72. Metagenomic exploration of Andaman region of the Indian Ocean. Vishnu Prasoodanan, Sudhir Kumar, Darshan B. Dhakan, Prashant Waiker,Rituja Saxena, Vineet K. Sharma Scientific Reports (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53190-1). 2024

71. Genome sequencing and asembly of Tinospora cordifolia (Giloy) plant. Shruti Mahajan, Abhisek Chakraborty, Manohar S. Bisht, Titas Sil, Vineet K. Sharma Scientific Reports (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53176-z). 2024

70. Application of artificial intelligence approaches to predict the metabolism of xenobiotic molecules by human gut microbiome. Aditya S. Malwe, Vineet K. Sharma. Frontiers in Microbiology (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1254073). 2023

69. Genome of Phyllanthus emblica: the medicinal plant Amla with super antioxidant properties. Shruti Mahajan, Manohar S. Bisht, Abhisek Chakraborty, Vineet K. Sharma. Frontiers in Plant Science (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1210078). 2023

68. Genome sequencing of Syzygium cumini (Jamun) reveals adaptive evolution in secondary metabolism pathways associated with its medicinal properties. Abhisek Chakraborty, Shruti Mahajan, Manohar S. Bisht, Vineet K. Sharma. Frontiers in Plant Science (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffpls.2023.1260414). 2023

67. High-quality genome assemblies provide clues on the evolutionary advantage of blue peafowl over green peafowl. Abhisek Chakraborty, Samuel Mondal, Shruti Mahajan, Vineet K. Sharma. Heliyon (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18571). 2023

66. Comparative Analysis of TG/CA Repeats in Sixteen Primate Genomes Reveals the Dynamics and Role of TG/CA Repeats in the Human Genome. Aditya S. Malwe, Samuel Mondal, Pradyumna Harlapur, Vineet K. Sharma. bioRxiv 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.09.539941)

65. GutBug: A tool for prediction of human gut bacteria mediated biotransformation of biotic and xenobiotic molecules using machine learning. Aditya S. Malwe, Gopal N. Srivastava, Vineet K. Sharma. Journal of Molecular Biology 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168056)

64. Genome sequencing and de novo and reference-based genome assemblies of Bos indicus breeds.Abhisek Chakraborty, Manohar S. Bisht, Rituja Saxena, Shruti Mahajan, Joby Pulikkan, Vineet K. Sharma. Genes & Genomics (doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.27.505546). 2023

63. Exploring variation in the fecal microbial communities of Kasaragod Dwarf and Holstein crossbred cattle. Deepthi M, Kumar Arvind, Rituja Saxena, Joby Pullikan, Vineet K. Sharma, Tony Grace. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-022-01791-z). 2022

62. MP4: A machine learning based classification tool for prediction and functional annotation of pathogenic proteins from metagenomic and genomic datasets. Ankit Gupta , Aditya Malwe , Gopal Srivastava , Parikshit Thodum , Keshav Hibare , Vineet K. Sharma. BMC Bioinformatics. (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-05061-7). 2022

61. Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Ficus benghalensis and Ficus religiosa species reveal evolutionary mechanisms of longevity. Abhisek Chakraborty , Shruti Mahajan , Manohar Singh Bisht , Vineet K Sharma. iScience. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105100). 2022

60. Assessing the effect of smokeless tobacco-consumption on oral microbiome in healthy and oral cancer patients. Vineet K Sharma , Vishnu Prasoodanan PK , Rituja Saxena , Sonia V Gupta , Sudheer Gupta , Prashant waikar , Atul Samaiya , Ashok K Sharma. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. (doi: https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffcimb.2022.841465). 2022

59. Genomic Insights Into the Molecular Basis of Sexual Selection in Birds. Shubham Jaiswal , Ankit Gupta , Aaron Shafer , Vishnu Prasoodanan , Nagarjun Vijay , Vineet K Sharma. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. (doi: doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.538498). 2021

58. Draft genome assembly data of Anoxybacillus sp. strain MB8 isolated from Tattapani hot springs, India. Vishnu Prasoodanan , Shruti Menon , Rituja Saxena , Prashant Waiker , Vineet k Sharma . bioRxiv. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.09.447659). 2021

57. Genome sequencing of turmeric provides evolutionary insights into its medicinal properties. Abhisek Chakraborty, Shruti Mahajan, Shubham Jaiswal, Vineet K. Sharma. Nature Communications Biology. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02720-y). 2021

56. Western and non-western gut microbiomes reveal new roles of Prevotella in carbohydrate metabolism and mouth-gut axis. Vishnu Prasoodanan PK, Ashok K. Sharma, Shruti Mahajan, Darsahn B. Dhakan, Abhijit Maji, Joy Scaria, Vineet K. Sharma. Nature Biofilms and Microbiomes. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-021-00248-x). 2021

55. Longitudinal study of the scalp microbiome suggests coconut oil to enrich healthy scalp commensals. Rituja Saxena, Parul Mittal, Cecile Clavaud, Darshan B. Dhakan, Nita Roy, Lionel Breton, Namita Misra & Vineet K. Sharma. Scientific Reports . 2021

54. The genome sequence of Aloe vera reveals adaptive evolution of drought tolerance mechanisms. Shubham K. Jaiswal, Abhisek Chakraborty, Shruti Mahajan, Sudhir Kumar, Vineet K. Sharma. iScience . 2021

53. SkinBug: An artificial intelligence approach to predict human skin microbiome-mediated metabolsim of biotics and xenobiotics. Shubham K. Jaiswal, Shitij Agarwal, Parikshit Thakur, Vineet K. Sharma. iScience . 2021

52. Molib: A machine learning based classification tool for the prediction of biofilm inhibitory molecules. Gopal Srivastava, Aditya Malwe, Vineet K. Sharma. Genomics . 2020.

51.The Gene Catalog and Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiome of Big Cats Provide New Insights on Panthera Species. Parul Mittal, Rituja Saxena, Atul Gupta, Shruti Mahajan, Vineet K. Sharma. Frontiers in Microbiology . 2020.

50. Comparative analysis of corrected tiger genome provides clues to its neuronal evolution. Parul Mittal, Shubham K. Jaiswal, Nagarjun Vijay, Rituja Saxena, Vineet K. Sharma. Scientific Reports . 2019.

49. Association of Flavonifractor plautii, a Flavonoid-Degrading Bacterium, with the Gut Microbiome of Colorectal Cancer Patients in India. Ankit Gupta, Darshan B. Dhakan, Abhijit Maji, Rituja Saxena, Vishnu Prasoodanan P.K., Shruti Mahajan, Joby Pulikkan, Jacob Kurian, Andres M. Gomez, Joy Scaria, Katherine R. Amato, Ashok K. Sharma, Vineet K. Sharma. mSystems . 2020. DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00438-19 Read

48. Metagenome of a polluted river reveals a reservoir of metabolic and antibiotic resistance genes. Parul Mittal, Vishnu Prasoodanan PK, Darshan B Dhakkan, Sanjiv Kumar, Vineet K Sharma. Environmental Microbiome . 2020. doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-019-0345-3 Read

47. The unique composition of Indian gut microbiome, gene catalogue and associated faecal metabolome deciphered using multi-omics approaches. Darshan Dhakan, Abhijit Maji, Rituja Saxena, Ashok K. Sharma, Joby Pulikkan, Tony Grace, Andres Gomez, Joy Scaria, Vineet K. Sharma. GigaScience. 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giz004 Read

46. Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction and metabolic versatility of an obligate metahanotroph methylococcus capsulatus str. Bath. Ankit Gupta, Ahmad, Dipesh Chowthe, Shireesh Srivastava, Vineet K. Sharma. PeerJ. 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6685 Read

45. Mechanistic elucidation of amphetamine metabolism by tyramine oxidase from human gut microbiota using molecular dynamics simulations. Kundan Kumar, Gaurao V. Dhoke, Ashok K. Sharma, Shubham K. Jaiswal, Vineet K. Sharma. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.28396 Read

44. Gut microbial dydbiosys in Indian chlidren with Autism Spectrun Disorders. Joby Pullikan, Abhijit Maji, Darshan B. Dhakan, Rituja Saxena, Milu Anto, Neeti Agarwal, Tony Grace, Vineet K. Sharma. Microbial Ecology. 2018. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1176-2 Read

43. Comparison of Healthy and Dandruff Scalp Microbiome Reveals the Role of Commensals in Scalp Health. Rituja Saxena, Parul Mittal, Cecile Clavaud, Darshan B. Dhakan, Prashant Hegde, Mahesh M. Veeranagaiah, Subarna Saha, Luc Souverain, Nita Roy, Lionel Breton, Namita Misra, Vineet K. Sharma. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00346 Read

42. Genome Sequence of Indian Peacock Reveals the Peculiar Case of a Glittering Bird. Shubham K. Jaiswal, Ankit Gupta, Rituja Saxena, Vishnu P.K. Prasoodanan, Ashok K Sharma, Parul Mittal, Ankita Roy, Aaron B.A. Shafer, Nagarjun Vijay, Vineet K. Sharma. Frontiers in Genetics. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/315457 Read

41. Gut microbiome contributes to impairment of immunity in pulmonary tuberculosis patients by alteration of butyrate and propionate producers. Abhijit Maji, Richa Misra, Darshan B. Dhakan, Vineet K. Sharma. Environmental Microbiology. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14015/315457 Read

40. Mechanistic and structural insight into promiscuity based metabolism of cardiac drug digoxin by gut microbial enzyme. Kundan Kumar, Shubham K. Jaiswal, Gaurao V. Dhoke, Ashok K. Sharma, Vineet K. Sharma. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 2017. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.26638 Read

39. ToxiM: A Toxicity Prediction Tool for Small Molecules Developed Using Machine Learning and Chemoinformatics Approaches. Sharma AK, Srivastava GN, Roy A, Sharma VK. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2017 doi:10.3389/fphar.2017.00880 Read

38. IL17eScan: a tool for the identification of peptides inducing IL-17 response. Gupta S, Mittal P, Madhu MK, Sharma VK. Frontiers in Immunology. 2017 doi:10.3389/fimmu.2017.01430 Read

37. A novel approach for the prediction of species-specific biotransformation of xenobiotic/drug molecules by human gut microbiota. Sharma AK, Jaiswal S, Chaudhary N, Sharma VK. Scientific Reports. 2017 doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10203-6 Read

36.BioFuelDB: a database and prediction server of enzymes involved in biofuels production. Chaudhary N, Gupta A, Gupta S, Sharma VK PeerJ Journal. 2017. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3497 Read

35. Draft Genome Sequence of Anoxybacillus mongoliensis Strain MB4, a Sulfur-Utilizing Aerobic Thermophile Isolated from a Hot Spring in Tattapani, Central India. Mittal P, Saxena R and Sharma VK. Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 2;5(9). pii: e01709-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01709-16

34. Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas hussainii Strain MB3, a Denitrifying Aerobic Bacterium Isolated from the Rhizopheric Region of Mangrove Trees in the Andaman Islands, India. Jaiswal SK, Saxena R, Mittal P, Gupta A, Sharma VK. Genome Announc. 2017 Feb; 5(5): e01527-16.

33.Prediction of Anti-inflammatory proteins/peptides: an insilico approach. Gupta S, Sharma AK, Shastr V, Madhu MK, Sharma VK. J Transl Med. 2017; 15: 7.

32. Metagenomic Analysis of Hot Springs in Central India Reveals Hydrocarbon Degrading Thermophiles and Pathways Essential for Survival in Extreme Environments. Saxena R, Dhakan DB, Mittal P, Waiker P, Chowdhury A, Ghatak A and Sharma VK. Frontiers in Microbiology 2016; 7: 2123

31. Prediction of Biofilm Inhibiting Peptides: An In Silico Approach. Gupta S, Sharma AK, Jaiswal SK, Sharma VK. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00949. Read

30. ProInflam: a webserver for the prediction of proinflammatory antigenicity of peptides and proteins. Gupta S, Madhu MK, Sharma AK, Sharma VK. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2016. doi: Read

29. Prediction of peptidoglycan hydrolases- a new class of antibacterial proteins. Sharma AK, Kumar S, Kumar H, Dhakan DB, Sharma VK. BMC Genomics. 2016; 17(1):411. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2753-8. Read

28. A Metagenomic Insight into Human Microbiome: Its Implications in Health and Disease. Saxena R, Sharma VK. 2016. Accepted

27. Reconstruction of bacterial and viral genomes from multiple metagenomes. Gupta A, Kumar S, Prasoodanan VPK, Harish K, Sharma AK and Sharma VK. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016. 7:469. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00469. Read

26. Draft Genome Sequence of Tepidimonas taiwanensis Strain MB2, a Chemolithotrophic Thermophile Isolated from a Hot Spring in Central India. Dhakan DB, Saxena, R, Chaudhary N, Sharma VK. Genome Announcements. 2016; 4(1):e01723-15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01723-15. Read

25. Draft Genome Sequence of Gulbenkiania mobilis Strain MB1, a Sulfur Metabolising Thermophile Isolated from a Hot Spring in Central India. Saxena R, Chaudhary N, Dhakan DB, Sharma VK. Genome Announcements. 2015; 3(6):e01295-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01295-15. Read

24. Using the taxon-specific genes for the taxonomic classification of bacterial genomes. Gupta A & Sharma VK. BMC Genomics. 2015; 16(1):396. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1542-0. Read

23. Woods: A fast and accurate functional annotator and classifier of genomic and metagenomic sequences. Sharma AK*, Gupta A*, Kumar S, Dhakan DB, Sharma VK. (*: equal authors and contributors). Genomics. 2015; 106(1):1-6. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2015.04.001. Read

22. 16S Classifier: A Tool for Fast and Accurate Taxonomic Classification of 16S rRNA Hypervariable Regions in Metagenomic Datasets. Chaudhary N*, Sharma AK*, Agarwal P, Gupta A, Sharma VK. (*: equal authors and contributors). PLoS ONE. 2015; 10(2):e0116106. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116106. Read

21. Genome Sequence of the Tsetse Fly (Glossina morsitans): Vector of African Trypanosomiasis. International Glossina Genome Initiative. Science. 2014; 344(6182):380-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1249656. Read

20. MP3: a software tool for the prediction of pathogenic proteins in genomic and metagenomic data. Gupta A, Kapil R, Dhakan DK, Sharma VK. PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(4):e93907. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093907. Read

19. Draft genome sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum Lp91, a promising Indian probiotic isolate of human gut origin. Grover S*, Sharma VK*, Mallappa R, Batish V. (*: equal authors and contributors). Genome Announcements. 2013; 1(6):e00976-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00976-13. Read

18. Draft genome sequence of Lactobacillus fermentum Lf1, an Indian isolate of human gut origin. Grover S*, Sharma VK*, Mallappa R, Batish V. (*: equal authors and contributors). Genome Announcements. 2013; 1(6):e00883-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00883-1. Read

17. MetaBin: Taxonomic binning of metagenomic sequences. Sharma VK, Taylor TD. Encyclopedia of Metagenomics, Springer Publications. 2013. Invited Review.

16. MetaBioME :Comprehensive metagenomic biomining engine. Sharma VK, Taylor TD. Encyclopedia of Metagenomics, Springer Publications. 2013. Invited Review.

15. Methane oxidation and methane driven redox process during sequential reduction of a flooded soil ecosystem. Mohanty SR, Kollah B, Sharma VK, Singh AB, Singh M, Rao AS. Annals of Microbiology. 2014; 64(1):65-74. doi: 10.1007/s13213-013-0633-x. Read

14. Fast and Accurate Taxonomic Assignments of Metagenomic Sequences Using MetaBin. Sharma VK, Kumar N, Prakash T, Taylor TD. PLoS ONE. 2012; 7(4): e34030. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034030. Read

13. Complete Genome Sequences of Arcobacter butzleri ED-1 and Arcobacter sp.-L, Isolated from a Microbial Fuel Cell. Toh H, Sharma VK, Oshima K, Kondo S, Hattori M, Ward F, Free A, Taylor TD. Journal of Bacteriology. 2011; 193(22):6411-2. doi: 10.1128/JB.06084-11. Read

12. Complete genome sequences of rat and mouse segmented filamentous bacteria, a potent inducer of th17 cell differentiation. Prakash T, Oshima K, Morita H, Fukuda S, Imaoka A, Kumar N, Sharma VK, Kim SW, Takahashi M, Saitou N, Taylor TD, Ohno H, Umesaki Y, Hattori M. Cell Host Microbe (Cover page). 2011; 10(3):273-84. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2011.08.007. Read

11. MetaBioME: a database to explore commercially useful enzymes in metagenomic datasets. Sharma VK, Kumar N, Prakash T, Taylor TD, Nucleic Acids Research. 2010; 38. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp1001. Read

(First resource of commercially useful enzymes (CUEs) and discover them in metagenomic datasets.)

10. Expression of Conjoined Genes: Another Mechanism for Genetic Regulation in Eukaryotes. Prakash T, Sharma VK, Adati N, Ozawa R, Kumar N, Nishida Y, Fujikake T, Mushiake M, Okumura R, Takeda T, Taylor TD. PLoS ONE. 2010; 5(10):1-9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013284. Read

9. Genome of an Endosymbiont Coupling N2 Fixation to Cellulolysis Within Protist Cells in Termite Gut. Hongoh Y*, Sharma VK*, Prakash T, Noda S, Jun-Ichi, Inoue, Kudo T, Taylor TD, Sakaki Y, Toyoda A, Hattori M, Ohkuma M. (*: equal authors and contributors). Science. 2008; 322(5904):1108-1109. doi: 10.1126/science.1165578. Read

(Revealed the genome of an unculturable endosymbiotic bacteria coupling N2 fixation to cellulolysis within protist cells in termite gut; Widely covered by media, press and news : GenomeWeb (New York), New York Times, Japanese press (Nikkei-BTJ, RIKEN official press release, Yomiuri online).)

8. Complete genome of the uncultured Termite Group 1 bacteria in a single host protist cell. Hongoh Y*, Sharma VK*, Prakash T, Noda S, Taylor TD, Kudo T, Sakaki Y, Toyoda A, Hattori M, Ohkuma M. (*: equal authors and contributors). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2008; 105(14): 5555-60. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0801389105. Read

(First genomic sequence of an unculturable bacterial endosymbiont from termite gut; applications in biofuel and biotechnology)

7. Abundance of dinucleotide repeats and gene expression are inversely correlated: a role for gene function in addition to intron length. Sharma VK, Kumar N, Brahmachari SK, Ramachandran S. Physiological Genomics. 2007; 31:96-103. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00183.2006. Read

6. Comparative metagenomics revealed commonly enriched gene sets in human gut microbiomes. Kurokawa K, Itoh T, Kuwahara T, Oshima K, Toh H, Toyoda A, Takami H, Morita H, Sharma VK, Srivastava TP, Taylor TD, Noguchi H, Mori H, Ogura Y, Ehrlich DS, Itoh K, Takagi T, Sakaki Y, Hayashi T, Hattori M. DNA Res. 2007; 14(4):169-181. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsm018. Read

5. Expoldb: EXpression linked POLymorphism DataBase with inbuilt tools for analysis of expression and simple repeats. Sharma VK, Sharma A, Kumar N, Khandelwal M, Mandapati KK, Horn-Saban S, Strichman-Almashanu L, Lancet D, Brahmachari SK, Ramachandran S. BMC Genomics. 2006; 7:258-265. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-258. Read

4. (TG/CA)n repeats in human gene families: abundance and selective patterns of distribution. Sharma VK, Brahmachari SK, Ramachandran S. BMC Genomics. 2005; 6(1):83-94. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-83. Read

3. Assessing natural variations in gene expression in humans by comparing with monozygotic twins using microarrays. Sharma A, Sharma VK, Horn-Saban S, Lancet D, Ramachandran S, Brahmachari SK. Physiol Genomics. 2005; 21(1):117-123. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00228.2003. Read

(First report of variations in gene expression in human monozygotic twins: Faculty of 1000: evaluations for Sharma et al. Physiological Genomics Mar 21 21(1):117-23.)

2. ArrayD: A general purpose software for Microarray design. Sharma A, Srivastava GP, Sharma VK, Ramachandran S. BMC Bioinformatics. 2004; 5:142-147. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-5-142. Read

1. (TG/CA)n repeats in human housekeeping genes. Sharma VK, B-Rao C, Sharma A, Brahmachari SK, Ramachandran S. J Bio Mol Str Dyn. 2003; 21(2):303-310. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2003.10506926. Read

(TG/CA)n repeats in human genome: Insilico analysis of the distribution and functional role of these repeats as cis modulators of transcription. Mathematical Biology. Sharma VK, Sharma A, Brahmachari SK, Ramachandran S (2005). Editor, Pub: Anamaya Publishers, India.

- MetaBin: a program for fast, accurate and highly sensitive taxonomic assignments of metagenomic sequences. International Human Microbiome Congress. Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, Canada. March 9-11 2011. (Poster)

- iMetaSys: An Integrated Metagenomic and Microbial Systems Analysis Workbench, 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME13, Aug 22-27, 2010, Seattle, USA. (Poster)

- Systemic Understanding of our Microbial Planet: A Valiant Metagenomic Initiative, The 2010 GSC Tanabata Meeting, July 15th, 2010, Japan.

- Comparative analysis of (TG/CA)n repeats in the human and chimpanzee genomes, HGM 2010, Montpellier, 18th-22nd May, 2010, France. (Poster)

- iMetaSys: An Integrated Metagenomic and Microbial Systems Analysis Workbench, 1st MetaHIT International Conference on Human Metagenomics, 1-3 March 2010, Shenzhen, China. (Talk)

- Meeting the Computational Challenges of Metagenomics, Joint Computational Science Workshop 2009, July 9-10, 2009. RIKEN, Japan. (Talk)

- iMetaSys: An Integrated Metagenomic and Microbial Systems Analysis Workbench, FEMS2009, June 28th - July 2nd, 2009, Sweden. (Poster)

- iMetaSys: An Integrated Metagenomic and Microbial Systems Analysis Workbench, International Advanced Genomics Workshop, 2009, Tokyo, Japan. (Poster)

- MetaBioME: Comprehensive Metagenomic BioMining Engine to Search Novel Biocatalysts in Metagenomic Datasets, HGM2008, HUGO's 13th Human Genome Meeting, Sep 27-30th, 2008, Hyderabad, India. (Poster)

- MetaBioME: A powerful magnet for finding biocatalyst needles in metagenomic haystacks. International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), 12th Symposia, Cairns, Australia, Aug, 2008. (Talk)

- Development of Computational Tools for Metagenomic Data Analysis, Joint Workshop on Computational Science, July7-8th, 2008, Tokyo, Japan. (Poster)

- International Symposium on Current topics in metagenomics and new sequence technologies, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, May 28th, 2008. (Participant)

- Bridging the gap between computational sciences and cellular/developmental biology, From Molecules to Cellular Scales. Centre for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Kobe, May 24th, 2008. (Talk)

- Metagenomics to MetaBiotechnology: Potentials and limitations. The Sixth Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, APBC2008. Kyoto. 14-17 Jan, 2008. (Poster)

- Complete genome of an uncultured bacterial symbiont in the termite gut. The 7th International Workshop on Advanced Genomics. Tokyo. 27-28 Nov, 2007. (Participation/Poster - Best Poster- Runner's up prize to the presenting author)

- Training course and workshop on annotation and bioinformatics analysis of Glossina (Tsetse Fly) cDNAs. IGGI Transcriptome workshop. South African National Bioinformatics Institutes (SANBI), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. Nov 12-17, 2007. (Participant/Annotator)

- Novartis International Biotechnology Leadership Camp 2007. Novartis BIOCAMP 2007. Academy Hills, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan. 6-8 October, 2007. (Participant- Received award for "Outstanding Performance")

- Tardigrades: Model organisms to study cryptobiosis. The Biology of Genomes. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA. May 8-12, 2007. (Poster)

- Sixth Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/Wellcome Trust conference on Genome Informatics. Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Hinxton, UK. September, 2006. (participant)

- Analysis and understanding of repetitive sequence in the genome. Human Genome Meeting. Kyoto, Japan. April 18-21, 2005. (Talk/Poster - Received HUGO Student Award)

- (TG/CA)n repeats in human genome: Insilico analysis of the distribution and functional role of these repeats as cis modulators of transcription. International Conference on Mathematical Biology. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. 2004. (Talk)

- (TG/CA)n repeats in human genome: Selective abundance and role in transcriptional modulation. BIOTECH-2004, Challenges and Opportunities. Delhi, India. October, 2004. (Poster)

- Probing the functional role of (TG/CA)n repeats as cis-modulators of transcription. Annual Symposium. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, Delhi, India. 2003. (Poster - Received Best Poster - First Prize)

- Role of (TG/CA)n repeats as cis-modulators of transcription. International FAOBMB Science Congress. Bangalore, India. 2003. (Poster)

- (TG/CA)n repeats in human housekeeping genes. National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biomedical Sciences. Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India. 2002. (Talk)

- SNPs in human genome. Genome Informatics. Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India. 2000. (Talk)