Dr. Seetaramanjaneyulu Gundimeda obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Osmania University in Hyderabad where he carried out structural characterization of biologically important diastereomeric compounds using mass spectrometry. Subsequently, he pursued his postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Prof. Gennaro De Libero at the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland where he identified novel antigenic lipids. After returning to India, he joined Agilent Technologies where he worked on targeted and global metabolomics in a variety of settings. At IOB, he is using his expertise in developing and validating HPLC/GC/IC methods to identify metabolomic and lipidomic alterations in a number of diseases.

E-mail: seetaram@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Smrita Singh obtained her medical degree from Gauhati Medical College in Guwahati, India and completed her specialty training (Diplomate of National Board) in Pathology from Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology in Bangalore, India. She worked as a medical officer and as a Senior Resident in Pathology prior to joining IOB. She was enrolled in the joint IOB-MAHE Physician Scientist Training Program and was pursuing her Ph.D. in applying genomics and proteomics to study a number of cancers.

E-mail: smrita@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Kannan Rangiah obtained his Ph.D. from International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in New Delhi followed by postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA. During his postdoctoral training, he learned advanced liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry techniques for proteomics and metabolomics research. He applied these techniques to discover colon cancer biomarkers using SILAC approach, quantified nicotine metabolites in urine to correlate with lung cancer, quantified estrogen metabolites from post-menopausal women for breast cancer biomarkers and quantified oxidative modifications of apolipoprotein A1 from sera to correlate with cardiovascular disease. Thereafter, he joined Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), NCBS campus in Bangalore and established LC-MS based metabolomics platforms to do both targeted and untargeted analysis. He established a workflow for untargeted metabolomics using high resolution mass spectrometry. Subsequently, he joined Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore where he established LC-MS based methods to quantify micro and macronutrients from human milk and sera, vitamins from functional food spirulina, formaldehyde/mycotoxins contamination in animal milk and acrylamide content in fried foods. At, IOB he was interested in quantifying metabolites from biological fluids to do metabotyping of individuals to apply towards personalized/precision medicine.

E-mail: kannan@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Deepti Tomar obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from the National Centre for Cell Science in Pune. As part of her doctoral studies, she characterized the role of hypoxia modulated microRNAs in the regulation of breast tumor growth and angiogenesis. This included mechanistic in vitro and in vivo studies related to cell biology, molecular biology and epigenetic regulation of transcription factors and microRNAs in breast cancer. With her expertise in genetic engineering and recombinant cell line generation, her work at IOB involved CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing and iPSC generation to study the functional role of mutations in disease-causing genes and their effect on protein-protein interactions in the context of rare genetic disorders.

E-mail: deepti@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Ganesh Pujari obtained his medical degree from B. J. Medical College in Pune and completed his M.D. in Pathology from Maharashtra Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Medical College in Latur. After completing a senior residency at the Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in Kolkata, he completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cytogenetics at Christian Medical College in Vellore. Subsequently, he worked as lead Consultant in Cytogenetics at the NABL-accredited Neuberg Anand Reference Laboratory in Bangalore where he interpreted karyotyping and fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) diagnostic tests Prior to joining IOB, he was at Aster Labs in Bangalore where he was instrumental in setting up a diagnostic clinical cytogenetics laboratory. His current interests are in translational research integrating single cell proteomics and genomics with clinical and pathologic data for plasma cell neoplasms. He is also working on laser capture microdissection (LCM) of formalin fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues for proteomics analysis of signalling pathway alterations in several cancers.

E-mail: ganesh@ibioiformatics.org

Meh Jabeen obtained her M.Sc. degree in Botany from Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi where she worked on the role of nitrate enzyme and high temperature on growth, lipid and metabolites accumulation in Dunaliella salina. Subsequently, she worked as a research assistant at Birla Institute of Technology in Ranchi for identification of triacylglycerol lipase producing genes from wheat genome databases using an in silico approach. At IOB, she was involved in analysis of Omics data in a variety of human diseases.

E-mail: meh@ibioiformatics.org

Shashidhara Pura obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, India. He has 20 years of experience working in both academia and industry. He previously worked at Eurofins Biotech Private Limited, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia and Yenepoya in Mangalore, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore and Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. He has extensive experience on a variety of mass spectrometry platforms for proteomics and metabolomics including Orbitraps, Triple quadrupoles, MALDI-TOFs and GC-MS. At IOB, his work involved method development and clinical applications of mass spectrometry.

E-mail: shashidhara@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Babylakshmi Muthusamy obtained her Ph.D. degree in Bioinformatics from the Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore and Pondicherry University. She has extensive experience in analyzing mass spectrometry-based proteomic data, proteogenomics and next generation sequencing data. She carried out her thesis work on analysis of next generation sequencing data for studying inherited genetic disorders. She was involved in the identification of genes associated with X-linked intellectual disability, primary immunodeficiency and schizophrenia. She is a recipient of DBT-BioCARe Women Scientist Award. At IOB, her work involved analysis of genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic data derived from next generation sequencing platforms to study inherited genetic disorders and microbial diagnostics.

E-mail: babylakshmi@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Aravind K. Bandari completed his Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore and obtained his Ph.D. degree from Manipal Academy of Higher Education in Manipal. His thesis work focused on the genomics of inherited immune disorders using next generation sequencing. He was involved in exploring genomic and proteomics approaches to study infectious diseases such as tuberculosis as well as genetic disorders.

E-mail: aravind@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Muniasamy Neerathilingam obtained his D. Phil. from the University of Oxford in England followed by postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, USA and University of Texas in Galveston, USA. Subsequently, he served as the Director of Protein Technology Core at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) at NCBS campus in Bangalore and as a Scientist Fellow at Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore. His expertise includes translational work in molecular biology, synthetic biology, aptamer technology and NMR-based metabolomics,. He developed cell-free protein synthesis methods for engineering proteins and established platforms for protein production using bacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian expression systems. He has developed aptamers against targets in cancer, dengue and retinal pigment epithelial cells using SELEX technology. He was working on developing aptamer-based targeted drug delivery systems to prevent age related macular degeneration and multi-omics approaches to study infectious diseases.

E-mail: muniasamy@ibioiformatics.org

Sruthi Vishwanathan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Genetic Counseling from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) in Manipal. At IOB, she was involved in studying genetics and genomics of conotruncal heart defects.

E-mail: sruthi_vishwanathan@ibioiformatics.org

Vineet Kumar Upadhayay obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University in Gwalior. He worked on bioinformatics and genomics of plant serpins and novel coronavirus as a part of his M.Sc. project. At IOB, he was involved in bioinformatics and genomics of human diseases.

E-mail: vineet@ibioiformatics.org

Pooja Pravinbabu obtained her M.Sc. degree in Human Disease Genetics from the Center for Human Genetics in Bangalore. She worked on the transcriptome analysis of epidermolysis bullosa to identify differentially regulated molecules in wound healing pathway. She has also studied the structural effects of the mutations found in COL7A1 and linking it with phenotype severity of patients with epidermolysis bullosa. At IOB, she was involved in the genomic analysis of neurological disorders.

E-mail: pooja@ibioiformatics.org

Krutika Prasanna Biderahalli obtained her M.Tech degree in Biotechnology from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in Vellore. As part of her M.Tech project at VIT, she studied the phytoremediation potential of Brassica juncea (mustard) and Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) plants using tannery effluents containing heavy metals. Prior to joining IOB, she worked at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad on the mitochondrial genome of a critically endangered species belonging to the Artiodactyla order. At IOB, she was working on isolating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from whole blood samples.

E-mail: krutika@ibioiformatics.org

Pradeep Phule obtained his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from MGM Institute of Biosciences and Technology in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He worked as a research associate in the genetic marker technology laboratory at Bejo Sheetal Seeds in Jalna. He worked as a Junior Research Fellow in the DBT sponsored project “Discovery and mapping of SNPs associated with biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in Jatropha curcas” at KETs Research Center in Mumbai. Subsequently, he joined a Marie Curie early-stage research fellow under the QuantFung project at Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany. At IOB, he worked on multi-omics approaches focusing on human disorders and microbes.

E-mail: pradeep@ibioiformatics.org

Sandhya Krishnan obtained her M.Sc. degree in medical laboratory technology from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Subsequently, she joined as a Junior Research Fellow at the Aravind Medical Research Foundation in Madurai where she studied mycotic keratitis to identify biomarkers in tears a using proteomics approach. She was involved in studying genomics and proteomics of neurological disorders.

E-mail: sandhya@ibioiformatics.org

Neelam Antil obtained her M.Sc. degree from Centre of Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University. She worked on projects entitled "Characterization of Antimicrobial Compounds of Plants and Bacteria" at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak and "Inter Institutional Program for Maternal, Neonatal and Infant Sciences: A translational approach to studying preterm birth" at UNESCO- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad prior to joining IOB. She is funded by Junior Research Fellow from UGC, Government of India. She was involved in proteomic analysis of neurological disorders and also proteome map of human brain at IOB and NIMHANS-IOB laboratory.

E-mail: neelam@ibioiformatics.org

David S. Nayakanti obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Yogivemana University, Andhra Pradesh. He worked as Junior Research Fellow at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Secunderabad on "Role of neuroendocrine differentiation in the progression of human prostate cancers". He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. He was involved in phosphoproteomic analysis of bladder cancer.

E-mail: david@ibioiformatics.org

Barnali Deb obtained her M.Sc. degree in Molecular and Human Genetics from Jiwaji University, Gwalior. She worked on the the expression analysis of S100A11 and TPD52 on Gallbladder cancer and Gallstone diseases for the identification of early diagnostic biomarker as part of her M.Sc. project at Centre for Genomics, Jiwaji University. She is funded by the INSPIRE fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She was involved in comprehensive characterization of malignant phyllodes tumor using quantitative proteomics.

E-mail: barnali@ibioiformatics.org

Kirti Gondkar obtained her M.Sc. degree in Medical Biotechnology from Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences Loni, Maharashtra. She worked on "Cloning and expression of squalene monooxygenase gene from Indian neem Azadirachta indica" as part of her master's project at National Chemical Laboratory in Pune. She is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. She was involved in understanding the role of Dickkopf Homolog 3 (DKK3) in the progression of gallbladder cancer.

E-mail: kirti@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Firdous Ahmad Bhat obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Kashmir. He has worked on expression analysis of fibronectin in different subtypes of human lung carcinoma as a part of M.Sc. program at University of Kashmir. He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. He was involved in mass spectrometry-based identification of biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets in oral cancer.

E-mail: firdous@ibioiformatics.org

Lathika Gopalakrishnan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biophysics from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. She worked as a Junior Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 'Probing Flavivirus replication in vitro, using single molecule techniques'. She is funded by the INSPIRE fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She was involved in proteomic analysis of infectious diseases and proteome map of human brain at IOB and NIMHANS-IOB laboratory.

E-mail: lathika@ibioiformatics.org

Oishi Chatterjee obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Pondicherry University. She worked on the epigenetic activation of cell cycle and apoptosis regulating genes in Hep2 cells on treatment with indole curcumin at Pondicherry University. She is funded by the INSPIRE fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She was involved in proteomic analysis of neurological disorders and proteome map of human brain at IOB and NIMHANS-IOB laboratory.

E-mail: oishi@ibioiformatics.org

Praseeda Mol obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. She worked on bioactivity studies of pectic oligosaccharide derived from Cicer arietinum in Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore. She qualified national competitive examinations such as Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering and CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test in life sciences. She has been a lecturer in Mahatma Gandhi University and Research Assistant in DBT-BIRAC funded project at Kerala Agricultural University prior to joining IOB. She is funded by INSPIRE fellowship to carry out her Ph.D. studies by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She was involved in proteomic analysis of neurological disorders and proteome map of human brain at IOB and NIMHANS-IOB laboratory.

E-mail: praseeda@ibioiformatics.org

Kiran K. Mangalaparthi obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He worked as a Junior Research Fellow at National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad on "Anti-Cancer activity of Cinnamon extract". He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. He was involved in the mass spectrometry-based metabolomic analysis of gastrointestinal cancers and pulmonary tuberculosis.

E-mail: kiran@ibioiformatics.org

Krishna M. Patel obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar. She worked as Research Assistant at Institute  of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore where she carried out genomic element analysis on differentially expressed set of co-regulated genes. Prior to joining IOB, she also worked at BRD School of Bioscience, Vallabh Vidyanagar where she carried out metagenomic data analysis to identify microbial diversity in variously perturbed water and soil samples. She was involved in genomic and proteomic analysis.

E-mail: krishna@ibioiformatics.org

Vinuth N. Puttamallesh obtained his M.Sc. degree in Genetics from University of Mysore. He worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Genetics in Bangalore where he worked on immortalization and banking of cells from families of interest as part of a clinical genetics program. He was involved in the identification of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens from clinical samples using high resolution mass spectrometry and peptide microarrays.

E-mail: vinuth@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Anil K. Madugundu obtained his M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics from University of Hyderabad. He was a Senior Research Fellow at Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture in Hyderabad where he worked on the identification of abiotic stress-responsive genes in maize. He obtained the prestigious Bioinformatics National Certification and is funded by the BINC Junior Research Fellowship from DBT, Government of India. At IOB he was involved in analyzing human whole genome and transcriptome data obtained from NextGen sequencing platforms.

E-mail: anil@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Nupur S. Munjal obtained her Ph.D. degree Jaypee University of Information Technology in Waknaghat, India. She carried out her thesis work on the formation of quantitative structure-property relationship models for solubility prediction of paclitaxel prodrug. At IOB, she was involved in analysis of omics data to study signaling pathways in various human diseases.

E-mail: nupur@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Ankit P. Jain completed his Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore and obtained his Ph.D. degree in cancer biology from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar. His thesis work focused on delineating molecular alterations associated with erlotinib resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using genomic and proteomic approaches. He was involved in a number of proteomic projects including post-translational modifications and targeted proteomics.

E-mail: ankit@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Gourav Dey completed his Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore and obtained his Ph.D. degree from Manipal Academy of Higher Education in Manipal. His thesis work involved proteomic and proteogenomic analysis of Anopheles stephensi, a vector for malaria in India. He was involved in a number of quantitative proteomic projects including phosphoproteomics.

E-mail: gourav@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Bhuvanalakshmi obtained her Ph.D. degree in Regenerative Medicine from the School of Regenerative Medicine, Manipal University, Bangalore. Her Ph.D. thesis focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of WNT antagonism in cardiogenesis and in diseases using a cancer stem cell model. She also worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore where she was engaged in studying breast cancer stemness from patient-derived samples. At IOB, she was involved in using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing to develop in vitro cancer models for studying tumorigenesis.

E-mail: bhuvanalakshmi@ibioiformatics.org

Dhananjay Desai obtained his M.Sc. degree in Microbiology from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. He worked as Project Assistant at National Institute of Oceanography in Goa on biogeochemical studies of gas hydrate bearing sediment of Bay of Bengal. Subsequently, he joined as an ICAR-Central Coastal Research Institute in Goa as a Young Professional in Department of Animal Science. At ICAR-CCARI, he was involved in studies on antibiotic resistant enteric bacteria in animals and their environment. During this period, he was also involved in molecular diagnosis of livestock diseases and also worked on veterinary public health related projects. At IOB, he was part of the microbiology research team and was involved in studies of drug-resistant extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.

E-mail: dhananjay@ibioiformatics.org

Bhushan B. Burkul obtained his M.Pharm degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Pune University. As a part of his dissertation, he worked on ‘Identification of plant metabolites (Celastrus paniculatus) by mass spectrometry and their pharmacological evaluation’ at National Chemical Laboratory in Pune. Subsequently, he worked as a Junior Research Fellow at National Chemical Laboratory where he carried out proteomics study using high resolution mass spectrometry. At IOB, he was involved in mass spectrometry-based proteomics studies to identify biomarkers of cancer and other diseases.

E-mail: bhushan@ibioiformatics.org

Ajay Balakrishnan obtained his M.Tech. degree in Bio-Pharmaceutical Technology from BIT campus, Anna University, Chennai. During his masters he worked on the synergistic effect of tannin rich fraction of Terminalia chebula with antibiotic against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. He was involved in identification and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in early and late stage bladder cancer.

E-mail: ajay@ibioiformatics.org

Mohd Younis Bhat obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Kashmir. He has worked on sequence variation of exon-7 of EIF2B-5 gene in vanishing white matter disease of brain as a part of M.Sc. program at University of Kashmir. He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from DBT, Government of India. He was involved in identifying dysregulated miRNAs in oral cancer in response to chewing tobacco.

E-mail: younis@ibioiformatics.org

Niraj Babu obtained his M.Tech. degree in Biotechnology from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela. He has worked on the fabrication and characterization of knitted-silk based composite scaffold for bone-ligament-bone tissue graft as a part of his M.Tech program at NIT, Rourkela. He also worked as a lecturer in the Department of Biotechnology at the NIT, Raipur. He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. He was involved in mass spectrometry-based identification of biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets in non-small cell lung cancer.

E-mail: niraj@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Sridhar Amalakanti graduated from Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam, India. Subsequently he completed his M.D. in Internal Medicine and D.M. in Neurology from Guntur Medical College, Guntur, India. He spearheaded the research wing of the Department of Neurology at Guntur Medical College. He carried out his D.M. thesis on the epigenetics of drug resistant epilepsy at CCMB in Hyderabad and worked on the molecular mechanisms of cytokines in HCV infection at IISc in Bangalore. He worked as consultant neurologist for Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragole prior to joining IOB. At IOB, he was taking a multi-omics approach to investigate neurological disorders.

E-mail: sridhar@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Gajanan J. Sathe obtained his Ph.D. degree from Manipal Academy of Higher Education in Manipal, India for the work that he carried out at the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore. During his Ph.D. studies, he worked on curcumin-induced signaling in head and neck cancer. He also worked in Dr. Akhilesh Pandey's laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA on proteomic profiling of brain and cerebrospinal fluid for identification of biomarker for Alzheimer's disease. At IOB, he was employing cutting-edge mass spectrometry-based proteomics technologies to discover biomarkers and therapeutic targets in a variety of human diseases.

E-mail: gajanan@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Govindaraj Periyasamy obtained his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Bharathidasan University in Tiruchirappalli, India after completing a Research Fellowship in Dr. Thangaraj’s laboratory at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad. Subsequently, he joined as a DBT-funded Research Associate in the Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bangalore, India followed by a SERB-funded National Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Neuropathology at NIMHANS. At NIMHANS, he was involved in understanding the role of mitochondria in cardiomyopathy and neurological disorders and in studying population genetics. He is experienced in advanced state-of-the art molecular techniques and primary mammalian tissue culture. He received a Young Researcher Award from the Society of Mitochondrial Research and Medicine. He was an executive committee member of the Society of Mitochondrial Research and Medicine and a member of the board of studies, Department of Biochemistry, Kongu Arts and Science College in Erode. At IOB, he was working on investigating the molecular basis of mitochondrial and other genetic disorders.

E-mail: govindraj@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Prashant Kumar received his Ph.D. in molecular biology in 2009 from the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, Germany. Following this, he undertook postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Prof. Karl Simin at the Department of Cancer Biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, USA, where he established a novel mouse model of malignant breast cancers. Subsequently, he joined the laboratory of Prof. Jean Paul Thiery, a world renowned authority in the area of epithelial-mesenchymal transition, at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore. During this period, he was involved in the development of a novel point-of-care diagnostic platform for detection of bladder cancer biomarkers. He is a recipient of prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (DST) 2015. At IOB, he was focusing on using genomic and proteomic approaches to study cancers. He was also involved in the establishment of a culture method to assess circulating tumor cells (CTCs) harvested from blood samples of patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy.

E-mail: prashant@ibioiformatics.org

Dr. Nikhil Moorchung graduated from Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Pune, India and subsequently completed his M.D. in Pathology from AFMC. He obtained a Ph.D. in Molecular Pathology from King George Medical University in Lucknow. He taught at AFMC, Pune and at Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore. He is a Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences and a Fellow of the Indian College of Pathologists. He is also an International Fellow of the Indian Council of Medical Research. He has guided several M.D. theses and mentored undergraduate and postgraduate students. He retired from the Army Medical Corps in 2018 after more than 27 years of service. He also worked at Anand Diagnostic Laboratory in Bangalore as a Senior Consultant in Surgical Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics. At IOB, he was working on genomic profiling of cancers and development of novel diagnostic tests for clinical genomic profiling of cancers and development of novel diagnostic tests for clinical use.

E-mail: nikhil@ibioiformatics.org

Ajay Kumar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Medical Microbiology from Bundelkhand University in Jhansi. Subsequently, he was at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal where he carried out his Ph.D. work on strain diversity and relative transmission of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using molecular tools including Spoligotyping. At the Institute of Bioinformatics, he was working on using genomic and proteomic approaches for molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases in collaboration with Kasturba Medical College.

E-mail: ajaymicro786@gmail.com

Dr. Sreelakshmi K. Sreenivasamurthy obtained her Ph.D. from Manipal Academy of Higher Education and Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB). AT IOB, for her Ph.D. studies, she worked on proteogenomics analysis of Anopheles stephensi mosquito. She has also worked on proteomic analysis of body fluids to study the host responses in infectious diseases such as chikungunya, meningitis and rabies. During her tenure in Dr. Akhilesh Pandey's laboratory at Johns Hopkins University and the Center for Molecular Medicine at NIMHANS, she employed technologies such as CRISPR/Cas9 to generate gene knockouts, proximity-dependent biotinylation (BioID) to characterize interactomes and employed next generation sequencing for microbial identification and determination of drug resistance. Recently, she was using mass spectrometry-based proteomics and NGS technologies to identify infectious agents directly from clinical samples and to determine the effect of mutations on antibiotic resistance.

E-mail: sree1283@gmail.com

Ankur Chaurasia obtained his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from the Centre for Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. As part of his dissertation, he developed CoSec – a hub of online tools for comparing secondary structure elements. At IOB, he was involved in analysis of genomics and proteomics data.

E-mail: ankurtchuzy@gmail.com

Janavi Subramani obtained her M.Sc. degree in Microbiology from St. Joseph’s College in Bangalore. As a part of her dissertation, she worked on Nanog gene modifications in embryonic stem cells at CCMB in Hyderabad. Subsequently, she was a Project Assistant at inStem-IISc where she worked on isolation, identification and characterization of oral cancer stem cells. At IOB, she was using proteomics and genomics methods for molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases.

E-mail: janavi005@gmail.com

Manjunath Balakrishna obtained his Master of Social Work (MSW) degree in social development from Lorven education center, Bangalore university. Prior to joining IOB, he was working as a social worker on head and neck cancer project at Kidwai  Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore. At IOB, he was coordinating and managing biobank.

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Dr. B. L. Somani obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Pavia, a premier center for biological research in Italy. Subsequently, he joined the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Pune where he was a Professor of Biochemistry and Senior Scientist before joining the Institute of Bioinformatics as Distinguished Professor. At AFMC, he was also the Technical Manager responsible for the quality control of the NABL accredited clinical chemistry laboratory. His research interests include protein and enzyme biochemistry and metabolic studies as well as development of analytical techniques. He developed and patented a kinetic assay and has conducted studies to find the significance of altered levels of ceruloplasmin in various clinical disorders.  He was a recognized research guide for Ph.D. and M.D. students of University of Pune and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. At IOB, he leads the efforts on metabolomics and development of metabolic pathways.

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Dr. Arun H. Patil obtained his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Sikkim Manipal University. He also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics from the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore. He worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of Bioinformatics and participated in the analysis of NextGen sequencing (NGS) data. Subsequently, he completed his Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore and obtained his Ph.D. degree from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar. As part of his Ph.D. work, he applied computational approaches to decipher novel translational events and post-translation modifications.

E-mail: arun26feb at gmail dot com

Dr. Akshada Gajbhiye obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from the University of Pune. She was funded by a CSIR-UGC fellowship to carry out her Ph.D. studies in Dr. Srikanth Rapole's laboratory at the National Center for Cell Science in Pune. Her thesis involved application of mass spectrometry-based proteomics to uncover potential biomarkers in breast cancer. At IOB, she was involved in applying mass spectrometry for discovery studies in cellular signaling and for targeted analysis of biomarkers in various diseases.

E-mail: akshada.gajbhiye at gmail dot com

Dr. Remya Raja obtained her Ph.D. degree from Pune University, Pune, India. She pursued her doctoral research in Dr. Gopal Kundu’s laboratory at National Centre for Cell Science, Pune where she was involved in delineating the molecular mechanisms through which osteopontin potentiates breast tumor growth and angiogenesis under hypoxic conditions. Following her Ph.D., she joined IOB as DBT postdoctoral fellow under Dr. Akhilesh Pandey. She is a recipient of Thermo Global Science Alliance Scholar award. During her postdoctoral tenure at IOB, she worked on identifying tobacco-induced signalling pathways in esophageal cancer using proteomic approaches. She was a recipient of Young investigator grant from DST and she was using CRISPR/Cas9 and proximity-based biotinylation (BioID) system to investigate activated signaling pathways in cancer.

E-mail: remyaraja at gmail dot com

Dr. Harsha Gowda did his Ph.D. at the Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore. During his Ph.D., he worked in Dr. Akhilesh Pandey‘s laboratory at Johns Hopkins University, USA on proteomic profiling of pancreatic cancers where his work involved proteomic approaches to study signaling pathways activated in pancreatic cancers and identification of novel biomarkers. In addition, he has worked as a visiting scientist in Dr. Gary Siuzdak‘s lab at Scripps Center for Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry, USA. He is a recipient of Wellcome Trust-DBT Early Career Fellowship and "Sir C.V. Raman Young Scientist" award from Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology for the year 2013 for his outstanding achievements in the field of Life sciences. At IOB, he was involved in a number of projects including cancer biomarkers, proteogenomics and human genome analysis.

E-mail: harshahc at gmail dot com

Dr. T.S. Keshava Prasad was focusing on infectious diseases, human pathogens and vectors of human diseases. He was using genomic and proteomic strategies to investigate biomarkers for infectious diseases including tuberculosis and malaria; and to identify molecules associated with host responses to infections in different chronic meningitis cases. Using proteogenomic principles, he was carrying out genome annotation of vector mosquitoes such as Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti.

E-mail: tskprasad at gmail dot com

Dr. Aditi Chatterjee obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Calcutta, India. After completing her graduate studies, she joined the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA, first as a Postdoctoral fellow and was later promoted as an Instructor. At IOB she established a research program on molecular dissection of oral cancer and her research focuses on molecular genetics and proteomic alterations that drives the progression of different types of cancer associated with tobacco. This includes head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), esophageal and lung cancer.

E-mail: aditixchatterjee at gmail dot com

Gourav Kusum Sharma obtained his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. For his dissertation, he studied genes altered in response to heat in Arabidopsis thaliana at the University of Delhi. He completed industrial training from BCIL funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Prior to joining IOB, he was working as a Bioinformatician and NGS data analyst at DNA Xperts in New Delhi. He was involved in analysis of data generated from next-generation high throughput sequencing platforms.

E-mail: gksharma.92 at gmail dot com

Dr. Raj Priya obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from the Defence Research and Development Establishment in Gwalior. Her thesis work involved studies on neuropathogenesis of Chikungunya virus using both cell and mouse models. Subsequently, she worked as a Research Scientist at Seagull Biosolutions in Pune where she worked with oncolytic viruses. At IOB, she was employing genomic and proteomic approaches to study infectious diseases

E-mail: singhrajpriya at gmail dot com

Sonali Vishwa Mohan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. She has worked on purification of saponins from diverse plant sources & application of soya-saponins in protein renaturation as a part of M.Sc. program. She worked as a Research Associate at Shantani Proteome Analytics Pvt. Ltd. , where she gained experience in the field of Chemical Proteomics. At IOB, she was working on drug-protein interaction and metabolomics studies using mass spectrometry.

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Dr. Daisy Vanitha John obtained her Ph.D. degree at the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis from Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University in Chennai. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Dr. Barry T Rouse's laboratory at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, USA on B cell responses to herpes simplex virus and in Dr. Bruce Torbett's laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, USA on humanized mice for studying human primary immune responses. Subsequently, she was an Associate Professor at the Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah where she worked with infectious agents in a BSL-3 high containment facility. At IOB, she was working on molecular characterization of infectious agents for rapid diagnostics and determination of drug resistance.

E-mail: daisyvanitha at gmail dot com

Dr. Manjunath Dammalli obtained his M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics from the School of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, SASTRA University in Thanjore. He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT) Tumkur for four years, where he taught Bioinformatics and DNA microarray data analysis. He is deputed by SIT to pursue research towards his Ph.D. degree at IOB. He completed his research at IOB and obtained his Ph.D degree. At IOB, he was involved in analyzing genomic and proteomic analysis of neurological disorders at IOB-NIMHANS laboratory.

E-mail: manjunathdammalli at gmail dot com

Dr. Jayshree Advani obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. Prior to joining IOB, she was a research associate at Xcelris Genomics where she carried out analysis of whole genome, transcriptome and small RNA datasets generated from different NextGen Sequencing platforms. She was funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India while she was at IOB. She carried out research on Mycobacterium tuberculosis and completed her Ph.D at IOB.

E-mail: jayshree dot ibioinformatics at gmail dot com

Dr. Pavithra Rajagopalan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from CMR Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore, affiliated to Bangalore University. She has also worked as an R and D Assistant in the HIV/AIDS laboratory at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. She is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. She has completed her Ph.D from IOB

E-mail: pavithra dot ibioio2016 at gmail dot com

Dr. Hitendra S. Solanki obtained his B.Tech. - M.Tech. (Integrated) degree in Biotechnology from Centre for Converging Technologies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He worked on cytotoxic effects of HDAC inhibitors on oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line. He qualified in National Eligibility Test conducted by the CSIR-UGC, Government of India under lectureship category. Presently, he is involved in identifying dysregulated miRNAs in lung cancer in response to cigarette smoke.

E-mail: hitendras08 at gmail dot com

Dr. Aafaque A. Khan obtained his M.Sc. degree in Genetic Engineering from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya in Indore. He carried out cloning and gene expression analysis while working on a research project entitled "Functional analysis of transgenic plants over-expressing MaSIN3 gene in Arabidopsis thaliana" at the National Botanical Research Institute in Lucknow. He is funded by Senior Research Fellow from ICMR, Government of India. He was involved in the analyses of cigarette smoke induced molecular alterations in esophageal cells and human signaling pathways.

E-mail: afaq.akl at gmail dot com

Dr. Tejaswini Subbannayya obtained her Ph.D. degree from Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore and Amrita University, Kollam. Her thesis work involved the proteomic analysis of gallbladder cancer to identify targets for therapy. She has experience in animal cell culture, molecular biology techniques, signal transduction pathways, analysis of mass spectrometry data and proteogenomic data analysis. Currently, she is involved in studying aberrantly activated pathways in gallbladder cancer and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

E-mail: tejaswini.subbannayya at gmail dot com

Dr. Manish Kumar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Guru Jambheshwar University in Hisar. He worked on "Amplification of LmPH gene in phenol degrading bacteria isolated from soil" at the Guru Jambheshwar University. He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. He is currently involved in the proteomic investigation of vectors of malaria.

E-mail: manishhakuna at gmail dot com

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Gajula obtained his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the National Centre for Cell Science, a premier national institute in Pune, India. Subsequently, he joined the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA as a postdoctoral fellow where he investigated the role of PAK1 kinase in DNA damage repair. He then moved to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA where he studied mechanisms of metastasis in prostate cancer. He was a junior faculty member at Washington State University in Spokane, USA before moving to the Institute of Bioinformatics. He was using CRISPR/Cas9 system to study mechanisms of oncogenesis by cancer driver genes.

E-mail: grajendrap at gmail dot com

Dr. Srinivas M. Srikanth obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has worked on identification of prokaryotic glycosylation pathways by Comparative Genomics approach as a part of M.Sc. program. He has qualified the prestigious 'Bioinformatics National Certification' in the year 2009 and 2012. He is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. He has also obtained postgraduate diploma in Multimedia with specializaion in Graphic Designing. He is a certified web designer. He is pursuing a Bachelors degree in Computer Applications from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. He was analyzing NextGen sequencing data from various high-throughput platforms.

E-mail: srikanth0403 at gmail dot com

Dr. Renu Verma obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Mysore. She worked on “Analysis of mutations in non-small cell lung cancer” at Bangalore Institute of Oncology in Bangalore. She also carried out genomic and proteomic data analysis while working at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology in Bangalore. Prior to joining IOB, she also worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on "Restriction analysis and epitope mapping of two human T-cells stimulatory antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis." She is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. She was currently involved in analysis of secreted antigens from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

E-mail: renuproteomics at gmail dot com

Dr. Soujanya D. Yelamanchi obtained her M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Biotechnology from Andhra University in Vishakhapatnam. She worked as a Project Assistant at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Bangalore. She is funded by the INSPIRE Junior Research Fellowship from DST, Government of India. She was involved in investigating protein alterations in various neurological disorders.

E-mail: souji.bio at gmail dot com

Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bangalore University. He worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad where he used quantitative mass spectrometry to study glioblastoma. He was funded by a senior research fellowship from CSIR and was using proteomic approaches to study malaria vectors.

E-mail: manoj.gene26 at gmail dot com

Dr. Savita Jayaram obtained her M.S. degree in Molecular Genetics from Georgia State University, Atlanta and M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Hyderabad Central University, India. She has extensive experience in data annotation, data mining and use of bioinformatics software and worked at Iconix Biosciences, California; Nuvelo Inc., California; Accelrys Inc., Bangalore and Strand Life Sciences, Bangalore. She was involved in multi-omic data analysis, data integration and deciphering altered signaling events for biomarker insights in Glioblastoma Multiforme, a grade IV primary CNS tumor.

E-mail :savita.iob at gmail dot com

Dr. Shalini Menon obtained her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Wayne State University, U.S.A in 2012. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of North Carolina, U.S.A and is studying developmental neuronal axon guidance. At the Institute of Bioinformatics she was involved in annotating many of the proteins listed in the Human Protein Reference Database.

E-mail :shalmenon at gmail dot com

Dr. Sartaj Ahmad Mir obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from H. N. B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand, India. He has completed his Ph.D from the Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore and Manipal University, Manipal. As part of his Ph.D., he was involved in the development of multiple reaction monitoring assays for validation of candidate cancer biomarkers. He was also involved in liquid chromatography mass spectrometry-based metabolomic analysis of cancer.

E-mail :sartajmir10 at gmail dot com

Dr. Keshava K. Datta obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Bangalore University. He taught membrane biochemistry, molecular physiology and basic chemistry at the CMR Institute of Management and Science in Bangalore as a Lecturer. He completed his Ph.D. from Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore and KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. During his Ph.D., he carried out proteomic and proteogenomic analysis of an opportunistic pathogen - Candida tropicalis. He is now working as faculty in-charge of the Biotechnology Skill Enhancement Program (BiSEP) at Yenepoya University, Mangalore. BiSEP is sponsored by Karnataka Biotechnology and Information Technology Services (KBITS), Government of Karnataka.

E-mail : keshava.k.datta at gmail dot com

Dr. Sneha M. Pinto obtained her Ph.D. degree from Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore and Manipal University, Manipal, India. She worked in Dr. Akhilesh Pandey's laboratory at Johns Hopkins University to carry out a part of her thesis work to identify components of Interleukin-33 signaling pathway. She has used both in vivo and in vitro labeling techniques including SILAC and iTRAQ/TMT for quantitative proteomics. She was involved in identification of novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers in various cancers and infectious diseases using high resolution mass spectrometry and phosphoproteomic approaches. She is a Thermo Fisher Scholar as part of Thermo's Global Science Alliance Partnership with the Institute of Bioinformatics. She is also a reviewer for an international journal Proteomics. She is now deputed as a faculty scientist at YU-IOB Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya University, Mangalore.

E-mail : sneha.mp at gmail dot com

Dr. Yashwanth Subbannayya obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Bioinformatics and the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bangalore. He carried out his thesis work on biomarker discovery in gastric adenocarcinoma using iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic approach. He was involved in the development of serum-based biomarkers and identification of novel therapeutic targets using quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis in various cancers. He is now deputed as a faculty scientist to YU-IOB Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya University, Mangalore.

E-mail : yashwanth.subbannayya at gmail dot com

Dr. Aneesha Radhakrishnan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam. She worked on antifungal activities of phytochemicals derived from medicinal plants as part of her research project during her masters. She is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. She was involved in the phosphoproteomic analysis of oral cancer.

E-mail : aneesha176.h at gmail dot com

Dr. Vishalakshi Nanjappa obtained her Ph.D. degree from Institute of Bioinformatics and Amrita University, Kollam, India. As a part of thesis work, she studied the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of oral cancer in response to chewing tobacco. She is a recipient of "Young Scientist Award" for the year 2014-15 from the Vision Group of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka. At IOB, she was involved in the identification of saliva-based biomarkers and novel therapeutic targets in oral cancer.

E-mail : vishalakhshina at gmail dot com

Sunita Yadavalli obtained her M.S. degree in Biotechnology from Griffith University, Australia and M.Sc. degree in Zoology from Pune University, India. She worked as a Genomics Laboratory Supervisor for the Cancer Genomics Research (CGR) laboratory at the National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA, and investigated germline genetic variation to cancer susceptibility and outcomes. Previously, she also worked as a Research Molecular Biologist at the Molecular Infectious Disease Laboratory, Genetics and IVF Institute, USA. She was using next generation sequencing technology-based genomics approaches to analyze genes involved in rare genetic disorders.

E-mail : sunitayiob at gmail dot com

Dr. Raja Sekhar Nirujogi obtained his Ph.D. degree from Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore and Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry, India. He worked for four years in the laboratories of Dr. Akhilesh Pandey and Dr. Richard Huganir at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. He used SILAC Mouse model to study protein turnover in synaptosomes using high resolution mass spectrometry. He also developed both discovery and targeted proteomics methods on FFPE archived samples for various cancers. He was actively involved in utilizing quantitative phosphoproteomics approaches, SILAC, TMT and label fee methods for studying cancer signaling. In addition, he worked with several collaborators at Johns Hopkins.

E-mail : rajajhmi at gmail dot com

Dr. Bhavani Chandra obtained her medical degree from Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, India and completed her speciality training in pathology at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University. As an academic pathologist, Dr. Chandra's interests lie in hematopathology, neuropathology and pulmonary pathology. She was involved in characterizing the mutational profiles of a variety of tumors using next generation sequencing technologies.

E-mail : bhavani.madan at gmail dot com

Nazia Syed obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. She gained experience in molecular biology and plant genomics while working at National Institute of Plant Genome Research in New Delhi and at Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Lucknow. She is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. Currently, she is involved in phosphoproteomic analysis of esophageal and gastric cancer.

E-mail : nazia.syed14 at gmail dot com

Dr. Kavita S. Reddy obtained her Ph.D. in Cytogenetics from St. John´s Medical College in Bangalore. She obtained a Wellcome Trust fellowship to pursue her postdoctoral work at the MRC Radiobiology Unit in Abingdon, UK where she worked on cell cycle kinetics in Fanconi anemia. Subsequently, she joined Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA where she established a prenatal diagnosis lab for chorionic villus sampling and obtained an American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) fellowship in Clinical Cytogenetics. This was followed by a second fellowship in Clinical Molecular Genetics at UCLA. For three decades, she was a Director/Senior Director in cytogenetics and molecular clinical diagnosis in large private diagnostics labs including Quest, Genzyme and Labcorp. Upon her return to India, she headed Strand Life Sciences next generation sequencing (NGS) diagnostic laboratory. As Director of Medical Genetics at IOB, she is involved in a number of genome sequencing and analysis projects pertaining to Mendelian disorders as well as cancer.

E-mail : kavita dot reddy at gmail dot com

Dr. 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 dot ibioinformatics at gmail dot com

Dr. Geethanjali Sukumar graduated from St. John´s Medical College and completed her M.D. in Pathology from Bangalore Medical College. As an Associate Professor of Pathology at St. John´s Medical College, she was involved in teaching diagnostic pathology to medical students and residents. Subsequently, she was a Senior Consultant and Head of Department of Central Laboratory at St. Martha´s Hospital in Bangalore. She obtained her specialization in tumor pathology and fine needle aspiration cytology at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. She was the Director of Pathology at the Institute of Bioinformatics and oversees a number of ongoing tumor biology projects.

E-mail : geethanjali.sukumar at gmail dot com

Dr. Sutopa B. Dwivedi obtained her Ph.D. degree from Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore and Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham, Amritapuri, India. Received 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 funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. She is involved in proteomic analysis and genome annotation of malaria causing vector Anopheles stephensi.

E-mail : sutopabd at gmail dot com

Dr. Lakshmi Dhevi N. Selvan obtained her Ph.D. degree from Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore and Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham, Amritapuri, India. Received 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 was involved in studying X-linked mental retardation using genomic technologies.

E-mail : lakshmi.nagarajhan at gmail dot com

Dr. Rathankar Rao obtained his Ph.D. degree in Bioinformatics from Bangalore University, India. He has over 10 years of experience in teaching Bioinformatics. Using sequence and structural analysis tools, he has annotated the functions of many hypothetical proteins in the human genome. His research interests include applied statistics, systems biology and NextGen sequence data analysis. At IOB, he is working as a Scientific Officer.

E-mail : rathankar at gmail dot com

Dr. Harsh Pawar obtained his Ph.D. degree from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bangalore. As a part of his thesis he worked on biomarker discovery in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). He applied iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic approach to identify tumor specific biomarkers from ESCC. He was working as a collaborative research fellow at National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune with Dr. Milind Patole on subcellular and global proteomic analysis of kinetoplastid protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani as a part of IOB-NCCS collaboration.

E-mail : harshpawar06 at gmail dot com

Dr. Nandini A. Sahasrabuddhe obtained her Ph.D. degree from Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore and Manipal University, Manipal, India. She worked in Dr. Akhilesh Pandey's laboratory at Johns Hopkins University to carry out a part of her thesis work to identify protein targets of Dicer-dependent microRNAs. She also worked on identification of signaling pathways that are perturbed in breast cancers. She employs in vivo and in vitro labeling techniques including SILAC and iTRAQ for quantitative proteomic approaches. She has developed ‘SILAC mouse’–based proteomic screen for studying signaling pathways. She uses advanced mass spectrometry platforms including LTQ-Orbitrap Velos and Q-TOF to study post-translational modifications and identify disease associated protein signatures. She has also developed Multiple Reaction Monitoring assays for validation of protein biomarkers in body fluids including urine and serum, using triple quadrupolemass spectrometer. She was involved in identification of novel therapeutic targets in lung and oral cancers using high resolution mass spectrometry and phosphoproteomic approaches. In addition, she is playing a crucial role in national training programs of IOB including workshops and seminars on various aspects of mass spectrometry and proteomic data analysis.

E-mail : nandinipatankar at gmail dot com

Rudrappa Gattu obtained his M.Sc. degree in Animal Biotechnology from National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal. He was the recipient of a fellowship from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research during his M.Sc. to study the expression and refolding of recombinant lysozyme from inclusion bodies.

E-mail : bio.rudra at gmail dot com

Dr. Ramu Gundimeda obtained his Ph.D. degree in Analyltical Chemistry from Osmania University in Hyderabad. During the graduate studies, he carried out structural characterization of biologically important diastereomeric compounds by electron and chemical ionizations using mass spectrometry. Further, he pursued his post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Prof. Gennaro De Libero at University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland. During this period, he discovered phosphoethanolamine lipids as stimulants to iNKT cells and also identified ether lipids, which are responsible for the thymic maturation of iNKT cells. These novel discoveries have been recently published in Nature Immunology.

 

Dr. Sowmya Soman obtained her M. Phil. and Ph. D. degrees in Biochemistry from University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India. During her Ph.D., she has analyzed the role of cardiac isoform of liver alpha-2 macroglobulin in diabetic rat heart. She is a recipient of Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious Students (RFSMS) from UGC, Government of India.

E-mail : sowmya.soman at gmail dot com

Dr. Rajesh Raju obtained his Ph.D. degree from Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, India. He worked at Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), RIKEN, Japan for the development of Resource for Asian Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. At IOB, he is leading the efforts on the development of signaling pathways for NetPath and NetSlim databases. He is also involved in the review of proteomics data in Human Protein Reference Database, Mouse Protein Reference Database and Tuberculosis Reference Database. Most recently, he initiated phosphoproteomics studies in collaboration with other scientists at IOB to analyze and validate biochemical reactions in various signaling pathways.

 

E-mail : rajrrnbt at gmail dot com

Bijesh George obtained his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Amrita University. During his studies, he used PHP programming to develop a database of stress responsive genes from Arabidopsis thaliana. He was trained in the development and maintenance of protein data repositories including Human Proteinpedia and Mouse Protein Reference Database. 

E-mail : bijeshgeorgekannur at gmail dot com

Nandan M. Varadarajan obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bangalore University, Bangalore. He worked as a Junior Research Fellow under the guidance of Prof. G. Padamanaban at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, where he gained experience in generating transfection-based gene knockouts in Plasmodium berghi and several biochemical experiments to investigate heme biosynthetic pathway during the entire life cycle of malaria parasites.

E-mail : nandanmv12 at yahoo dot co dot in

Urmesh K. Ojha obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from KIIT University in Bhubaneswar. At IOB, he has been trained on the analysis of human signaling pathways and sample preparation for high-resolution mass spectrometry.

E-mail : urmesh.ojha at yahoo dot com

Dr. Dhanashree S. Kelkar obtained her M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Pune. She is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India.

E-mail : dhanashree.kelka at gmail dot com

Dr. 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 in National Eligibility Test by the CSIR-UGC, Government of India under lectureship category. She was a joint Ph.D. student of Institute of Bioinformatics and Amrita University. She is involved in the transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of human synovial fluid for identification of molecules associated with inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, and spondyloarthropathy.

E-mail : mitalibhattacharjee at gmail dot com

Dr. Renu Goel obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Sikkim Manipal University and M.Tech. degree in Biotechnology from Institute of Advanced Studies in Education in Rajasthan, India. She served as a Resident for five years in the Department of Gynaecology at Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Moolchand Khairati Ram Hospitals. She also taught Bioinformatics and Biotechnology for six years in reputed education institutes in Bangalore before joining IOB. She is involved in the curation of proteomic data for Mouse Protein Reference Database, Tuberculosis Reference Database and Human Protein Reference Database. She is also leading a unique effort on creating a resource about Cancer Researchers in India. Most recently, she has initiated a number of proteomic studies in collaboration with other scientists at IOB.

E-mail : drrenugoel at gmail dot com

 

Dr. Satwant Kumar obtained his M.B.B.S. degree from Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Bathinda. During his medical training he had consolidated his quantitative and computational skills to prepare a base for pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience with strong interest in theoretical and experimental neuroscience, and especially in higher-level vision, motor control and cognition. At IOB, he is carrying out proteogenomic investigation of various neurological diseases.

E-mail : satwant.dagar at gmail dot com

 

Deepthi Telikicherla obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. She is involved in the development of a database on molecular alterations in breast cancer. She obtained her Ph.D. from Institute of Bioinformatics and Kuvempu University.

E-mail : udaydeepa at gmail dot com

Dr. Jagadeesha Maharudraiah obtained his M.D. in Pathology from M. S. Ramaiah Medical College in Bangalore, India after completing medical school at Sri Siddhartha Medical College in Tumkur, India. He is experienced in hematopathology, cytopathology, clinical pathology and histopathology and was also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at RajaRajeswari Medical College in Bangalore. He has previously worked as a Consultant Pathologist in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Sagar Hospital in Bangalore. He is a member of Karnataka chapter of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologist and is a reviewer for the Journal of Proteomics. At IOB, he was involved in a number of cancer biomarker projects including esophageal and gastric cancer. He carried out studies on the proteogenomics of Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium kansasii. He is collaborating with other physicians and scientists at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology and NIMHANS in Bangalore.

E-mail : drjagadeesha at gmail dot com

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. He uses state-of-the-art mass spectrometers such as LTQ-Orbitrap Velos ETD and Accurate Mass QTOF coupled to high resolution nanoflow chromatography for comprehensive proteomic analysis. He has successfully employed a variety of stable isotope labeling methods such as SILAC, iTRAQ, TMT, and 18O labeling to study biomarkers and cell signaling. He is using different types of fragmentation methods such as CID, PQD, HCD and ETD for designing appropriate mass spectrometric methods to study various types of post-translational modifications and protein top-down analysis. His goal is also to develop mass spectrometry based assay methods for biomarkers and signaling molecules using peptide standards on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. He is a reviewer for Journal of Proteome Research, Proteomics and Trends in Analytical Chemistry.

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 obtained his Ph.D. at Kuvempu University. Currently he is pursuing his post-doc studies in CCMB Hyderabad.

E-mail : sameer_bio at gmail dot com

Haritha A. Reddy obtained her M.Sc. degree in Animal Biotechnology from National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal. During her studies, she worked on "Molecular characterization of argininosuccinate synthetase gene in Holstein Friesian and Jersey males" at the National Dairy Research Institute, Southern Regional Station in Bangalore. She is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from DBT, Government of India.

E-mail : polaggariharitha.reddy at gmail dot com

Sasirekha has done M.sc. in Industrial microbiology from University of Madras and a Post diploma advanced course in Bioinformatics from Madurai kamaraj university. She worked as research trainee in IOB and JRF at M.S.Swaminathan Research foundation. Currently she is  doing her Ph.D at IIT Madras where she is working on elucidating novel calcium binding proteins which are involved in calcium handling in muscle.

E-mail : kaverisasi at gmail dot com

 

Varot K. Sandhya obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Madras University in Chennai and her M.Phil. degree in Bioinformatics from Bharathiar University in Coimbatore. She is funded by the INSPIRE Junior Research Fellowship from DST, Government of India.

E-mail : sandhya_june15 at yahoo dot co dot in

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