“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”

– Phil Jackson

The Medical and Biological Computing Laboratory is based at the School of Biosciences and technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. The lab was established by Prof. Anand Anbarasu with grants from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Our research group integrates genomics, systems biology and structural approaches to discover novel biological and therapeutic markers for infectious diseases and cancer.

Antimicrobial Informatics Our research team was probably the first group to use systems biology to understand antimicrobial resistance with the support from ICMR and DST-SERB (Government of India funding agency for scientific research). In an era of global antimicrobial resistance threat, we are committed to find theranostic solutions using state-of-the art computational approaches and integrating with our experimental collaborators from leading Institutes in India.

Cancer Informatics Cancer Informatics is an engaging field employing computational methods for solving intricate and impending questions in cancer biology. Our research group is currently establishing systems biology approaches for identifying theranostics biomarkers for various cancers. 

Recent Achievement’s/Latest News

-> Our research work was featured on the cover of the prestigious “journal of Medical Virology”
-> Ms. Priyamvada received first prize in Oral presentation at the “International Conference on Next Generation Microbiologist- Challenges and Opportunities 2.0” ICNGM 2.0 organized by Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Chennai
-> Mr. Soumya Basu received first prize in Poster presentation in ICSBCADD held at Alagappa University, Karaikudi
-> Ms. Preethi A.R has received Young Researcher Award at the ICIBAG conference conducted by Osmania University, Hyderabad.
-> ICMR sanctioned >1.5 crore for two ICMR projects in collaboration with Christian Medical College, Vellore.
-> Ms. Preethi A.R has received Young Researcher Award at the ICIBAG conference conducted by Osmania University, Hyderabad.
->Congratulations Ms. Reetika Debroy for receiving her Senior Research Fellowship grant from ICMR.
->Congratulations Dr. Swetha Rayapadi Govindarajulu for receiving her Research Associateship from ICMR.
->Mr. Aniket received First prize in Oral presentation in 3rd International Conference on contemporary antimicrobial research-One Health-Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections in Acharya and BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bangalore.

Our research work featured on the cover page of “Journal of Medical Virology“

Interactome of human BAG3 involved in intracellular bacterial pathogenesis

Superimpose structure of wild & mutant proteins (FLT3)