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Vineet Upadhayay obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, MP. At IOB, he did his Master’s dissertation on characterization of non structural proteins (Nsp2) of SARS-CoV-2 and plant serpins.
   
Gowrang KM obtained his M.Sc. degree in Infection biology from Uppsala University, Sweden. At IOB, he worked on characterization of SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein.
   
Lasyapriya Kanchi obtained her B.Tech in Biotechnology from NIIT University, Neerana, Rajasthan. At IOB, she worked on understanding the effect of gene mutations in the pathways causing pancreatic cancer.
   
Rakesh Kumar Yadav obtained his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Central University of South Bihar, Gaya. At IOB, he worked on variome analysis of SMAD4 in multiple cancer types.
   
Abhishek Goyal obtained his M.Sc. degree in Molecular Medicine from University of Leeds, United Kingdom. At IOB, he worked on analyzing the interactome of SARS-CoV-2 proteins with human ion channels.
   
Anushka Chakraborty obtained her B.Tech in Biotechnology from NIIT University, Neerana, Rajasthan. At IOB, she worked on understanding the effect of gene mutations in cell signaling pathways causing colorectal cancer.
   
R. Madhumita obtained her B.E. in Biotechnology from BMS College of Engineering. At IOB, she worked on the analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters in lichen-forming fungi.
   
J. Senthilkumar completed Msc Bioinformatics at Bharathiar University ,Coimbatore ,Tamil Nadu. At IOB, he did his Master’s dissertation on Understanding group V4 human serpins and its role in cancer using cancer genomic data integrative bioinformatics analysis
   
A.K.Lekhashree completed M.Sc. Bioinformatics at Bharathiar University ,Coimbatore ,Tamil Nadu. At IOB, she did her Master’s dissertation as understanding group V3 human serpins and its role in cancer using cancer genomic data integrative bioinformatics analysis.
   
Delna Mathew obtained her B.Tech. degree in Biotechnology from Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Calicut University, Kerala. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. in Bioinformatics from Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. At IOB, she is working towards the integration and interpretation of phosphoproteomic data through visualization tools and curation of pathways.
   
C. Lakshmipriya is currently pursuing her B.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. At IOB, she is being trained in analysis of human signaling pathways as a part of her internship program.
   
Rehmataj Javeed is currently pursuing her B.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. At IOB, she is being trained in analysis of human signaling pathways as a part of her internship program.
   
Mathumitha Raju is currently pursuing her B.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. At IOB, she is being trained in analysis of human signaling pathways as a part of her internship program.
   
Sphoorti Sood obtained her B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. in Computational Biology from Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi. At IOB, she will be building computational framework for the analysis of genome wide CRISPR/Cas9 data.
   
Archana Rai obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. She has worked as a software engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions,Pune for two years where she was involved in developing web applications. Currently she is pursuing P.G. diploma in Bioinformatics and Rational Drug Design from Biotechnology Finishing School (BTFS), Bangalore. At IOB, she will be designing and building computational framework for the analysis of genome wide CRISPR/Cas9 data.
   
Nayana Gaur obtained her M.Sc. degree in Neuroscience from Kings College, London. She carried out her dissertation studies on biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease. At IOB, she is being trained in sample preperation for mass spectrometry based proteomic analysis, proteomic data analysis and annotation of human signaling pathways.
   
Anubhav Kaphle obtained his B.E degree in Biotechnology from Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur. He worked on the de-novo analysis of RNA-Seq data as a part of his B.E major research project. At IOB, he is being trained on the analysis of genomic and proteomic data as a part of his internship program.
   
Amutha Periyasamy obtained my M.Tech degree from Anna University, Chennai. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. work under the guidance of Dr. T. Rajkumar at the Department of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai. At IOB, she is being trained in proteomic techniques.
   
Krutika M. Patil obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bio-technology from University of Mumbai, St. Xavier's College. She worked as Clinical Research Associate in C.L.A.I.M.S. Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, where she conducted and monitored trials on cosmetics and nutraceutical products, she also worked at Hinduja National Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai where she was Research fellow and she carried out Survey of Antibiotic Resistance of respiratory pathogens, S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis, S. pyogenes. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. from National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai, under the guidance of Dr. Srabani Mukherjee. She is funded by CSIR NET fellowship. At IOB, She is studying the molecular mechanism of pathophysiology of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).
   
Jacinth Rajendra obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Dr. Shilpee Dutt, ACTREC, Mumbai. She is working on understanging the mechanism of radiation resistance in Glioblastoma using quantitative proteomics approach. At IOB, she is doing differential proteomics in radiation resistant cells derived from Glioblastoma cell line using iTRAQ technology.
   
Dr. Subrat Kumar Das obtained his Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. Presently he is working as a Medical Officer with Government of India. He is interested in translational research in proteomics as a tool for discovery of diagnostic and prognostic markers in various diseases. At IOB, he is getting trained in development and analysis of human signaling pathways.
   
Neha Tanushree obtained her M.Sc. degree in biotechnology from CMR Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore affiliated under Bangalore University. She has also worked in Raman Research Institute in a biophysics lab on single molecular experiments. At IOB she is currently being trained in analysis of proteomic data and signaling pathways.
   
Sandeep Reddy is pursuing Integrated M.sc/M.tech at Insitute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB), University of Pune. He worked as a trainee at his host institute and various other institutes in field of metabolomics. At IOB he is currently being trained in the analysis of high throughput data.
   
Vatsal D. Pandey obtained his M.Tech. degree in Industrial Biotechnology from Bharath University, Chennai. He also obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Jain University, Bangalore. He received a diploma the Career Award Certificate Program in Bioinformatics from Eauclaire Institute, U.S.A. Currently he is working as a trainee at NIMHANS-IOB laboratory.
   
Dr. Swati Sood obtained her Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She is currently working under the guidance of Prof. S. Radhika as Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Cytology and Gynaecologic Pathology, PGIMER. Her doctoral work focussed on identifying DNA methylation based prognostic and predictive biomarkers in cervical cancer. Her current research work focusses on identification of proteomic biomarkers for the prediction of response in patients with invasive cervical cancer. At IOB, she is being trained in the proteomic techniques and bioinformatics analysis. 
   
Munish Kumar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Currently he is pursuing his Ph.D. course under the guidance of Dr. V. K. Grover at the Department of Anaesthesia, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. At IOB, he is being trained in the techniques of RNA-Seq and bioinformatics analysis. 
   
Poonam Saharan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. course under the guidance of Dr. V. K. Grover at the Department of Anaesthesia, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She is being funded by Junior Research Fellowship by UGC. At IOB, she is being trained in the techniques of Metabolomic and bioinformatics analysis. 
   
Ankur Tyagi obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He is working as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under the guidance of Dr. Hemant Bhagat at the Department of Anaesthesia, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. At IOB, he is being trained in the techniques of RNA-Seq and bioinformatics analysis. 
   
Tanvi Sharma obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. course under the guidance of Dr. Hemant Bhagat at the Department of Anaesthesia, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. At IOB, she is being trained in the techniques of proteomic and bioinformatics analysis. 
   
Kaurab Singh obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Jammu, India. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. course under the guidance of Dr. Sheetal Gandotra at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi. For this he is analyzing cell-cell interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and human macrophages using molecular biology and proteomic approaches. At IOB, he is being trained in mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomic approaches. 
   
Benvil C. Rodrigues obtained his B.E. degree in Biotechnology from P. E. S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore. He had worked on a project titled "In vitro analysis of fibrinolytic enzyme of earthworm Perionyx excavatus" as a part of his B.E. course. At IOB, he is being trained in the proteomic data analysis and annotation of signaling pathways. 
   
Ashutosh Rai obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Neurosurgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. He is funded by Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR. At IOB, he is being trained in the techniques of proteomics and bioinformatics analysis.
   
Himani saini obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She is a Ph.D student at the Department of Neurosurgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She is funded by Junior Research Fellowship from ICMR. At IOB, she is being trained in the techniques of proteomics and bioinformatics analysis.
   
Akshatha Prasanna obtained her B.E. degree in Biotechnology from the Viveshvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB, she is being trained in the analysis of genomic and proteomic data as part of her internship program.
   
Mayuri Rane obtained her B.Tech. degree in Biotechnology from the Viveshvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. She worked as a Production Officer at Cipla, Goa for three years. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB, she is being trained in the analysis of genomic and proteomic data as part of her internship program.
   
Padmavathi Patelkana obtained her B.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics from the S.R.M University, Chennai. She worked as a Project Engineer at Wipro Technologies, Bangalore. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB, she is being trained in the analysis of genomic and proteomic data as part of her internship program.
   
Sureetha Asokan obtained her masters degree in Nutrition Food Service Management and Dietetics and Biochemistry at Avinashilingam Deemed University. She also obtained a masters degree in Molecular Biology with an emphasis on Bioinformatics from San Jose State University, California. She has worked with immunohistochemical mapping of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 in developing chick heart embryo and also semaphorins in cancer. Her primary area of interest is signal transduction pathways especially calcium signaling.
   
Dr. Vaishali Kerekatte obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, U.S.A.  Subsequently, she carried out her post-doctoral research at the University of California at Berkeley, USA, where she was analyzing chemotherapeutic effects of indole compounds on breast cancer cells.  She has been working in the Life Sciences industry for about 5 years as a technical specialist.  At IOB, she is working on the chemokine signal transduction pathway, with an emphasis on CXCL12 signaling.
   
Vinayakumar C. Karintha  obtained his M.Sc. degrees in 'Chemistry' and  'Material Science and Engineering' from  Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam and  University of Arizona in Tuscon, respectively. Subsequently, he also obtained his M.E.  degree in Bioinformatics from University of Chicago. He has been working as a software developer for  the last 13 years. His major expertses include web based application development using JAVA, Coldfusion, PHP platforms and relational databases including MySql and Oracle. Currently, he is working as a Principal Consultant with AccionLabs, Bangalore. At IOB, he is being trained in the analysis of human signaling pathways.
   
Chithra Mathews, obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Union Christian College, Aluva affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. At IOB she is being trained on development and analysis of human signaling pathways.
   
Debalina Das Majumder obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Assam Central University. She has worked as R & D Assistant in a project entitled "Role of RNAi machinery on heterochromatin assembly and silencing in Drosophila" in the joint collaboration of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology  and Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. She has worked on another DBT funded project "Functional characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) PE/PPE protein having SH3 binding domain"  at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad. At IOB, she is being trained in the analysis of human signaling pathways.
   
Karishma Kumar obtained her B.Tech. degree in Biotechnology from the M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. She has been working as a Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys Limited, Bangalore for four years. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB, she is being trained in the analysis of genomic and proteomic data as part of her internship program.
   
Komal H. Nandeesh obtained her B.E. degree in Computer Science from the Viveshvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB, she is being trained in the analysis of the analysis of genomic and proteomic data as part of her internship program.
   
Raghavendra K. Shivappa obtained his B.E. degree in Information Science and Engineering from the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. Currently he is pursuing M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB, he is being trained in the analysis of genomic and proteomic data as part of his internship program.
   
Sunitha S. Reddy obtained her B.E. degree in Information Science and Engineering from the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. in Bioinformatics at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB, she is being trained in the analysis of genomic and proteomic data as part of her internship program.
   
Sushma S. Ananda obtained her B.E. degree in Biotechnology from the Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. degree in Biotechnology at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB-NIMHANS laboratory, she is being trained in the proteomic analysis of human brain as part of her internship program.
   
Preethi V. Gopinathan obtained her B.E. degree in Medical Electronics Engineering from the Viveshvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics at the Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB, she is being trained in the analysis of NextGen sequecing data as part of her internship program.
   
Shruthi Prakash obtained her B.E. degree in Computer Science from the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. Currently she is pursuing M.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics at the Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore. At IOB, she is being trained in the analysis of NextGen sequencing data as part of her internship program.
   
Jayasankar M. J. obtained his B.Sc. degree in Microbiology from Amrita University. Kollam. Currently he is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Computational Biology and Bioinformatcs from Amrita University. At IOB, he is being trained on development and analysis of human signaling pathways.
   
Preeti Rawat obtained her M.Sc degree in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics from the Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her academic project involved identification of miRNAs associated with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. At IOB she is being trained on development and analysis of human signaling pathways.
   
Rashmi Rikhi obtained her M.Sc degree in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics from the Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her academic project involved prediction of suitable model organism for pre-clinical trials in the treatment of Glaucoma. At IOB she is being trained on development and analysis of human signaling pathways.
   
Harshavardhan Budamgunta obtained his M.S. degree in Medical Biotechnology from Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Currently he is working as a Research Assistant in the lab of Dr. Roman Zubarev, MBB, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. His major area of focus is in sample preparation, method devolopment in LC, LC-UV, LC-MS/MS and clinical proteomics. At IOB, he is being trained in programming using python and biopython.
 
Workshop on Mass Spectrometry based Quantitative Proteomics for Beginners, September 26 - 29, 2016
   
Participants
   
Dr. Nivedita Mitra obtained her Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She has done her postdoctoral work at UC San Diego and Yale University in Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry. Currently she is working as a senior key expert at Siemens Healthcare India. Her research interest is in in-vitro diagnostics.
Dr. Ruchi Gaur obtained her M.Sc., M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi. During her postdoc at The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, US, she worked on multicopper oxidases in Bradyrhizobium japonicum and deciphered the mechanism of iron uptake in Candida albicans. She has also worked at University of Konstanz, Germany on marker protein elucidation in HPV induced carcinogenesis (E6AP inactivation) using Mass-Spectrometry. Later, at National Brain Research Centre, Manesar she worked on marker proteins identification in Angelman Syndrome (neuro developmental disorder) by Yeast-2-Hybridization Technique. Currently, as a Senior Scientific Officer, she is working in DBT-IOC Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research, Indian Oil Corporation, R &D Centre, Faridabad. Her project encompasses utilization of different pretreatment technologies for bios to bioethanol for economical utililization of lignocellulosic biomass.
Dr. Stany B. C. is M.D. in Microbiology from Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore. She is currently working as a Senior Resident in Department of Microbiology in Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore. She has worked on infection control measures in intensive care unit and isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from clinical samples. Her current interest is on incorporating molecular methods to detect mycobacteria from extrapulmonary and pulmonary samples.
Dr. Vijay B. Baladhye obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedakar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor at Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule, Pune University. His research areas are Proteomics and Bioinformatics. His current research focuses on epiproteomic profiling of yeasts in response to chemical carcinogens. His study includes design and development of non-standard amino acid database (NSAAdb), develpoment of selenocystein and selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) element prediction tool and understanding function of novel proteins for functional annotation.
Dr. K. Bhanuprakash obtained her Ph.D. degree in plant physiology from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Currently, he is working as Principal Scientist in the department of plant physiology at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore. His current research is on identification and characterization of plant proteins expressed under abiotic stress condition. He is also working on isolation and characterization of proteins regulating seed viability in horticultural crops.
Dr. P. Sriyutha Murthy obtained his Ph.D. degree in Zoology from University of Madras under Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) fellowship. He is currently working as a Scientific Officer at Biofouling and Biofilm Processes Section of Water & Steam Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center Facilities (BARC), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Campus, Kalpakkam. His current research focuses on identifying cues involved in settlement of barnacle larvae, biomarker in response to biocidal exposure and climate change effects on invertebrate larvae at the proteome level.
Dr. Anitha R.Sagarkar obtained her M.Sc. degree from Government Dental College, Bangalore. She is presently pursuing Ph.D.at M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore. She is undergoing training on proteomics for her project on oral cancer.
Gorakh Raj Giri completed his M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Currently, he is pursuing Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology in South Asian University, New Delhi. At IOB he had taken four days Workshop on Mass Spectrometry based Quantitative Proteomics for Beginners.
Himani Ashra obtained her M.Sc. degree in Botany from Delhi University. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. from International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. Her work aims to identify salivary glands proteins from the insect. Brown planthopper (BPH) that interact with a protein from rice plants that is known to provide resistance against all biotypes of BPH.
Pooja Dixit obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. under a collaborative project of DBT-IOC Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), R&D Centre, Faridabad, Haryana and Deakin University, Australia. She is working on isolation & identification of fungal accessory proteins involved in lignocellulosic biomass deconstruction.
Surbhi Goswami obtained her M.Sc. degree from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. She is pursuing her Ph.D. from Chemical Glycobiology laboratory, National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi. Her research interest includes application of metabolic glycan engineering (MGE) to alter cell surface glycans and its impact on cellular interactions and metabolic diseases.
Vandana Thakur obtained her M.Tech. degree in Biotechnology from West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) and B.Tech. in Biotechnology from Amity University , Noida. Currently she is pursuing Ph.D. degree in malaria at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. She is working on Plasmodium falciparum. Her lab aims to study organelle division and its related mechanism to identify novel drug targets.
Dibya Ghimire obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from South Asian University, New Delhi. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from the same University. At IOB, she is being trained in sample preparation of mass- spectrometry based proteomic analysis and proteomic data analysis.
Athulya Ramesh obtained her M.Sc. degree from Amrita School of Biotechnology, Kerala. She is currently working as a Research Assistant at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Biomedical Science and Technology, Kerala. Her recent work focuses on diabetic related cardiovascular diseases.
Ashwini A Shahadani has obtained her M.Sc. in Microbiology from Nagpur University and M.Phil. in Microbiology from Bharathidasan Open University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. from Department of Biotechnology, Businayana Mukundadas Sreenivasaiah College of Engineering (BMSCE), Bangalore. She is working on isolation, purification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides.
Nadine de Souza obtained her M.Sc. degree in Microbiology from the University of Pune. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa. Her area of study is the bioremediation of textile dyes using marine bacteria with a focus on understanding the mechanism of dye decolorization.
Ajay kumar obtained his M.Sc. in Plant Biotechnology from Genetics and Plant Breeding department of Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Currently, he is working as a Senior Research Fellow in Biotechnology division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. His study aims to identify potential regulator related to tea quality.
Shruti Shah obtained her M.Sc. degree in marine microbiology from Goa University. She is currently working as a project assistant in the department of marine biotechnology in CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Goa. Her current research involves using marine bacteria for bioremediation of tannery and textile effluents. Her study aims to profile proteins of the organisms having heavy metal tolerance.
Elroy Joe Pereira obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from the Life Sciences Institute, Manipal. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa. His study focuses on the bioremediation of chromium by marine bacteria.
Aditi Bhowmik obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from SRM University, Tamil Nadu. She completed her Ph.D. from Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar on head and neck cancer in the population of Southern Assam. Her research interest includes study of alterations of different tumor suppressor genes in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients as well as early detection of HNC with the help of peripheral blood lymphocytes.
Sudipa Galgalkar obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra. Currently, she is working with Siemens Healthcare, India as Lead Research Engineer. Her area of interest is to evaluate and understand clinically relevant advance diagnostic techniques.
Mohd Asad is currently working as a Research Associate at the Parasite Cell Biology Group at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. He did his PhD in Malaria Biology. His research work includes identification and characterization of various parasite proteins involved in the lipidmetabolism of Plasmodium falciparum which can be developed as drug targets.
Harish Shrikrishna Bharambe obtained his degree of M. S. (Pharm) Biotechnology from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur, Bihar . He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Neelam V. Shirsat, at Advanced Center for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer-Tata Memorial Center, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. His study focuses on identification of the functional role of microRNAs in the pathogenesis of medulloblastoma.
 
Workshop on Human Genome and Transcriptome Analysis, July 25 - 28, 2016
   
Participants
   
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Vaid graduated in Veterinary Sciences from Haryana Agricultural University (HAU), Hisar in 1991. He joined as an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Scientist in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1997 at Central Institute for Research on Goats (CIRG), Mathura. He obtained his Ph.D. in Veterinary Public Health from G B Pant University of Science and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand in 2004, in which he worked on Brucella proteins. Subsequently, he joined National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE), Hisar to work for establishment of microbial repository and is presently working as a Principal Scientist at National Centre for Veterinary Type Cultures (NCVTCC), NRCE, Hisar. As in-charge of Bacteriology Laboratory at NCVTCC, his research interests include genomic characterization of veterinary pathogens in microbial repository of NCVTCC, NRCE, Hisar. He is interested in polyphasic chracterization of novel veterinary bacterial species and studies on antimicrobial resistance of animal pathogens. 
Dr Prabhakar S Kedar is a Scientist D in the Department of Hematogenetics at the National Institute of Immunohaematology (ICMR) Mumbai, India. He has completed his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan under DST-JSPS Ronpaku Program in 2007. Further, he has obtained his post doctoral fellowship from the Harvard Medical School Boston, USA. He has also had training at MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM) University Of Oxford (UK), His lab is currently working on various aspects of hematological disorders such as diagnosis and understanding molecular genetics and pathogenesis of red cell enzymopathies , red cell membrane disorders and methemoglobinemia by elucidating various genetic mutations. 
Dr. P. Sandeep Koka obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Tulane University, USA. His work focused on the role of oxidative stress induced apoptosis mechanisms in prostate cancer cells. He then joined Bio-Rad Laboratories as Field Application Specialist and was involved in multiple roles such as customer support, sales support and marketing. Currently he is a Facility Manager for SRM-DBT partnership platform project for Advanced Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. (alspl). 
Dr. Anuj Kumar obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Virology from Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in 2015. His Ph.D. work involved deciphering the mechanism of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication and developing anti-HCV agents. Currently, he is working as a Research Associate at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Bangalore. His project work deals with whole genome sequencing of Flaviviruses using next generation sequencing platform. 
Dr Deepali Krishan Bhat obtained her Ph.D. in renal transplantation from Department of Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi. Her work involved studying the role of HLA, MICA and NKG2D receptor molecules in renal allograft prognosis. She is currently working as a post doctoral fellow at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore. Her project aims at understanding the immune responses in the marine organisms focussing on the immune regulatory checkpoints. 
Dr Maroudam Veerasami obtained her Ph.D.in Biotechnology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. She is currently working as a Scientist in Translation Research Platform for Veterinary Biological, DBT-TANUVAS, Chennai. She was involved in an Indo-UK project for development of recombinant BCG vaccine and diagnostics for animal TB and received a BIG-BIRAC award for developing an affordable Animal TB diagnostics. She is interested in identifying specific diagnostics proteins for differentiation of pathogenic and non-pathogenic TB. 
Dr. Debpriyo Kumar Dey obtained his B.Sc. degree in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandary (B.V.Sc. & A.H.) from Assam Agricultural University and is registered as a practising Veterinary Physician under the Veterinary Council of India. Currently, he is pursuing his M.Sc. in Animal Biochemistry from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal. His work in the immunochemistry lab of the Animal Biochemistry Division deals with immunological studies and characteristic effects of peptides on osteoblasts and bone health. His main area of research focuses on the effects of neuropeptide Y on osteoblasts and their gene-marker expression. 
Dr. Sushant S. Vinarkar obtained his M.D. degree and Senior Residency in Pathology at Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai and one year Post-Doctoral Certificate Courses (PDCC) in Haematopathology from P.D. Hinduja Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai. He is presently pursuing his fellowship in Molecular Genetics at Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata. His main interests are in the field of Haematopathology and solid tumours pathology. 
Malini Menon obtained her M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Banasthali University, Rajasthan. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. in the HIV-AIDS Laboratory, JNCASR, Bangalore under the guidance of Prof Udaykumar Ranga. Her research interest includes the identification of functional significance of HIV-1 Tat signature amino acid residues (SAR). 
Sonam Verma obtained her M.Sc. in Biochemistry from University of Lucknow, Lucknow. Currently she is working as a Ph.D student in the Reproductive Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi under the guidance of Dr S.K.Gupta. Her research interest includes the role of different cytokines on the process of trophoblast invasion. 
Deepak Balamurali completed his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu. He has previously worked with Lifecell International as an Executive in the Cord Tissue Processing Department for a period of 13 months. He is currently employed as a Project Associate with the National Cancer Tissue Biobank- an organization which functions at the Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. At present, he is working on exome sequencing of tumor samples using the NGS platform. 
Aniket G. Patankar obtained his M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Fergusson College, Pune. He is pursuing his Ph.D in the Department of Gamete Immunobiology (GIB) under the guidance of Dr. Priyanka Parte at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai. His area of research is abnormal chromatin compaction and its effect on fertlity. His project focuses on significance of retained histones in mature human spermatozoa. 
Premakumari Venkatesh obtained her M.S. in Translational Biotechnology from University of Florida and her B.Tech in Biotechnology from St. Peters University. She is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow in the "Animal Biotechnology Career Enhancement Program" in Translational Research Platform for Veterinary Biologics (TRPVB) at Chennai. Her current research focuses on "Expression of candidate miRNAs in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy". 
Vijaya Lakshmi K obtained her M.Tech. in Genetic Engineering from SRM University and her B.Tech. in Biotechnology from Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. Currently she is working as a Senior Research Fellow in BIG-BIRAC grant for the project titled "Affordable point of care animal TB diagnostic kit for TB control" at the Translational Research Platform for Veterinary Biologicals (TRPVB), TANUVAS, Chennai. 
John Peter obtained his M.Tech in Biotechnology from Sathyabama University, Chennai. Presently he is working as a project scientist at National Cancer Tissue Bio-bank, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. 
Shrikant Jagannathrao Karegaonkar is pursuing his Ph.D. in the field of Plant Molecular Biology from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. He completed his M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University (SRTM) university, Nanded. Currently he is working on isolation, cloning and functional characterization of genes involved in the synthesis of terpenes in plants. 
Athulya Ram is currently registered for a BS-MS dual degree program in Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram. She is working under Prof. M. P. Rajan in mathematical modelling of biological systems. 
Parvathi S is currently pursuing a BS-MS Dual degree at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram. She is currently working on "Mathematical Modeling of Cancer Cells" under Dr. M P Rajan, Professor, Department of Mathematics, IISER, Thiruvananthapuram. 
Neha PRS is currently pursuing a BS MS dual degree program at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram. For her Masters project, she is involved in mathematical modelling of cancer under the guidance of Prof. M P Rajan. 
Sharvani S Nandikol obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka. Presently she is a Junior Research Fellow at CSIR-NCL, Pune. 
 
Workshop on fundamentals of animal cell culture and functional applications, April 04 - 06, 2016
   
Participants
   
Dr. Sunil G. Babu obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, A.P. in 2006. In 2001 he joined as a Lecturer in Biochemistry at Bundlkhand University, Jhansi, U.P, there he served for 4.5 years and joined in Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, U.P as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology in 2005. His research interests include the role of SNP's in cancer progression and prevention, host-pathogen interactions at miRNA level and immunomodulation. Currently his lab is engaged in predicting and evaluating the functional role of viral miRNA's on cellular mRNAs.  
Raksha A. Ganesh obtained her M.Sc. degree in Genetics from University of Mysore, Mysore. She is currently pursuing her PhD under Dr. Ravi Sirdeshmukh at Mazumdar Shaw Center for Translational Reseach (MSCTR),Bangalore, whose lab works on discovery proteomics to clinical applications on Glioblastoma multiforme and low grade gliomas. Her research work involves developing draft pathway map of an orphan GPCR in Glioblastoma multiforme through experimental and bioinformatics approach.
Archana Chaudhari obtained her M.Sc. degree from Calicut University, Kerala. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Biochemistry Department from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), Gujarat. She is working as a DBT- SRF in the Probiotics Group of MSU. Her doctoral work focuses on development of genetically engineered Escherichia coli strains for amelioration of fructose induced dietary disorders.
Ruma Raghuvanshi obtained her M.Sc. degree in Industrial Biotechnology from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Biochemistry Department from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), Gujarat. Her research interest is in developing novel genetic engineered Probiotics.
Lakshmi Mahendrawada obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Currently she is working as a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Her research topic is on the Chromosomal Instability and Organization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Neelam Maharshi obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal. Currently she is working as a Junior Research Fellow at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Her research topic is on the Chromosomal Instability and Organization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Deepash Kothiwal obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur. Currently he is working as a Senior Research Fellow at the department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His research topic is on the Chromosomal Instability and Organization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Dr. Nikhil Ratna obtained his M.B.B.S degree from Dr.NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is pursuiing his Ph.D. in Clinical Neurosciences at NIMHANS under ICMR fellowship. His work includes clinical assessment of patients with neuropsychiatric illnesses and pursue research in specified area. His study focuses on understanding the mechanisms of Huntington's disease and other proteopathic neurodegenerative disorders using patient derived lymphoblastoid and other cell lines and transgenic drosophila models.
 
Workshop on Mass Spectrometry based Quantitative Proteomics for Beginners,
February 01 - 04, 2016
   
Participants
   
Dr.Sharad Daulatrao Pawar is currently working as a Research Officer (Pharmacology) at the National Research Institute of Basic Ayurvedic Sciences (NRIBAS), Pune. He obtained his M.V.Sc. degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology from Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai and Ph.D. in Biochemistry under guidance of Dr. Rajesh Dabur at NRIBAS, Pune (affiliated to University of Pune). His research areas are in vitro screening of Ayurvedic drugs for their anticancer and antidiabetic activities using cell based assays and to explore their mechanism of action using mass spectrometry platform.  
Dr. Shashi Prakash Singh obtained his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. He worked on the molecular genetic characterization of thyroxine 5' deiodinase in Dictyostelium. He is currently pursuing his postdoctoral work with the group of Dr. R. Baskar at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. His current research focuses on identification of caffeine targets and proteins involved in lateral inhibition.
Sanjay S. Bankapur obtained his M.Tech (Computer Science) from International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surathkal under the guidance of Dr. Nagamma Patil. His current research involves designing and developing efficient algorithms for Predicting Protein Structures.
Manojkumar Vilas Avaghade obtained his M.Sc. degree in Medical biotechnology from Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Ahmednagar. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under Dr. Dhiman Sarkar at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. His research work involves drug target identification, protein purification and characterization.
Amreesh Parvez obtained his M.Sc. degree in life science from JNU, New Delhi, India. He is a Ph.D. student under the guidance of Dr. Priti Saxena at South Asian University, New Delhi. His work focuses on lipid modifying enzyme, Escherichia coli based metabolomics, biofilm metabolomics and proteomic approaches for mycobacteria.
Vandita Dwivedi obtained her M.Sc. degree in Zoology from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She is a Ph.D. student at National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi. She is currently working at Chemical Glycobiology laboratory (NII) under Dr. S. Gopalan Sampathkumar. Her work focuses on the role played by glycans in modulating various cellular, physiological and Immunological events.
Veena Sinha obtained her M.Sc. degree in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Delhi University. She is pursuing her Ph.D. degree from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, registered with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, under the guidance of Dr. Neeti Sanan Mishra. Her current research work at ICGEB involves analysing the mechanism of salt stress in B2 overexpressing plants and checking for FHVB2 interacting partners that impart salt stress in this system. Her work focuses on validating additional networking elements that may be involved in regulating gene expression through miRNAs.
Shafeeque C. M. obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram under the guidance of Dr. Moinak Banerjee. His study focuses on methylation pathway genes which respond to environmental cues and regulate gene expression.
Sandeep Sharma obtained his M.Sc. degree from Kumaun University, Nainital. He is currently working as a Research Fellow in Division of Plant Physiology, Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) Pusa Campus, New Delhi. His current research work is on plant mineral nutrition.
Devasmita Chakravarty obtained her M.Sc. degree in Microbiology from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. Presently she is working as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata under the guidance of Dr.Arun Bandyopadhyay. Her broad area of research is in cardiovascular diseases.
Arti Sharma obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from University of Jiwaji, Gwalior. She is currently a Ph.D. student under the guidance of Dr. S. Ponmariappan at the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior. Her study focuses on identification of surface biomarker of Clostridium botulinum which can be used as a diagnostic or vaccine candidate molecule against botulism.
Rahul Chavan is working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences , Mumbai University. He recently submitted his Ph.D. degree thesis in Applied Biology to Mumbai University, his work involved influenza research from the Haffkine Institute of Training, Research and Testing, Mumbai. His research focuses on the discovery of predictive biomarkers in viral infections especially in influenza and malarial infections.
Nikhil Skariah Samuel obtained his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. He has completed a project on the effects of monosodium glutamate in probiotic bacteria and human peripheral cells. He worked on the analysis of RNA-Seq data as a part of his M.Sc. project.
Rohan Vijaykumar Kansara obtained his M.Sc. degree in Plant Biotechnology from Navsari Agricultural University, Gujarat. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Dr. R. M. Patel in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Navsari Agricultural University, Gujarat. His research work involves to regenerate finger millet plants against blast disease tolerance through in vitro mutagenesis.
Rakesh Kumar Tiwari obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Uttar Pradesh and M.Phil degree in Biotechnology from Madurai Kamraj University, Tamil Nadu. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Dr. Madhulika Dixit at Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. His study focuses on understanding the molecular pathways initiating endothelial dysfunction in diabetic patients.
Nagalakshmi N. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Medical Microbiology from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. She is currently working as a lecturer at Department of Microbiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal. Her study focuses on the development of therapeutic agents against multidrug resistant bacteria and evaluation of in vitro and in vivo bactericidal activity of lysostaphin against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
P. Umadevi obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from the School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu. She is currently working as a Scientist (Biotechnology) at the Indian Institute of Spices Research (ICAR), Kozhikode, Kerala. Her study focuses on the application of proteomics in host- pathogen interaction, biotic and abiotic stress of black pepper and mining of antimicrobial peptides from spice crops.
 
Workshop on fundamentals of animal cell culture and functional applications,
September 26 - 28, 2014
   
Participants
 
Dr. Varun Dhir obtained his MBBS and MD (Medicine) degrees from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and a Doctor of Medicene degree (DM) in Clinical Immunology from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow. He joined Post Graduation Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh as faculty in 2011. His major area of interest is rheumatological diseases, specifically rheumatoid arthritis and the action of the disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug Methotrexate.
Dr. Shampa Sarkar (Biswas) obtained her Ph.D. degree in life sciences from CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), Kolkata. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Physiology in the Department of Biological Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata. Her doctoral work focussed on the role of Nitric oxide and embryo-implantation. Her current research work emphasizes on the cross talk of signalling molecules in embryos and the endometrial bed in different disease models like Premature Ovarian Failure (POF) and Endometriosis.
Dr. Prabir. K. Mukhopadhyay is an Associate Professor of Physiology in the Department of Biological Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata. He has obtained his Ph.D degree in Science from CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), Kolkata. His doctoral work focussed on Implantation associated rat uterine Mannose-binding protein. His current reasearch activities are focussed on Environmental toxicity. His investigations are to determine the mitigatory aspect of arsenic toxicity using dietary modulations.
Ms. Kalyani P. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Food Biotechnology from Oil Technological Research Institute, Anantapur. She is a Ph.D. student at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH) under the guidance of Dr. Kaiser Jamil and has submitted her thesis on ‘Genetic aspects of anemia in cancers’. Her research interests include nutrition genomics and cancer biology.
 
Workshop on mass spectrometry-based metabolomics,
September 24 - 25, 2014
   
Participants
   
Neetika Jaisinghani obtained her M.Sc. degree in Life Sciences from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. under Dr. Sheetal Gandotra at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi, whose lab mainly works on host- pathogen interactions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Her research work involves elucidating the mechanism of lipid uptake by Mycobacteria from the host and foamy macrophage formation.  
Ankur Bothra obtained his M.Sc. degree in Molecular and Human Genetics from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. He is currently a Ph.D. scholar at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi under the guidance of Dr. Vivek Rao. His research work involves understanding the intricacies of lipid metabolic pathways in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. His prime objective is to understand the biological/molecular funtion(s) of Mmpl family of genes in the same. He is currently studying the underlying pathobiology of tuberculosis from the pathogen perspective.
 
Workshop on fundamentals of mass spectrometry-based proteomics for beginners,
September, 21 - 23, 2014
   
Participants
   
Dr. Radhika Srinivasan obtained her M.D. degree in Pathology from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and her Ph.D. was in cancer research from the Imperial College School of Medicine (Hammersmith Hospital Campus), London. She is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Cytology and Gynecological Pathology at PGIMER, Chandigarh. Her research interests include the application of molecular diagnostic markers in Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) and discovery of diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers in gynecological cancers especially cervical and endometrial cancers. She is a member of the expert committee for developing guidelines for screening and management of cervical cancer.
Dr. Kusum Sharma obtained her M.D degree in Microbiology from Government Medical College, Amritsar in 2001. After finishing her Senior Residency, joined the institute in 2005 as faculty. She is currently designated as associate professor in Medical Microbiology department at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. Her fields of interest include molecular diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis such as, Tuberculous meningitis, Ocular Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis etc. and studying drug resistance and pathogenesis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) co-infections.
Dr. Nalini Gupta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cytology and Gynaecological Pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She did her senior residency in Pathology from PGIMER and was selected as Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) fellow in the Young Bio-medical scientists program at the Manchester Cytology Centre, Manchester, U.K. She learnt liquid-based cytology (LBC) and its various applications during this fellowship and conducted numerous workshops in LBC throughout the country. Her main area of research interest includes development of new bio-markers and prognostic markers in gynaecological cancers especially cervical and endometrial cancers. She is a cytopathologist and has worked on human papillomavirus detection in oesophageal, head and neck and cervical cancers.
Dr. Pradeep Kumar obtained his Ph. D degree in Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics from Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar. He is currently working as a scientist in the Department of Animal Physiology and Reproduction at ICAR- Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hisar, Haryana. His research interests include semen biology, semen proteomics and discovery of predictive biomarkers for bull fertility.
Mr. Kaurab Singh obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Jammu, India. He is a Ph.D. student under the guidance of Dr. Sheetal Gandotra at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi. His study aims on analyzing cell-cell interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and human macrophages using molecular biology and proteomic approaches. At IOB, he is being trained in Mass Spectrometry-based quantitative proteomic technologies.
Ms. Bhairavi Vajaria obtained her M.Sc degree in Biochemistry from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. She is pursuing her Ph.D. degree from the Gujarat Cancer and Research Insitute (GCRI), Ahmedabad, registered with The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara under the guidance of Dr. Prabhudas S. Patel. Her current research work at GCRI involves monitoring of glycosylation changes in oral precancerous conditions and Oral Cancer (from blood and saliva) for early detection, prognosis and treatment monitoring of oral cancer patients.
Mrs. Avinash Kaur obtained M.Tech (Biotechnology) from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur and is currently pursuing Ph.D. degree at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, under the guidance of Dr. Dinesh Kalyanasundaram. Her current research interest involves designing of medical devices for early detection, quantification of common diseases (Cholera, Rheumatic fever, etc.) from saliva samples and to study the relationship between the inflammatory biomarkers and changes in pH at the site of implant for the development of innovative orthodentic sensor.
 
Workshop on human genome analysis, September,
18 - 20, 2014
   
Participants
   
Dr. Kusum Sharma obtained her M.D degree in Microbiology from Government Medical College, Amritsar in 2001. After finishing her Senior Residency, joined the institute in 2005 as faculty. She is currently designated as associate professor in Medical Microbiology department at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. Her fields of interest include molecular diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis such as, Tuberculous meningitis, Ocular Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis etc. and studying drug resistance and pathogenesis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) co-infections.
Dr. Nalini Gupta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cytology and Gynaecological Pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She did her senior residency in Pathology from PGIMER and was selected as Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) fellow in the Young Bio-medical scientists program at the Manchester Cytology Centre, Manchester, U.K. She learnt liquid-based cytology (LBC) and its various applications during this fellowship and conducted numerous workshops in LBC throughout the country. Her main area of research interest includes development of new bio-markers and prognostic markers in gynaecological cancers especially cervical and endometrial cancers. She is a cytopathologist and has worked on human papillomavirus detection in oesophageal, head and neck and cervical cancers.
Dr. Kaveri Sidhu obtained her Ph.D. degree from International Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, where she worked on analyzing the relationship between structure and function in hepatitis B virus X protein. She is currently working as a research associate at ICGEB in the Virology Group. Her current research interest involves studying the role of trans-acting transcription factors and cis-DNA elements in determining the selection and firing from mammalian origins of DNA replication.  
Ms. Razia Sultana obtained his B.E, M.Tech. degree in Biotechnology from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. She previously worked as Research Associate in the Microbiology and Mutagenicity lab. She is currently working as a Research Associate in the air pollution related diseases and diagnostic centre in SDS Tuberculosis Research Centre and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (SDS TRC & RGICD), Bangalore. She is also involved in establishing a research facility named as Advanced Molecular Diagnostic Research Centre in SDS TRC & RGICD.
Dr. Vijaya Pandey obtained her Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. She is currently working as a Research Associate in the Virology Group of ICGEB. Her doctoral work focused on unravelling the mechanisms of deregulation of cellular replication factors by viral oncoprotein Hepatitis B virus X antigen (HBx). Her current research focusses on deciphering strategies employed by viral oncoproteins (such as HBx of HBV and E6 and E7 oncoproteins encoded by Human papilloma virus) playing a role in epigenetic alterations contributing to virus-induced cancers.
Dr. A. Sudhakar obtained his Ph.D. degree from Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India. He is currently working at Animal Breeding group, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), India. He is interested in genetic improvement of cattle and studying genomic selection in cattle and buffalo to improve milk production and fertility traits. His group coordinates genetic improvement programs on 7 breed combinations in dairy cattle and 4 breeds of buffalo in India under National Dairy Plan apart from technically and financially supporting semen stations across country to produce disease free frozen semen doses from high genetic merit bulls.
 
Workshop on mass spectrometry-based metabolomics,
August 03 - 04, 2014
   
Participants
   
Dr. Manjulatha K. is a Principal Investigator, DST WOSA, at the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from Gulbarga University, Karnataka, India. Her research interests include metabolomics of natural products by systematic study of unique chemical fingerprints of small molecule metabolites. This involves understanding their biological importance and interactions with macro and small molecules in biological systems using hyphenated techniques such as LC-MS, GC-MS and NMR-based studies. She is also interested in studying the synthesis of small molecules using "greener" techniques and medicinal chemistry in anti-infectives, anticancer molecules and antioxidants.
   
Prof. Adhar C. Manna is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Presidency University, Kolkata, India. He completed his Ph.D. in molecular biology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi before working as a Research Associate at the Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, USA. Further, he has obtained his post doctoral fellowship from the Rockefeller University, New York, USA. He has also held the post of Research Assistant Professor at Dartmouth Medical School, USA followed by a stint as Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota, USA. His lab is currently working on various aspects of biology such as (i) understanding molecular genetics and pathogenesis of S. aureus to develop anti-virulence by elucidating virulence gene regulation by Sar family of transcriptional regulators; (ii) developing antimicrobials based on ZnO nanoparticles; and (iii) production of biofuels using waste materials.
   
Dr. K. J. Suneetha is a Technical Officer at the Laboratory of Fungal Pathogenesis, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from the University of Madras, Chennai in 2013. Currently, she is working on "Iron homeostasis in Candida glabrata". She is interested in understanding response of Candida glabrata, an opportunistic pathogen, to iron availability in the human host.
   
Dr. Archana Bharadawaj Siva is a Principal Scientist at the CSIR-Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Currently, she has initiated work in the evolving area of Microbiome-Metabolome inter relationship in health and diseases. Her primary area of interest is to identify the molecular basis of infertility (both women and men) using human and animal models.
 
Workshop on fundamentals of mass spectrometry-based proteomics for beginners,
August 01 - August 02, 2014
   
Participants
Dr. Amit Rawat is an Assistant Professor in the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Division at the Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. He has obtained his MD degree in Pathology and a Postdoctoral certificate (PDCC) in Laboratory Immunology. His area of interest including immunological disorders of children especially primary immunodeficiency diseases and pediatric autoimmune disesases. 
   
Dr. Ravi Shankar obtained his Master’s degree in Microbiology from GKVK, Bangalore and Doctoral degree in microbiology from University of Sydney, Australia. His post-doctoral work was in Biochemistry division of Indian Institute of Science. He has industrial experience in Sami chemicals and Jubilant Biosys. Currently he is working as Associate Professor at R.V.College of Engineering in the dept of Biotechnology. His current area of interest are in renewable energy and biosensors.
   
Anjum A. Ahmed is a Software Engineer graduated from Dr Ambedkar Institute of technology (Computer Science) , currently working as a Senior software Tester at Nonlinear Dynamics which is part of Waters Corporation. Nonlinear Dynamics develops small-molecule applications and Proteomics applications which deliver highly-accurate quantitative data analysis with simplicity, scalability, statistical processing and improved visualizations. 
   
Rajeswari. R has obtained her Master s degree in Pharmaceutical technology from SASTRA University,Thanjavur,India. Currently she is working as a senior research fellow at the department of ocular pathology, Vision research foundation, Sankara Nethralaya Chennai. Her research topic is on the role of tumor microenvironment in the progression of Retinoblastoma.
   
Sukrut C Kamerkar completed his Masters in Biology and is currently pursuing Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER Pune) in the lab of Dr. Thomas J Pucadyil. His research interest is in finding out novel membrane fission catalyst present in cytosol. 
   
Workshop on human genome analysis
July 28 - 30, 2014
   
Participants
   
 
Dr. Uttam Mete obtained his M.Sc. degree in General Surgery and M. Ch. in Urology both from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Institute & Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh. He is also the Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh). Currently he is working as faculty member in the Department of Urology in PGIMER, Chandigarh. His area of interest is uro-oncology and urolithiasis.
   

Dr. P. Kannan obtained his M.V.Sc and Ph.D. degree in Veterinary Bacteriology from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Presently he is working as a scientist at National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai. His area of interest is understanding the gene regulation and protein transport mechanism in M. tuberculosis and virulence studies in animal models.

 

 

   
Dr. P. L. Natarajan obtained his M.B.B.S degree from Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai and Ph.D from Madras University, Chennai. Currently he is working as Scientist "B" in HIV-TB clincal trials in National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai.
   
Jagadish Chandrabose S is currently working as a scientist in National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (ICMR), Chennai and he is awaiting to defend his Ph.D. viva-voce. He is interested in designing vaccine for tuberculosis and HIV.
   
Dr. Ritu Gupta is an additional Professor at the Laboratory Oncology Unit of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital at AIIMS, New Delhi hold M.D. degree in Pathology from Kasturba Medical college, Manipal. Her laboratory deals with diagnosis, prognostication and treatment monitoring of patients with hematological malignancies. She is actively involved in many research projects on multiple myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia.
   
 
Workshop on human transcriptome analysis,
June 24 - 25, 2014
   
Participants
   
Gagandeep Kaur has done her Msc (hons) in Microbiology from Panjab university, Chandigarh. Currently, she is working as a JRF for a DST funded project. Her work is focussed on metatranscriptomic analysis and functional characterization of metabolically active genes of microbial consortium of polluted soil and water.
   
Dr. Jyothi V. Mallia obtained her Ph.D. degree in Science (Genetics and Biotechnology) from Manonmaniam Sundarnar University, Thirunelveli. Currently, she is working as postdoctoral researcher under DST (WOS-A) scheme in National Institute for Research In Reproductive Health (ICMR). Her area of research is cytogenetics and molecular studies in spontaneous abortion.
   
Ms. Neeta Salgaonkar obtained her M. Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Mumbai. Currently, she is working at Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Pune. She is involved in identifying the antioxidative DNA damge properties of Chito-oligosaccharides, biologically extracted from seafood waste. Her research interest involves molecular biology and enzyme technology.
 
Workshop on Fundamentals of Animal cell culture and functional applications,
June 19 - 21, 2014
   
Participants
   
Anupama C obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Kuvempu University. Presently she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), Tumkur, Karnataka. She is currently working on Green synthesis of nanoparticles using herbal extracts. Her area of research is proteins purification & characterization.
   
Dr. S. Krishna Sundari obtained her Ph.D. from Barkat Ullah University, Bhopal & The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. She did her post doctoral work on plant-microbe interaction at INRA, Champenoux, France. Presently, she is working as Associate Professor at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida. Her area of research is microbial biotechnology with applications in agriculture and environment. She is interested in exploring the therapeutic potential of bioactive compounds of plant and microbial origin using animal/human cell cultures.
   
Prakriti Gupta is currently pursuing her M.B.B.S. from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. She has undertaken a project entitled ´Serum light chains as a diagnostic marker in monoclonal gammopathies´ for an ICMR STS Program 2014. She is also an Elsevier Student Ambassador for the year 2014-15. She hopes to pursue medical research after her post graduation.
   
Preethi Rajamannar is currently pursuing her B.Tech in Genetic Engineering from SRM University, Chennai. She has completed a project on ´Isolation, extraction and characterization of proteases from Bacillus megaterium´ as a part of her academic curriculum. She plans to pursue further research in the field of Neurobiology or Proteomics.
   
Dr. Priyadarshini Chatterjee obtained her Ph.D. degree in Immunology from National Institute Immunology (NII), New Delhi. She worked as a post doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School, USA focusing on infection immunity and autoimmunity. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Regional Centre for Biotechnology (DBT-UNESCO Institute), Gurgaon. Her work involves understanding the cellular and molecular basis of autoimmunity linked to deficiency of certain complement proteins.
   
Shruthi Lingaiah obtained her M.Tech degree in Industrial Biotechnology from Manipal University, Manipal. After working as a research trainee at Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore for a year, she joined the Molecular Medicine Department at St. John´s Research Institute, Bangalore as a Junior Research Fellow. Her work focuses on screening for molecular markers of cancer and HIV.
   
   
 
Workshop on mass spectrometry-based metabolomics,
June 17 - 18, 2014
   
Participants
   
Dr. Bhumesh Kumar obtained his Ph.D. degree in Plant Physiology from CCS Haryana Agricultural University. He did his post-doctoral work at ARO, Volcani Centre, Israel and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi. Currently, he is working as Senior Scientist in Directorate of Weed Science Research (ICAR). His research areas are molecular biology of climate change and herbicide resistance.
   
Dr. Jaya Shukla obtained her Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Medicine (Radiopharmacy) from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. Her area of research is drug delivery and development of radio labeled drugs for diagnosis & therapy.
   
Dr. Shalmoli Bhattacharyya obtained her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biophysics, PGIMER, Chandigarh. She is working in the areas of cellular biophysics and stem cell biology. Her laboratory is currently invlolved in the study of epithelial to mesenchymal transition in cancer and cancer stem cells.
   
Krishna L. is currently pursuing her M.Sc. Integrated degree in the Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Pune. She has completed a project based on suppression of HBV by a vector based approach as a part of her academic curriculum. She wishes to pursue research in infectious diseases.
   
Workshop on Clinical Proteomics,
June 14 - 16, 2014
   
Participants
   
Dr. Venkataseshan Sundaram obtained his MD degree in Pediatrics followed by his Doctorate in Medicine (DM) degree in Neonatology from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. He currently works as a Faculty in the Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh. His primary area of interest is neonatal severe sepsis and he is currently involved in discovering the molecular level mechanisms that are associated with progression of sepsis to severe sepsis.
   
Krishna L is currently pursuing her M.Sc. Integrated degree in the Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Pune. She has completed a project based on suppression of HBV by a vector based approach as a part of her academic curriculum. She wishes to pursue research in infectious diseases.
   
Priya Krithivasan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. She is currently working for Ganit Labs at Strand Life Sciences, Bangalore. Her research involves NGS and proteomics data analysis in cancers.
   
Priyanka Sharma obtained her M. Tech. degree in Information technology (Bioinformatics) from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIITA). Currently, she is pursuing her Ph. D. degree in Biotechnology under the guidance of Dr. Rinu Sharma in the Cancer Research Lab of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Delhi. Her work involves studying expression of miRNAs in esophageal cancer to determine potential minimally invasive/non-invasive diagnostic marker.
   
Shivam Singh obtained her M.Sc. degree in Zoology from Hans Raj College, University of Delhi. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in cancer biology under the guidance of Dr. Rinu Sharma at the University School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Delhi. Her research work involves functional analysis of immunoregulatory molecules in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
 
Workshop on Fundamentals of Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics for Beginners,
April 26 - 28, 2014
   
Participants
   
Akhilandeswarre D. obtained her M. Sc. degree in Microbial Gene technology from Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu. Currently, she is pursuing her Ph. D. degree in Biotechnology under the guidance of Dr. Sabu Thomas in the Cholera Research Lab of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Kerala. She is involved in identifying potential drug targets for inhibiting biofilm formation in the pathogenic members of Vibrionaceae family employing transcriptomic and proteomic techniques.
   
Karthika S. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Dr. Sabu Thomas at Cholera Research Lab, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Kerala. Her research involves identifying the role of bacterial biofilm in non-healing chronic Diabetic ulcers. 
   
Dr. Paresh Sharma obtained his Ph. D. degree in Molecular Parasitology from BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan. He did his post-doctoral work in Malaria Biology at NIAID, National Institute of Health, USA from 2010-2013. He joined the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology in January 2013 as Scientist C. His research interest involves understanding the genetic basis of disease in domestic animals. He is also keen to develop rapid diagnostic kit for various livestock diseases.
   
Dr. A. Riyasdeen obtained his Ph. D. degree at Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tami Nadu, under the guidance Prof. M. A. Akbarsha. His research focused on therapeutic evaluation of transition metal complexes on cancer cell line through apoptotic pathways. He is currently working on proteomic analysis and therapeutic evaluation of snake venom.
 
Workshop on mass spectrometry-based metabolomics,
April 16 - April 17, 2014
   
Participants
   
 
Dr. Jogadhenu Syama Sundar Prakash is currently working as an Associate Professor at the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. He is interested in identifying gene regulation by putative transcription factors in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 to determine how they trigger gene expression changes when cells respond to environmental changes. His laboratory employs genetic and molecular approaches, transcriptional profiling, ChIP on chip studies, and genome wide computational prediction of cis-regulatory elements, to identify regulons of putative transcription factors. As part of this work, they have discovered a novel heat responsive transcriptional regulator in Synechocysti.
 
Dr. Arnab Pal holds an MBBS degree from the University of Calcutta, West Bengal and M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry from AIIMS, New Delhi. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, PGIMER, Chandigarh. His main area of research involves development of newer biomarkers for cancers. Currently, his laboratory is working to develop a tumor marker for early diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Cancers (OSCC).
 
Dr. Anup K. Ghosh, Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, has a Ph.D. degree in Medial Microbiology (Mycology) from PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has previously worked as a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington DC, where he gained experience in gene deletion studies in the human pathogen Candida albicans. His main area of expertise is in molecular typing of pathogenic fungi. His current areas of research are early diagnosis and epidemiology of keratomycosis and taxonomy of medically important fungi. His ongoing research projects include ’Epidemiological study of fungal rhinosinusitis in North East India‘ (funded by DBT) and ’A systematic environmental survey for zygomycetes in the hospital and community‘ (funded by PGIMER research cell).
 
Kedar Ramakant Limbkar completed his Masters in Biotechnology from Visva-Bharati (Central University), Santiniketan. He is an ICMR-Senior Research Fellow currently working as a Ph.D. student under the guidance of Dr. (Mrs.) Limaye in National Centre for Cell Science, Pune. His work involves studying the effect of oral feeding of poly unsaturated fatty acids on hematopoiesis and thrombopoiesis in mice.
 

Dr. Smita Pattanaik obtained her M.D in Pharmacology from PGIMER, Chandigarh. She also holds a D.M. in Clinical Pharmacology from PGIMER, Chandigarh. She completed her MBBS from Shriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Pharmacology at PGIMER, Chandigarh. Her work involves studying chemoresistance and response markers in bladder cancer. She is also involved in clinical trials in benign prostatic hyperplasia, chronic kidney disease and male infertility. Her research interest extends to pharmacogenomics of tacrolimus, an immunosuppressive drug.

 

 

 
Dr. Pallavi Kshetrapal holds a Ph.D. degree from Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad where she worked on "Identification and Characterization of Modulators of the Homeotic gene Ultrabithorax in Drosophila melanogaster" under Prof. L.S. Shashidhara. She then went onto to complete her post doctoral research on the ’Biology of Notch‘ in the lab of Prof. Artavanis Tsakonas Spyros at Harvard Medical School, MA, USA. She is currently working as a Ramalingaswamy Fellow since 2013 at the Pediatric Biology Centre, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Gurgaon. Her area of research interest lies in the field of maternal and fetal health care.
   
Mrs. Ramya G. has a Masters degree in Biotechnology from Osmania University, Hyderabad. She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Laws and IPR from the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. She is currently working as a Junior Research Fellow at the Computational Core for Plant Metabolomics (CCPM), International Institute of Information and Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad. Under the guidance of Prof. Abhijit Mitra, IIIT-Hyderabad and Dr. Kshitish Acharya IBAB, Bengaluru, she has worked on structural analysis of pre-mRNA among co-expressed mammalian genes with respect to alternative splicing. Currently, she is working in the field of plant metabolomics under Prof. Abhijit Mitra, IIIT-Hyderabad.
   
 
Training in Clinical Proteomics (TICP) Workshop,
March 27 - 30, 2014
   
Participants
   
 
Shweta R. Gophane obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded. She is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in the lab of Dr. C. N. Khobragade at Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded. Her research work involves proteomic investigation of differentially expressed proteins at different stages in development of renal disorders.
 

Tenzin Kungyal obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from the Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the lab of Dr. Bharathi P Salimath the University of Mysore, Mysore on the identification of protein biomarkers from cancer secretome.

 

 

 
Dinesh S. L. obtained his M.Sc. degree in Industrial Microbiology from the University of Madras, Chennai. Currently, he is pursuing Ph.D. degree in the lab of Dr.M. Sundararaman at Bharathidasan University, Trichy. His study involves exploration of biodiversity and novel biomolecules from marine sediments using metagenomic approach.
   
Dr. Thungapathra M. is Additional Professor at Department of Biochemistry, PGIMER, Chandigarh. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She made a major contribution in developing a live oral cholera vaccine during post doctoral research at IMTECH, Chandigarh. Her current research interests include development of a Vibrio cholerae chassis as a platform for making vaccines against diarrhoel diseases and studies on genetic regulatory networks mediated by estrogen receptor (ER) in postmenopausal osteoporosis.
   
 
Workshop on Fundamentals of Animal cell culture and functional applications,
March 20 - 22, 2014
   
Participants
   
Shraddha Mondal obtained her M.Sc degree in Biotechnology from KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar. After working as a scientist trainee at IIT, Kharagpur for a period of six months, she has now joined as a junior project fellow at HLL LifeCare Limited, Trivandrum. She is working under Dr. Rosemary M. J. on a project entitled “Polymeric hydrogel systems on tissue regeneration”
 
Chandrika Ghoshal obtained her M.Sc degree in Genetic Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology. She is currently working as a research assistant in the lab of Dr. Swathi Shetty at Centre of Human Genetics, Bangalore. Her work focuses on mutational screening of JAK2 gene in patients having polycythemia.
 
Swetha K. S. obtained her M.Sc in Biochemistry from Maharani’s Women Science College, Bangalore. She is currently working as a senior research fellow under the guidance of Dr. Chethan Kumar M. at JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Mysore. Her ICMR funded study focuses on developing a novel antifibrotic strategy in the therapy for macular fibrosis using bioconjugation of digodeoxynucleotides.
 
Dr. Manu Sudhakar obtained his M.B.B.S degree from Government Medical College, Trivandrum. He is currently pursuing his integrated M.D. – Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute. He works on modulation of angiogenesis in adipose tissue.
 
Riju Roy Chowdhury obtained his M.Sc in Biotechnology from PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore. He is currently working as a Research Associate under Dr. Roshan Makam’s guidance on an Algal Biodiesel project at PESIT, Bangalore. His work involves extraction of triacylglycerols for biodiesel production from microalgae.
 
Swagatam Chakraborty obtained his M.Sc in Biotechnology from PES University, Bangalore. His past research projects include biological, physical and chemical analysis of water at IIM, Bangalore and a study on soil biochemistry at PES University. As a research scholar under the guidance of Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, he is working on humic substances in soil.
 
Lakshmi Narasimha obtained his MSc. degree in Animal Biotechnology from the National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. at the Thrombosis Research Institute (TRI), Bangalore. He is being guided by Dr. Lakshmi Mundkur on an artherosclerosis vaccine project. His work involves a long-term kinetic study on APOB-/-/ Ldlr-/- knockdown mice to investigate the differentially expressed genes at different stages of disease development. He will employ microarray and molecular immunological techniques to aid him in this study.
 
Iswarya R. obtained her M.Sc degree in Biomedical Science from Bharthidasan University, Tamilnadu. Presently, she is working as a Project Assistant on a DST funded project in the lab of Dr. Chethan Kumar at JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Mysore. Her work focuses on systemic studies on transport and localization of lutein and zeaxanthin in relation to age related macular degeneration.
 
Mahima Sundaresh is currently pursuing her M.Sc in Biomedical Genetics at VIT University, Vellore. She is working in Dr. Jayarama Kadandale’s lab at the Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore as a part of her final semester project entitled “Mutational Analysis of CML and PML using FISH, SKY and Karyotyping”.
 
Ashish Bhushan is a research scholar at the National Institute of Pathology (NIOP), New Delhi. He is registered for a Ph.D. degree at the Symbiosis International University, Pune. His research work under the guidance of Dr. Sunita Saxena, NIOP, involves functional validation of putative molecular markers in ESCC cell lines.
 
Thiruvelselvan P. obtained his M.Tech in Industrial Biotechnology from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu. He is a research scholar at the Thrombosis Research Institute (TRI), Bangalore. He is registered for a Ph.D. degree at Manipal University. His area of work is mainly Molecular Immunology and Animal Cell Culture. He aims to employ immunophenotyping on samples from CAD patients and on experimental animal models as a part of his PhD. Project. He is working under the guidance of Dr. Lakshmi Mundkur at TRI, Bangalore.
 
Gayathry A. has qualified her MSc. in Microbiology from Bharathiar University, Tamilnadu. She is working as a junior project fellow at HLL LifeCare Limited, Trivandrum. Her work, under the guidance of Dr. Rajmohan G., involves development of external hemostats using chitosan.
 
Dr. Reshma Kumarchandra is professor at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University. She has 22 years of experience in teaching and has a Ph.D. degree from KMC, Mangalore. She has presented papers at national and international conferences and has published research articles to her name. Her research interests lie in the field of cancer and radiation and she is involved in studying herbs as radiomodulators. She has received a research grant from BRNS, BARC and is presently guiding one Ph.D. student.
   
 
 
Seminar on Fundamentals of Mass spectrometry for Biomedical Research,
March 9 - 10, 2014
   
Participants
   
 
Dr. M. G. Madanan obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from University of Kerala then carried out Post-Doc from Philipps University, Marburg, Germany and presently working as a Scientist in Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR) Port Blair. His area of interest include study of proteases of pathogen and their role in invasion and pathogenesis. Currently he is working on gelatinases of Leptospira and its role in pathogenesis and studying differentially expressed proteins during host pathogen interaction of leptospirosis.
 
Sikha T. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Medical Laboratory Technology from Calicut University. Presently persuing her Ph.D under the guidence of Dr. Madanan M. G. in Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), ICMR, Port Blair and her research interest is in styding the role of outer membrane proteins during host pathogen interaction in leptospirosis.  
 
Chidambareswaren Mahadevan Obtained his M.Sc. degree in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Presently he is a research student in the lab of Dr. Manjula S. at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Trivandrum. His area of interest are on identifying the transcriptome and proteome changes associated with plant immune responses in black pepper (Piper nigrum L) to biotic stresses such as Phytophthora and Ralstonia. 
 
Chithra J. S. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and currently pursuing her Ph.D at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Trivandrum in lab of Dr. S. Asha Nair. Her research interest involves the study of stem cell biology in gynecological diseases like endometrial cancer and endometriosis. 
 
Dhanya K. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala and currently pursuing her Ph.D degree at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Trivandrum in the lab of Dr. S. Asha Nair. Her research interest includes analysis of the functional significance of Forkhead transcription factor, FoxM1 in cell cycle regulation. 
 
Poonam Soree obtained her M.Sc. degree in Forensic science from Dr. H. S. Gour university, M. P. Presently, she is working as senior research fellow at Defence Institute of Physiology and allied sciences DRDO Delhi under Dr. R.K. Gupta's supervision. Her main research interest are High altitude pulmonary edema and susceptibility.
 
Dr Sandeepta Burgula has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Dr Burgula's lab is focused on characterising the signal transduction events involved in regulation of PEBP1 in hypoxia. PEBP1 regulates neuronal function and is known to be dysregulated in several cancers and also neuronal disorders. Dr Burgula's work also involves identification of prognostic markers for predicting survivability in sepsis patients.
 
Karthik Rajkumar obtained his M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology from Vellore Institute of Technology and is now currently working as project assistant under, Dr. Sandeepta Burgula, assistant professor at Osmania University, Hyderabad, in the lab of. His current research includes “regulation of PEBP1 (Phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein 1) protein during hypoxic conditions”.
 
Anoor Pawan Kumar is pursuing his M.Sc. in Microbiology from University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He has worked on the antimicrobial properties of spices on the pathogenic strains of bacteria. His research intrest include the application of toxins as chemotherapeutic agents.
 
Dr. Kaushiki Kadam obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from University of Mumbai. Worked as a Research Associate with the Molecular Endocrinology Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Currently, is a Scientist at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (ICMR), Mumbai. Her areas of interest include sperm motility and autoimmune premature ovarian failure. She is working on identification of interacting partners to a testis specific antigen, TSA70 from female and male reproductive fluids.
 
Ashwini Rajan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Molecular Genetics from the University of Leicester, UK. She is currently working in a private company as a Research Associate on developing a formulation with a novel route of delivery to the CNS.
 
Divya Jyothi Reddy Obtained her M.sc. degree in Forensic Science from Osmania University. Presently, she is a Ph.D. scholar at Osmania University under Dr. Surya Satyanaryana Singh supervision.Her work focuses on studying The effect of Tobacco smoke in cervical cancer. 
 
Swathi Raju M. Obtained her M.sc. degree in Forensic Science from Osmania University. Presently, she is a Ph.D. scholar at Osmania University under Dr. Surya Satyanaryana Singh supervision.Her work focuses on studying The effect of Tobacco smoke in cervical cancer.
 
Devapriya Sinha obtained her M.Sc in Applied Genetics from Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka. Currently she is pursuing her Ph. D. under supervision of Dr. Vibha Tandon, Department of Chemistry University of Delhi, Delhi. Her current research work includes “Systematic study of bisbenzimidazoles as antibacterial agent targeting Mg+2 based cleavage religation process of Topoisomerase IA.
 
Pooja Yadav obtained her M.Sc. in Biotechnology from fergusson College, Pune University. Currently she is pursuing her Ph. D. under supervision of Dr. Vibha Tandon, Department of Chemistry University of Delhi, Delhi. Her current research work includes to find the novel interacting partner of HIV 1 integrase as well as screen the potent HIV1 integrase inhibitors molecules from the series of synthesized HIV 1 integrase inhibitors.
 
 
Workshop on Fundamentals of Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics for Beginners, 
   March 6 - 8, 2014
   
Participants
   
 
Dr. M. G. Madanan obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from University of Kerala then carried out Post-Doc from Philipps University, Marburg, Germany and presently working as a Scientist in Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR) Port Blair. His area of interest include study of proteases of pathogen and their role in invasion and pathogenesis. Currently he is working on gelatinases of Leptospira and its role in pathogenesis and studying differentially expressed proteins during host pathogen interaction of leptospirosis.
 
Manish Johri obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from M. S University of Baroda. He is currently doing Ph.D. in the lab of Dr. Krishnan H. H on "Role of PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in Hepatocellular carcinoma and subsequent pathogenesis" at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. His main research interests are host pathogen interaction and molecular evolution.
 
Neha Singhal Obtained her B.Tech degree in Biotechnology from GGSIPU, Delhi. Presently, she is a graduate student at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) under Dr. Puran Singh Sijwali's supervision. Her lab focuses on identification and characterization of various proteases of Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria. Her work involves characterization of a conserved Plasmodium protein from PfPI/DJ1 superfamily.
   
Nandita T. completed her Masters in Biotechnology and is currently pursuing Ph.D. at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad in the lab of Dr. Puran Singh S. Her current work focuses on study of pathogenesis of Plasmodium species. She is studying the role of Ubiquitin-proteasome system in parasites and its role in progression of various stages of the parasite life cycle. Her work also focuses on searching for proteasome interacting proteins which could be potential drug or vaccine targets. 
   
Sikha T. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Medical Laboratory Technology from Calicut University. Presently persuing her Ph.D under the guidence of Dr. Madanan M. G. in Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), ICMR, Port Blair and her research interest is in styding the role of outer membrane proteins during host pathogen interaction in leptospirosis.  
   
Prashant Pandit obtained his M.Sc. degree in Microbiology from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He is pursuing his Ph.D degree at Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Mohali in the lab of Dr. Shravan K. Mishra. His research topic is “Role of ubiquitin like modifiers in RNA splicing”.
   
Chidambareswaren Mahadevan Obtained his M.Sc. degree in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Presently he is a research student in the lab of Dr. Manjula S. at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Trivandrum. His area of interest are on identifying the transcriptome and proteome changes associated with plant immune responses in black pepper (Piper nigrum L) to biotic stresses such as Phytophthora and Ralstonia. 
   
Sunil Parthasarathy Obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from University of Mysore, Mysore. He then joined Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. S. Dayananada at Department of Animal Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. He later received Commonwealth Split site Fellowship to work for a year under the supervision of Prof. Tracy Palmer at Division of Molecular Microbiology at University of Dundee, Scotland. He is interested in finding the mode of anchorage, topology and the interactome of Organophosphorous Hydrolase (OPH) from Sphingopyxis sp. known to be involved in detoxification of organophosphate residues. 
   
Dr. Surender Singh completed his Ph.D. degree from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) New Delhi in Microbiology and carried out post doctoral research at the CERAR, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. He is currently working as Scientist at Division of Microbiology, IARI, New Delhi. His research interests include microbial production of cellulases, agro-waste recycling and lignocellulosic bioethanol production using enzyme cocktails.
   
Chithra J. S. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and currently pursuing her Ph.D at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Trivandrum in lab of Dr. S. Asha Nair. Her research interest involves the study of stem cell biology in gynecological diseases like endometrial cancer and endometriosis. 
   
Dhanya K. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala and currently pursuing her Ph.D degree at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Trivandrum in the lab of Dr. S. Asha Nair. Her research interest includes analysis of the functional significance of Forkhead transcription factor, FoxM1 in cell cycle regulation. 
   
Aparna N. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Pondicherry University and currently working as a Senior Research Fellow in the lab of Prof. S. Dayananda, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Her research work includes bioremediation of Hexachlorocyclohexane by Sphingobiumindicum, a proteobacterium, using the proteomics approach. 
   
Dr. Kiran M. obtained his M.V.Sc. degree in Veterinary Science and Ph.D. degree in Livestock Products Technology from Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati where he worked on improvement of spent hen and buffalo meat quality by using different chemical and physical methods. He has worked on assesssment of meat quality by different biochemical methods, ultrastructural study using SEM and TEM and proteome characterization in buffalo meat. For his Ph.D. degree he has worked on assessment of tenderness variability in Indian buffaloes by gel based proteome analysis and mass spectrometry in the lab of Dr. Naveena B. M. He has presented his research findings in various national and international seminars. His research interests include studies in meat proteomics, meat safety, meat quality, meat tenderness. 
   
Deepa Gandhi obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from R.S.S. University, Raipur. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Dr. Saravana Devi, EHD, CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur, Maharastra. She is working on Omic signature includes proteomics and transcriptomics in in vitro model exposed to xenobiotic compounds i.e. pesticide, metal. 
   
Satyam S. M. obtained his M.Sc. degree in Medical Pharmacology from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal. Further, he joined as Research associate in the same department for six months. Currently, he is working as Faculty of Pharmacology in Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal. Till date, he has published more than thirteen original research papers in various indexed National/International journals with impact factor above one. He has presented 18 papers in various National/International conferences. He has completed more than 30 pre-clinical as well as clinical studies and currently working on about 15 research projects. He is also pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the lab of Dr. Bairy K. L. on neuroendocrine pharmacology. His area of research is analgesic modulation of opioids and free radical biology.
   
Shraddha Mehta has pursued her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Mumbai, Mumbai. She is currently an ICMR SRF pursuing Ph.D degree in Medical Microbiology under the guidance of Dr. Abhay Chowdhary at the Haffkine Institute for Training, Research & Testing, Mumbai. Her research is focussed on assessing differentially expressed viral as well as host proteins that may be involved in neuronal dysfunction in rabies infection.
   
Don Mathew obtained his M.Sc. degree in Medical Biochemistry from KMC, Manipal university. He is currently a DBT-JRF under the guidance of Dr. V. K. Iyer at the Department of Pathology, AIIMS, Delhi. His research interests include Cancer biology with an interest for Renal cancer pathogenesis. His current research is focused on investigating differentially expressed proteins in Wilms Tumor conditions using Proteomic approach for search of a potential biomarker associated with the malignancy.
   
Purva Gupta is pursuing M.Pharm degree in Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance after obtaining B.Pharm degree from Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal. She has qualified Graduate Pharmaceutical Apptitude Test (GPAT).
   
Robin Joshi obtained his M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Baraktullah University, Bhopal. Currently pursuing Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in the lab of Dr. Ashu Gulati at CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur. Currently, he joined as a Senior Technical Officer (II) at Department of Biotechnology, CSIR-IHBT Palampur.
   
Dr. Subasree R. obtained her M.B.B.S. degree from Madurai Medical College, Madurai. Subsequently did her D.M. Neurology from NIMHANS, Bangalore. Currently she is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology, NIMHANS, Bangalore. Her areas of research interest include Guillain Barre syndrome, Immune mediated Neuropathies, Neurophysiology, Cortical vein thrombosis, Cognitive Neurology, Neuro-opthalmology and Experimental therapeutics.
   
Dr. Naveena B. M. obtained his Ph.D. degree in Livestock Products Technology from Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly and Post-doc from University of Connecticut, USA and currently works as Senior Scientist at National Research Centre on Meat (ICAR), Hyderabad. He is working on "proteomics of lipid oxidation induced oxidation of myoglobin from different species; identification of species-specific peptide biomarkers using proteomic tools and application of proteomics tools for understanding and improving meat quality". His research efforts are directed towards understanding the biochemical basis of meat quality.
   
 
 
Intensive Workshop on Human Genome Analysis, 
  February 5 - 8, 2014
   
Participants
   
Mr. Chandru J. completed his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the Department of Genetics, University of Madras. His work focuses on screening for mutations that can lead to hearing loss, which is considered to be a heterogeneous genetic disorder.
 
Mr. Jyotirmoy Das completed his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bangalore University and M.Tech. from West Bengal University of Technology. He is currently working at Bose Institute, Kolkata as a DST-INSPIRE Fellow and is pursuing his Ph.D. in Molecular Evolution.
 
Mr. Kuldeep Singh Chauhan obtained his M.Sc. degree in biotechnology from Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Prafullakumar B. Tailor at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.
 
Dr. Neelam Kedia Mokashi obtained her Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences from National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, where she analyzed the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of embryo loss after paternal drug administration. She studied the imprinting mechanisms in KCNQ1 gene as part of her post-doctoral research at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
 
Dr. Rajesh R. P. obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology/Marine Biology from the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. He has worked as a post doctoral research fellow in the Molecular Biophysics Unit at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is currently working in the same lab as a DST Research Scientist. His research interests include venom peptide sequencing from marine cone snails and wasps, additionally he works on small molecule chemistry and their cytotoxic mechanisms towards anticancer drug discovery.
 
Ms. Saranya M. is pursuing her Ph.D. degree at the Indian Institute of Sciences under the guidance of Dr. Rahul Roy. Her work involves understanding the sequence variations in dengue virus genome.
 
Dr. Suvankar Ghorai completed his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in molecular virology and protein biochemistry. He pursued his post doctoral research at the University of Washington, Seattle under the guidance of Dr. Jim Mullins. During his post doctoral research tenure he worked on HIV-1 functional genomics and vaccine design. He is currently working as a Research Scientist under the J. C. Bose National Research Fellowship scheme at the National Centre for Cell Science, Pune.
   
 
Workshop on Clinical Proteomics, January 6 - 9, 2014
   
Participants
   

Dr. Neelu Jain Gupta Ph.D., obtained her Ph.D. degree in Zoology from the Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut and is currently Associate Professor, presently pursuing UGC Research Award in Department of Zoology, University of Delhi. Her main research interests are circannual rhythms in migratory birds and lifestyle related metabolic disorders leading to pre-diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in humans.

   

Dr. Pazhani Chamy Ph.D., obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from the Periyar Maniammai University, Tanjavur.   He joined as a Guest Lecturer in Department of Biochemistry at Bharathidasan University, Trichy. He is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, in isolation, purification and characterization of  cyclicpeptides.

   

Dr. Selvi Radhakrishnan Ph.D., obtained her Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences from the BITS, Pilani on insulin signalling cascade. Currently she is working as Senior Scientist in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell biology at Sankara Nethrlaya, Chennai. Her work involves identifying biomarkers using proteomic approaches in Eales disease.

   

Dr. Tushar Kanti Maiti Ph.D., obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.  His postdoctoral training was at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA and Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan.  Currently he is an Assistant Professor in the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Gurgaon. His current research interest is in understanding of ubiquitin signalling in different diseases.

   

Krithiga Kalidasan obtained her M.Sc. and M.Phil. degree in Biotechnology from The Lady Doak College, Madurai. She is currently working as Senior Research Fellow in an ICMR funded project titled, “Biomarker pattern discovery in the graded changes of the age-oneset cataract- a proteomic approach” in the laboratory of Dr. Ananth Kumar Badrinath at Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai.

   
Intensive Workshop on Bioinformatics for Human Genome Analysis, 
  November 13 - 16, 2013
   
Participants
   

Dr. Manish Sharma obtained his Ph.D. degree from International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi. Currently, he is working in Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi at Peptides and Proteomics Division. His field of interest includes Hypoxia biology and Gene Expression.

   
Dr. Tushar Vora obtained his M.D. degree in Pediatrics and then specialized in Pediatric Medical Oncology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Recently he completed his training for Masters of Research in Translational Cancer Medicine from King's College, London. His interests include pediatric solid tumors, NextGen sequencing and proteomics analysis.
   
Dr. Venkateswaran K Iyer obtained his M.D. degree and Senior Residency in Pathology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and one year fellowship in pediatric pathology from Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK. He has been working as a faculty member of AIIMS, Department of Pathology and is currently a Professor. His main research interests are pathology of pediatric solid tumors especially Wilms Tumor and Hepatoblastoma. He is a cytopathologist and has several projects on cervical cancer screening and HPV detection as well as genital tuberculosis.
   
Saumya Bandyopadhyay obtained M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Presently pursuing Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from Utkal University and working as a Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar. His current research includes microbial functional genomics  and studying gene regulation in arsenic resistant bacteria isolated from extreme environment.
   
   
Workshop on Proteogenomics, October 28 - 31, 2013
   
Dr. Krishnamohan Atmakuri Ph.D., obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from the Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India.  His first postdoctoral training was at the University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston, USA in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular genetics where he deciphered several molecular mechanisms behind the functioning of the type IV secretion system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.  Subsequently he moved to Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA to work with the type VII secretion system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.  Currently he is an Assistant Professor at Translational Health Science Technology Institute, Haryana, India. His current study is on understanding host-pathogen interactions using Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Acinetobacter baumannii as model systems.
   

Dr. K. P. Ramesha Ph.D.,   obtained  B.V.Sc. and M.V.Sc. degrees from the Veterinary College, University of Agriculture Sciences, Bangalore.  He obtained Ph.D. degree from NDRI, Karnal in 1991 for his work on sperm chromosomes of bovines. He worked from 1991 to 2004 at NDRI, Karnal and Bangalore in the area of embryo biotechnology and livestock genomics. During the period 2004-09 he worked at NRC on Yak, Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh and contributed for understanding of yak genetics and breeding for which he was awarded Fakrudhin Ali Ahmed Award by ICAR, New Delhi. He completed Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights and Master of Intellectual Property Law. Since February 2010 he is working as Principal Scientist  at southern campus of NDRI in the area of bovine genomics. He has successfully completed 19 research projects funded by DBT, NATP, Karnataka Government  and NDDB. His current area of research includes livestock genomics, innate immunity and  IPR issues. He has published more than 80 research articles in various journals.

   

Dr. Ranjana Pal Ph.D., obtained her Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was a postdoctoral researcher in the McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Presidency University, Kolkata. Her research interests include biomarkers study for early detection of breast cancer, target identification for therapeutic intervention and identification of signaling pathways affected in drug resistant tumors. Also in integration of multiplatform data sets collected from tissue samples obtained from individual patients.

   

Ravinder Kumar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology (IITB), Bombay. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. degree at IITB. His thesis work involves comparative proteomic analysis of budding yeast under-going mitosis and meisois to identify proteins which express differentially in these two type of cell cycles.

   
Workshop on Clinical Proteomics, October 24 - 27, 2013
   
Jaikanth Chandrasekaran obtained his M.Pharm. degree in Pharmacology from SASTRA University, Chennai. Currently, he is pursuing Ph.D. degree in the field of Biochemical Pharmacology from Pondicherry University. His work involves identifying biomarkers for increased cardiovascular risk observed in patients with Schizophrenia.
   
Dr. Krishnamohan Atmakuri Ph.D., obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India.  His first postdoctoral training was at University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston, USA in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular genetics where he deciphered several molecular mechanisms behind the functioning of the type IV secretion system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.  Subsequently he moved to Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA to work with the type VII secretion system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.  Currently he is an Assistant Professor at Translational Health Science Technology Institute, Haryana, India. His current study is on understanding host-pathogen interactions using Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Acinetobacter baumannii as model systems.
   

Neha Bhale obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), Nagpur. Currently, working as Assistant Chemical Analyser (Grade II) at Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Nagpur and also pursuing Ph.D. degree at the Depatment of Biochemistry, RTMNU, Nagpur.

   
Swathi Chodisetty obtained her M.Sc. degree in Animal Biotechnology from University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Currently, she is pursuing Ph.D. degree under guidance of Dr. Shweta Tyagi in the laboratory of Cell Cycle Regulation, Centre of DNA fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad.
   
Priya Katiyar obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. She worked as a Project Trainee at National Jalma Institute of Leprosy and other Mycobacterial Diseases (NJIL & OMD), ICMR, Agra and carried out pharmacoproteomic analysis of Amikacin and Kanamycin on the drug resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. She is currently working as a Junior Research Fellow in Centre of DNA fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad studying the role of RBP2 in cell cycle regulation.
   
Quantitative Proteomic Technologies , August 28 - 31, 2013
   
Akhila M. V obtained her M.Sc. degree in Systems Biology (5yr Integrated) from the University of Hyderabad. Currently she is pursuing Ph.D. in the field of cancer and stem cell metabolomics in the laboratory of Dr. Debnath Pal at the Indian Institute of Science.
   

Bhagyashree Kaduskar obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Currently she is pursuing Ph.D. degree in SUMOylation in Drosophila immunity in the laboratory of Dr. Girish Ratnaparkhi at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

   
Dr. Mosami Galvankar obtained her Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences from the Mumbai University. Currently she is pursuing postdoctrol research in the laboratory of Dr. Deepak Modi, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai. Her work involves identifying biomarkers for endometriosis using an animal model.
   

Dr. Niroj Kumar Sethy obtained his Ph.D. degree from the National Institute of Plant Genome Research in association with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Currently he is working as Scientist-C at the Peptide and Proteomics Division, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi. His research interests include high altitude biology, nitric oxide signalling and biological applications of nanoparticles.

 
Dr. Sanjay Kumar, obtained his Ph.D. degree in Veterinary Medicine at the CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. Currently he is working as Senior Scientist at National Research Centre on Equines (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Haryana. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the National Research Centre for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro, Japan. He is currently working on molecular diagnostics of protozoan diseases of horses. His research areas include host-parasite interaction and to study the proteomics of the parasite so as to identify potential vaccine and drug targets.
 
Malini Sundar Rajan obtained her M. Tech degree in Biotechnology from the Vellore Institute of Technology University, Vellore. Currently she is pursuing Ph.D. in developmental genetics of cellular slime molds in the laboratory of Dr. R. Baskar at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
 

Mithila Handu obtained her M.Sc. degree in Molecular and Human Genetics from the Banaras Hindu University. Currently she is pursuing Ph.D. in understanding the role of SUMO modification in innate immune response in Drosophila melanogaster in the laboratory of Dr. Girish Ratnaparkhi at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

 

 
Piyush Baindara obtained his M. Sc. degree in Life Sciences from the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Currently he is pursuing Ph.D. in the laboratory of Dr. Suresh Korpole at the Microbial Type Culture Collection, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh. He is working on molecular and genetic characterization of antimicrobial peptides. His research areas include exploration of mode of action specificity of AMP's towards prokaryotes as well as in cancer cell lines.
   

Sakshi Chawla obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from the Thapar University, Punjab. Currently she is pursuing Ph.D. in Biotechnology in the laboratory of Dr. M. S. Reddy, Head and Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences at Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab.

   
Workshop on Bioinformatics for Human Genome Analysis, August 24 - 27, 2013
   

Arnab Bose obtained his  M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Calcutta. He is currently pursuing  Ph.D. degree  in transcription biology under the supervision of Prof. Tapas Kumar Kundu at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore.

   
Dr. Reena Das obtained her MD in Pathology from PGIMER, Chandigarh in 1992 and Dip NB Pathology in 1994. After finishing her Senior Residency she joined the institute in 1996 as faculty  and is presently designated as a professor in Hematology department at PGIMER, Chandigarh. Her fields of interest include molecular diagnostics of non-malignant hematological disorders like thalassemias, hemophilias, G6PD deficiency and red cell membrane disorders.
   
Dr. Sandeep Kaushik, Ph.D., is pursuing his post doctoral research at Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India. His post-doctoral research involves analysis of the transcriptomic data acquired from RNA-seq of mycobacterial samples. His major focus has been in the analysis of differential expression in pulmonary strains compared to extra-pulmonary strains and understanding how biofilms in M. smegmatis are formed. His Ph.D. work focused on the computational analysis of structural stability and substrate specificity of legume lectins using molecular dynamics simulations under supervision of Dr. Debasisa Mohanty and Prof. Surolia at NII, New Delhi.

   

Dr. Swathi Shetty, Ph.D., obtained her doctoral degree in Genetics from Prof. Jennifer Graves laboratory in Melbourne, Australia. Her research involved study of sex chromosomes and sex determining genes in birds and reptiles. She joined the Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore in 2003 and has received a grant from the Department of Biotechnology, India to work in the area of buffalo genomics. Her current work also includes molecular DNA diagnostics and human genetics.

   

D. R. Prasanna obtained his M.Tech degree in Bioinformatics from SASTRA University. Presently he is working as Assistant Professor at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur. His main research area is Computer Aided Drug Design and presently working on tetramer structure development for Alpha-Synuclein. 

 

   
Manjunath Dammalli obtained his M.Tech degree in Bioinformatics from SASTRA University. Presently he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka. His main research area is Genomics. 
   
Reena R. D'Souza obtained her M.Sc. degree in Clinical Biochemistry from Manipal University, Manipal, India. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology and Human Genetics from School of Life Sciences, Manipal University. Her research interests include Molecular Genetics, Epigenetics and Bioinformatics.
   
Sweta Sikder obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from the Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Prof. Tapas Kumar Kundu at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. Her research work involves the study  of chromatin dynamics  and understanding the role of non-histone protein PC4 and related miRNAs in breast cancer.
 

Workshop on Clinical Proteomics, July 29 - August 1, 2013
   
Abhishek Chaturvedi obtained his M.Sc. (medical) in Biochemistry from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal. He is currently working as a faculty member at Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal and teaches Biochemistry to medical, dental, premedical and allied health sciences students. His research interests include studies in oxidative stress and natural food antioxidants, alcohol deaddiction therapy, traditional medicine, protein expression in hepatocellular carcinomas.
   
Amit Kumar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Calicut, Kerala. Currently he is pursuing his Ph.D. degree from Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar. His study includes different host proteins expressed during latent and lytic phase of Kaposi sarcoma associated herpes virus infection.
   

Apabrita Ayan Das obtained his M.Sc. degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Currently he is  persuing his Ph.D. degree as a UGC-JRF under the supervision of Dr. Arun Bandyopadhyay at CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology. His research involves human platelets from patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases and signalling pathways involving platelets in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques and disease progression.

   
Dhiman Ghosh obtained his M.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry from Jadavpur University, West Bengal. He qualified UGC-JRF and currently he is pursuing his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay under the guidance of Prof. Samir. K. Maji. He is working on 'Protein aggregation and amyloid formation by alpha-synuclein associated with Parkinson's disease'.
   

Dr. Gururao S. Desai is presently working as a Senior Scientist at Division of Veterinary Biotechnology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly (U.P). He obtained B.V.Sc. degree from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and Ph.D. degree in Virology from IVRI, Izatnagar. He did Post-Doctoral studies on highly pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 virus at St. Jude Children Research Hospital, Memphis, USA. During his career at HSADL, IVRI, Bhopal, he worked on epidemiology of exotic viral diseases. His areas of expertise include viral molecular epidemiology, studying virus-host interactions (especially zoonotic pathogens) and laboratory bio-safety.

   
Dr. Manoj Panchal obtained his Ph.D. degree in Endocrinology from University of Delhi. Further, he joined malaria group of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) as a Research Associate for two years. Now, he is working as Faculty at Centre for Biological Sciences in the Central University of Bihar, Patna. His area of research is protein hormones and secretary pathways.
   
Dr. Mansi Sarvaiya obtained her M.B.B.S. degree from Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune. She wants to bring global best practices into the medical profession and health care system of India. She has gained clinical experience in USA. She has also undertaken research projects, where she has collected data and then studied it to come up with inferences at a macro level. She wants to enhance her knowledge and research skills, simultaneously dedicating her endeavors to attain a position of a cardiologist in the near future.
   
Dr. Nabonita Sengupta obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior. During her doctoral studies, she used 2DE-MS based technologies to elucidate the proteome of gas gangrene causing organism Clostridium perfringens. Currently, she is working as a Research Associate in the National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Gurgaon. She is working on proteomics-based approach to decipher the critical pathways involved in the pathogenesis of Japanese encephalitis virus.
   
Dr. Priti Saxena obtained her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Biology from the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. During her post-doctoral work, she was awarded the Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. She further did her research as a Scientist Fellow at Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor at South Asian University, New Delhi, India and is actively involved in dissecting the molecular intricacies that mediate host-pathogen interactions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with a special emphasis on identifying the functional role of cellular lipids and lipid metabolizing enzymes.
   
Dr. M. Rajyalakshmi obtained her M.Phil. degree from the Central University of Hyderabad and Ph.D. degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. She did her post doctoral work at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She served as Principal at MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore and is currently working as Professor and Head at Department of Biotechnology, BMSCE, Bangalore. Her current area of interest is molecular biology and tissue culture of medicinal plants.
   
Dr. Pradeep Kumar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Roorkee (Now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee), and Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur. His research work includes red cell enzyme polymorphism and MTHFR gene polymorphism in different diseases/disorders.
   
Dr. R. S. Santhosh working as a Senior Assistant Professor in School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in Agriculture from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar and obtained Ph.D. degree from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. His research areas are molecular analysis of pathogenic, non-pathogenic mycobacteria and marine sponge associated microbes.
   
Dr. Sangita Rastogi is working as Scientist 'E' at National Institute of Pathology (ICMR), New Delhi. Her research areas include cellular and molecular aspects of Chlamydia trachomatis immunopathogenesis.
   

Dr. Susanta Kumar Ghosh obtained his Ph.D. degree in Parasitology from Delhi University. He has 32 years of research experience. He joined as JRF at the national Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi in 1981 and subsequently got his Ph.D. degree. Currently, he is working as Scientist 'F' at the National Institute of Malaria Research, Bangalore and also heading the centre. His area of interest is analysis of proteome of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes.

 

 

   
Dr. Sudarshan Kumar is a Veterinary graduate from College of Veterinary Sciences, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. He obtained his M.V.Sc. degree in Animal Biotechnology from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal and then obtained Ph.D. degree in Veterinary Biotechnology from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar. Presently, he is working as Scientist at NDRI Karnal. His area of interest is understanding of mammary gland biology and related disorders in dairy animals using proteomics approaches. He is engaged in proteomics-based approach towards discovery of biomarkers and development of diagnostics. His work involves intensive protein expression, purification and various cell-based functional assays.
   
Gajendra Jogdand obtained his M.Sc. degree in Microbiology from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. He is pursuing his Ph.D. degree at Institute Of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar. His Ph.D. topic includes 'Aberrant T cells and Immune response in infectious diseases'.
   
Haritha H. Nair Obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Amrita School of Biotechnology, Kollam. Currently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Division of Cancer Research at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram. She is funded by Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR. She is involved in mechanistic evaluation and in vivo validation of synergistic combinations of curcumin and resveratrol with chemotherapeutics for breast cancer treatment.
   
Keshav Saini obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from South Asian University, New Delhi and is currently a Ph.D. student in the same University. During his M.Sc., he worked on the activation and repression of IL4 gene by studying the binding of RelA/p65 to the promoter region in the mouse and humans, respectively. He is workimg on DNA-protein interactions.
   
Mohanraj S. S. obtained his M.Sc. degree on Biotechnology from Bharathidasan University, Trichirapalli. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. He is working on purification and characterisation of proteins with special emphasis on controlling insect pests.
   
Pradeep A. S. obatined his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnoglogy from Bangalore University. He is pursuing his Ph.D. degree at National Institute of Malaria Research (ICMR), Bangalore. He is supported by Senior Research Fellowship from Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India, New Delhi. His research area of interest is on proteome analysis of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis in response to stress.
   

Rakhil Akkali is pursuing his M.S. (research) in Developmental Genetics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is currently working on the effect of caffeine on the developmental stages of Dictyostelium discoideum. He obtained his B.Tech. in Biotechnology from S.R.M. University in Chennai and qualified GATE. He is currently working on proteome profiling of Dictyostelium to analyse the phenomenon of lateral inhibition induced under the influence of caffeine.

   
Reshma S. V. obtained her M.Sc. degree in Botany from University of Mysore and pursued M.Phil. from Mangalore University. She is currently working as Associate Professor in Biotechnology at P.E.S Institute of Technology, Bangalore and has over 17 years of teaching experience. Currently for her Ph.D. degree she is working on expresion and characterization of hypothetical proteins which involves mass spectrometry analysis.
   
Vamshi Krishna Irlapati obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Mysore, Karnataka. He is presently pursuing Ph.D. degree at Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad. He is funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR-SRF) and is working on the study of regulation of a non-receptor tyrosine kinase in oral cancers.
 

Intensive Workshop On High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry, June 15-23, 2013
 

Aryashree Arunima obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from the Centre of Biotechnology, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University in Odisha. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. studies in Infection Biology at KIIT University, Odisha. She is funded by Junior Research Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Her research areas include exploring proteomic analysis of Vibrio cholerae.

   

Bhavna Daswani obtained her M.Sc. degree in Life Sciences from University of Mumbai. She has qualified the National Eligibility Test conducted by CSIR-UGC under Lectureship category. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. studies on proteomic analysis of osteoporosis at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai.

 

   

Dr. Inderjeet Kaur obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences from University of Delhi. She has worked as an Application Support Specialist for proteomics with ABSCIEX, a leader in the mass spectrometry technology. Currently, she is working as Research Scientist in the Malaria Research Group at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. She is responsible for the management of proteomics and mass spectrometry facility of Malaria group. She is working on deciphering the critical events involved in the pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum during the blood stages of its life cycle. She is the Associate Editor of the Journal of advanced mass spectrometry. She intends to further extend her knowledge of mass spectrometry data analysis and learn its proteogenomic applications by participating in this workshop.

   

Dr. Jyotirmaya Mohanty is currently working as a Principal Scientist at the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Bhubaneswar. He has obtained his M.V.Sc. degree in Virology from I.V.R.I. Deemed University in Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh and Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. His current research area is Aquaculture Biotechnology and he wishes to use proteomics in fisheries research.

   

Ranjana Jadhav obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from University of Bangalore. She is currently working with Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai as an Application Specialist for LC-MS products. Her research areas include metabolomic analysis of various samples from the point of view of Environmental & Food safety on Triple Quadrapoles and Orbitrap systems.

   

Sangeeta Jaiswal obtained her M. Sc. degree in Biotechnology from the School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. She carried out her master thesis programme from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. She is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. She subsequently joined Infection biology group at the School of Biotechnology, KIIT University as a Ph. D. student. Her research areas include exploring the role of lipopolysaccharide in virulence of Salmonella enterica serovars.

   

Sivapriya Sivagurunathan obtained her B.Tech. degree in Industrial Biotechnology from Anna University in Chennai. She is currently pursuing her Masters by research on the study of Urinary proteomics for macular degeneration at Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai. She has qualified GATE in Biotechnology Stream.

   

Yeshwanth Sonnathi is currently pursuing his M.B.B.S. degree from the Great Eastern Medical School in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. He is interested in Clinician Scientist activity. He has been Student Ambassador for Various International Medical Conferences including Medicon-2013. He is currently the Student Ambassador for Elsevier in India and actively participate in the community research project called PROJECT MDM launched by the Indian Medical Students Association. He would like to apply the proteomics knowledge gained in this workshop to investigate molecular basis of disease in human.

 
Past Trainees at IOB
 
Abhinav S. Vadapalli is currently pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB he is currently being trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
Venumadhav Rayasam is currently pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he is being trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
 
Uttam Kumar Mishra is currently pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he is being trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
Alankrita Taneja is currently pursuing her MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, she is being trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
 
Prathyaksha A. Variar is currently pursuing her MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, she is being trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Vivek Kumar is currently pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he is being trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
 
Amrutha Arikkath is pursuing her M.Sc. degree in Computational biology and Bioinformatics at Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kollam, Kerala. At IOB, she was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Sudhesh Shastri is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology at Kuvempu University, Shimoga. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
       
Mahesh Kusanale is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology at Kuvempu University, Shimoga. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Shivananda Kandagalla is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology at Kuvempu University, Shimoga. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
         
Susheel George Chandy is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Sachin B. Gadakh is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
         
Priyanka Gopal is pursuing her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, she was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Deepak G. is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
       
Abhijith K. Anil is pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
Akhil Mohandas is pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
         
Supriya Kumari is pursuing her MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, she was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
Anurag Sachan is pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
       
Rohit Singh is pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
Jayakrishnan G is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kollam, Kerala. At IOB, he was trained on proteomic data analysis and analysis of human signaling pathways.
       
Kumari Anuja is pursuing M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. At IOB, she was trained on the analysis of human signaling pathways.
Urmesh Kumar Ojha is pursuing M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. At IOB, he was trained on the analysis of human signaling pathways.
       
Satish Kumar is pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
Ankit Chawla is pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
 
Ankit Kumar is pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.

Aniruddha Sahu is pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.

 
Mahashweta Dash is pursuing her MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, she was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
Adwait Sodani is pursuing his MBBS degree at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic analysis.
 
G.P. Nivedha is pursuing her B.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. At IOB, she was trained on programming using PERL.
Rahul Manikya is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
 
Ajith Katragadda is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Vijay Kumar Pillalamary is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
 
Praveen Kumar Dhanve is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Vijayalakshmi Patil is pursuing her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, she was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
 
Sudhakar Senthil is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Tarun Narwani is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
         
Sunny Varadanam Koppula is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Raju Thota is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
 
K. Naveen Kumar is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Jayaraman. T is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
 
M. Sravan Kumar is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Kamlesh Gasva is pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, he was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
 
Yendluri Sowjanya is pursuing her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, she was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Gayathri Suresh is pursuing her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, she was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
 
Aswathy S is pursuing her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. At IOB, she was trained on analysis of human signaling pathways.
Manu Narayanan is pursuing his B.Tech. degree in Biotechnology at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. At IOB, he was trained on genomic and proteomic data analysis.
 
S. Priyanga is pursuing her B.Tech. degree in Bioinformatics from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. At IOB, she was trained on programming using PERL.