Our major research interests are computational genomics, systems and synthetic biology. We are trying to understand what’s in the human genome by looking at it from different levels- sequence motifs to functional genomics. Other, related projects involve investigating the roles of microRNAs in oral cancer. Systems biology efforts in our lab mainly concern analyzing bio-molecular interaction networks to explore network architecture and design principles. We are also involved in a project to express and characterize proteins from non-coding genomics regions.

Research Grants

1)2009-2012, Department of Science and Technology (DST, India). Grant support under Young Scientist FAST-Track Scheme for studying the role of microRNAs in etiologically diverse oral carcinomas. 2)Co-Investigator in a Department of Biotechnology (DBT) funded project (2008-2014), to develop vaccines against Classical Swine Fever (CSF) and delivery through conjugated nanoparticles.