Prasanna Neelakantan is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Endodontology and Assistant Dean (Research) at the Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong. With more than 90 scientific publications in high impact peer reviewed journals, his h-index now stands at 24. His papers have been cited about 2500 times. He has delivered more than 50 international invited/keynote lectures and mentors research groups in several parts of the world. He is a recipient of many awards and honours including the International Association for Dental Research Innovation in Oral Care Award in 2018 and 2021, and the International Association for Dental Research Joseph Lister Award in 2018. His research group focuses on biofilm biology, nano-therapeutics, collagen crosslinking and minimally invasive root canal debridement.Adline Princy Solomon is a Professor in the School of Biotechnology at the SASTRA Deemed University who has 16 years of professional teaching/research experience post Ph.D. She is the Group Leader at Quorum Sensing Laboratory (QSL) and holds a core position in the India Biofilm Society. To her credentials, she is a recipient of young scientist award from Indian Society of Life sciences, INSA and DST, Govt. of India for her contributions in research. Being a molecular biologist by training, her research interest primarily focuses on infectious diseases, as well as looking at novel drugs as alternative anti-infective therapies manipulating Quorum sensing and host pathogen relationships using inter-disciplinary approaches.