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People

Principal Investigator

Areejit Samal

Ph. D. Physics, University of Delhi (2009)
Profile
asamal@imsc.res.in

Current Members

PhD Students

Ajaya Kumar Sahoo

M. Sc. Physics, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela (2019)
IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2019)
ajayaks@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

A.K. Sahoo#, N. Chivukula#, K. Ramesh, J. Singha, S.R. Marigoudar, K.V. Sharma, A. Samal*, An integrative data-centric approach to derivation and characterization of an adverse outcome pathway network for cadmium-induced toxicity, bioRxiv, 2023.12.12.571252 (2023).

N. Chivukula, K. Ramesh, A. Subbaroyan, A.K. Sahoo, G.B. Dhanakoti, J. Ravichandran, A. Samal*, ViCEKb: Vitiligo-linked Chemical Exposome Knowledgebase, bioRxiv, 2023.10.10.561820 (2023). [Link to ViCEKb]

S.P. Baskaran#, A.K. Sahoo#, N. Chivukula, K. Kumar & A. Samal*, Cheminformatics analysis of multi-target structure-activity landscape of environmental chemicals binding to human endocrine receptors, ACS Omega (2023) DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c07920.

A.K. Sahoo, R. P. Vivek-Ananth, N. Chivukula, S.V. Rajaram, K. Mohanraj, D. Khare, C. Acharya & A. Samal*, T9GPred: A Comprehensive Computational Tool for the Prediction of Type 9 Secretion System, Gliding Motility, and the Associated Secreted Proteins, ACS Omega, 8:34091-34102 (2023). [Link to T9GPred, GitHub Repository]

A.K. Sahoo#, S.P. Baskaran#, N. Chivukula, K. Kumar & A. Samal*, Analysis of structure-activity and structure-mechanism relationships among thyroid stimulating hormone receptor binding chemicals by leveraging the ToxCast library, RSC Advances, 13:23461-23471 (2023).

I. Muralitharan#, A.K. Sahoo#, P.D. Augusthian & A. Samal*, Computational prediction of phytochemical inhibitors against the cap-binding domain of Rift Valley fever virus, Molecular Diversity (2023) DOI: 10.1007/s11030-023-10702-x.

A.K. Sahoo, P.D. Augusthian, I. Muralitharan, R. P. Vivek-Ananth, K. Kumar, G. Kumar, G. Ranganathan & A. Samal*, In silico identification of potential inhibitors of vital monkeypox virus proteins from FDA approved drugs, Molecular Diversity, 27: 2169–2184 (2023).

A. Natarajan#, N. Chivukula#, G.B. Dhanakoti, A.K. Sahoo, J. Ravichandran* & A. Samal*, EPEK: creation and analysis of an Ectopic Pregnancy Expression Knowledgebase, Computational Biology and Chemistry, 104: 107866 (2023). [Link to EPEK, GitHub Repository]

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, K. Mohanraj, A.K. Sahoo & A. Samal*, IMPPAT 2.0: An Enhanced and Expanded Phytochemical Atlas of Indian Medicinal Plants, ACS Omega, 8: 8827-8845 (2023). [Link to IMPPAT 2.0]

R. P. Vivek-Ananth#, A.K. Sahoo#, S.P. Baskaran#, J. Ravichandran & A. Samal*, Identification of activity cliffs in structure-activity landscape of androgen receptor binding chemicals, Science of the Total Environment, 873: 162263 (2023).

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, A.K. Sahoo, S.P. Baskaran & A. Samal*, Scaffold and structural diversity of the secondary metabolite space of medicinal fungi, ACS Omega, 8: 3102-3113 (2023).

Coverage in:
The Hindu SCI-TECH: Medicinal fungi may be suitable for identifying novel drugs

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, A.K. Sahoo, A. Srivastava* & A. Samal*, Virtual screening of phytochemicals from Indian medicinal plants against the endonuclease domain of SFTS virus L polymerase, RSC Advances, 12: 6234-6247 (2022).

R.P. Vivek-Ananth#, A.K. Sahoo#, K. Kumaravel#, K. Mohanraj & A. Samal*, MeFSAT: A curated natural product database specific to secondary metabolites of medicinal fungi, RSC Advances, 11: 2596-2607 (2021). [Link to MeFSAT]

Subbaroyan Ajay

M. Sc. Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai (2017)
IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2019)
sajay@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

S. Mitra#, P. Sil#, A. Subbaroyan#, O.C. Martin* & A. Samal*, Preponderance of generalized chain functions in reconstructed Boolean models of biological networks, bioRxiv, 2023.10.08.561412 (2023). [GitHub Repository]

P. Sil#, A. Subbaroyan#, S. Kulkarni, O.C. Martin* & A. Samal*, Biologically meaningful regulatory logic enhances the convergence rate in Boolean networks and bushiness of their state transition graph, bioRxiv, 2023.07.17.549398 (2023). [GitHub Repository]

A. Subbaroyan, P. Sil, O.C. Martin* & A. Samal*, Leveraging Developmental Landscapes for Model Selection in Boolean Gene Regulatory Networks, Briefings in Bioinformatics, bbad160 (2023). [GitHub Repository]

Y. Yadav#, A. Subbaroyan#, O.C. Martin* & A. Samal*, Relative importance of composition structures and biologically meaningful logics in bipartite Boolean models of gene regulation, Scientific Reports, 12: 18156 (2022). [GitHub Repository]

A. Subbaroyan, O.C. Martin* & A. Samal*, Minimum complexity drives regulatory logic in Boolean models of living systems, PNAS Nexus, 1(1): pgac017 (2022). [GitHub Repository]

Coverage in:
IIT Madras Shaastra Magazine: Nature likes it simple! A new study underlines biology's preference for minimal complexity

A. Subbaroyan, O.C. Martin* & A. Samal*, A preference for Link Operator Functions can drive Boolean biological networks towards critical dynamics, Journal of Biosciences, 47: 17 (2022).

Nikhil Chivukula

BS-MS Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (2021)
IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2021)
nikhilc@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

Priyotosh Sil

M. Sc. Mathematics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (2021)
IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2021)
priyotosh@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

Shanmuga Priya B

M. Tech. Computational Biology, Anna University, Chennai (2021)
IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2021)
shanmugapriya@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, A.K. Sahoo, S.P. Baskaran & A. Samal*, Scaffold and structural diversity of the secondary metabolite space of medicinal fungi, ACS Omega, 8: 3102-3113 (2023).

Coverage in:
The Hindu SCI-TECH: Medicinal fungi may be suitable for identifying novel drugs

Project Staff

Kundhananthan R

M. Sc. Life Science, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela (2023)
Project Assistant, August 2023 - Present
kundhanathan@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

Kishan Kumar

M. Sc. Bioinformatics, Central University of South Bihar (CUSB), Gaya (2022)
Project Assistant, August 2023 - Present
kishank@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

Geetha Ranganathan

M. Sc. Bioinformatics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapally (2023)
Project Assistant, August 2023 - Present
geethar@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

Masters Student

Suchetana Mitra

BS-MS Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (2021)
Master's Thesis, August 2023 - Present
suchetanam@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

Alumni

PhD Students

Janani R

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2016 - 2022), PhD awarded in June 2022
Next Position: Research Data Steward, Novo Nordisk
Link to PhD Thesis

ASLab Publications

J. Kulkarni, S.A. Sahoo, P. Herzyk, V.T. Barvkar, S.A. Kumar, J. Ravichandran, A. Samal, A. Amtmann, M. Borde, P. Suprasanna, A.K. Srivastava, Early-responsive molecular signatures associated with halophytic adaptation in Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.), Plant, Cell & Environment (2023) DOI: 10.1111/pce.14767. [Link to SesuviumKB]

S. Vijayaraghavan, A. Lakshminarayanan, N.Bhargava, J. Ravichandran, R.P. Vivek-Ananth* & A. Samal*, Machine learning models for prediction of xenobiotic chemicals with high propensity to transfer into human milk, bioRxiv, 2023.08.06.552173 (2023). [GitHub Repository]

J. Ravichandran, B.S. Karthikeyan & A. Samal*, Investigation of a derived adverse outcome pathway (AOP) network for endocrine-mediated perturbations, Science of the Total Environment, 826: 154112 (2022).

J. Ravichandran#, B.S. Karthikeyan#, J. Jost & A. Samal*, An atlas of fragrance chemicals in children's products, Science of the Total Environment, 818: 151682 (2022). [Link to FCCP]

Coverage in:
Indian Chemical Regulation: A database of fragrance chemicals found in children's products reveals information gaps

J. Ravichandran#, B.S. Karthikeyan#, S.R. Aparna & A. Samal*, Network biology approach to human tissue-specific chemical exposome, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 214: 105998 (2021). [Link to TExAs]

J. Ravichandran#, B.S. Karthikeyan#, P. Singla, S.R. Aparna & A. Samal*, NeurotoxKb 1.0: compilation, curation and exploration of a knowledgebase of environmental neurotoxicants specific to mammals, Chemosphere, 278: 130387 (2021). [Link to NeurotoxKb]

B.S. Karthikeyan#, J. Ravichandran#*, S.R. Aparna & A. Samal*, ExHuMId: A curated resource and analysis of Exposome of Human Milk across India, Chemosphere, 271: 129583 (2021). [Link to ExHuMId]

Coverage in:
Nature India: An online repository of breast milk contaminants

B.S. Karthikeyan#, J. Ravichandran#*, S.R. Aparna & A. Samal*, DEDuCT 2.0: An updated knowledgebase and an exploratory analysis of the current regulations and guidelines from the perspective of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Chemosphere, 267: 128898 (2021). [Link to DEDuCT 2.0]

Coverage in:
ChemicalWatch: Indian team expands database of potential endocrine disrupting chemicals Coverage in:
INCI Beauty: DEDuCT: la base des perturbateurs endocriniens

B.S. Karthikeyan#, J. Ravichandran#*, K. Mohanraj, R.P. Vivek-Ananth & A. Samal*, A curated knowledgebase on endocrine disrupting chemicals and their biological systems-level perturbations, Science of the Total Environment, 692: 281-296 (2019). [Link to DEDuCT]

Coverage in:
Hindustan Times: Now, a database of harmful chemicals in everyday items
India Science Wire: Indian scientists develop database of everyday chemicals harmful to human health
ChemicalWatch: Indian team identifies hundreds of potential EDCs from literature
European Trade Union Institute: New online database for identifying endocrine disruptors
c&en: Database of endocrine disruptors focuses on experimental evidence

RP Vivek Ananth

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2016 - 2022), PhD awarded in November 2022
Next Position: Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Nathan Price, Thorne Research, USA

Link to PhD Thesis

ASLab Publications

B. Malakar, K. Chauhan, P. Sanyal, S. Naz, H. Kalam, R. P. Vivek-Ananth, L.V. Singh, A. Samal, D. Kumar*, V.K. Nandicoori*, Phosphorylation of CFP10 modulates Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence, mBio, 4:e0123223 (2023)

S. Vijayaraghavan, A. Lakshminarayanan, N.Bhargava, J. Ravichandran, R.P. Vivek-Ananth* & A. Samal*, Machine learning moddels for prediction of xenobiotic chemicals with high propensity to transfer into human milk, bioRxiv, 2023.08.06.552173 (2023). [GitHub Repository]

R.P. Vivek-Ananth#, A.K. Sahoo#, S.P. Baskaran#, J. Ravichandran & A. Samal*, Identification of activity cliffs in structure-activity landscape of androgen receptor binding chemicals, Science of the Total Environment, 873: 162263 (2023).

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, A.K. Sahoo, S.P. Baskaran & A. Samal*, Scaffold and structural diversity of the secondary metabolite space of medicinal fungi, ACS Omega, 8: 3102-3113 (2023).

Coverage in:
The Hindu SCI-TECH: Medicinal fungi may be suitable for identifying novel drugs

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, S. Krishnaswamy* & A. Samal*, Potential phytochemical inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 helicase Nsp13: a molecular docking and dynamic simulation study, Molecular Diversity, 26: 429-442 (2022).

C. Aguilar, S. Costa, C. Maudet, R.P. Vivek-Ananth, S. Zaldívar-López, J.J. Garrido, A. Samal, M. Mano & A. Eulalio*, Reprogramming of microRNA expression via E2F1 downregulation promotes Salmonella infection both in infected and bystander cells, Nature Communications, 12: 3392 (2021).

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, A. Rana, N. Rajan, H.S. Biswal* & A. Samal*, In Silico Identification of Potential Natural Product Inhibitors of Human Proteases Key to SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Molecules, 25(17):3822 (2020).

Coverage in:
Dinamalar Pattam: தாவரங்களில் கோவிட் 19 மருந்து!
Times of India: NISER study identifies plant compound that may cure Covid
Prameya News: Scientists from NISER, IMSc identify phytochemicals ‘potential drug candidates’ for COVID-19 treatment

E. Saucan, R.P. Sreejith, R.P. Vivek-Ananth, J. Jost & A. Samal*, Discrete Ricci curvatures for directed networks, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 118: 347-360 (2019).

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, K. Mohanraj, M. Vandanashree, A. Jhingran, J.P. Craig & A. Samal*, Comparative systems analysis of the secretome of the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus and other Aspergillus species, Scientific Reports 8: 6617 (2018). [Link to ASPERTOME]

K. Mohanraj#, B.S. Karthikeyan#, R.P. Vivek-Ananth#, R.P. Bharath Chand, S.R. Aparna, P. Mangalapandi & A. Samal*, IMPPAT: A curated database of Indian Medicinal Plants, Phytochemistry and Therapeutics, Scientific Reports 8: 4329 (2018). [Link to IMPPAT]

Coverage in:
Hindustan Times: Indian plants may hold gateway to new drugs
Nature India: Phytochemical database raises hopes for herbal drugs
The Hindu: A knowledge hub for medicinal plants
India Science Wire: New database on Indian medicinal plants may ease drug discovery
Down to Earth: New database finds 960 new ‘druggable’ components in Indian medicinal plants
Researchstash: New database on Indian medicinal plants may ease drug discovery
Biotech News: New database on Indian medicinal plants may ease drug discovery
Biovoice News: Fresh database on Indian medicinal plants may ease drug discovery
Dinamalar Pattam: 1742 தாவரங்களில் இருந்து மருந்து!
தி இந்து: இந்திய மூலிகைகளுக்குக் கிடைக்குமா அங்கீகாரம்?

Science monitor | Rajya Sabha TV

Gyan vigyan | Rajya Sabha TV

S. Venkatesan#, R.P. Vivek-Ananth#, R.P. Sreejith, P. Mangalapandi, A.A. Hassanali* & A. Samal*, Network approach towards understanding the crazing in glassy amorphous polymers, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 043305 (2018).

R.P. Vivek-Ananth & A. Samal*, Advances in the integration of transcriptional regulatory information into genome-scale metabolic models, Biosystems 147: 1-10 (2016).

Project Staff

Gokul Balaji D

B.C.A., University of Madras, Chennai (2018)
Project Assistant, February 2022 - Present
gokulb@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

N. Chivukula, K. Ramesh, A. Subbaroyan, A.K. Sahoo, G.B. Dhanakoti, J. Ravichandran, A. Samal*, ViCEKb: Vitiligo-linked Chemical Exposome Knowledgebase. Submitted (2023).

Saumitra Kulkarni

M. Tech. Mathematical Modeling and Simulation, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune (2022)
Project Assistant, February 2023 - Present
saumitrak@imsc.res.in

ASLab Publications

S. Kulkarni, H.K. Pharasi, S. Vijayaraghavan, S. Kumar, A. Chakraborti*, A. Samal*, Investigation of Indian stock markets using topological data analysis and geometry-inspired network measures, arXiv, arXiv.2311.17016 (2023).

Yasharth Yadav

BS-MS Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
Project Assistant, July 2021 - December 2022
Next Position: Doctoral Student at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

ASLab Publications

Y. Yadav, P. Elumalai, N. Williams, J. Jost & A. Samal*, Discrete Ricci curvatures capture age-related changes in human brain functional connectivity networks, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 15: 1120846 (2023).

P. Elumalai#, Y. Yadav#, N. Williams*, E. Saucan, J. Jost & A. Samal*, Graph Ricci Curvatures Reveal Atypical Functional Connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Scientific Reports, 12: 8295 (2022). [GitHub Repository]

Y. Yadav, A. Samal & E. Saucan*, A Poset-Based Approach to Curvature of Hypergraphs, Symmetry, 14(2): 420 (2022).

A. Samal*, S. Kumar, Y. Yadav & A. Chakraborti*, Network-centric indicators for fragility in global financial indices, Frontiers in Physics, 8: 624373 (2021).

Pavithra Elumalai

M. Sc. Theoretical Computer Science, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
Project Assistant, March 2021 - June 2022
Next Position: PhD Student, International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems (IMPRS-IS), University of Göttingen, Germany

ASLab Publications

BS Karthikeyan

PhD, Bharathidasan University, Trichy
Research Associate, February 2017 - September 2021
Next Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Örebro University, Sweden

ASLab Publications

J. Ravichandran#, B.S. Karthikeyan#, J. Jost & A. Samal*, An atlas of fragrance chemicals in children's products, Science of the Total Environment, 818: 151682 (2022). [Link to FCCP]

Kavyaa K

M. Sc. Bioinformatics, Bharathidasan University, Trichy
Project Assistant, April 2019 - June 2021

ASLab Publications

Karthikeyan M

B. Tech, Bharathidasan University, Trichy
Project Assistant, May 2016 - February 2020
Next Position: PhD Student, Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering (DIGS-BB), Dresden, Germany

ASLab Publications

S. Shee, R.T Veetil, K. Mohanraj, M. Das, N. Malhotra, D. Bandopadhyay, H. Beig, S.Birua, S. Niphadkar, S.N. Nagarajan, V.K. Sinha, C. Thakur, R.S Rajamani, N. Chandra, S. Laxman, M. Singh, A. Samal, A.S.N. Seshasayee & A. Singh*, Biosensor-integrated transposon mutagenesis reveals rv0158 as a coordinator of redox homeostasis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, eLife, 12:e80218 (2023).

M.A.C. Horta, N. Thieme, Y. Gao, K.E. Burnum-Johnson, C.D. Nicora, M.A. Gritsenko, M.S. Lipton, K. Mohanraj, L.J. de Assis, L. Lin, C. Tian, G.H. Braus, K.A. Borkovich, M. Schmoll, L.F. Larrondo, A. Samal, G.H. Goldman & J. P. Benz*, Broad substrate-specific phosphorylation events are associated with the initial stage of plant cell wall recognition in Neurospora crassa, Frontiers in Microbiology, 10: 2317 (2019).

R.P. Sreejith, K. Mohanraj, J. Jost, E. Saucan & A. Samal*, Forman curvature for complex networks, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 063206 (2016).

Harish K

Project Assistant, July 2018 - July 2019
Next Position: PhD Student, University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA

ASLab Publications

A. Samal#*, H.K. Pharasi#, S. J. Ramaia, H. Kannan, E. Saucan, J. Jost & A. Chakraborti*, Network geometry and market instability, Royal Society Open Science, 8: 201734 (2021).

H. Kannan, E. Saucan, I. Roy* & A. Samal*, Persistent homology of unweighted complex networks via discrete Morse theory, Scientific Reports 9: 13817 (2019).

RP Vivek Ananth; August 2015 - July 2016 [Next Position: PhD Student, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai]
M Vandanashree; October 2016 - July 2017 [Next Position: PhD Student, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru]
ASLab Publications

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, K. Mohanraj, M. Vandanashree, A. Jhingran, J.P. Craig & A. Samal*, Comparative systems analysis of the secretome of the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus and other Aspergillus species, Scientific Reports 8: 6617 (2018). [Link to ASPERTOME]
RP Bharath Chand; May 2017 - November 2017
ASLab Publications

K. Mohanraj#, B.S. Karthikeyan#, R.P. Vivek-Ananth#, R.P. Bharath Chand, S.R. Aparna, P. Mangalapandi & A. Samal*, IMPPAT: A curated database of Indian Medicinal Plants, Phytochemistry and Therapeutics, Scientific Reports 8: 4329 (2018). [Link to IMPPAT]
B Gayathri; July 2018 - November 2018
Subathra Vijayakumar; May 2018 - January 2019
Sudharsan A; April 2019 - January 2020

Masters or Bachelors thesis

Yasharth Yadav (BS-MS Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune)
S Vishalini Rajaram (M.Tech. Computational Biology, Anna University, Chennai)
Evanjalee A (M.Tech. Computational Biology, Anna University, Chennai)
Sarath Jyotsna R (PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore)
ASLab Publications

A. Samal#*, H.K. Pharasi#, S. J. Ramaia, H. Kannan, E. Saucan, J. Jost & A. Chakraborti*, Network geometry and market instability, Royal Society Open Science, 8: 201734 (2021).

Coverage in:
Max Planck Society News: Early warning of market bubbles
ScienceDaily: Its curvature foreshadows the next financial bubble

I. Roy*, S. Vijayaraghavan, S. J. Ramaia & A. Samal*, Forman-Ricci curvature and Persistent homology of unweighted complex networks, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 140:110260 (2020).
Sudharsan V (PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore)
ASLab Publications

I. Roy*, S. Vijayaraghavan, S. J. Ramaia & A. Samal*, Forman-Ricci curvature and Persistent homology of unweighted complex networks, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 140:110260 (2020).
Rajesh G (B. Tech. Biotechnology, Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chennai)
Nithin R (B. Tech. Biotechnology, Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chennai)
ASLab Publications

R.P. Vivek-Ananth, A. Rana, N. Rajan, H.S. Biswal* & A. Samal*, In Silico Identification of Potential Natural Product Inhibitors of Human Proteases Key to SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Molecules, 25(17):3822 (2020).

Coverage in:
Dinamalar Pattam: தாவரங்களில் கோவிட் 19 மருந்து!
Times of India: NISER study identifies plant compound that may cure Covid
Prameya News: Scientists from NISER, IMSc identify phytochemicals ‘potential drug candidates’ for COVID-19 treatment
Prakruthi Burra (M.Sc. (H) Biological Science and B.E. (H) Computer Science, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad)
Subathra Viajayakumar (B. Tech. Bioinformatics, SASTRA, India)
Roshani Narasimhan (B.Tech. ICT, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar)
Aashish Shivkumar (B.Tech. Pharmaceutical Technology, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai)
Sanal M (M.Sc Computational Biology, University of Kerala, India)
Priyadharshini K (M.Tech., Bharathidasan University, India)
R Praveenkumar (M.Tech., Bharathidasan University, India)
RP Bharath Chand (M.Sc Computational Biology, University of Kerala, India)
G Ramesh (M.Tech., Bharathidasan University, India)
P Sreelekha (B.Tech., SASTRA, India)
Ahammed Abu Lifeon (M.Tech., Bharathidasan University, India)
M Karthikeyan (B.Tech., Bharathidasan University, India)

Interns

Suchetana Mitra (IISER Mohali)
ASLab Publications

S. Mitra#, P. Sil#, A. Subbaroyan#, O.C. Martin* & A. Samal*, Preponderance of generalized chain functions in reconstructed Boolean models of biological networks, bioRxiv, 2023.10.08.561412 (2023). [GitHub Repository]
Divya S (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University)
Tamil Maran (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University)
Pavithra Elumalai (PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore)
Rachita K. Kumar (SASTRA)
Anushree Dhar (Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine)
Richa Mishra (BITS Pilani)
S.R. Aparna (Stella Maris College)y
ASLab Publications

J. Ravichandran#, B.S. Karthikeyan#, S.R. Aparna & A. Samal*, Network biology approach to human tissue-specific chemical exposome, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 214: 105998 (2021). [Link to TExAs]

J. Ravichandran#, B.S. Karthikeyan#, P. Singla, S.R. Aparna & A. Samal*, NeurotoxKb 1.0: compilation, curation and exploration of a knowledgebase of environmental neurotoxicants specific to mammals, Chemosphere, 278: 130387 (2021). [Link to NeurotoxKb]

B.S. Karthikeyan#, J. Ravichandran#*, S.R. Aparna & A. Samal*, ExHuMId: A curated resource and analysis of Exposome of Human Milk across India, Chemosphere, 271: 129583 (2021). [Link to ExHuMId]

Coverage in:
Nature India: An online repository of breast milk contaminants

B.S. Karthikeyan#, J. Ravichandran#*, S.R. Aparna & A. Samal*, DEDuCT 2.0: An updated knowledgebase and an exploratory analysis of the current regulations and guidelines from the perspective of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Chemosphere, 267: 128898 (2021). [Link to DEDuCT 2.0]

Coverage in:
ChemicalWatch: Indian team expands database of potential endocrine disrupting chemicals Coverage in:
INCI Beauty: DEDuCT: la base des perturbateurs endocriniens

K. Mohanraj#, B.S. Karthikeyan#, R.P. Vivek-Ananth#, R.P. Bharath Chand, S.R. Aparna, P. Mangalapandi & A. Samal*, IMPPAT: A curated database of Indian Medicinal Plants, Phytochemistry and Therapeutics, Scientific Reports 8: 4329 (2018). [Link to IMPPAT]

Coverage in:
Hindustan Times: Indian plants may hold gateway to new drugs
Nature India: Phytochemical database raises hopes for herbal drugs
The Hindu: A knowledge hub for medicinal plants
India Science Wire: New database on Indian medicinal plants may ease drug discovery
Down to Earth: New database finds 960 new ‘druggable’ components in Indian medicinal plants
Researchstash: New database on Indian medicinal plants may ease drug discovery
Biotech News: New database on Indian medicinal plants may ease drug discovery
Biovoice News: Fresh database on Indian medicinal plants may ease drug discovery
Dinamalar Pattam: 1742 தாவரங்களில் இருந்து மருந்து!
தி இந்து: இந்திய மூலிகைகளுக்குக் கிடைக்குமா அங்கீகாரம்?

Science monitor | Rajya Sabha TV

Gyan vigyan | Rajya Sabha TV
Karunya Shinger (Stella Maris College)
Pappa Alpho Judy (Stella Maris College)
Lakshmi K (Anna University)
ASLab Publications

G.D. Jhingan#, S. Kumari#, S.V. Jamwal, H. Kalam, D. Arora, N. Jain, L. KrishnaKumaar, A. Samal, K.V.S. Rao, D. Kumar & V.K. Nandicoori*, Comparative proteomic analyses of avirulent, virulent and clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis identifies strain-specific patterns, Journal of Biological Chemistry 291: 14257-14273 (2016).
S Bharath (IIT Madras)
B Arul Praveen (IIT Madras)
Ravi Kumar Allaparthi (IIT Madras)
Harish K (NIT Trichy)