Profile

The laboratory focuses on molecular mechanisms involved in pathogenicity and multidrug resistance of top priority bacterial pathogens with special emphasis on diarrheal and chronic wound infections. Studies involve the alternative strategies such as biofilm inhibition, drug repurposing and probiotics of human origin to control bacterial infections and emerging antimicrobial resistance. Another major focus is on exploring the human microbiome for beneficial health impacts and to study the effect of therapeutic interventions on the gut microflora.

Academic Positions

Scientist F

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology

Education

Post-doctoral

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
PhD Aquatic Biology

Kerala University

Awards

DBT Nominee - Institutional Biosafety Committee, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
Best Scientist Award-2022 by UTOCA
Chairman, Working Committee Group, Centre of Excellence in Microbiome, K- DISC, Govt. of Kerala.
Expert Member, Technical Review Committee for Diarrhoeal Disease Research program, ICMR, Govt. of India
WHO Global Task Force Member on Cholera Control
Member, State Working Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance, Govt. of Kerala
State Nodal Officer for Co-ordinating Intersectoral Research
Second Indian Arctic Scientific Expedition Member, Govt. of India
Biography cited in Marquis Who's Who in the World - Medicine and Healthcare
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Award
Fellow of International Society of Biotechnology
Scientist Par Excellence Award of Rotary Club
Fellow Award in Medical Biotechnology of Society for Applied Biotechnology

Memberships

Membership in International Scientific Organizations

Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease & Nutrition (ASCODD)

Global Foodborne Infections Network (GFN) of WHO

CHOLDInet -Global Laboratory Network for Cholera and other Diarrhoeal Infections

International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)

Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA)

Membership in National Organizations

Biotech Research Society of India

Indian Meteorological Association

Kerala Academy of Sciences

Editorial Membership

Sub Editor, Indian Journal of Environment and Ecoplanning ( ISSN 0972-1215)

Editorial Board Member, Research Journal of Biotechnology( ISSN 0973-6263)

Books Edited

Human Microbiome: Clinical Implications and Therapeutic Interventions, 2022. Ed. Sabu Thomas. Springer Singapore. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-7672-7 Available in amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Human-Microbiome-Implications-Therapeutic-Interventions/dp/9811676712
Emerging Concepts in Bacterial Biofilms: Molecular Mechanisms and Control Strategies, 2020. ( Eds. Sabu Thomas,Divya M P and Lekshmi N). Cambridge Scholars Publisher, UK.https://books.google.co.in/books?id=hEbDywEACAAJ (available in amazon.in : https://www.amazon.in/Emerging-Concepts-Bacterial-Biofilms-Mechanisms/dp/1527542610/ref )
Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Challenges and Future Interventions, 2020. Ed.Sabu Thomas. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. https://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811536571
Available in amazon.in: https://www.amazon.com/SabuThomas/e/B004MUB5QC%3 Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Sabu Thomas, PhD

Scientist F