Directory

Joseph Irudayaraj's directory photo.

Joseph Irudayaraj

Professor

Primary Affiliation

Extracellular Vesicle Imaging and Therapy

Affiliations

Status Affiliate Faculty

Home Department of Bioengineering

Phone 300-0525

Email jirudaya@illinois.edu

Address

  • Biography

     Prof. Irudayaraj has a Bachelors in Agric. and Biological Engineering from India; M.S. in Computer Sciences and a M.S. in Biosystems Engineering from the University of Hawaii; and a Ph.D in Biological Engineering from Purdue University. He has taught at Utah State University, The Pennsylvania State University, and Purdue University. He moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bioengineering in 2017. His laboratories are located at the Biomedical Research Facility in the Mills Breast Cancer Center at Carle Foundation Hospital and the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL). He is heavily vested in interdisciplinary research and plays a key role at the Cancer Center at Illinois and is presently working to establish a Superfund Center in Toxicology. He is a faculty of the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine and holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Comparative Biosciences, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. He is an affiliate faculty member of the Carl R. Woese Institute of Genomic Biology, Beckman Institute, and MNTL.

  • Honors
    • Fellow, Royal Chemical Society (2020)  
    • IAFP GMA Food Safety Award, International Association of Food Protection (2017)  
    • Founder Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2017)  
  • Research

    Prof. Irudayaraj’s group is interested in developing biosensors for cancer and single molecule technologies to elucidate fundamental intracellular mechanisms with a focus on epigenetics. They are interested in microbiome evaluation to understand cancer recurrence and toxicology of environmental contaminants. Their group has also developed oxygen nanobubble therapeutics to treat retinal diseases. Core technologies developed/applied are Super-resolution microscopy, single molecule fluorescence tools, Plasmon resonance imaging, ultrasensitive lateral flow sensors, and nanobubble guided therapeutics with a focus on oxygen delivery.

  • 2021

    • Fayyaz, M., Jabeen, M., Tsipursky, M., and Irudayaraj, J. 2021. Dextran-based oxygen nanobubbles for treating inner retinal hypoxia. ACS Applied Nanomaterials. 4(7): 6583-6593. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c00084
    • Ren, W., Ahmad, S., and Irudayaraj, J. 2021. 16S rRNA monitoring point-of-care magnetic focus lateral flow sensor. ACS Omega. 6 (16):11095-11102. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01307
    • Vega-Vasquez, Mosier, A., and Irudayaraj, J. 2021. Hormesis Inducing Essential Oil Nano-delivery system protects plants against Broad Host-range necrotrophs. ACS Nano. 15(5): 8338-8349. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09759
    • Vega-Vasquez, P., Mosier, N., and Irudayaraj, J. 2021. Nanovaccine for plants from organic waste: d-Limonene-loaded chitosan nanocarriers protects plants against Botrytis cinerea. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(29), 9903-9914. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c02818
    • Zhou, Z., Yan, R., Jiang, W., and Irudayaraj, J. 2021. Chromatin hierarchical branching visualized at nanoscale by Electron Microscopy. Nanoscale Advances, 3 (4), 1019-1028. DOI: 10.1039/d0na00359j

    2020

    • Jabeen, M, Fayyaz, M & Irudayaraj, J 2020, 'Epigenetic Modifications, and Alterations in Cell Cycle and Apoptosis Pathway in A549 Lung Carcinoma Cell Line upon Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances', Toxics, vol. 8, no. 4, 112. DOI: 10.3390/toxics8040112
    • Liu, W & Irudayaraj, J 2020, 'Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) exposure inhibits DNA methyltransferase activities and alters constitutive heterochromatin organization', Food and Chemical Toxicology, vol. 141, 111358. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111358
    • Rashid, F, Ahmad, S & Irudayaraj, JMK 2020, 'Effect of Perfluorooctanoic Acid on the Epigenetic and Tight Junction Genes of the Mouse Intestine', Toxics, vol. 8, no. 3, 64. DOI: 10.3390/toxics8030064
    • Rashid, F, Ramakrishnan, A, Fields, C & Irudayaraj, J 2020, 'Acute PFOA exposure promotes epigenomic alterations in mouse kidney tissues', Toxicology Reports, vol. 7, pp. 125-132. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.12.010
    • Ren, W, Cabush, A & Irudayaraj, J 2020, 'Checkpoint enrichment for sensitive detection of target bacteria from large volume of food matrices', Analytica Chimica Acta, vol. 1127, pp. 114-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.06.025
    • Salapa, J, Bushman, A, Lowe, K & Irudayaraj, J 2020, 'Nano drug delivery systems in upper gastrointestinal cancer therapy', Nano Convergence, vol. 7, no. 1, 38. DOI: 10.1186/s40580-020-00247-2
    • Vega-Vásquez, P, Mosier, NS & Irudayaraj, J 2020, 'Nanoscale Drug Delivery Systems: From Medicine to Agriculture', Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, vol. 8, 79. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00079
    • Wen, Y, Chen, J, Li, J, Arif, W, Kalsotra, A & Irudayaraj, J 2020, 'Effect of PFOA on DNA Methylation and Alternative Splicing in Mouse Liver', Toxicology Letters, vol. 329, pp. 38-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.04.012
    • Wen, Y, Mirji, N & Irudayaraj, J 2020, 'Epigenetic toxicity of PFOA and GenX in HepG2 cells and their role in lipid metabolism', Toxicology in Vitro, vol. 65, 104797. DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2020.104797
    • Wen, Y, Rattan, S, Flaws, JA & Irudayaraj, J 2020, 'Multi and transgenerational epigenetic effects of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in liver', Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 402, 115123. DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2020.115123

    2019

    • Damayanti, NP, Buno, K, Voytik Harbin, SL & Irudayaraj, JMK 2019, 'Epigenetic Process Monitoring in Live Cultures with Peptide Biosensors', ACS Sensors, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 562-565. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b01134
    • Liu, W & Irudayaraj, J 2019, 'Understanding the dynamics and structure of epigenetic states with single-molecule fluorescence microscopy', Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 12, pp. 18-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobme.2019.08.010
    • Liu, W, Cui, Y, Ren, W & Irudayaraj, J 2019, 'Epigenetic biomarker screening by FLIM-FRET for combination therapy in ER+ breast cancer', Clinical Epigenetics, vol. 11, no. 1, 16. DOI: 10.1186/s13148-019-0620-6
    • Ren, W, Ballou, DR, FitzGerald, R & Irudayaraj, J 2019, 'Plasmonic enhancement in lateral flow sensors for improved sensing of E. coli O157:H7', Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 126, pp. 324-331. DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.10.066
    • Ren, W, Mohammed, SI, Wereley, S & Irudayaraj, J 2019, 'Magnetic Focus Lateral Flow Sensor for Detection of Cervical Cancer Biomarkers', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 91, no. 4, pp. 2876-2884. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04848
    • Zhou, Z, Li, K, Yan, R, Yu, G, Gilpin, CJ, Jiang, W & Irudayaraj, JMK 2019, 'The transition structure of chromatin fibers at the nanoscale probed by cryogenic electron tomography', Nanoscale, vol. 11, no. 29, pp. 13783-13789. DOI: 10.1039/c9nr02042j

    2018

    • Akbar, Z, Zahoor, T, Huma, N, Jamil, A, Ayesha, H & Irudayaraj, JMK 2018, 'Electrospun probiotics: An alternative for encapsulation', Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1551-1556.
    • Bhandari, P, Novikova, G, Goergen, CJ & Irudayaraj, J 2018, 'Ultrasound beam steering of oxygen nanobubbles for enhanced bladder cancer therapy', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, 3112. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20363-8
    • Wang, R, Vega, P, Xu, Y, Chen, CY & Irudayaraj, J 2018, 'Exploring the anti-quorum sensing activity of a d-limonene nanoemulsion for Escherichia coli O157:H7', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, vol. 106, no. 7, pp. 1979-1986. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36404
    • Wu, Z, Xu, E, Jin, Z & Irudayaraj, J 2018, 'An ultrasensitive aptasensor based on fluorescent resonant energy transfer and exonuclease-assisted target recycling for patulin detection', Food Chemistry, vol. 249, pp. 136-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.01.025

    2017

    • Bhandari, P, Lei, O & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Hypoxia re-programming oxygen nanobubbles sensitize human glioblastoma cells to temozolomide via methylation alterations', Journal of Bionanoscience, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 337-345. DOI: 10.1166/jbns.2017.1450
    • Bhandari, P, Wang, X & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Oxygen Nanobubble Tracking by Light Scattering in Single Cells and Tissues', ACS Nano, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 2682-2688. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b07478
    • Bhandari, PN, Cui, Y, Elzey, BD, Goergen, CJ, Long, CM & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Oxygen nanobubbles revert hypoxia by methylation programming', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, 9268. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08988-7
    • Choudhury, SR, Ordaz, J, Lo, CL, Damayanti, NP, Zhou, F & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Zinc oxide nanoparticles-induced reactive oxygen species promotes multimodal cyto- and epigenetic toxicity', Toxicological Sciences, vol. 156, no. 1, pp. 261-274. DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw252
    • Chowdhury, B, Cho, IH & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Technical advances in global DNA methylation analysis in human cancers', Journal of Biological Engineering, vol. 11, no. 1, 10. DOI: 10.1186/s13036-017-0052-9
    • Cui, Y, Liu, J & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Beyond quantification: in situ analysis of transcriptome and pre-mRNA alternative splicing at the nanoscale', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, vol. 9, no. 4, e1443. DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1443
    • Damayanti, NP, Buno, K, Cui, Y, Voytik-Harbin, SL, Pili, R, Freeman, J & Irudayaraj, JMK 2017, 'Real-Time Multiplex Kinase Phosphorylation Sensors in Living Cells', ACS Sensors, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 1225-1230. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00359
    • Damayanti, NP, Buno, K, Narayanan, N, Voytik Harbin, SL, Deng, M & Irudayaraj, JMK 2017, 'Monitoring focal adhesion kinase phosphorylation dynamics in live cells', Analyst, vol. 142, no. 15, pp. 2713-2716. DOI: 10.1039/c7an00471k
    • Kadam, US, Chavhan, RL, Schulz, B & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Single molecule Raman spectroscopic assay to detect transgene from GM plants', Analytical Biochemistry, vol. 532, pp. 60-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.06.002
    • Kadam, US, Schulz, B & Irudayaraj, JMK 2017, 'Multiplex single-cell quantification of rare RNA transcripts from protoplasts in a model plant system', Plant Journal, vol. 90, no. 6, pp. 1187-1195. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13537
    • Naz, A, Cui, Y, Collins, CJ, Thompson, DH & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'PLGA-PEG nano-delivery system for epigenetic therapy', Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, vol. 90, pp. 586-597. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.03.093
    • Ordaz, JD, Damayanti, NP & Irudayaraj, JMK 2017, 'Toxicological effects of trichloroethylene exposure on immune disorders', Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 305-317. DOI: 10.1080/08923973.2017.1364262
    • Ouyang, L, Hu, Y, Zhu, L, Cheng, GJ & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'A reusable laser wrapped graphene-Ag array based SERS sensor for trace detection of genomic DNA methylation', Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 92, pp. 755-762. DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.09.072
    • Ouyang, L, Ren, W, Zhu, L & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Prosperity to challenges: Recent approaches in SERS substrate fabrication', Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, vol. 36, no. 1. DOI: 10.1515/revac-2016-0027
    • Ren, W, Liu, W & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'A net fishing enrichment strategy for colorimetric detection of E. coli O157:H7', Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, vol. 247, pp. 923-929. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.03.090
    • Wang, R, Cui, Y, Xu, Y & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Basic studies on epigenetic carcinogenesis of low-dose exposure to 1-trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-ß-carboline (TaClo) in vitro', PloS one, vol. 12, no. 2, e0172243. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172243
    • Wu, Z, Xu, E, Chughtai, MFJ, Jin, Z & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Highly sensitive fluorescence sensing of zearalenone using a novel aptasensor based on upconverting nanoparticles', Food Chemistry, vol. 230, pp. 673-680. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.03.100
    • Wu, Z, Xu, E, Jiao, A, Jin, Z & Irudayaraj, J 2017, 'Bimodal counterpropagating-responsive sensing material for the detection of histamine', RSC Advances, vol. 7, no. 71, pp. 44933-44944. DOI: 10.1039/c7ra07362c