Punyasloke Bhadury
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Geosciences
M45 Guyot Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

Phone: (609) 258-6294
E-Mail: pbhadury@princeton.edu

EDUCATION 
2002-2005 Ph.D. Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, U.K. 
2001-2002 M.Sc. (Distinction) MRDP, Heriot Watt University, U.K. 
1997-2000 B.Sc. (Honours) Botany, University of Calcutta, India 

RESEARCH INTERESTS 
Investigating phytoplankton functional diversity using molecular approaches, molecular ecology, biotechnology  

PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED) 
1. Bhadury P, Austen MC, Bilton DT, Lambshead PJD, Rogers AD, Smerdon GR (2006) Exploitation of archived marine nematodes- a hot lysis DNA extraction protocol for molecular studies. (in press, Zoologica Scripta)

2. Bhadury P, Austen MC, Bilton DT, Lambshead PJD, Rogers AD, Smerdon GR (2006) Development and evaluation of a DNA-barcoding approach for rapid identification of nematodes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 320: 1-9

3. Bhadury P, Austen MC, Bilton DT, Lambshead PJD, Rogers AD, Smerdon GR (2006) Molecular detection of marine nematodes in environmental samples: overcoming eukaryotic interference.Aquatic Microbial Ecology 44: 97-103

4. Bhadury P, Mohammad BT, Wright PC (2006) The current status of natural products from marine fungi and their potential as anti-infective agents. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 33: 325-337

5. Bhadury P, Austen MC, Bilton DT, Lambshead PJD, Rogers AD, Smerdon GR (2005) Combined morphological and molecular analysis of individual nematodes through short-term preservation in formalin. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 965-968

6. Cook AA, Bhadury P, Debenham NJ, Meldal BHM, Blaxter ML, Smerdon GR, Austen MC, Lambshead PJD, Rogers AD (2005) Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) as a tool for identification of marine nematodes. Marine Ecology Progess Series 291: 103-113

7. Bhadury P, Wright PC (2004) Exploitation of marine algae: biogenic compounds for potential antifouling applications. Planta 219: 561-578