Dr Venkat Panchagnula Venkat Panchagnula obtained his B.Sc. from Osmania University (1996), M.Sc. from University of Hyderabad (1998) and Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut, USA (2005). Before joining NCL as a scientist in 2007, Venkat worked for PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, Boston USA and CSIRO Australia. Currently, his research involves development of newer methods for proteomic analysis. Proteomics, the study of a collection of proteins in any given living system, is of importance in areas many areas such as medical diagnostics, bio therapeutics and plant sciences.