Microbiology is the study of unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms including eukaryotes such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes such as bacteria and algae. Viruses, though not strictly classed as living organisms, are also studied. Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system.

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• Dr. Satish K. Walia - Molecular microbiology; Ecology, epidemiology and mechanism of bacterial antibiotic resistance and virulence genes. Biotechnological approaches for sensitive assay development and engineering of hybrid catabolic pathways for bioremediation of toxic substituted organic chemicals.
• Dr. Susmit Suvas - T-cell response to viral infection.
• Dr. Zijuan Liu - Molecular mechanisms of metalloid transport in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.