Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics Group
Department of Biological Sciences
IISER Berhampur
Research highlights
ABOUT US
In broad-spectrum, we employ genome and proteome scale datasets to reconstruct the evolution of various gene families, functional categories and divergence, intraspecific and inter-specific variations, and evolutionary processes that underpin the diversity of our protein/gene families of interest.
To mention a few topics, the group is interested in:
1) The expansion of molecular toolkits that underpinned the evolution of chemosensation in early-branching metazoans and other basal invertebrate animals
2) Evolution and diversification of molecular armaments that diversified post vertebrate genome doubling events to combat vertebrate viruses
3) Lineage-specific expansions of gene families in eukaryotes
4) Deep synteny based rewiring of untapped GPCRs with established targets to extend the prospects of the druggable human genome
Lab News & Updates
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July 2021: Two PhD students, Biswajit Panda and Rakesh Siuli join the group. Welcome, both! Will have fun for the next 5 yrs!
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June 2021: Megha and Gayathri join the group for a reading project. Welcome, Megha and Gayathri!
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June 2021: Athira Anil from IISER Tirupati joins the group virtually for a summer internship project. Welcome, Athira!
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June 2021: Gyanaranjan Parida and Priyadarsani Patra join the group for a summer internship. Welcome, Gyan and Priya
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June 2021: Deepjyoti Satpathy joins the group for a minor project. Welcome, Deepjyoti!
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May 2021: Hibbah joins the group for her MS thesis project. Welcome, Hibbah!
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May 2021: Shiviya Raina joins the group for her MS thesis project. Welcome, Shiviya!
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March 2021: Dr. Krishnan was awarded DBT Ramalingaswamy Fellowship
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Feb 2021: Group gets a collaborative paper in the Journal Molecular Biology and Evolution
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Jan 2021: Group gets a collaborative paper in the journal Viruses
Funding
