Biography :
Dr. Ruby John Anto is currently Chief Scientist at Centre of Excellence in Nutraceuticals, Government of Kerala and honorary scientist at IAV. She was a visiting scientist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and was part of RGCB Cancer Research Program till her retirement. She has received the National Woman Bio-Scientist Award, from DBT, Govt. of India and the Keystone Symposia Global Health award. She is a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India and Kerala Academy of Sciences. Her invention on uttroside-B, with ‘Orphan drug’ designation against HCC by the US FDA, received multinational patents and is transferred to the US company, QBiomed.