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= Sabu Thomas (Scientist) = [[File:Sabu Thomas.jpg|alt=|thumb|187x187px|Dr. Sabu Thomas Born: 20 July 1963

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Director, CoEM

Field: Microbiology

Known for: Research on Bacterial pathogenesis, Antimicrobial resistance, Microbiome and Probiotics

Alma mater: Catholicate College and University of Kerala

Institutions: Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Centre of Excellence in Microbiome

Website: drsabuthomas.com]]

Sabu Thomas, an Indian Microbiologist and a renowned researcher is now serving as the Director, Centre of Excellence in Microbiome (CoEM) under the [https://kscste.kerala.gov.in/ Kerala State Council for Science Technology & Environment of the Govt. of Kerala]. He was a senior Faculty Scientist and Principal Investigator of Pathogen Biology division of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, a national research institute under the Department of Biotechnology of the Govt. of India.

Education and Career
Sabu Thomas was born on 20 July 1963 in Thalavoor Grama Panchayat of Kollam district, completed his schooling at Govt. UPS and Devi Vilasom HS, Thalavoor. He studied Pre-degree at SN College, Punalur, BSc Degree at SN College, Kollam, and Masters in Zoology at Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta under Mahatma Gandhi University. He received his PhD from University of Kerala in 1996. He joined as a Post-doctoral researcher in the Environmental Biotechnology Group, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, in 1997 and worked there as Faculty Scientist till 31 July 2023, after which he took up his current assignment.

Indian Arctic Expedition
Dr. Thomas was a member in the Second Indian Arctic Expedition team (2009) organised by Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India to study polar microbial diversity and bioprospecting potential of microbes in the Arctic at 79o North. During which the team stayed at Himadri, the Indian research base in the international research village at Ny- Ålesund, Arctic. The team contributed substantially to the Polar Science research in India.

Research Areas
His areas of research include molecular microbiology and biotechnology. The major research focuses are molecular biology of bacterial pathogens of gastrointestinal tract & chronic wound infections, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), biofilm, probiotics & gut microbiome. He has visited several countries to participate and present the research data including prestigious meetings like Keystone Symposia, Emerging Infectious Disease and Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition. As a member of Global Task Force member on Cholera control of World Health Organization, he was instrumental in preparing a road map to control cholera. He is a Task Force Member in Indian Council of Medical Research, Govt. of India, Kerala State Nodal Officer in intersectoral AMR research, Expert Member in Kerala Biotechnology Commission and member of several scientific committees in prestigious institutes.

Awards
He received the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Award (2010), Fellow Award in Medical Biotechnology of Society for Applied Biotechnology(2016), Fellow of the Kerala Academy of Sciences, FAS (2023) and the Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, London, FRSB (2024). He was honoured with the Catholicate Best Scientist award in 2022.

Books Edited
1.Emerging Concepts in Bacterial Biofilms: Molecular Mechanisms and Control Strategies, 2020. Cambridge Scholars Publisher, UK. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=hEbDywEACAAJ

2.Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Challenges and Future Interventions, 2020. Ed.Sabu Thomas. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. https://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811536571

3.Human Microbiome: Clinical Implications and Therapeutic Interventions, 2022. Springer Singapore. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-7672-7

= Publications = Complete list of publications, https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=KdfrAcMAAAAJ&hl=en