Officer Incharge

Dr. T. S. Keshava Prasad is a recipient of Young Investigator Award from the DBT, Government of India. He is leading IOB's efforts on the development of the Human Protein Reference Database, which is cited over 2000 times. In addition, he has successfully completed a DBT funded research project on proteomic profiling of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in collaboration with Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore. His research group is now increasingly focusing on infectious diseases, human pathogens and vectors of human diseases. He is funded by DST, Government of India to develop an epitope based diagnostic gadget for the detection of tuberculosis in Indian population. He is using genomic and proteomic strategies to investigate biomarkers for infectious diseases including tuberculosis and malaria; and to identify molecules associated with host responses to infections in different chronic meningitis cases. Using proteogenomic principles, he is carrying out genome annotation of infectious fungi including species of Mycobacteria, Candida and Cryptococcus; and vector mosquitoes such as Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti. Recently, he has received the F1000 travel award from the Wellcome Trust to present the proteogenomic data of An. stephensi in the “EMBO international conference of Molecular and Population Biology of Mosquitoes” held at Kolymbari in Greece.  He is an editorial board member for the Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics and also for the Journal of Proteins and Proteomics and a reviewer for the journals Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, PLOS One, Journal of Proteomics, Proteomics, Trends in Molecular Medicine, Genomics, BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Genomics, Bioinformatics, BBA - Proteins and Proteomics, DNA Research, and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

  E-mail : keshav at ibioinformatics dot org View complete profile
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Ph.D. student

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 using proteomic and transcriptomic approaches to study infectious diseases and malarial vectors.

E-Mail: sreelakshmi at ibioinformatics dot org

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Ph.D. student

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

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Ph.D. student

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

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Ph.D. student

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 proteomic analysis of neuroinfections including toxoplasma encephalitis and rabies.

E-Mail: apeksha at ibioinformatics dot org

 

Ph.D. student

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

E-Mail: manjunath at ibioinformatics dot org

Ph.D. student

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

E-Mail: praseeda at ibioinformatics dot org

 

Ph.D. student

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

E-Mail: oishi at ibioinformatics dot org

 

Ph.D. student

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

E-Mail: lathika at ibioinformatics dot org

 

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

E-Mail: kiran at ibioinformatics dot org

 

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

E-Mail: neelam at ibioinformatics dot org

 

Consultant

Dr. S. K. Shankar obtained his medical graduation degree from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Postgraduate Degree (MD) in Pathology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 1974.  After working as Research Associate in the Department of Pathology, AIIMS, New Delhi, he joined National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore in 1979 as Assistant Professor.  He was Professor and Head of the Department of Neuropathology from 1998 to 2012, Dean Clinical Neurosciences 2008 to 2010 and Incharge Director/Vice Chancellor, NIMHANS, Bangalore from Feb 2010 June 2010.  He was a visiting scientist at Laboratory of Central Nervous System, NIH, Bethesda and studied the Pathology of spongiform encephalopathies, role of Aluminum in Neurodegeneration and the effect of low Calcium and plant product Cycad to primates as a model for motor neuron disease. Through Inter Academy Science Exchange Programme between INSA and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, he visited Simmel Weis University, Department of Anatomy, Budapest, Hungary as a Senior Scientist and studied Brain Banking and Micropunch Technique for collecting specific neuroanatomical areas for biological studies.  His fields of interest include Pathology of Infections of Nervous System, Pathology of Epilepsy, Neurodegenerative diseases, Biobanking and Brain Banking for research in neurosciences.  He established CJD registry at NIMHANS in 1998 and has been offering diagnostic services to the clinicians.  He established Human Brain Bank as a National Research Facility in Neurosciences in 1995.  He has more than 350 publications in both national and international journals and contributed 49 chapters in books and monographs.  He is a Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences, Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad and Fellow of College of Pathologists.  Presently he is Emeritus Professor in Neuropathology and Principal Co-ordinator of Human Brain Tissue Repository at NIMHANS.  He is actively collaborating with Institute of Bioinformatics and Proteomics in studying the genomics and proteomics of chronic meningitis, epilepsy and viral infections.  He is in the editorial board of many National Journals in the field of Neurology and Pathology. He is a consultant for the Bioinformatics and Proteomics Lab of IOB at NIMHANS.

  E-mail : shankarsk2004@gmail.com