Website Content Team
Sayane Shome
ISCBSC Webinars Co-chairSayane Shome is a Ph.D. student in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program at Iowa State University, USA under the guidance of Dr. Robert L. Jernigan. Her area of research interest lies in computational biophysics, genomics, and machine learning. Her association with ISCB-SC started in 2010 as a volunteer when she joined the core team of Regional Student Group-India. Later, she has served as a President for RSG-India for the term 2012-14 and has also been simultaneously involved in volunteering for Student Council-related activities since then including starting up the ISCB-Student Council webinar series program.
Yesid Cuesta Astroz
ISCBSC Webinars Co-chairResearch Interest Research Interest Pathogen genomics, Biological networks, Host-Pathogen interactions.
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.
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.
Khawla Seddiki
Communications ChairKhawla Seddiki is a Ph.D. student in the Bioinformatics Program at Laval University, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. Arnaud Droit in the Computational Biology laboratory. His areas of interest include working on the development of machine learning and deep learning algorithms for real time clinical diagnosis using 1D, 2D, and 3D mass spectrometry data. She started in 2019 as a volunteer in the communication team of the ISCB-Student Council webinar series program.
Elizabeth Alfaro Espinoza
Design / Website Content / Collaborations / Scientific Program Team MemberResearch Interest Research Interest Structural Biology, Protein-Peptide Interactions, Biophysics, Proteomics, Peptidomics.
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.