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Molecular virologist & diagnostic innovator with 18 years of experience, 17 international papers & a patent published.

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I am a molecular virologist and diagnostic innovator with over 15 years of experience in pathogen surveillance, assay development, and laboratory establishment. My work spans molecular epidemiology, phylogenetics, and translational diagnostics, including a patented early-detection kit and 19 peer-reviewed publications. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I led a 90-member diagnostic workforce and oversaw >250,000 clinical tests annually, improving turnaround time by 20% while maintaining 98% accuracy through strengthened QA/QC systems. My doctoral research pioneered molecular surveillance of betanodavirus in India, identifying new hosts, delineating six phylogenetic clades, and demonstrating environmental modulation of disease outcomes — findings with implications for climate-driven pathogen emergence. I am currently expanding my research trajectory toward molecular mechanisms of disease, host–microbiome interactions, and translational diagnostics relevant to human health. Core strengths: • Molecular assay development (PCR, nested PCR, LAMP) • Phylogenetics & bioinformatics • Laboratory design & infrastructure setup • Clinical testing operations & quality systems • Translational disease modelling • Interdisciplinary teaching & mentorship

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Zoology
• ☆ Animal Science
• ☆ Animal Biotechnology
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ Metabolomics
• ☆ Molecular Evolution
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Molecular Ecology
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Marine Biology
• ☆ Histology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Microbial Biotechnology
• ☆ Biomedical Engineering
• ☆ Industrial Biotechnology
• ☆ Synthetic Biology
• ☆ Bioenergy & Biofuels
• ☆ Microbial Fermentation
• ☆ Phylogenetics

Services

• Writing

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing

Work Experience

Chief Scientist

Genescope Research and Services Private Limited

March 2022 - Present

Senior Scientific Officer

Spice Healthcare Pvt Ltd

April 2021 - March 2022

Research Associate

Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies

November 2018 - November 2020

Senior Research Fellow

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute

November 2013 - October 2018

Senior Research Fellow

Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture

October 2007 - March 2011

Education

Ph.D. (Faculty of Sciences)

University of Madras

September 2015 - September 2021

M.Sc Marine Biology (Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry)

Cochin University of Science and Technology School of Marine Sciences

June 2004 - May 2006

Certifications

• PhD

  University of Madras

  September 2021 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sajikumar, K K, Jeyabaskaran, R, Binesh, C P, Mohamed, K S (2020). First Record of the Mimic Octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the Arabian Sea: Range Extension and Genotyping .

Chandran, Archana, Zacharia, P U, Sathianandan, T V, Shamal, P, Binesh, C P, Kaur, Pinky, Sanil, N K (2018). Morphological and molecular characterization of Chloromyxum argusi n. sp. (Myxosporea) infecting the urinary bladder of Scatophagus argus Linnaeus 1766 (Scatophagidae) from the southwest coast of India .

Shamal, P, Zacharia, P U, Binesh, C P, Pranav, P, Suja, G, Asokan, P K, Pradeep, M A, Ranjan, Ritesh, Vijayan, K K, Sanil, N K (2018). Perkinsus olseni in the short neck yellow clam, Paphia malabarica (Chemnitz, 1782) from the southwest coast of India .

Sajikumar, K K, Venkatesan, V, Binesh, C P, Mohan, Gishnu, Sanil, N K, Kripa, V, Mohamed, K S (2018). Presence of the Wondrous Jewel Squid Histioteuthis miranda (Cephalopoda: Histioteuthidae) in the Eastern Arabian Sea and Determination of its Age from Statoliths .

Sanil, N K, Chandran, Archana, Shamal, P, Binesh, C P (2017). Molecular and morphological descriptions of Ceratomyxa collarae n. sp. and Ceratomyxa leucosternoni n. sp. from marine ornamental fishes of Indian waters .

Kaur, Pinky, Shamal, P, Chandran, Archana, Binesh, C P, Mohan, Gishnu, Asokan, P K, Sanil, N K (2017). Morphometric and molecular characterisation of Tenuiproboscis keralensis n. sp. infecting marine and brackish water fishes from the south-west coast of India with a note on morphological plasticity .

Sajikumar, K K, Arkhipkin, A I, Venkatesan, V, Jestin Joy, K M, Binesh, C P, Sasikumar, Geetha, Mohamed, K S (2017). Range extension of a bathypelagic squid, Bathyteuthis bacidifera (Cephalopoda: Bathyteuthidae), to the south Arabian Sea with special reference to its age and growth pattern .

Binesh CP, Journal of fish diseases, 2014, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 279-282 .

Binesh CP, Renuka K, Malaichami N, Greeshma C, Journal of fish diseases, 2013, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 1017-1020 .

Binesh CP, Jithendran KP, Archives of virology, 2013, vol. 158, no. 7, pp. 1543-1546 .

Binesh CP, Greeshma C, Jithendran KP, Archives of virology, 2013, vol. 158, no. 7, pp. 1589-1594 .

Binesh CP, Diseases of aquatic organisms, 2013, vol. 104, no. 3, pp. 257-260 .

BOOK

Sanil, N K, Asokan, P K, Pradeep, M A, Ranjan, Ritesh, Binesh, C P, Shamal, P (2017). Diseases of Farmed Green Mussel .