Current Research Interests
We are currently working in the following key areas
- Development of machine learning and Artificial intelligence based computational tools for Biology-BIG data analysis
- Understanding the role of human microbiome and metabolome in human health and establishing the microbiome of Indian population
- Microbiome and metabolome -based markers for human colorectal cancer
- Examining the role of synbiotics, diet and immunity on Human gut metagenome and human health.
- Exploring the metagenomic diversity of various unique environments in India
- Complete genome sequencing of novel higher eukaryotic species
- Complete genome sequencing and analysis of novel culturable and unculturable bacteria
Significant Past Projects
Metagenomic analysis of human gut microbiome: Highlights
- First and Largest gut metagenome and metabolome of Indian population
- First and largest scalp microbiome study in the world
- First study on the gut microbiome of autistic children in India
- First study on gut microbiome of tuberculosis patients in India
- First ever gut microbiome gene catalogue of Big cats of Panthera species
Genomics Sequencing and Analysis of Novel Eukaryotic Genomes: Highlights
- First ever sequencing and analysis of Indian peacock genome in the world
- First ever sequencing and analysis of Indian tiger genome
- First ever sequencing and analysis of Aloe vera genome in the world
- First ever sequencing and analysis of Turmeric genome in the world
- First ever sequencing and analysis of Giloy genome in the world
- First ever sequencing and analysis of Banyan and Peepal trees genomes in the world
Genomics Sequencing and Analysis of Novel Bacterial Genomes
- Anoxybacillus mongoliensis Strain MB4,
- Pseudomonas hussainii Strain MB3,
- Tepidimonas taiwanensis Strain MB2,
- Gulbenkiania mobilis Strain MB1,
Software/Web Server/Knowledge-base development
- An artificial intelligence approach to predict human skin microbiome-mediated metabolsim of biotics and xenobiotics
- Molib: A machine learning based classification tool for the prediction of biofilm inhibitory molecules
- A novel approach for the prediction of species-specific biotransformation of xenobiotic/drug molecules by human gut microbiota