Core team
Neeladri Sen
Communications / Collaborations / Scientific Program Team MemberNeeladri Sen is a post-doc in the CATH lab in University College London (UCL) working with Prof. Christine Orengo working on functional site predictions in proteins. He received his PhD from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune working in the field of computational structural biology with the major focus on protein-protein and protein-small molecule interfaces. He is generally interested in computational structural biology – machine learning, protein structure modeling, molecular dynamics, docking. He joined the ISCB-SC Webinars in 2020, and is involved with the Communications, Collaborations and Scientific Program teams.
Yesid Cuesta Astroz
ISCBSC Webinars Co-chairResearch Interest Research Interest Pathogen genomics, Biological networks, Host-Pathogen interactions.
Ashiq Mahmud
Broadcast / Scientific Program Team MemberResearch Interest Research Interest Drug discovery, Cancer, HIV, Biofuel production.
Fatma Betul Dincaslan
Design ChairFatma Betul Dincaslan is a PhD student at NUS Biomedical Engineering. Her main research interest is single cell assay development. She received BSc and MSc degrees from Bilkent University. Her thesis was on Tissue Specific Transcriptome of Zebrafish in Ache Mutant Embryos. She has been actively volunteering in RSG Turkey team. Then, she joined the ISCB-SC Webinars Team as well, leading the design team.
Catalina Valdivia
Broadcast ChairResearch Interest Research Interest Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Symbiosis and Microbiomes.
Thiliban Manivarma
Communications / Scientific Program Team MemberResearch Interest Master Thesis Research Interest Computer Aided Drug Design, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Structural Bioinformatics, Virology. Master Thesis Computational studies of regulatory mechanism and inhibition of ferroptotic cell death signal.
Joske Ubels
Scientific Program Chair / Broadcast Team MemberResearch Interest Research Interest Cancer, genetics, machine learning, prediction of treatment effects.
Abhay Agarwal
Web DeveloperAbhay Agarwal is a Data Scientist and Freelance Tech evangelist working with a MNC in Jaipur. He graduated from IIT Kanpur with major Electrical Engineering. He likes to travel, read and find scalable practical solutions to problems. His association with ISCB started in july, 2020 when he was assigned to refurbish the old website.