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{{Short description|Indian-Australian biochemist and academic}}
{{Orphan|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox scientist
| name = Shoba Ranganathan
| workplaces = [[University of Sydney]] <br> [[Australian National University]] <br> [[Maitreyi College]] <br> [[Macquarie University]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Madras]] <br> [[Indian Institutes of Technology]]
| thesis_title = Quantum Chemical Studies of quadratic potential functions using CNDO/Force method and compliance constant formalism
| thesis_year = 1983
}}

'''Shoba Ranganathan''' is an [[Indian Australians|Indian Australian]] biochemist and professor of bioinformatics at [[Macquarie University]]. Her research considers computational biology and bioinformatics. Her research considers genome annotation and structural bioinformatics.

== Early life and education ==
Ranganathan was born and grew up in [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Fogg |first=Christiana N. |title=2023 Outstanding Contributions to ISCB Award: Shoba Ranganathan |url=https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/39/Supplement_1/i3/7210513 |access-date=2023-08-10 |journal=Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)|date=2023 |volume=39 |issue=Supplement_1 |pages=i3–i4 |doi=10.1093/bioinformatics/btad306 |pmid=37387187 |pmc=10311293 }}</ref> She studied chemistry at the [[University of Madras]].<ref name=":0" /> She moved to the [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] for her doctoral studies, where she started working in computational chemistry.<ref name=":0" /> Her graduate work looked to identify new atomic screening constants, whilst her doctorate developed quadratic potential functions using [[CNDO/2]]. After earning her doctorate she moved to the [[:fr:Institut de biologie physico-chimique|Institut de biologie physico-chimique]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Administration |title=Prof. Shoba Ranganathan |url=https://www.mq.edu.au/research/research-centres-groups-and-facilities/groups/bioinformatics-research-group/our-people/group1/prof.-shoba-ranganathan |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Macquarie University |language=en-au}}</ref>

== Research and career ==
Ranganathan started her independent career at the [[Maitreyi College]], where she was made Head of the Department of Chemistry. She moved to [[Australia]] in 1993, where she worked as a Research Fellow at the [[University of Sydney]] and [[Australian National University]]. In 2000 she moved to [[Singapore]], and joined the [[National University of Singapore]].<ref name=":0" /> In 2004 Ranganathan moved to the [[Macquarie University]]. She was made a chair and Professor of Bioinformatics in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PeerJ - Profile - Shoba Ranganathan |url=https://peerj.com/ShobaRanganathan/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=peerj.com}}</ref>

Ranganathan studies genome annotation and transcriptome. She developed theoretical methods for splicing analysis and networking approaches for large-scale data mining. In 2003 she was made the Director of the [[International Society for Computational Biology]]. In 2008 she was appointed head of the [[Australian Research Council]] Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics.<ref name=":0" />

In 2018 Ranganthan wrote the [[Elsevier]] Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: ABC of Bioinformatics.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of bioinformatics and computational biology |date=2019 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-12-811414-8 |editor-last=Ranganathan |editor-first=Shoba |location=Amsterdam Boston Heidelberg London New York Oxford Paris San Diego San Francisco Singapore Sydney Tokyo |editor-last2=Gribskov |editor-first2=Michael |editor-last3=Nakai |editor-first3=Kenta |editor-last4=Schönbach |editor-first4=Christian}}</ref> In 2023 she was awarded the [[International Society for Computational Biology]] Outstanding Contributions Award.<ref name=":0" />

== Select publications ==
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== References ==
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