MEET THE TEAM

Ph.D. Scholars

Akanksha Gotmare

She completed her B.Sc. in Biotechnology from Shivaji Science College and master’s in Biotechnology from the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, as part of an Integrated Ph.D. program. She joined as a UGC fellow.

She works on unravelling the “Deciphering the regulatory function of Hsp90 cochaperones in Rad51 dependent HR mediated DNA repair pathway”.

Beyond research, she loves travelling and enjoys listening to music.

Iman Alkhatib

She completed her bachelor’s in microbiology from the University of Aleppo, Syria and her master’s in Biotechnology from the Department of Biotechnology, SRM University, Chennai.

She is an international research scholar and gets scholarships from ICCR (India) and the Ministry of Education (Syria) and her research focuses on “Hsp70 mediated cellular homeostasis of replication proteins in malaria parasite”

In her free time, she loves to do reading, handicraft, writing poetry and acting.

Shradha Khamitkar

She completed her bachelor’s and master’s in Biotechnology from V.G. Shivdare College, affiliated with Solapur University, Maharashtra. She has joined as a MAHAJYOTI fellowship in 2022.

Currently, she is pursuing her PhD, titled "Hsp90 and its cochaperone in regulating Plasmodium DNA replication”

Outside of her academic work, she enjoys dedicating her free time to art, which provides her with a creative outlet.

Apeksha Hedaoo

She completed her bachelor’s in Biotechnology from Dr. Ambedkar College, Nagpur and master’s in Biotechnology from the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, as part of an Integrated Ph.D. program. She joined as ICMR-JRF fellow.

Her research focuses on “Cyclophilins as a modulator of HR mediated DNA Repair”

She loves spending her free time drawing, dancing and enjoys cooking.

Tanya Sapra

She completed her B.Sc. Hons in Biotechnology from Amity University, Noida and

M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh.

Her hobbies include reading, performing Bhangra and Gidda, travelling, and socializing

Mansi Singh

She completed her B.Sc. lifesciences from CCSU University, Meerut.

M.Sc. Biotechnology from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

Her hobbies include reading, cooking and dancing

Junior Research Fellow

Vaibhav R Kini

He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry, Botany, and Zoology from Yuvaraja’s College, Mysore, and his Master’s degree in Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology from the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Bangalore.

His current research focuses on GlmS-mediated knockdown of a Plasmodium chaperone to study its role in the sexual stage of the parasite

His hobbies includes playing badminton, video games and long bike rides.

Postgraduates

Senorita Saha

Bachelor’s :

B.Sc. (H) Biotechnology,

Amity University Kolkata

Master's :

University of Hyderabad

Project Topic: Deciphering the effect of post-translational modifications of Aha1 to Hsp90 chaperone cycle

Badal Kumar Sethi

Bachelor’s:

BJB autonomous college, Bhubaneswar

Master's:

University of Hyderabad

Project Topic: Screening and identification of selective inhibitors of Plasmodium Hsp90 using yeast-based
assay system

Debosmita Das

Bachelor’s:

JIS University, Kolkata

Master's:

University of Hyderabad

Project Topic: Intermolecular interaction between Plasmodium chaperones and their implications
during protein folding

Arugonda Tejasvi

IMSc Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad

Project topic: Understanding client code for the recombinases that impact chaperone-recombinase
interaction

Other members

Ramesh Mamidi Working as a laboratory Technician (Since 2015)