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I am a computational biologist with a specialization in comparative and evolutionary genomics. My research focuses on analyzing and comparing genomic datasets to address research questions across both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. In prokaryotes, I am particularly interested in defense systems, examining them within an evolutionary framework. In eukaryotes, my work concentrates on the lineage-specific expansion of gene families and the evolution of signal transduction pathways.
Biography
Assistant Professor, IISER Berhampur (Since December 2020 onwards)
Postdoctoral Fellow, NCBI, NIH (2017 - 2020), Bethesda, Maryland, US. Dr. L Aravind's lab
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Queensland (2016 - 2017), Australia. Prof. Bernard Degnan's group
Ph.D. in Comparative Genomics (2011 - 2015), Uppsala University, Sweden. Prof. Helgi Schiöth's group
Honours and Awards
DBT Ramalingaswami Fellow (2021)
NIH Postdoctoral Felllowship (2017)
UQ Postdoctoral Fellow (2016)
All
Since 2020
Citations
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Courses taught at IISER BPR
BIO101
BIO402/602
BIO425/625
EBIO304
Introduction to Biological Sciences
Bioinformatics
Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics
Structure-Guided Drug Design


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