Core Team — 4 Members
Auroni Deep

Auroni Deep

KSBS · IIT Delhi

A PhD Scholar at the Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, IIT Delhi, Auroni digs into the transcriptional side of DNA secondary structures, charting their footprint across the human genome. Her toolkit spans molecular biology and bioinformatics. She is a recipient of the SYBS India Young Researcher Award for her work on i-Motifs.

Molecular Biology Bioinformatics i-Motifs
Utsab Das

Utsab Das

IIT Delhi · Tripura, Agartala

A BTech student at the Department of Mathematics and Computing, IIT Delhi — equal parts mathematician and quiz aficionado. Utsab brings computational rigour to the project, and the kind of encyclopaedic curiosity that makes every problem look like a quiz question worth cracking.

Mathematics Computing Quiz Master
Prof. Perumal

Prof. Vivekanandan Perumal

KSBS · IIT Delhi

Professor Vivekanandan Perumal leads a lab at the intersection of virology and genomics — probing how viruses evolve, replicate, and manipulate the host. His group spans HBV replication defects to G-quadruplex discovery in herpesvirus genomes.

Hepatitis B Virus
Defective HBV replication, splice-site conservation, HBSP biology, HBeAg/HBcAg in HCC, methylation-driven evolution, and HBV-dysregulated lncRNAs in liver cancer.
G-Quadruplexes
Mapping G4s in herpesvirus genomes and interpreting their function; evolutionary analysis of G4 distribution across animal and viral genomes.
Dinucleotides & Virus Evolution
Relative dinucleotide abundance as a lens on mutational pressures; CpG content in HIV-1 pathogenesis.
Hepatitis E Virus & Bacterial Diagnostics
HEV factors in acute liver failure; rapid immunomagnetic bacterial diagnosis; WGS of AMR bacterial genomes.
Prof. Saran Kumar

Prof. Saran Kumar

KSBS · IIT Delhi

Dr. Saran Kumar heads the Vascular Biology and Cancer Laboratory, where blood vessels aren't just plumbing — they're architects of tumour fate. His team wields everything from 3D organoids to mouse models to decode how vasculature rewires cancer biology.

Tumour Angiogenesis
New vessel formation in tumours — the lifeline that also enables metastasis.
Cancer Organoids & Explants
3D tumour mimics and cancer stem cell dynamics in initiation, progression, and therapy resistance.
Hypoxia & Spatial Heterogeneity
How low-oxygen zones reshape cancer metabolism and how spatial variation within tumours influences treatment outcomes.
Home Institution
Kusuma School of Biological Sciences
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IIT Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016