Tantirimudalige, Sarala

Degrees

Ph.D. in Life Sciences (2021), awarded by National University of Singapore
M.S. in Analytical Chemistry (2015), awarded by University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
B.S. in Computational Chemistry (2011), awarded by University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Research Interests

Dr. Tantirimudalige’s research interests revolve around life science, fluorescence microscopy, virology, chemistry and computational chemistry along with computer science.

Selected Publications

• Tantirimudalige, S. N.; Raghuvamsi, P. V.; Sharma, K. K.; Wei Bao, J. C.; Anand, G. S.; Wohland, T. The Ganglioside GM1a Functions as a Coreceptor/ Attachment Factor for Dengue Virus during Infection. J. Biol. Chem. 2022, 102570.
• Tantirimudalige, S.; Buckley, T. S. C.; Chandramohan, A.; Richter, R. M.; Ziegler, C.; Anand, G. S. Hyperosmotic Stress Allosterically Reconfigures Betaine Binding Pocket in BetP. J. Mol. Biol. 2022, 167747.
• Sharma, K. K.; Lim, X.-X.; Tantirimudalige, S. N.; Gupta, A.; Marzinek, J. K.; Holdbrook, D.; Lim, X. Y. E.; Bond, P. J.; Anand, G. S.; Wohland, T. Infectivity of Dengue Virus Serotypes 1 and 2 Is Correlated with EProtein Intrinsic Dynamics but Not to Envelope Conformations. Structure 2019.
• Zhao, P.; Teng, X.; Tantirimudalige, S. N.; Nishikawa, M.; Wohland, T.; Toyama, Y.; Motegi, F. Aurora-A Breaks Symmetry in Contractile Actomyosin Networks Independently of Its Role in Centrosome Maturation. Dev. Cell 2019, 48 (5), 631–645.e6.
• Sharma, K. K.; Marzinek, J. K.; Tantirimudalige, S. N.; Bond, P. J.; Wohland, T. Single-Molecule Studies of Flavivirus Envelope Dynamics: Experiment and Computation. Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 2018.