People from varied background including Bioinformaticists, Biotechnologists, Microbiologists, Molecular Biologists, User Interface Designers and Software Engineers contribute to the research projects at the Institute

Dr. Raghothama Chaerkady obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Manipal University in Manipal, India. He was an Associate Professor of Biotechnology at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India before joining the Institute of Bioinformatics. He is using his expertise in mass spectrometry to identify novel biomarkers for cancers and to study signaling pathways. He is a reviewer for Journal of Proteome Research and Proteomics.

E-mail : raghothama at ibioinformatics dot org

Dr. Pradip Kumar Acharya oobtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Kalyani in Kolkata where he worked on the chromatographic separation of organic analytes using waste solids as adsorbents. He carried out his post doctoral studies in the laboratory of Prof. Balaram at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore where he gained experience in various mass spectrometric techniques including electrospray and MALDI-MS. He used his expertise in mass spectrometry to identify urinary biomarkers of coronary artery disease. Currently, he is carrying out various proteomics projects including genomic and proteomic profiling of Mangifera indica.

E-Mail: pradip at ibioinformatics dot org

Dr. Sujatha Mohan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Botany from Madras University, Chennai. She had completed M.Phil. from the same University with specialization in Algology. Later, she did her Ph.D. from CAS in Botany, Madras University in environmental science. She is applying her knowledge to database analysis, signaling pathway annotation, functional genomics and microarray gene expression. She is a recognized Ph.D Guide at Kuvempu University. She is currently at RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama Institute, Japan as the leader of Immunoinformatics Research Unit. She is involved in developing a database for Primary Immunodeficiency Disease (PID) from Asia.

Dr. Keshava Prasad obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mycology from Goa University, India. He was recently awarded the Young Investigator Award from the Department of Biotechnology to investigate the role of protein tyrosine phosphatases in EGF signaling. He is also a Principal Investigator on a DBT-funded consortium to establish a national database for tuberculosis. He is involved in curation and review of proteomics data in Human Protein Reference Database and Plasma Proteome Database. Currently, he also has a DBT funded project to develop Mouse Protein Reference Database. He is a reviewer for the journals Bioinformatics, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Bioinformatics and Biology Insights. In addition to the above, he is using proteomic approaches to study various Candida species. In collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. Charlie Boone, he has analyzed the conserved genetic interactions among budding and fission yeasts. He is also developing a web based compendium of molecular events that drive various biological processes in yeast. He is in the process of developing differential proteomic strategies to profile proteomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae knockouts.

E-mail : keshav at ibioinformatics dot org

Dr. Subhashri Ramabadran obtained her Ph.D. degree in Molecular Virology from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She completed her M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Madurai Kamaraj University. Her project at IOB involves purification of candidate biomarkers for pancreatic and esophageal cancers for generation of monoclonal antibodies to assist in their validation. She is a reviewer for British Journal of Cancer .

E-mail : subhashri at ibioinformatics dot org

Dr. Roopa Shree obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Mysore University in India. She worked in Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore on identification of proteins with dual functional activity. She carried out structural studies of ATPases while being a post doctoral fellow in Temasek Life Science Laboratories in Singapore. Later, she joined Avesthagen Limited in bangalore as a scientist where she was involved in the research projects including 'Purification and characterization of a novel triglyceride preventing bone diseases' and 'Expression and characterization of PUFA enriching enzyme'. Her work has led to the filing of a US patent. Currently, she is studying the activities of protein kinases and phosphatases involved in cancer and immune signaling pathways using proteomic approaches.

E-Mail: roopa at ibioinformatics dot org

E-mail : renu at ibioinformatics dot org

Shreeharsha Gowda obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Mysore. He joined Institute of Bioinformatics as a researcher in 2002 and was involved in various bioinformatic projects including development of Human Protein Reference Database and functional annotation of human X chromosome. He worked in Dr. Akhilesh Pandey's laboratory at Johns Hopkins University from 2005 to 2008 on proteomic profiling of pancreatic cancers. His work involved proteomic approaches to study signaling pathways activated in pancreatic cancers and identification of novel biomarkers. He is currently finalizing his Ph.D. thesis while leading a team of researchers at the Institute of Bioinformatics on various proteomic projects.

E-Mail: harsha at jhmi dot edu

Shivakumar Keerthikumar obtained his Advanced Diploma in Bioinformatics after completing his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Kuvempu University. He is involved in the maintenance of Human Proteinpedia, Human Protein Reference Database and NetPath. He is also involved in data analysis and data mining using Python programming. He is carrying out microarray data and geneset enrichment analysis using BioConductor suite. He is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Bioinformatics and is registered in Kuvempu University. He has worked as a Research Associate in the Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), RIKEN in Japan for a year in a collaborative research project. He is involved in the development of Resource for Asian Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. Further, he has also developed an algorithm using support vector machine approaches to identify the candidate genes for Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases.

E-mail: shivakumar at ibioinformatics dot org

Kumaran Kandasamy obtained his M.Sc. degree in life Sciences from Pondicherry University. He has also completed an Advanced PG Diploma in Bioinformatics from Pondicherry University. He is interested in the analysis of breast cancer data, database maintenance and data mining. He is currenty a joint Ph.D. student at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Johns Hopkins University.

E-mail: kumaran at ibioinformatics dot org

Ghantasala S. Sameer Kumar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bangalore University. He worked in the curation of protein data pertaining to Plasma Proteome Database and Human Protein Reference Database. He also involved in the curation of Signal transduction pathways, Breast Cancer Database and Pancreatic Cancer Database. He is pursuing his Ph.D. at Kuvempu University. He is currently working on the genomic and proteomic profiling of brain sample infected with tuberculous meningitis and rabies.

E-mail: sameer at ibioinformatics dot org

Arivusudar Marimuthu obtained her M.Sc. degree in Genomics from Madurai Kamaraj University. She is focused on identification of candidate biomarkers for gastrointestinal cancers and study of cancer cell signaling. She is working with primary tumors and tumor derived cells to look at molecular alterations and aberrations in signaling cascades. She is performing genome wide gene expression studies using microarray platforms and proteomic studies using mass spectrometry. She is currently a joint Ph.D. student at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Johns Hopkins University.

E-Mail: arivusudar at ibioinformatics dot org

Manoj Kashyap obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Institute of Advanced Studies (CCSU), Meerut. He has gained experience in Molecular Biology at PGIMER, Chandigarh. He spent three and half years as a visiting scholar at Loyola University of Chicago and University of Illinois, Urbana; U.S.A. He is applying his training to the characterization of protein interactions in specific signaling cascades. He is currenty a Ph.D student at the Institute of Bioinformatics. He is using microarray technology to study the gene expression profiling of esophageal carcinoma.

E-Mail: manoj at ibioinformatics dot org

C.J. Harrys Kishore obtained his M.Sc. degree in Microbial Gene Technology from the Madurai Kamaraj University. He has been trained in IMAC and immunoaffinity techniques from the Center for Bioseparation Technologies, Vellore. He is a Ph.D. student registered with the Manipal University and is involved in studies to elucidate role of protein tyrosine phosphatases and kinases in cancers. He has been trained in the analysis of genetic networks and protein interactions in yeast in the laboratory of Dr. Charlie Boone in the University of Toronto. He has recently obtained a Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR to further investigate protein-protein interactions involved in B cell receptor signaling by using SILAC technology.

E-Mail: harrys at ibioinformatics dot org

Abhilash K Venugopal obtained his M.Sc. degree in Microbiology from Madurai Kamaraj University. He gained research experience in immunology of cervical cancer while analyzing expression profile of Toll-like Receptor pathway at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology in Bangalore. He is currently involved in microarray data analysis using BioConductor suite and curation of protein databases and signal transduction pathways. He is pursuing his Ph.D. at Institute of Bioinformatics and is registered with Kuvempu University. He is using high density microarrays and quantitative proteomic approaches to characterize molecule associations in neurological diseases including temporal lobe epilepsy, tuberculous meningitis and rabies.

E-Mail: abhilash at ibioinformatics dot org

Lavanya Balakrishnan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Industrial Biotechnology from Bharathiar University in India. She is a Ph.D. student registered with Kuvempu University. She is characterizing differentially expressed genes and proteins between degenerative and inflammatory arthritis using DNA microarrays and quantitative proteomics. She has also worked as a Research Associate in the Research Center for Allergy and Immunology of RIKEN in Japan in a collaborative project with Institute of Bioinformatics on primary immunodeficiency diseases. She is also involved in curation of protein information in the proteomic and signaling pathway resources.

E-Mail: lavanya at ibioinformatics dot org

Sutopa B. Dwivedi obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bangalore University. She participated in projects including 'Characterization of lytic phages from cytolethal distending toxin producing bacteria' and 'Molecular epidemiology of diarrhoeal diseases' at the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) in Kolkata. She is currently involved in enriching protein repository and signaling pathways.

E-Mail: sutopa at ibioinformatics dot org

Nandini V. Patankar obtained her M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Pune. She participated in projects including 'Characterization of Serratia odorifera proteases' at the University of Pune and 'Study of drug toxicity using a proteomics approach' at the National Chemical Laboratory also in Pune. She secured a CSIR Junior Research Fellowship. She is currently involved in proteomic profiling of gallbladder cancers for identification of biomarkers for early detection.

E-Mail: nandini at ibioinformatics dot org

Lakshmi Dhevi N Selvan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Microbial Gene Technology from Madurai Kamaraj University. Subsequently, she joined National Research Centre for Banana in Trichy where she generated constructs for various viral genes to develop resistant transgenic banana plants. She is currently involved in studying X-linked mental retardation using genomic technologies.

E-Mail: lakshmi at ibioinformatics dot org

Dhanashree S. Kelkar obtained her M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Pune and subsequently qualified for a Junior Research Fellowship sponsored by CSIR-UGC. She is currently involved in proteomic analysis and genome annotation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

E-Mail: dhanashree at ibioinformatics dot org

Mitali Bhattacharjee obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from North Eastern Hill University in Shillong and a Post Graduate Diploma in Cheminformatics from the Institute of Cheminformatics Studies in Delhi. Subsequently, she qualified for a Lectureship sponsored by the CSIR-UGC. She has undertaken courses in Oracle and C programming. Before joining IOB, she was a Lecturer in the Department of Bioinformatics at Sikkim Manipal University in Shillong. She is currently working on developing a database of molecular alterations in breast cancer.

E-Mail: mitali at ibioinformatics dot org

Santosh S. Renuse obtained his M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology from University of Pune. He has worked on "Evaluation of immune status of individuals with viral infections with reference to humoral immune response and macrophage activation" and "Nitric oxide (NO) in the CNS of Indian major carp, Labio rohita, during development" at University of Pune. He qualified for a Junior Research Fellowship sponsored by CSIR-UGC. He is currently involved in proteomic data analysis at IOB

E-Mail: santosh at ibioinformatics dot org

Harsh A. Pawar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology from University of Pune. He has worked on projects "Genetic characterization of inter-allopartic strain hybrids in Drosophila melanogaster and the genetic studies of its fitness" at Department of Zoology, University of Pune and "Role of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine modification on cytokeratins 8 and 18 in epithelial cell transformation" at TMC-ACTREC. He qualified for a Junior Research Fellowship by CSIR and was invited to participate in the prestigious Dr. S.P Mukherjee Scholarship in 2007. He is involved in the curation of proteomic information and protein data analysis. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in proteomics of parasitic organisms including Leishmania donovani.

E-Mail: harsh at ibioinformatics dot org

Yashwanth Subbannayya obtained his M.Sc. degree in Medical Biochemistry from the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University. He qualified for a Junior Research Fellowship sponsored by CSIR-UGC. He is a Ph.D. student registered at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. He is carrying out protein expression profiling of gastric cancers using quantitative proteomic approaches. He is involved in curation of molecular alteration data in Breast Cancer Database.

E-Mail: Yashwanth at ibioinformatics dot org

Shyam Mohan obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. He worked with Jubilant Biosys Ltd., Bangalore for more than three years where he gained experience in the curation of signal transduction pathways and protein interaction databases. Later, he spent 15 months in the Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra in Portugal, as a research fellow. He is currently involved in protein annotation and signal transduction pathways.

E-Mail: shyam at ibioinformatics dot org

Hariprasad Padhukasahasram obtained his MS in Computational Molecular Biology from the University of Southern California. He did his internship at the Argonne National Laboratory on a database for signal transduction proteins in prokaryotes. He is currently involved in computational analysis of neuroproteomics and microarray data.

E-Mail: hariprasad at ibioinformatics dot org

Raja Sekhar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Human Genetics from Andhra University, India. He worked with Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore for a year where he gained experience in transformation of B-lymphocytes with Epepstein-Barr virus. He also worked in the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on protein-protein interactions of human DNAJB6 gene. He is currently involved in genomic and proteomic data analysis pertaining to chronic meningitis.

E-Mail: raja at ibioinformatics dot org

Mohammed Amir obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Madurai Kamaraj University. During this period he used RNAi technology to raise a bhendi cultivar which is resistant to yellow vein mosaic virus. He also worked as a Junior Research Fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for a year on the identification of suppressor of gene silencing in chilli leaf curl virus. He is currently working on proteomic approaches to identify targets of various miRNAs in a mammalian system.

E-Mail: amir at ibioinformatics dot org

Praveen Kumar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Pondicherry University. He is interested in protein data analysis using Perl and Python programming. Currently, he is working on the development of computational strategies for protein data analysis.

E-Mail: praveen at ibioinformatics dot org

Sneha Pinto obtained her M.Sc. degree in Medical Biochemistry from the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University. She gained experience in mass spectrometry in the Department of Clinical Proteomics and Molecular Medicine at St. John's Research Institute in Bangalore where she worked on several proteomic research projects. She is currently working on using mass spectrometry for biomarker identification in human neurological diseases.

E-Mail: sneha at ibioinformatics dot org

Ravishankar Halasahalli Madegowda obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from University of Mysore. Before joining IOB, he worked for three and half years on molecular genetics of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in Human Genetics laboratory in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India. He also worked for two and half years in Molecular Oncology laboratory at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, wherein he was involved in studying the role of transcription factor activator protein 2 alpha in the regulation of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. He is currently using genomic and proteomic approaches for identification of molecular signatures in human neurological diseases including epilepsy.

E-Mail: ravishankar at ibioinformatics dot org

Joji Kurian Thomas obtained his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Bharathiar University. He worked as a Software Engineer at AdSOFT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in Bangalore for one year where he gained experience in maintenance of PHP, MySQL and Oracle databases. He also worked as a PHP Programmer for 14 months at Anantix Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. in Thiruvananthapuram. He is involved in the maintenance of databases of protein-protein interactions and signal transduction pathways.

E-Mail: joji at ibioinformatics dot org

Babylakshmi Muthusamy obtained her M.Sc. degree in Physics from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Advanced diploma in Bioinformatics from Madurai Kamaraj University. She was involved in the curation of protein data in Human Protein Reference Database and Plasma Proteome Database. She has used comparative genomics for the annotation of human X-chromosome. She is currently using python programming for the maintenance and analysis protein data in Human Proteinpedia and other protein databases.

E-Mail: babylakshmi at ibioinformatics dot org

Binoj Abraham obtained his Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam, Kerala. He previously worked as an Accountant for Goldline Builders Private Limited and at Doctor's Diagnostics Centre, both in Kottayam. He is the Accounts Officer at IOB.

E-Mail: binoj at ibioinformatics dot org

Jayanth Lakshman obtained his Diploma in Computer Science from Baldwin's Polytechnic, Bangalore. He previously worked as a Marketing Executive for ICICI Securities Limited and at U Cube Solutions, both in Bangalore. He is involved in sample processing and maintenance of sample registry for proteomic studies carried out at IOB.

E-Mail: jayanth at ibioinformatics dot org