Microbiota Unveiled: Science, Health, and Future Therapies
暫譯: 微生物群揭密：科學、健康與未來療法

Prof. Ranbir Chander Sobti is Senior Scientist Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and Emeritus Professor Panjab University. He is a former Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh and Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Central), Lucknow. He started his career as a cytogeneticist and then moved on to molecular biology, including genomics, to understand the susceptibility and disease process of cancer, COPD, AIDS, metabolic syndrome, and kidney diseases. He has also used stem cells and nanoparticles to understand the process of tissue organ development through a designed de-cellularization protocol. He has published more than 350 numerous research articles in journals of international repute and has published about 5 dozen books by many international publishers. He is a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences India, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Medical Sciences, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Canadian Academy of Cardiovascular Diseases and a few others. He was the General President of the Indian Science Congress for the 102nd session held at the University of Jammu in 2014. Dr. Sobti is the recipient of many prestigious awards like the INSA Young Scientist Medal, UGC Career Award, Punjab Rattan Award, JC Bose Oration and Sriram Oration Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards of the Punjab Academy of Sciences, Zoological Society of India, the Environment Academy of India and Padmashree by the Government of India in 2009.

Dr. Ram Krishan Negi is Professor of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi. Fellow of Royal Soceity of Biology, London, Fellow of Indian Academy of Environmental sciences (IAES), Honorary Fellow of Fellow of Himalayan Forum for Science and Technology Communication (FHFSTC). He started his career as a Assistant Professor in Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar and served for nearly 12 years and became Professor at the Department of Zoology, University of Delhi. He has over 25 years longstanding experience in teaching, administration and research. Prof. Ram Krishan Negi specialized himself in the area of fish biodiversity, molecular taxonomy, aquatic biodiversity of river, lakes, reservoir and hill streams of Western Himalayas, genomic and metagenomics, fish gut microbiome, extremophile environmental microbial diversity, genomics and metagenomics. He has extensively explored microbial diversity and published three novel bacterial species. He is serving as a reviewer in various leading National and international scientific journals. He has over 103 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 13 edited book chapters. He is a life member of several national and international societies and has been honored with the Prof. Harswarup memorial medal for outstanding research and acedemic contribution as well as the Gold medal from the Indian Academy of Environmental Science for his significant contribution to environment and aqautic research..

Dr. Anita Rana is an assistant professor in biosciences at Chandigarh University, Mohali. She is an educator and researcher dedicated to advancing education, research, and community service. Dr. Anita Rana has demonstrated exceptional academic proficiency by qualifying multiple competitive exams, including ICMR-JRF (AIR 2), CSIR-NET JRF (AIR 62), GATE (AIR 375), HPSET, HTET and 1st rank holder in PU & PGI Ph.D. Entrance Examination. Her research focuses on apicultural products, microbiota, and biomedical applications, with 40+publications, multiple patents, and editorial contributions to international books. She has received several prestigious awards, including the Young Scientist Award (2016, 2018, 2021), Research Luminary Award (2023, 2024, 2025), Women Innovator Award (2025), Women in Science Award (2026), and has successfully supervised numerous postgraduate dissertations.

蘭比爾·昌德·索布提教授是印度國家科學院（INSA）的高級科學家及旁遮普大學的名譽教授。他曾擔任旁遮普大學（昌迪加爾）及巴巴薩希布·比姆拉奧·安貝德卡大學（中央，勒克瑙）的副校長。他的職業生涯始於細胞遺傳學，隨後轉向分子生物學，包括基因組學，以了解癌症、慢性阻塞性肺病（COPD）、艾滋病、代謝症候群及腎臟疾病的易感性和疾病過程。他還利用幹細胞和奈米顆粒，通過設計的去細胞化協議來理解組織器官發展的過程。他在國際知名期刊上發表了350多篇研究文章，並出版了約五十本由多家國際出版社出版的書籍。他是第三世界科學院、印度科學院、印度國家科學院、國家醫學科學院、國家農業科學院、加拿大心血管疾病學院及其他幾個機構的院士。他曾於2014年在查謨大學舉辦的第102屆印度科學大會中擔任總會長。索布提博士獲得了許多著名獎項，如INSA青年科學家獎、UGC職業獎、旁遮普拉坦獎、JC Bose演講獎和Sriram演講獎，以及2009年印度政府頒發的旁遮普科學院、印度動物學會、印度環境學院的終身成就獎和帕德瑪什里獎。

拉姆·克里希南·內吉博士是德里大學動物學教授。他是倫敦皇家生物學會的院士、印度環境科學學院（IAES）的院士、喜馬拉雅科學與技術傳播論壇（FHFSTC）的榮譽院士。他的職業生涯始於哈里德瓦爾的古魯庫爾·康格里大學擔任助理教授，並在該校工作了近12年，後來成為德里大學動物學系的教授。他在教學、行政和研究方面擁有超過25年的豐富經驗。拉姆·克里希南·內吉教授專注於魚類生物多樣性、分子分類學、西喜馬拉雅河流、湖泊、水庫及山溪的水生生物多樣性、基因組學和宏基因組學、魚類腸道微生物組、極端環境微生物多樣性、基因組學和宏基因組學。他廣泛探索微生物多樣性，並發表了三種新型細菌物種。他在多個國內外領先的科學期刊擔任審稿人，並在同行評審的期刊上發表了超過103篇文章和13篇編輯的書章。他是多個國內外學會的終身會員，並因其在環境和水生研究方面的重大貢獻而獲得了哈斯瓦魯普紀念獎和印度環境科學學院的金獎。

安妮塔·拉娜博士是莫哈利的昌迪加爾大學生物科學助理教授。她是一位致力於推進教育、研究和社區服務的教育者和研究人員。安妮塔·拉娜博士通過多次競爭性考試展現了卓越的學術能力，包括ICMR-JRF（全國排名第2）、CSIR-NET JRF（全國排名第62）、GATE（全國排名第375）、HPSET、HTET，以及旁遮普大學和PGI博士入學考試的第一名。她的研究重點是蜜蜂產品、微生物群落和生物醫學應用，擁有40多篇出版物、多項專利以及對國際書籍的編輯貢獻。她獲得了多個著名獎項，包括青年科學家獎（2016、2018、2021年）、研究燈塔獎（2023、2024、2025年）、女性創新者獎（2025年）、女性科學獎（2026年），並成功指導了多篇研究生論文。