Priyanka Govender | Biology and Life Sciences | Research Excellence Award

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Ms.Priyanka Govender | Biology and Life Sciences | Research Excellence Award 

PhD candidate at University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa

Ms. Priyanka Govender is an emerging geneticist and molecular biologist whose research integrates forensic DNA analysis, epigenetics, human microbiome profiling, and biosensor development. She has authored 7 Scopus-indexed publications, receiving 64 citations with an h-index of 3. Her work spans machine learning applications in mitochondrial DNA relatedness, sex-specific DNA methylation, population-specific microbiome diversity, and electrochemical nanocomposite biosensors. She has contributed to high-impact journals including PLOS One, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Gene, and World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. Her research advances molecular forensics, precision diagnostics, and microbial biomarker discovery through innovative assay design, multiplex SNaPshot methodologies, and interdisciplinary analytical frameworks.

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Liang Yang | Life Sciences | Research Excellence Award

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liang Yang | Life Sciences | Research Excellence Award

Associate Researcher | Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health | China

Liang Yang is an associate-level researcher at the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, specializing in mitochondrial biology with a focus on development, aging, and disease. His work has revealed novel mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA translation, quality control, and redox regulation, with major contributions to understanding early development, intestinal and reproductive aging, and cancer metabolism. He has published extensively in leading journals such as Cell Metabolism, Nature Communications, Science Bulletin, and Aging Cell, and his research integrates basic discovery with translational and technological innovation in mitochondrial science.

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Metabolic Reprogramming Regulates Cell Fate Transition during Somatic Cell Reprogramming

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Mitochondrial Dynamics and Epigenetic Regulation in Pluripotent Stem Cells

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Coordination of Mitochondrial Metabolism and Nuclear Reprogramming during Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Generation

– EMBO Journal