Dr. Ravi Sirdeshmukh obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad - a premier national laboratory where he later joined as a Senior Scientist. He also worked as a Visiting Associate at the Washington University Medical School in St Louis, Missouri, USA and as a Visiting Scientist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA. At the CCMB, he was holding the position of Director-Grade Scientist and heading the Proteomics Laboratory before joining the Institute of Bioinformatics as Distinguished Scientist. His research interests span the areas of protein and nucleic acid biochemistry and his earlier work included RNA processing, mRNA stability, structure- function relationship of proteins and their regulation. His more recent interests have been in the areas of proteomics of gliomas - a major class of brain tumors, proteomics of Aspergillosis and stem cell proteomics. At the CCMB, he was the nodal scientist in CSIR network programs in proteomics and also served as the Consortium Manager in CSIR Proteomics Network for International Collaborations. He is also associated with some of the international research initiatives in proteomics such as Membrane Proteomics Initiative. He is an expert reviewer for several international proteomics journals, a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics and serves on the research advisory panels of some of the national Institutes in India and that of US Pharmacopea for protein therapeutics. He is an elected member of the Council of Asian Oceanean Human Proteome Organization (AOHUPO). Ravi Sirdeshmukh has played an important role in educational activities in proteomics in India and has delivered a large number of invited lectures at the University Centres, Research Institutes, coordinated training workshops, organized international Proteomics Conferences and discussions. He is the Founder President of the Proteomics Society, India which is strongly dedicated to proteomics education. He has trained and mentored a number of young associates, Ph.D. students and Postdoctoral fellows. At IOB, he plans to pursue cancer proteomics and promote translational research programs.

Dr. Aditi Chatterjee obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Calcutta, India. After completing her graduate studies, she joined the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA, as a Postdoctoral fellow in Radiation Oncology. Subsequently, she completed a Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Division of Head and Neck Cancer Research in the Department of Otolaryngology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she gained experience in translational research. She received the 'Young Clinical Scientist Award' from Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Florida, which enabled her transition to an independent Faculty position as an Instructor at Johns Hopkins University. She investigated the role of cigarette smoke in the induction of chemotherapeutic resistance in bladder cancer using miRNA profiling approaches. She has also studied mitochondrial damage and repair in various cancers to decipher molecular mechanisms involved in DNA repair. She is the Senior Guest Editor for the Journal of Oncology for a special issue on Cigarette Smoke and Cancer. She has been a reviewer for PLOS One, Hematological Oncology and FEBS Letters. At IOB, she is carrying out whole genome sequencing and phosphoproteomic profiling of gallbladder cancer.

Dr. T. S. Keshava Prasad obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mycology from Goa University, India. He is a recipient of Young Investigator Award from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, to investigate the role of protein tyrosine phosphatases in EGF signaling. He is also a Principal Investigator in a DBT-funded consortium to establish a national database for tuberculosis. He is leading IOB's efforts on Human Protein Reference Database. In addition, he has a DBT-funded project to develop Mouse Protein Reference Database. Besides, he is also supported by a DBT grant for proteomic profiling of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in collaboration with Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore. He is an editorial board member for the Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics and a reviewer for the journals Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, Journal of Proteomics, Proteomics, Trends in Molecular Medicine, Genomics, Bioinformatics, BMC Bioinformatics, DNA Research, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Bioinformatics and Biology Insights. He is using differential proteomic strategies to profile the proteomes of infectious fungi including species of Candida and Aspergillus.

Dr. Harsha Gowda obtained his Ph.D. degree from Manipal University, Manipal, India. He has been involved in various bioinformatics projects including development of Human Protein Reference Database and functional annotation of human X chromosome. He worked in Dr. Akhilesh Pandey's laboratory at Johns Hopkins University on proteomic profiling of pancreatic cancers where his work involved proteomic approaches to study signaling pathways activated in pancreatic cancers and identification of novel biomarkers. He has received a Wellcome Trust-DBT Early Career Fellowship which is intended for the most promising young researchers in India. He is a reviewer for several international journals including Proteomics, International Journal of Cancer and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics and an Editorial Board member of Journal of Proteomics. He is also a reviewer for grant proposals to Cancer Research UK. At IOB, he is currently involved in a number of projects including cancer biomarkers, proteogenomics and human genome analysis.

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

Dr. Raghothama Chaerkady obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Manipal University in Manipal, India. He was an Associate Professor of Biotechnology at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. He uses state-of-the-art mass spectrometers such as LTQ-Orbitrap Velos ETD and Accurate Mass QTOF coupled to high resolution nanoflow chromatography for comprehensive proteomic analysis. He has successfully employed a variety of stable isotope labeling methods such as SILAC, iTRAQ, TMT, and 18O labeling to study biomarkers and cell signaling. He is using different types of fragmentation methods such as CID, PQD, HCD and ETD for designing appropriate mass spectrometric methods to study various types of post-translational modifications and protein top-down analysis. His goal is also to develop mass spectrometry based assay methods for biomarkers and signaling molecules using peptide standards on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. He is a reviewer for Journal of Proteome Research, Proteomics and Trends in Analytical Chemistry. Currently, he is the Principal Investigator and Coordinator of a DBT funded project DBT Programme Support on Neuroproteomics for Proteomic Investigation of Neurological Disorders in collaboration with National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore.

E-mail : raghothama at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-mail : renu at ibioinformatics dot org

Dr. Anilkumar Gopala received his Ph.D. in Molecular biology and Biochemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Later he joined as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pathology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. His research work carried out there in the area of prostate cancer won him the prestigious postdoctoral traineeship award from Department of Defense, USA. After his postdoctoral studies, Dr. Anilkumar joined as Associate Professor at the School of Biotechnology, Amrita University, Kerala where he mentored several undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. students. Research work at Amrita was centered around understanding the structural, functional and genomic details of GLUT4, an insulin regulated glucose transporter. His research work based on the functional modulation of GLUT4 identified several lead molecules having therapeutic potential to treat type 2 diabetes. A genomics study identified STRA6 (stimulated by retinoic acid gene 6) as a gene associated with type 2 diabetes thereby identifying a novel role for this gene. Dr. Anilkumar has several years of research experience in functionally characterizing the role of key membrane proteins associated with diseases such as tuberculosis, cancer and diabetes. His current research is focused on understanding the pathways and mechanisms of insulin resistance.

E-mail : anilkumar at ibioinformatics dot org

Dr. Krishna R. Murthy obtained his M.B.B.S. degree from Bangalore Medical College in Bangalore, India and completed his specialty training in Ophthalmology at the Minto Regional Institute of Ophthalmology also in Bangalore. He completed a Vitreoretinal Fellowship and research training at Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai, India. Currently, he is practicing as a vitreoretinal surgeon at the Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology and the Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre, both in Bangalore. He is a member of the prestigious Royal College of Ophthalmologists in London. In collaboration with the World Diabetes Foundation, he is driving highly successful projects such as NAYANA and CODE, which are mobile ophthalmic units involved in the detection and treatment of diabetic retinopathy in rural and semiurban areas of Karnataka. His research areas include diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, neuroophthalmology and HIV-related ophthalmic diseases. At IOB, he is carrying out proteomic investigation of vitreous humour of the human eye in diverse pathological conditions.

E-mail : krishna at ibioinformatics dot org

Dr. Puneeth K. Adishesha obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from the Central Food Technological Research Institute / University of Mysore, India. His doctoral studies were focused on glycoproteomics, where he investigated the structural and functional changes of Laminin in kidney during diabetic nephropathy. He pursued his postdoctoral training on mouse genetics to understand the molecular mechanism of diabetic nephropathy at Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. He was awarded with Prestigious Deans Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, for his proposal on "Alda-1: Potential activator of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) for prevention of diabetes induced vascular complications." Dr. Puneeth is using mass spectrometry based proteomic approaches to characterize global proteomic alterations in diabetic nephropathy, prostate diseases and urinary bladder infections in diabetic patients.

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

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

E-mail: rajesh at ibioinformatics dot org

Dr. Arivusudar Marimuthu obtained her Ph.D. degree from Manipal University, Manipal, India. As part of her thesis work, she worked in Dr. Akhilesh Pandey's laboratory at Johns Hopkins University for two years to use mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics for identifying biomarkers for gastrointestinal cancers. At the Institute of Bioinformatics, she is currently involved in identifying novel therapeutic targets for gastrointestinal cancers using next generation sequencing-based technologies.

E-Mail: arivusudar at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-mail: sowmya at ibioinformatics dot org

Savita Jayaram obtained her M.S. degree in Molecular Genetics from Georgia State University, Atlanta and M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Hyderabad Central University, India. She has extensive experience in data annotation, data mining and use of bioinformatics software and worked at Iconix Biosciences, California; Nuvelo Inc., California; Accelrys Inc., Bangalore and Strand Life Sciences, Bangalore. She is currently involved in the genomic data analysis and enriching bioinformatics resources.

E-mail: Savita at ibioinformatics dot org

Ghantasala S. Sameer Kumar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bangalore University. He worked in the curation of protein data pertaining to Plasma Proteome Database and Human Protein Reference Database. He also involved in the curation of Signal transduction pathways, Breast Cancer Database and Pancreatic Cancer Database. He is pursuing his Ph.D. at Kuvempu University. He is currently working on the proteogenomics of Mycobacterium smegmatis and quantitative proteomics of neurological diseases like tuberculous meningitis, rabies, temporal lobe epilepsy and stroke.

E-mail: sameer at ibioinformatics dot org

Deepthi Telikicherla obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. She is involved in the development of a database on molecular alterations in breast cancer. She is currently a joint Ph.D. student at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Kuvempu University. She recently obtained a Senior Research Fellowship from the Indian Council of Medical Research for developing the Breast Cancer Database.

E-mail: deepthi at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: abhilash at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: lavanya at ibioinformatics dot org

Sutopa B. Dwivedi obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bangalore University. She participated in projects including 'Characterization of lytic phages from cytolethal distending toxin producing bacteria' and 'Molecular epidemiology of diarrhoeal diseases' at the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) in Kolkata. She is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. She is involved in proteomic analysis and genome annotation of malaria causing vector Anopheles stephensi.

E-Mail: sutopa at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: nandini at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: lakshmi at ibioinformatics dot org

Dhanashree S. Kelkar obtained her M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Pune. is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. She is currently involved in proteomic analysis and genome annotation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Anopheles gambiae.

E-Mail: dhanashree at ibioinformatics dot org

Mitali Bhattacharjee obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from North Eastern Hill University in Shillong and a Post Graduate Diploma in Cheminformatics from the Institute of Cheminformatics Studies in Delhi. Subsequently, she qualified in National Eligibility Test by the CSIR-UGC, Government of India under lectureship category. She is currently a joint Ph.D. student of Institute of Bioinformatics and Amrita University. She is involved in the transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of human synovial fluid for identification of molecules associated with inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, and spondyloarthropathy.

E-Mail: mitali at ibioinformatics dot org

Santosh Renuse obtained his M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology from University of Pune. He worked on "Evaluation of immune status of individuals with viral infections with reference to humoral immune response and macrophage activation" and "Nitric oxide (NO) in the CNS of Indian major carp, Labio rohita, during development" at the University of Pune. He is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. He is applying Fourier transform mass spectrometry for top-down proteomics and for optimizing methods for studying phosphoproteomics. He is also analyzing signaling pathways using quantitative phosphoproteomics in cancers and in multiple reaction monitoring assay development for candidate biomarkers. He is pursuing his Ph.D. to characterize the recombinant protein expression host Pichia pastoris using high resolution and high accuracy mass spectrometry- based proteogenomics.

E-Mail: santosh at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: harsh at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: Yashwanth at ibioinformatics dot org

Shyam Mohan Palapetta obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. He worked with Jubilant Biosys Ltd., Bangalore during 2004-2007 where he gained experience in the development of signal transduction pathways and protein interaction databases. He also spent 15 months in the Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra in Portugal, as a research fellow. He is a joint Ph.D. student of IOB and Pondicherry University. He is analyzing human receptor mediated signal transduction pathways using quantitative phosphoproteomic approaches.

E-Mail: shyam at ibioinformatics dot org

Nirujogi Raja Sekhar obtained his M.Sc. degree in Human Genetics from Andhra University, India. He worked with Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore for a year where he gained experience in transformation of B-lymphocytes with Epepstein-Barr virus. He also worked in the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on protein-protein interactions of human DNAJB6 gene. He is a joint Ph.D. student of IOB and Pondicherry University. He is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. He is involved in proteogenomic analysis of Neurospora crassa. He is also analyzing human signaling pathways and enriching proteomic repositories.

E-Mail: raja at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: praveen at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: sneha at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: joji at ibioinformatics dot org

Babylakshmi Muthusamy obtained her M.Sc. degree in Physics from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Advanced diploma in Bioinformatics from Madurai Kamaraj University. She was involved in the curation of protein data in Human Protein Reference Database and Plasma Proteome Database. She has used comparative genomics for the annotation of human X-chromosome. She is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. She is currently involved in making tools for mass spectrometry data analysis.

E-Mail: babylakshmi at ibioinformatics dot org

Vishalakshi Nanjappa obtained her M.Sc. degree in Microbiology from Bangalore University. She has gained experience in curation of proteomic information while working for Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd. in Bangalore. She is enriching human signaling pathway resource and protein databases. She is also involved in the proteomic analysis and genome annotation of Helicobacter pylori.

E-Mail: vishalakshi at ibioinformatics dot org

Jyoti Sharma obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from C.C.S. University in Meerut. She gained experience in bioinformatics while working as a Junior Research Fellow in Molecular Biophysics Unit at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and as a Research Assistant in the Bioinformatics Centre at National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. She is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. She is currently involved in computational analysis of genome-wide analysis of kinome and phosphatome of mycobacterial genomes.


E-Mail: jyoti at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: aneesha at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: srikanth at ibioinformatics dot org

Tejaswini Subbannayya obtained her M.Sc. degree in Medical Biochemistry from Kasturba Medical College in Manipal. During her studies, she worked on a research project to characterize oxidative stress in thyroid cancer. She was teaching Medical Biochemistry at the KVG Medical College in Sullia, Karnataka prior to joining IOB. She is involved in the analysis of mass spectrometry data, protein-protein interactions and signal transduction pathways. She is currently working on phosphoproteomic profiling of gallbladder cancers.

E-Mail: tejaswini at ibioinformatics dot org

Gajanan J. Sathe obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from the University of Pune. During his studies, he worked on "Amphoterecin B responsive protein profiling of Aspergillus parasiticus" and "Secreted aspartic proteinase profiling of Candida albicans from clinical isolates." He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. He is currently involved in the analysis of signaling pathways and mass spectrometry-derived data.

E-Mail: gajanan at ibioinformatics dot org

Sandip N. Chavan obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in Aurangabad. During his studies, he completed a research project on "Isolation and identification of Lactobacillus species from fermented food" at the National Centre for Cell Science in Pune. He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. He is currently involved in the analysis of signaling pathways and mass spectrometry-derived data.

E-Mail: sandip at ibioinformatics dot org

Sartaj Ahmad obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from H. N. B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand, India. He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. He is currently involved in the analysis of signaling pathways and proteomic data.

E-Mail: sartaj at ibioinformatics dot org

Nazia Syed obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. She gained experience in molecular biology and plant genomics while working at National Institute of Plant Genome Research in New Delhi and at Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Lucknow. She is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. Currently, she is involved in enrichment of protein databases by analysing protein features and human signaling pathways.

E-Mail: nazia at ibioinformatics dot org

Gourav Dey obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biosciences from Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. He has gained experience in bioinformatics while participating in projects including ‘Calculation of accessible surface area of antithrombin III’ at the Protein Conformation and Enzymology laboratory at Jamia Millia Islamia. He is funded by Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Govt. of India. He is currently involved in the proteomic analysis of vectors of human diseases including malaria.

E-Mail: gourav at ibioinformatics dot org

Sreelakshmi K. Sreenivasamurthy obtained her M.Sc. degree in Medical Biochemistry from the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University. She has gained experience in the analysis of genomic and proteomic information while working for the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore. She is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship by UGC, Government of India. She is enriching human signaling pathway resource and protein databases.

E-Mail: sreelakshmi at ibioinformatics dot org

Manjula Ramu obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Bangalore University. She has gained experience in the techniques of Molecular Biology and Immunology while working for the Chromous Biotech Pvt. Ltd. and Abexome Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., both in Bangalore. She is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India. She is currently involved in the genomic and proteomic analysis of vectors of human diseases including malaria.

E-Mail: manjula at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: manish at ibioinformatics dot org

Aafaque A. Khan obtained his M.Sc. degree in Genetic Engineering from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya in Indore. He carried out cloning and gene expression analysis while working on a research project entitled "Functional analysis of transgenic plants over-expressing MaSIN3 gene in Arabidopsis thaliana" at the National Botanical Research Institute in Lucknow. He is funded by Maulana Azad Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. He is currently involved in the analysis of human signaling pathways.

E-Mail: aafaque at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: sandhya at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: renuverma at ibioinformatics dot org

Apeksha Sahu obtained her M.Sc. degree in Microbiology from Nagpur University. She carried out research using molecular biology techniques while working as a Senior Research Fellow at Central Institute for Cotton Research in Nagpur. She is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, Government of India. She is currently involved in the analysis of human signaling pathways.

E-Mail: apeksha at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: manojgupta at ibioinformatics dot org

Keshava K. Datta obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Bangalore University. He taught membrane biochemistry, molecular physiology and basic chemistry at the CMR Institute of Management and Science in Bangalore as a Lecturer. He is funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from the UGC, Government of India. He is currently involved in the analysis of human signaling pathways.

E-Mail: Keshavadatta at ibioinformatics dot org

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


E-Mail: soujanya at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: anil at ibioinformatics dot org

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

E-Mail: vinuth at ibioinformatics dot org

Rudrappa Gattu obtained his M.Sc. degree in Animal Biotechnology from National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal. He was the recipient of a fellowship from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research during his M.Sc. to study the expression and refolding of recombinant lysozyme from inclusion bodies. He is currently funded by a Junior Research Fellowship from DBT, Government of India and is involved in the analysis of human signaling pathways and enrichment of data resources.

E-Mail: rudrappa at ibioinformatics dot org

Jayshree Advani obtained her M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. Prior to joining IOB, she was a research associate at Xcelris Genomics where she carried out analysis of whole genome, transcriptome and small RNA datasets generated from different NextGen Sequencing platforms. She is currently analyzing NextGen sequencing data from Illumina, SOLiD and 454 Roche platforms.

E-Mail: jayshree at ibioinformatics dot org

Ravindra Varma Polisetty obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology from Madurai Kamaraj University in Madurai in 2006. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad. He has explored the secretory, membrane and plasma proteome profiles of glioblastoma by employing a quantiative proteomic approach on cell lines and clinical specimens. He was the recipient of HUPO Young Investigator Award in 2009. Currently, he is investigating the role of several novel molecules found to be altered in glioblastoma and validating them in larger patient cohorts using tissue microarrays.

E-Mail: ravindra at ibioinformatics dot org

Srinivas G. Rao obtained his B.Com. degree from Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh. He previously worked with Vinspire Technologies Private Limited for various contract projects of the financial department in Andhra Pradesh secretariat. He led a team of data analytics in Vensoft India Private Limited. He is currently the administrator at IOB.

E-Mail: srinivas at ibioinformatics dot org