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College of Veterinary Medicine

PVM Directory / Shankar Thangamani

Shankar Thangamani, DVM, PhD

Shankar Thangamani, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor of Microbiology, Section Head, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
625 Harrison Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907

765-494-0763
sthangam@purdue.edu

National Library of Medicine Publications | Thangamani lab

Education

2016 - PhD | Microbiology and Immunology, Purdue University
2009 - DVM | Madras Veterinary College, India

Experience

2025–Present | Associate Professor of Microbiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2021–2025 | Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2017–2021 | Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Midwestern University, AZ

Areas of Interest

  • Candida auris-Skin Interactions
  • Host-Fungal Interfaces

Selected Publications

  • Das D, Ganesh S, Mishra A, Natea M, and Thangamani S. The Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candida auris Induces IFNγ to Colonize the Skin. PLOS Pathogens (2025)
  • Balakumar A, Das D, Datta A, Bryak G, Ganesh S, Mishra A, Natea M, Kumar V, Lionakis MS, Arora D, Thimmapuram J and Thangamani S. Single-Cell Transcriptomics Unveils Skin Cell Specific Antifungal Immune Response and IL-1Ra-IL-1R Immune Evasion Strategies of Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candida auris. PLOS Pathogens (2024)
  • Balakumar A, Cox A, Thangamani S. Cell aggregation mediated by ACE2 deletion in Candida auris modulates fungal colonization and host immune responses in the skin. mSphere (2024)
  • Shivarathri R, Chauhan M, Datta A, Das D, Karuli A, Aptekmann A, Jenull S, Kuchler K, Thangamani S, Chowdhary A, Desai JV, Chauhan N. The Candida auris Hog1 MAP kinase is essential for the colonization of murine skin and intradermal persistence. mBio (2024)
  • Towns K, Datta A, and Thangamani S. Intradermal infection and dissemination of Candida auris in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mouse models. Microbiology Spectrum (2024)
  • Bryak G, Cox A, Lionakis MS and Thangamani S. Yeast and filamentous Candida auris stimulate distinct immune responses in the skin. mSphere (2024)
  • Balakumar A, Bernstein D and Thangamani S. The adhesin SCF1 mediates Candida auris Colonization. Trends in Microbiology (2023)
  • Carty J, Chowdhary A, Bernstein D* and Thangamani S. Tools and Techniques to Identify, Study and Control Candida auris Colonization. PLOS Pathogens (2023)
  • Datta A, Das D, Nett J, Vyas J, Lionakis MS and Thangamani S. Differential Skin Immune Responses in Mice Intradermally Infected with Candida auris and Candida albicans. Microbiology Spectrum (2023)
  • Das D, HogenEsch H and Thangamani S. Intestinal colonization with Candida auris and mucosal immune response in mice treated with cefoperazone oral antibiotic. Frontiers in Immunology (2023)
  • Tharp B, Zheng R, Bryak G, Litvintseva A, Hayden M, Chowdhary A and Thangamani S. Role of Microbiota in the Skin Colonization of Candida auris. mSphere (2023)
  • Sonia Villa, Mohammad Hamideh, Anthony Weinstock, Mohammad N Qasim, Tony R Hazbun, Adnane Sellam, Aaron D Hernday, Thangamani S. Transcriptional control of hyphal morphogenesis in Candida albicans. FEMS Yeast Research (2018)
  • Gutierrez D, Weinstock A, Antharam VC, Gu H, Jasbi P, Shi X, Dirks B, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Maldonado J, Guinan J, Thangamani S. Antibiotic-induced gut metabolome and microbiome alterations increase the susceptibility to Candida albicans colonization in the gastrointestinal tract. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2018)