Dr. Manjunath B Joshi obtained master’s degree in Biotechnology from Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India (2000) and underwent research training as junior research fellow in Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India (2001-2003). Dr. Joshi received PhD from Basel University, Switzerland (2007) in Medicinal Biology and subsequently, completed post-doctoral training in Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital, Basel (2007-2011) in the area of signal transduction. He obtained both doctoral and post-doctoral training with Prof. Therese Resink at University Hospital, Basel. Dr. Joshi joined Manipal School of Life Sciences, MAHE, Manipal as assistant professor (2011-2016) and currently working as Professor (2022-Present). Dr. Joshi teaches molecular cell biology, immunology and systems biology related courses for bachelors and master’s degree programs and also coordinate PhD program at school. Research team of Dr. Joshi aims to understand signaling mechanisms at the interface of innate immune system (neutrophils) and metabolism in Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) associated recurrent infections and vascular diseases. His other research interest involves understanding crosstalk between inflammation (IL-6) and epigenetic mechanisms (DNA methylation) in regulating pathological angiogenesis. The lab has also set up a mass spectrometry facility for metabolomics and proteomics analysis using ESI-QTOF.