Résumé · Sriram Gummadi
CURRICULUM VITAE · UPDATED 2026

Sriram Gummadi

Bioinformatics Researcher · Computational Biologist · Cancer Genomics & Data Science

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2023 to present

PhD in Bioinformatics

La Trobe University · Melbourne, Australia

2017 to 2019

Master of Data Analytics

Deakin University · Melbourne, Australia

FIRST AUTHOR AND CO FIRST AUTHOR PUBLICATIONS
CO AUTHOR PUBLICATIONS
SUBMITTED, IN REVIEW AND IN PREPARATION
  • Rebuttal: The protective effect of exercise on breast cancer progression is mediated by extracellular vesicles.
  • In review: Pulsed priming with the FAK inhibitor narmafotinib enhances chemotherapy response in pancreatic cancer.
  • In review: Apoptotic bodies from patients with Sjogren's disease drive atypical memory B cell and macrophage activation.
  • In preparation: An omics based approach to elucidate EV biogenesis and secretion genes in cancer progression.
  • In preparation: Physical coherence and network analysis reveal ubiquitin ligase NEDD4 as a regulator of extracellular vesicle biogenesis.
  • In preparation: Tumour extracellular vesicles CNTN1 promote cancer associated cachexia through Notch signalling.
  • In preparation: Caspases 3 and 7 regulate basal extracellular vesicle biogenesis through degradation of proteasomal subunits.
  • In preparation: Proteomics analysis of 3T3 L1 adipocytes treated with atrophy inducing cancer cell derived factors.
  • In preparation: Dietary and probiotic extracellular vesicles from milk and yogurt regulate cancer progression upon oral administration.
COLLABORATIONS
  • Prof. Sharad Kumar, University of South Australia
  • Prof. Paul Timpson, Garvan Institute
  • Prof. Mark Febbraio, Monash University
  • A/Prof. Naiyang Fu, University of Melbourne
  • Dr Rahul Sanwlani, University of Surrey
  • Dr Thanh Kha Phan, La Trobe University
CONFERENCES
2025

Oral presentation and Early Career Researcher Award finalist, ANZSEV, Wellington.

2025

Oral presentation, ISEV, Vienna.

2024

Oral presentation, LIMS EMCR Symposium, Melbourne.

2024

Two poster presentations, ISEV, Melbourne.

2023

Best Oral Presentation, 22nd INCOB, Brisbane.

2023

Oral presentation, SABE First Year Fest, Melbourne.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Early Career Researcher Award finalist, ANZSEV 2025.
  • LIMS Miller HDR Travel Award, La Trobe University, 2025.
  • ECR Travel Award, ANZSEV 2025.
  • SABE HDR Travel Award, La Trobe University, 2024.
  • Best Oral Presentation, INCOB 2023.
  • Full Fee Research Scholarship and Postgraduate Research Scholarship, La Trobe University, 2023.
TEACHING AND MENTORING
  • Bioinformatics demonstrator, La Trobe University, 2023 to 2026.
  • Mentored a Master's by Research student to completion with H1.
  • Research Assistant, University of Queensland.
  • LIMS EMCR Organising Committee and Workshops Subcommittee, 2023 to 2024.
  • Executive member, La Trobe University BioChem Society, 2023 to present.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  • International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV)
  • Australia and New Zealand Society of Extracellular Vesicles (ANZSEV)
  • Research Centre for Extracellular Vesicles, La Trobe University
  • Student Network on Extracellular Vesicles (SNEV)
  • American Association of Extracellular Vesicles (AAEV)
WORKSHOPS
  • Deconvoluting bulk RNA seq, Single R, 2025
  • PyDESeq2 differential expression analysis, 2025
  • Machine Learning in Bioinformatics, 2025
  • Single Cell Transcriptomics, 2024
  • Spatial Transcriptomics, 2024
  • Protein Modelling, Targeted Drug Design and Mutation Insights, 2024
  • Quantum Machine Learning, 2023
  • Advanced R for Bioinformatics, 2023
REFEREES
  • Prof. Suresh Mathivanan, La Trobe University
  • Dr Pamali Fonseka, La Trobe University
  • Professional references available upon request.