parasites Tropical wildlife diseases Wildlife ecology and conservation genetics
Current research	:	Surface glycoproteins and antigenic variation in Trypanosoma evansi Phylogenomics and meiotic recombination in trypanosomatids Mitotic chromatid cohesion and chromosome dynamics in T.  brucei Diseases of reptiles in the tropics Molecular and morphological systematics of Malaysian parasitofauna Remote and non-invasive DNA sampling for wildlife conservation genetics
Selected publications	:	El-Sayed, N. M. et al. (2005). The genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease. Science. 309(5733):409-415. Ganapathy, K. and Sharma, R.S.K (2003). Cheilospirura species (gizzard worm) infection in battery-caged commercial layer chickens. Veterinary Record. 153(23):716-717. Sharma, R.S.K, Rigby, M.C., Sumita, S., Sani, R.A, Vidyadaran, M.K., Jasni, S. and Dailey, M.D. (2002). Redescription of Serpinema octorugatum Baylis, 1933) (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from the Malayan box turtle Cuora amboinensis (Daudin) (Chelonia: Bataguridae). Systematic Parasitology. 53(1):19-28. Mohd. Azlan, J., Sharma, R.S.K. and Zakaria, M. (2000). Species diversity and relative abundance of understorey bats at Air  Hitam Forest Reserve, Selangor, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal. 54(1):49-55. Sharma, R.S.K., Vidyadaran,  M.K., Zulkifli, I., Mohd Azlan, J., Sumita S, Azilah, A.J. and Ho, O.K. (1999). Ecomorphological implications of the microstructures on the tongue of the Fawn Round-leaf Bat, Hipposideros cervinus (Chiroptera : Hipposideridae). Australian Journal of Zoology. 47:405-409. Sharma, R.S.K., Sharma, D.S.K. and Vidyadaran, M.K. (1999). Amblyomma geoemydae (Acari: Ixodidae) collected off Asian Brown Tortoises, Manouria emys from Terengganu, Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine. 16(1): 43-47. Sharma, R.S.K., Vidyadaran, M.K., and Mohd Azlan, J. (1998). Amblyomma geoemydae (Acari: Ixodidae) parasite of the Spiny Hill Turtle, Heosemys spinosa. Journal Veterinar Malaysia.  10(2):85. Vidyadaran, M.K., Sharma, R.S.K., Sumita, S, Zulkifli, I. and Razeem-Mazlan, A. (1998). Male genital organs and accessory glands of the Lesser Mousedeer (Tragulus javanicus). Journal of Mammalogy. 80(1). 199-204. Sharma, R.S.K., Vidyadaran, M.K., Mohd Azlan, J., Sumita, S., Shanti, G. Azila, J. and Ho. O. K. (1997). Scanning electron microscopic observations on the dorsal lingual surface of the Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat, Cynopterus brachyotis Megachiroptera, Pteropoididae): adaptations to frugivory. Journal Veterinar Malaysia. 9(2):67-77. Sharma, R.S.K., Vidyadaran, M.K., Sumita, S. and Razeem-Mazlan, A. (1996). Morphological adaptations of the muzzle and anterior dentition of the Lesser Mousedeer (Tragulus javanicus) in relation to its dietary preferences. Journal Veterinar Malaysia. 8(2):57-62