Schooling K.V, Noida, 2004
B.Tech RBS college, AGRA, UPTU, 2008

M.Tech Bioinformatics

I found non-coding RNA an interesting and vast topic, till now we know very little about so called "junk DNA" recent studies revealed that this "junk DNA" actually plays a significant role in human growth and development. I am also interested in the modern advancements in science like Next Gen Sequencing , machine learning etc, and to develop tools and servers to show significant importance of "junk DNA" with greater accuracy.

microRNA targeting and regulatory networks.

1. "Tiny RNAs big impact on genome regulation" at 7th International Rice Genetics symposium, Manila Philippines. November 6 2013.
   http://rice-genetics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1550-1615-Ashwani-Jha.pdf

Publications:

1. A legion of potential regulatory sRNAs exists beyond the typical microRNAs microcosm.
   (Accepted in Nucleic Acids Research[NAR])
   Ashwani Jha, Ganesh Panzade, Rajesh Pandey and Ravi Shankar*.
   

2. Plant Regulomics Portal (PRP): A comprehensive and integrated regulatory information and analysis portal for plant systems.
   Ganesh Panzade, Ashwani Jha, Indu Gangwar, Vandna Karmani, Ravi Shankar*(Communicated).
   

3. RNA-seq-mediated transcriptome analysis of actively growing and winter dormant shoots identifies non-deciduous habit of evergreen tree tea during winters.
   Asosii Paul^†, Ashwani Jha^†, Shruti Bhardwaj, Sewa Singh, Ravi Shankar*, Sanjay Kumar*. Sci. Rep., 2014. doi:10.1038/srep05932
   

4. miRNAting control of DNA methylation. Ashwani Jha and Ravi Shankar*. J biosci. 39 365-380.
   

5. Low temperature supports rhizome biology of alpine herb Sinopodophyllum hexandrum.
   Anita Kumari^†, Heikham Russiachand Singh^†, Ashwani Jha, Mohit kumar Swarnkar, Ravi Shankar*, Sanjay Kumar*(Communicated)
   

6. miReader: Discovering novel miRNAs in species without sequenced genome.
   Ashwani Jha^† and Ravi Shankar*^† PLoS ONE 8(6): e66857. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066857

7. miR-BAG: Bagging Based MicroRNA Identification.
   Ashwani Jha^†, Rohit Chauhan^†, Mrigaya Mehra^†, Heikham Russiachand Singh, Ravi Shankar*PLOS ONE 2012 7(9): e45782. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045782.
   

8. Employing machine learning for reliable miRNA target identificaiton in plants.
   Ashwani Jha and Ravi Shankar*. 2011, BMC Genomics, Dec. 12:636.

9. Regulatory epicenter of microRNAs.
   Ashwani Jha, Mrigaya Mehra, Ravi Shankar*. 2011, J Biosci. 2011 Sep;36(4):621-38.