First Prize Winner

            Dr. Ranjit Das

            Assistant Professor, Yenepoya Research Centre,      Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru – 575 018, India

            Title of Microblog:  “Association of the hosts’ genetic makeup and the severity of COVID-19”

 

Second Prize Winner

            Mridula Chaturvedi

            Research Scholar, Amity University

First Prize Winner

            Dr. Ram Kulkarni

            Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India

            Oral presentation EA-1: “Adaptive evolution of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum to     develop tolerance towards furfural and 5- hydroxymethylfurfural”

Second Prize Winner

            Pooja Sharma

            MGM Medical College, Kamothe, Navi Mujmbai

            Oral presentation EA-6:  “Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant producers from soil”

Third Prize Winner

            Ashwini Hariwal

            Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology,  Karnatak University, Dharwad

            Oral presentation EA-8:            “Screening of probiotic wild isolates and their        characterisation”

First Prize Winner

            Dr. Sunil Saroj

            Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India

            Oral presentation HM-1:  “Acyl Homoserine Lactone acts as an interspecies   signalling molecule in the regulation of virulence of  Streptococcus pyogenes”

Second Prize Winner

            Anamika Chalwadi

            Department of Medical Microbiology, MGM Medical College & Hospital, Sector 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai-400209, Maharashtra, India

            Oral presentation HM-7: “Prevalence of Carbapenem Resistant Pathogens    isolated from Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to ICU”

Third Prize Winner

            Athira Pattolath

            Department of Geriatric Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore

         Oral presentation HM-11:  “Study of Risk Factors and Outcomes of Carbapenem- Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in a tertiary care hospital –Mangalore”

First Prize Winner

            Athmika

            Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be          University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru – 575 018, India

             Oral presentation IDMB-9:  Optimization of an exopolysaccharide-alginate based bioink for 3D bioprinting

Second Prize Winner

            Dr. Sri Raghava

            Department of Biotechnology, Karnataka State Open University, Mukthagangotri, Mysore-570006, Karnataka, India

            Oral presentation IDMB-21: “Epidemiological studies of bovine brucellosis in rural villages of Heggadadevanakote region Karnataka, India and Metagenomic approach to identify the Blood   bacterial microbiota”

Third Prize Winner

            Anantha Bhairavi V.

            Department of Biotechnology, Kongunadu Arts and          Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

            Oral presentation IDMB-8: “An In silico and In vitro Approach for the Identification   of Potential Phytochemicals to Treat Candidiasis”