Portrait of Shankar Subramaniam (IMAGE) University of California - San Diego Caption Shankar Subramaniam is the lead author of the taskforce, distinguished professor in the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering at the University of California San Diego. Credit University of California San Diego Usage Restrictions Please credit License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.