• Molecular characterization of nematodes
• Biological control of nematodes
• Bioinformatics
• Knowledge management
  

A. Nematology

1. Vibhuti M, Agisha V N, Neelam S, Aditi K, Vibina V, Subaharan K, Suseelabhai R, Eapen, SJ, Kumar A 2015. Genotyping and identification of broad spectrum antimicrobial volatiles in black pepper root endophytic biocontrol agent, _Bacillus megaterium_ BP17. _Biological Control_ 92: 66-76. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2015.09.005.
2. Neelam S, Agisha VN, Vibhuti M, Aditi K, Subaharan K, Vibina V, Suseelabhai R, Eapen, SJ, and Kumar A 2015. Genetic analysis of plant endophytic _Pseudomonas putida_ BP25 and chemo-profiling of its antimicrobial volatile organic compounds. _Microbiological Research_173: 66-78 doi:10.1016/j.micres.2015.02.001.
3. Pervez R, Eapen, SJ, Devasahayam S and Jacob TK 2014. Natural occurrence of entomopathogenic nematodes associated with ginger (_Zingiber officinale_ Rosc.) ecosystem in India. _Indian J. Nematol_.44(2): 238-245.
4. Prasath, D, Karthika, R, Habeeba, NT, Suraby, EJ, Rosana, OB, Shaji, A, Eapen, SJ, Deshpande, U and Anandaraj, M. 2014. Comparison of the transcriptomes of ginger (ZingiberofficinaleRosc.) and mango ginger (Curcuma amadaRoxb.) in response to the bacterial wilt infection. PLOS One 9(6): e99731. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099731.
5. Kumar A, Munder A, Aravind, R, Eapen, SJ. Tummler, B and Raaijmakers, JM. 2013.. Friend or foe: genetic and functional characterization of plant endophyticPseudomonas aeruginosa. Environmental Microbiology 15 (3): 764-779.
6. Pervez, R, Eapen, SJ, S and Jacob, TK 2012. Efficacy of some entomopathogenic nematodes against insect pests of ginger and their multiplication. NematologiaMediterranea 40(1): 39-44.
7. Pervez, R Leela, NK and Eapen, SJ 2012.Nematicidal activity of Strychnosnuxvomica leaf and its constitutents against Radopholussimilis infesting black pepper (Piper nigrum L.). Current Nematology 22(1&2): 49-53.
8. Leela, NK, Pervez, R, Ramana, KV, Rosana, OB and Eapen, SJ 2012. Nematicidal activity of Strychnosnuxvomica leaf and its constitutents against the root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Nematol. medit. 40: 157-162
9. Aravind, R, Kumar, A and Eapen, SJ 2012. Pre-plant bacterisation: a strategy for delivery of beneficial endophytic bacteria and production of disease-free plantlets of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.). Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 45: 1115-1126.
10. Eapen, SJ, Ramana, KV and Saji, KV 2011. Host resistance in black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) against root-knot and burrowing nematode. J. Plant. Crops 39: 341-346.

B. Bioinformatics

1. Rosana, OB, Krishna, PB and Eapen, SJ, 2014. Virtual screening and in vitro assay to explore novel inhibitors from black pepper against potential targets of Radopholussimilis. International Journal of Computer Applications 86(14):35-43..
2. Sangeetha, K, Rosana, OB and Eapen, SJ, 2012.EST secretome analysis of Radopholussimilis nematode. Online J. Bioinformatics 13 (1):103-119.
3. Rosana, OB, Dinsha, M, Shamina, A, Eapen, SJ, 2012. Virtual screening and in-vitro assay of potential drug like inhibitors from spices against Glutathione-S-Transferase of Meloidogyneincognita. Bioinformation 8(7): 319-325.
4. Riju, A, Lakshmi, PDK, Nima, PL, Reena, N and Eapen, SJ, 2010. Mining SSR and SNP/Indel sites in expressed sequence tag libraries of Radopholussimilis. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biocomputing, ACM Digital Library, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1722024.1722042.
5. Reena, N, Chandrasekar, A, Riju, A, Nima, PL, Eapen, SJ, and Anandaraj, M 2010. Gene identification in Phytophthoracapsici through expressed sequence tags. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biocomputing, ACM Digital Library, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1722024.1722043.
6. Riju,A, Sithara, K, Suja S Nair and Eapen, SJ, 2010. Prediction of toxicity and pharmacological potential of selected spice compounds. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biocomputing, ACM Digital Library, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1722024.1722060
7. Nima, PL, Riju, A, Reena, N and Eapen, SJ, 2010. Conserved orthology in mitochondrial genomes of distantly related nematodes. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biocomputing, ACM Digital Library http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1722024.1722075
8. Chandrasekar, A, Riju, A, Sithara, K, Anoop, S and Eapen, SJ 2009. Identification of single nucleotide polymorphism in ginger using expressed sequence tags.Bioinformation 4(3): 119-122.
9. Chandrasekar A, Riju A, Sithara K, Anoop S and Eapen, SJ , 2009. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and indels in expressed sequence tag libraries of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.).Online Journal of Bioinformatics 10 (2): 224-232
10. Chandrasekar, A, Riju, A, Sathyanath, V and Eapen, SJ , 2008. SpicEST - An annotated database on expressed sequence tags of spices. Genes, Genomes and Genomics 3 (Special Issue 1): 50-53.

• Nematology consultant in Viet Nam, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome
• Fellow - Indian Society for Spices
• Fellow - Nematological Society of India
• Research Guide - Singhania University, Rajasthan
• Research Guide - Mangalore University, Karnataka
• Research Guide - Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala
• Research Guide - Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
• Member - Board of Studies (Bioinformatics), University of Calicut, Kerala
• Examiner for PhD/ MSc examinations - UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka
• Examiner for PhD/ MSc examinations - University of Calicut, Kerala
• Guest faculty, Bioinformatics - NIT, Calicut
• Guest faculty, Bioinformatics - DOEACC Centre, Calicut