Bioinformatics - A Student's Companion (PDF)

Next-Generation Sequencing methods.

N. Senthil Kumar is a Professor of Biotechnology at Mizoram University with more than 12 years of experience in teaching and research. He completed his PhD in Zoology at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. His fields of interest include bioinformatics and molecular phylogeny, cancer genomics and human genetics. With over 50 publications in reputed international peer reviewed journals and authoring two books in leading publications, his contributions have been recognized with various awards from the CSIR and DBT. As a Principal Investigator, he has successfully completed Research Projects funded by government funding bodies like the DBT, CSIR and DST.

Probodh Borah is a Professor of Microbiology/Animal Biotechnology at Assam Agricultural University with more than 29 years of experience in teaching and research. He completed his PhD in Veterinary Science at Assam Agricultural University, Guwahati and served as Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of California, USA. He has over 63 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has authored six books, two laboratory manuals and contributed three book chapters. He is an active member of the DBT Committee for North Eastern States. As a Principal Investigator, he has received funding from government agencies including the UGC, DBT, CSIR, ICMR and DST. He is also the Coordinator, Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility and State Biotech Hub (Assam).

S. Karutha Pandian is a Professor of Biotechnology at Alagappa University. He received his PhD from the Forensic Sciences Department (Govt. of Tamil Nadu) affiliated with the University of Madras. After his PhD, he moved to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad followed by the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan for Post Doctoral research. An established pioneer in drug discovery from natural products, he has published 127 articles in leading peer-reviewed International (SCI) journals and has contributed to five books and two Laboratory Manuals published by leading publishers like Springer. He has been successful in completing nine Major Research Projects (MRPs) funded by government bodies like the UGC, DBT, DCI, CSIR and ICMR as a Principal Investigator. In recognition to his contributions, he has been awarded with the 'Certificate of Achievement' under the 'Performance Linked Incentive Scheme' of the Alagappa University, the 'Shri. P.K. Das Memorial Best Faculty Award in Biotechnology' by the Nehru Group of Institutions, and the Tamil Nadu Scientist Award (TANSA) in Biological Sciences for the year 2012.