Manjula Reddy

Manjula Reddy (born 1965) Research Manjula Reddy conducts research on bacterial cell walls. She aims to develop novel antimicrobials that can target the peptidoglycan synthesis pathway. She uses the model organisms Mycobacterium smegmatis and Escherichia coli.

She was part of the team of scientists who patented the process for identifying mutagens and anti-mutagens. This process was patented from 1999 to 2018 in the United States. The other scientists in the team were Jayaraman Gowrishankar and Shanti M. Bharatan.

Awards and honors Infosys Prize in Life Sciences (2019) Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist (2020) Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2020) Fellow of the Telangana Academy of Sciences Editorial board member of the Journal of Bacteriology

Personal life She has stated in an interview that her father, Mohan Reddy, and her mother were supportive of her career as a scientist. She is married to a cardiologist and has two sons. Reddy, Manjula. "Role of FtsEX in cell division of Escherichia coli: viability of ftsEX mutants is dependent on functional SufI or high osmotic strength." Journal of bacteriology 189.1 (2007): 98-108.