Dr. G. Seghal Kiran
About
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Dr. G. Seghal Kiran is a distinguished researcher specializing in food system microbiomes, metagenomics, and antimicrobial resistance. During the EMBO fellowship (2011) at the Microbial Genomics Research Unit, University College Cork, Ireland, Dr. Kiran developed high-throughput screening methods for metagenomic libraries. Currently, her research focuses on exploring and exploiting food system microbiomes.
Dr. Kiran is an Indian partner in the European Union-funded Horizon 2020 project on Microbiome Support. She played a pivotal role in revisiting the definition of the Microbiome (Microbiome, 2020), a publication that has received over 2,208 citations within a short period. Additionally, her work on microbiome biobanking has been highlighted in Trends in Microbiology. Recently, Dr. Kiran has also reported on nutritional interventions for maintaining eubiosis of the human gut microbiome. Her remarkable achievements have been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the NASI-Platinum Jubilee Young Scientist Medal (2013) from the National Academy of Sciences, India, the EMBO Fellowship (2011), the ICMR International Fellowship (2015) for post-doctoral research at University College Cork, Ireland, and the DST-Women Excellence Award (2017). Dr. Kiran’s research interests encompass antimicrobial resistance, biofilm control, and microbiome exploration, with significant contributions to understanding the gut microbiome’s role in health and disease.
Notable & Recent Publications
Ravindran, A., Kiran, G. S., & Selvin, J. Revealing the effect of lipopeptide on improving the probiotic characteristics: Flavor and texture enhancer in the formulated yogurt. Food Chemistry, 375, 131718, Impact factor 8.8
Bhuiya, S., Kaushik, S., Prathiviraj, R., Selvin, J., & Kiran, G. S. (2025). Dietary additives interloping with the epigenetic network and human health: implications in gut microbiota and endocrine toxicity. Food Bioscience, 105903. Impact factor 4.8
Prathiviraj, R., Adithya, K. K., Rajeev, R., Khan, R. T., Hassan, S., Selvin, J., & Kiran, G. S. (2023). Alleviation of migraine through gut microbiota-brain axis and dietary interventions: coupling epigenetic network information with critical literary survey. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 141, 104174, Impact factor 15.1
Rajeev, R., Seethalakshmi, P. S., Jena, P. K., Prathiviraj, R., Kiran, G. S., & Selvin, J. (2022). Gut microbiome responses in the metabolism of human dietary components: Implications in health and homeostasis. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 62(27), 7615-7631, Impact factor 7.3
Poulose, N., Sajayan, A., Ravindran, A., Chandran, A., Priyadharshini, G. B., Selvin, J., & Kiran, G. S. (2021). Anti-diabetic Potential of a Stigmasterol From the Seaweed Gelidium spinosum and Its Application in the Formulation of Nanoemulsion Conjugate for the Development of Functional Biscuits. Frontiers in Nutrition, 8, 694362-694362, Impact factor 5.2
