Research Interest

Genomics

Computational Biophysics

Genomics and Bioinformatics

Position held

2017 - Till date: Assistant Professor

Education qualification

    • Research Associate (2016 - 17)

    Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

    • PhD (2008 - 15)

    Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

    • MSc (2006 - 08)

    Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India.

    • CIT (2006)

    Certificate in information technology (CIT) by NIIT, India.

    • BSc (2000 - 04)

    Chemistry, Zoology and Botany, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP, India.


Ongoing projects

Sl. Title Sponsored Start date End date Fund
1 Characterization of DNA structural features and non B DNA structures in regulatory regions in prokaryotes: an in-silico approach. DBT, Govt. of India. 2019-10-14 2021-10-14 44,36,784.00
2 Elucidating the mechanism of action of PehR, a transcriptional regulator in pathogenicity of Ralstonia solanacearum F1C1 (local isolate) SERB 2021-03-19 2024-03-18 63,66,096.00

Completed projects

SL Title Sponsored Start date End date Fund

Publication

  1. Martinez, G. S., Pérez-Rueda, E., Sarkar, S., Kumar, A., & de Ávila E Silva, S., Machine learning and statistics shape a novel path in archaeal promoter annotation., BMC Bioinformatics, 23(1), 171, 2022, 23(1), 171, Click Here (DOI)
  2. Sganzerla Martinez, G., Perez-Rueda, E., Kumar, A., Sarkar, S., & de Avila e Silva, S., Explainable artificial intelligence as a reliable annotator of archaeal promoter regions., Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1763, 2023, 4, Click Here (DOI)
  3. Bhuyan, S., Yadav, M., Giri, S. J., Begum, S., Das, S., Phukan, A., Priyadarshani, P., Sarkar, S., Jayswal, A., Kabyashree, K., Kumar, A., Mandal, M., & Ray, S. K., Microliter spotting and micro-colony observation: A rapid and simple approach for counting bacterial colony forming units., Journal of Microbiological Methods, 207(March), 106707, 2023, 3, Click Here (DOI)
  4. Patra, D., Roy, S., Arora, L., Kabeer, S. W., Singh, S., Dey, U., Banerjee, D., Sinha, A., Dasgupta, S., Tikoo, K., Kumar, A., & Pal, D., miR-210-3p Promotes Obesity-Induced Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by Targeting SOCS1-Mediated NF-κB Pathway., Diabetes, 72(3), 375–388, 2023, 9, Click Here (DOI)
  5. Dey, U., Olymon, K., Banik, A., Abbas, E., Yella, V. R., & Kumar, A., DNA structural properties of DNA binding sites for 21 transcription factors in the mycobacterial genome., Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13(June), 1147544, 2023, 6, Click Here (DOI)
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Books

  1. Modulation of Gene Expression by Gene Architecture and Promoter Structure, Bioinformatics in the Era of Post Genomics and Big Data (Edited by Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov), 2018, IntechOpen
  2. DNA structure and promoter engineering, Systems and Synthetic Biology (Edited by Vikram Singh and Pawan K. Dhar), 2015, Springer
  3. Genome Instability and DNA Repair in Cancer, DNA Repair, 2021, IntechOpen
  4. The Role of Whole-Genome Methods in the Industrial Production of Value-Added Compounds., Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. , 2023, Springer, Singapore.
  5. CRISPR/Cas9 System: An Advanced Approach for the Improvement of Industrially Important Microorganisms., Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology., 2023, Springer, Singapore.

Awards

SL Awards Year
1 ASSOCIATE Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru. Jan 2017 - Jan 2020
2 NATIONAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP National Postdoctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) SERB, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. 2017
3 DBT RESEARCH ASSOCIATE FELLOWSHIP DBT Research Associate Fellowship by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. 2016
4 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GRANT BY SERB International travel grant by SERB, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India . 2013
5 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GRANT BY DBT - CTEP International travel grant by Department of Biotechnology (DBT-CTEP), Govt. of India 2013. Apr 2018 - Mar 2019
6 JUNIOR & SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Junior & Senior Research Fellowship for PhD by CSIR, Govt. of India . 2009 - 2013
7 DBT SCHOLARSHIP DBT scholarship for MSc by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India 2006 - 2008
8 CSIR - JRF Cleared CSIR-JRF by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India . 2009
9 ICMR - JRF Cleared ICMR-JRF by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India. 2009
10 DBT - JRF Cleared DBT-JRF by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt.of India. 2008 & 2009
11 NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST Cleared National Eligibility Test (NET) by University Grants Commision (UGC), Govt. of India. 2009
12 NATIONAL LEVEL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION Cleared national level entrance examination for admission to Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. 2008
13 GATE Cleared national level Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India. 2007 & 2008
14 CEEB Cleared national level Combined Entrance Examination for Biotechnology (CEEB) by JNU, India. 2006

Research Scholars

KAUSHIKA OLYMON
KAUSHIKA OLYMON Contact: +91 8486353947 Email: kaushi.deka@gmail.com

Year of Joining PhD: Oct,2021

M.Sc in: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology,Tezpur University,Class of 2021

B.Sc in: Bioinformatics and Biosciences,Tezpur University,Class of 2019

Area of Research: Understanding DNA structure and gene regulation


 

Mohit Yadav
Mohit Yadav Contact: +91 99589 93928 Email: mohityy6@gmail.com

Elucidating the mechanism of action of PehR, a transcriptional regulator in pathogenicity of Ralstonia solanacearum F1C1 (local isolate)

Upalabdha Dey
Upalabdha Dey Contact: +91 95649 62111 Email: upalabdhadey@gmail.com

Ph.D in progress Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam

Sharmilee Sarkar
Sharmilee Sarkar Contact: +91 90512 30707 Email: sharmilee.sarkar93@gmail.com

Ph.D in progress, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam

Heena Agarwal
Heena Agarwal Contact: +91 8724048051 Email: heenaagarwal371@gmail.com

  • B.Sc (Botany) B.Boorah College, 2014 – 2017
  • M.Sc (Botany) Gauhati University, 2017-2019
  • PGDCA  from IDOL(Gauhati University) 2014 – 2015
  • Assistant professor PDUAM Behali  2020- till date
  • Joined as a PhD scholar - 2022

 


Project Students


M.Sc. students

Anikesh Banik

Enrollment no: MBM20026 Mobile: +91 81301 96405 Email: mbm20026@tezu.ac.in

Shilpa Chauhan

Enrollment no: MBM20031 Mobile: +91 83769 54427 Email: mbm20031@tezu.ac.in

Integrated M.Sc. students

Jyotishpal Deka

Enrollment no: BBI17013 Mobile: +91 87539 24193 Email: bbi17013@tezu.ac.in

Maharshi Saikia

Enrollment no: MBI19019 Mobile: +91 88128 61695 Email: manassaikia89@gmail.com

Sangeet Kunan Bezboruah

Enrollment no: MBI19022 Mobile: 5422 Email: mbi19022@tezu.ac.in

Alumni

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