I’m Sharmila Joseph, a biotechnology doctoral student with a demonstrated history of working on discovery and genome sequencing of novel actinomycete species, anti-infectives against drug-resistant bacteria, compound identification, in vitro safety evaluation, in vivo toxicity studies in zebrafish embryos and genetic association studies of chronic brain disorder. A strong research professional funded by UGC, New Delhi, India, well experienced in handling HPLC, SEM, Electrophoresis, PCR and technically proficient in chemotaxonomy, sequencing, RFLP, chromatography and mass spectrometry