PhD programme, MSc Programme, Postgraduate Diploma Programme
Research in Synthetic Biology, Genomics, Systems Biology/Bioinformatics, Disease Biology/Molecular parasitology, Structural Biology/Drug Discovery, Policy Research.
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We report the genome assembly of IndCh (Chennai, India) strain of An. stephensi, which is found to be homozygous for the standard form of the 2Rb chromosome configuration (2R+b/2R+b), allowing us to extract segregating SNP signatures and the identification of candidate genes responsible for the expansion range of this important malaria vector in India.
IBAB PhD students Sara Ashok and Dimple Acharya won the 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, for their e-poster presentations in the Original Research category during iCRISPR-2021, the first national conference on “CRISPR/Cas:From Biology to Technology” jointly organised by IBAB and SRM University-AP. Winners were selected from 40+ e-poster presenters. We congratulate them and hope that they continue to shine.
Prof. Kshitish Acharya has recently published a book chapter titled ‘Precision molecular imaging can perhaps be enhanced for lung cancer management via integrated analysis of general parameters such as age, gender, genetics, and lifestyle’ in Detection Systems in Lung Cancer and Imaging, Volume 1 (Bristol: IOP Publishing). In this chapter, Prof. Kshitish discusses gender as a special case of a general parameter that has the potential to contribute to precision medicine in the area of molecular imaging.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-3355-9ch7
The oncogenomics research of Prof. Bibha Choudhary, which led to the identification of 114 genetic variants linked to oral cancer in Indian populations, was recently picked up by several news channels. The research was conducted jointly by IBAB and doctors from HCG Cancer Centre, using IBAB’s in-house state-of-the-art genomics facility. A press conference was organised on the occasion of World Cancer Day, and the research was commended by C.N. Ashwatha Narayana, Minister for IT/BT and Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/study-identifies-114-genetic-variants-associated-with-oral-cancer-in-humans/article38379202.ece/amp/
https://www.prajavani.net/karnataka-news/cancer-genetic-mutation-detected-908194.html
On February 28, 2022, Prof. M. R. N. Murthy, Distinguished Professor and AstraZeneca Chair at IBAB, was awarded the SASTRA – G.N. Ramachandran Award for Physics during the National Science Day awards instituted by Sastra Deemed University. Prof. Murthy’s talk on ‘Excursions into the world of structural biology’ was very well-received.
Prof. Kshitish Acharya has recently published a book chapter
The oncogenomics research of Prof. Bibha Choudhary
Prof. M. R. N. Murthy was awarded the SASTRA - G.N. Ramachandran Award for Physics
International Workshop on Metabarcoding and Metagenome Analysis
Hands-on workshop on “Introductory Genomic and NGS Analysis” between 21-23 September 2020
Hands-on-Workshop on NGS sample Preparation and Data Analysis
Hands-on-Workshop on Transcriptome Profiling by Next Generation Sequencing
The competitive Merck-Syngene-IBAB industry-academia PhD program was officially launched on Aug 7