M.Sc Bioinformatics

I am interested in the development of programming paradigms in sequence analysis specifically the sparse and non-coding seqments of genome. Also interested in Next Generation Sequencing and epigenomics.

Publications:

1. De-novo sequence assembly and transcriptome analysis of Venturia inaequalis, the deadly apple scab pathogen.
   Karnika Thakur^†, Vandna Chawla^†, Shammi Bhatti, Mohit Kumar Swarnkar,, Jagdeep Kaur, Ravi Shankar*, Gopaljee Jha*.
   PLoS ONE 8(1): e53937. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053937
   

2. De novo sequencing and characterization of Picrorhiza kurrooa transcriptome at two temperatures showed major transcriptome adjustments.
   Parul Gahlan^†, Heikham Russiachand Singh^†,Ravi Shankar¹*, Niharika Sharma, Anita Kumari, Vandna Chawla, Paramvir Singh Ahuja, Sanjay Kumar²*.
   BMC Genomics, 13:126, March, 2012.
   

3. Identifying wrong assemblies in de novo short read primary sequence assembly contigs .
   Vandna Chawla, Rajnish Kumar, and Ravi Shankar*.
   Journal Of Biosciences, September 2016, Volume 41, Issue 3.
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4. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Chinary, Assamica and Cambod tea (Camellia sinensis) Types during Development and Seasonal Variation using RNA-seq Technology. (Accepted)
   Ajay Kumar^†, Vandna Chawla^†, Eshita Sharma, Pallavi Mahajan, Ravi Shankar*, Sudesh Kumar Yadav*

5. Genome-wide regulatory dynamics of G-Quadruplexes in human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
   Deeksha Bhartiya^†, Vandna Chawla^†, Sourav Ghosh, Ravi Shankar, Niti Kumar
   Genomics, Oct 2016, doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2016.10.004
   Read the paper here.