Jaikanth Chandrasekaran obtained his M.Pharm. degree in Pharmacology from SASTRA University, Thanjavur. 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.