New Team Member - Krishna

Welcome Krishna as Project Associate to Artificial Intelligence for Computational Biology (AICoB) as a part of Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi) IHUB Tea Grading Project

CSIR-IHBT invites Expression of Interest (EOI)

AI-Based App for precise detection of Ischemic Stroke

CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative

Applications are invited for the course of बायोइन्फॉर्मेटिक्स एसोसिएट / एनालिस्ट / Bioinformatics Associate / Analyst under CSIR - Integrated Skill Initiative (Phase-III)

PhD Defense Success - Dr. Ravi Kumar

Congratulations to Ravi Kumar for his PhD Defense Viva Voice, now Dr Ravi Kumar!!!!!

New Publication in Biology (IF: 3.5)

Congratulations to Kritika Sharma for acceptance of our paper titled "Deep Learning and Machine Learning Modeling Identifies Thidiazuron as a Key Modulator of Somatic Embryogenesis and Shoot Organogenesis in Ferula assa-foetida L." in biology (IF = 3.5)!!!!!!

New Publication in Scientific Reports (IF: 3.9)

Congratulations to Ruhika Sharma for acceptance of our paper titled "Lightweight Vision Transformer with Transfer Learning for Interpretable Alzheimer's Disease Severity Assessment" in Scientific Reports (IF = 3.9)!!!!!!

New Publication in Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (IF: 3.5)

Congratulations to Nymphaea Arora for acceptance of our paper titled "Differential roles of neuro-inflammatory regulator, MAPK11 in cortex and hippocampus following post-stroke cognitive impairments in rats" in Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (IF = 3.5)!!!!!!

AI-Assisted Medical Device Development

Congratulations to Himachal CM's Startup incubatee Aakarshan Rehan for developing AI-assisted medical device titled "Deep learning app for precise diagnosis of stroke using MRI data" from AICoB Lab!!!!

Expression of interest can be provided by interested hospitals for subscription charges. Mail id: vishal.acharya@csir.res.in!!

New Publication in Archives of Microbiology (IF: 2.3)

Congratulations to Ekjot Kaur for acceptance of paper titled "Computational prediction of Homo sapiens–Candida albicans protein–protein interactions reveal key virulence factors using dual RNA-Seq data analysis" in Archives of Microbiology (IF = 2.3)!!!!!!

New Publication in Industrial Crops and Products (IF: 5.6)

Congratulations to Vishal Acharya for the paper titled "Bringing bioactive peptides into drug discovery: Challenges and opportunities for medicinal plants" in Industrial crops and products" (IF = 5.6)!!!!!!

Poster Presentation Award - Ravi Kumar

Congratulations to AICoB member, Ravi Kumar, for winning first prize in the poster presentation for his PhD work on "Investigating the host-pathogen interactions through machine learning approaches for enhancing treatment strategies" under the theme "AI tools in plant disease studies" organized by "IPS North Zone Meet and National Symposium Himalayan Phytopathological Society" held from November 7-8, 2024 at Himachal Agriculture University, Palampur !!!!

Poster Presentation Award - Ekjot Kaur

Congratulations to AICoB member, Ekjot Kaur, for winning first prize in the poster presentation for her PhD work on "Prediction of Fungal Virulence Factors using Deep learning Techniques" at the International Science Conference: Integrating Disciplines and Innovations held from September 13th-14th, 2024, organized by DAV College, Jalandhar !!!!

International Conference Presentation - Nymphaea Arora

Congratulations to AICoB member, Nymphaea Arora for presenting her PhD work on post-cognitive impairments (post-stroke) in the International conference Forum from 25th-29th June, 2024 organized by Federation of European Neuroscience societies (FENS) at Vienna, Austria!!!

Recruitment: Project Associate-I

AICoB is recruiting Project Associate-I under project titled "Selective grading of tea leaves using deep learning with the integration of hyperspectral images and metabolites to enhance tea quality" (GAP-0338) sponsored by IIT-Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation through Walk-in-Interview on 20 June, 2024 (See Project Number 5044 at website link for detailed qualification and requirements)

New Publication in Physiologia Plantarum (IF: 6.4)

Congratulations to Ravi Kumar, Riya Sood for acceptance of paper titled "Transcriptional dynamics in source-sink tissues identifies molecular factors regulating the corm development process in saffron (Crocus sativus L.)" in Physiologia Plantarum (IF = 6.4)!!!!!!

New Sponsored Project Funded by IIT-Mandi iHub

Congratulations to AICoB members for getting sponsored project titled "Selective Grading of tea leaves using deep learning with the integration of hyperspectral images and metabolites to enhance tea quality" to be funded by IIT-Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation

New Publication in Medicinal Research Reviews (IF: 13.33)

Congratulations to Neeraj Kumar for acceptance of paper titled "Advances in machine intelligence-driven virtual screening approaches for big-data" in Medicinal Research Reviews (IF = 13.33) !!!!!!

Himachal Pradesh CM Startup Scheme Project

Congratulations to AICoB Lab Members for getting startup project for 1 year titled "Artificial Intelligence-based app for diagnosis of post-stroke" under Himachal Pradesh CM Startup Scheme (Directorate of Industries) !!!!!!

New Sponsored Project from IIT-Mandi iHub

Congratulations to AICoB members for getting sponsored project titled "Integrating imaging, multi-omics and machine learning to capture stress-resistant leaf traits" to be funded by IIT-Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation

New Team Member - Jatin

Welcome Jatin as Research Fellow to Artificial Intelligence for Computational Biology (AICoB) as a part of DBT-Himalayan Centre for High-throughput Computational Biology (HiCHiCoB)

Lab Rechristened as AICoB

It is glad to share that Functional Genomics & Complex System Lab (FG&CSL) is now rechristened as Artificial Intelligence for Computational Biology (AICoB)

Deep Bioinformatics Boot Camp 2023

FG&CSL on the behalf of The Himalayan Centre for High-throughput Computational Biology (HiCHiCoB) a BIC of DBT, Govt. of India is planning to organize workshop on Deep Bioinformatics Boot Camp, 2023 from 28th-30th August, 2023. Last day for registration is 28th July, 2023!!!!!!

New Publication in Frontiers in Microbiology (IF: 6.064)

Many Congrats to Ekjot Kaur & Abhishek Khatri for just accepted paper entitled "Systematic analyses with genomic and metabolomic insights reveal a new species, Ophiocordyceps indica sp. nov. from treeline area of Indian Western Himalayan region" in Frontiers in Microbiology (IF=6.064) !!!!!

New Publication in Database (Oxford UP) (IF: 4.462)

Many Congrats to Abhishek Khatri for just accepted paper entitled "IHM-DB: a curated collection of metagenomics data from the Indian Himalayan region, and automated pipeline for 16S rRNA amplicon-based analysis (AutoQii2)" in Database (Oxford University Press) (IF = 4.462) !!!!!

New Publication in Trends in Plant Science (IF: 22.021)

Many Congrats to Ravi Kumar for acceptance and publish of a paper entitled "Effector protein structures: a tale of evolutionary relationship" in Trends in Plant Science (IF = 22.021) !!!!!

PhD Defense Success - Dr. Meetal Sharma

Many Congrats to Meetal Sharma for defending her PhD Viva !!!!! Now She is Dr. Meetal Sharma!! Congratulations!!!!

PhD Defense Success - Dr. Neeraj Kumar

Many Congrats to Neeraj Kumar for defending PhD Viva !!!!! Now He is Dr. Neeraj Kumar!! Congratulations!!!!

New Publication in Computers in Biology and Medicine (IF: 6.698)

Many Congrats to Neeraj Kumar for acceptance and publish of a paper entitled "Machine intelligence-guided selection of optimized inhibitor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from natural products" in Computers in Biology and Medicine (IF = 6.698) !!!!!

New Publication in STAR Protocols

Many Congrats to Ravi for acceptance and publish of a paper entitled "Deep learning based protocol to construct an immune-related gene network of host-pathogen interactions in plants" in STAR Protocols !!!!!

New Publication in Journal of Cheminformatics (IF: 8.48)

Many Congrats to Neeraj for acceptance and publish of a paper entitled "Machine intelligence-driven framework for optimized hit selection in virtual screening" in Journal of Cheminformatics (IF =8.48)!!!!!

New Publication in Gene (IF: 3.688)

Many Congrats to Ekjot Kaur for acceptance of a paper entitled "Comparative transcriptome and tissue-specific expression analysis of genes reveal tissue-cultured plants as an alternative source for phenylethanoids and phenylpropanoids in Rhodiola imbricata (Edgew.)" in Gene (IF =3.688)!!!!!

New Publication in iScience (IF: 5.48)

Many Congrats to Ravi Kumar, Abhishek Khatri for acceptance of a paper entitled "Deep learning uncovers distinct behaviour of rice network to pathogens response" in iScience (IF =5.48)!!!!!

New Publication in Free Radical Biology and Medicine (IF: 7.376)

Many congratulations to Meetal Sharma for acceptance of our paper in Free Radical Biology and Medicine (Elsevier) (IF=7.376) !!!!

New Publication in BMC Plant Biology (IF: 4.215)

Many congratulations to Ekjot Kaur for our publication titled "De novo transcriptome analysis provides insights into formation of in vitro adventitious root from leaf explants of Arnebia euchroma" in BMC Plant Biology (IF =4.215)

SARS-COV-2 Genome Sequencing Analysis

FG&CSL Team participated and analyzed nearly 400 samples of SARS-CORONA Virus from Himachal Pradesh through genome sequencing to reveal variants

Transcriptome Sequencing of Heeng (Asfoetida)

FG&CSL Team carried out transcriptome sequencing of Heeng (Asfoetida) cultivated from the Indian (Himachal) soil… Paper upcoming soon!!!!

New PhD Scholars Join FG&CSL

Welcome Ravi Kumar, Dipali Bhatia & Vikrant Gautam to FG&CSL for PhD.

Dr. Vishal Acharya Elected as NAAS Associate

Dr. Vishal Acharya elected as "Associate" of National Academy of Agriculture Sciences (NAAS) under Social Sciences (Bioinformatics)-2021.

New Publication in Genomics (IF: 6.205)

Many congratulations to Abhishek Khatri for acceptance of our paper in Genomics (Elsevier) (IF=6.205) !!!!

New Publication in Epilepsia (IF: 6.04)

Many congratulations to Meetal Sharma for acceptance of our paper in Epilepsia (Wiley) (IF=6.04) !!!!

New Publication in Frontiers in Bioengineering & Biotechnology (IF: 5.21)

Many Congrats Neeraj Kumar for acceptance of our paper in Frontiers in Bioengineering & Biotechnology (IF=5.21) !!!!

AI/Deep Learning COVID-19 Software

AI/Deep Learning Based COVID-19 Software Coming soon !!!

New PhD Scholar - Ekjot Kaur

Welcome Ekjot Kaur to FG&CSL for PhD.

New PhD Scholar - Nymphaea Arora

Welcome Nymphaea Arora to FG&CSL for PhD.

PhD Recruitment Announcement

Interested Msc Bioinformatics/Statistics/Life sciences/Computer Science with interest in Bioinformatics with valid any JRF & B.Tech/M.Tech Bioinformatics with valid any JRF can apply for PhD at FG&CSL lab with the link below Last date of online application is May 23,2019

PostDoc Fellowship Opportunity

For Interested PhD Scholars who want to do PostDoc in this lab FG&CSL may apply through the National-PostDoc Fellowship with the link below

DG, CSIR Visits FG&CSL Lab

Lab visit of Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR @ Functional Genomics & Complex System Lab on 31st of March, 2019

Workshop on Advances in Functional & Structural Genomics

Successfully organized Two days workshop on "Advances in Functional & Structural Genomics" @ CSIR-IHBT, Palampur (25th -26th March, 2019) A total of 18 participants from different states were given hands on training.

Resource Person at CSK Himachal Agriculture University

Ravi Kumar & Vishal Acharya from FG &CSL Lab, as a resource person for Workshop on "Bioinformatics Tools & Its application in Agriculture" Organised by CSK Himachal Agriculture University, Palampur

Invited Speaker at International Conference

Vishal Acharya as Invited speaker & Chairperson for the "International Conference on Bioinformatics" held at Hans Raj Mahavidalaya (HMV), Jalandhar

New Research Associate - Dr. Ankita Shukla

Welcome Dr Ankita Shukla as a Research Associate to FG&CSL Lab!

Research Associate Position Available

One position vacancy for Research Associate (RA) available at FG&CSL Lab on 29th Jan, 2019

New Lab Members Join FGCSL

Welcome New Lab members ....Ravi Kumar & Abhishek Khatri..... here to FGCSL Lab !!!!!!!!!

Poster Presentation at INCOB' 2018

Neeraj Kumar's poster accepted and presented at JNU, New Delhi hosting "International Conference on Bioinformatics (INCOB' 2018)"

Two New Publications

Please refer to our two papers: 1. Standards in genomic Sciences (IF=1.2) 2. Genomics (IF=2.89)

Two Papers on Himalayan Microbes

Many many congrats from this lab for two papers back to back related to sequencing and evolution of Himalayan microbes (Sikkim) in i) Genomics (IF=2.89) ii) Standard in Genomic Sciences (IF=1.2)

New Research Fellow - Ekjot Kaur

Welcome Ekjot Kaur as a Research Fellow in this lab!!!!!!!

New Year Wishes

Many Many Happy New Year!!! Best of Luck to Kamal Naini, Project Fellow in this lab for future endeavors!!!!!!

Indian Conference on Bioinformatics (Inbix'17)

As Programme chair along with Dr Prasanth Surjhawala, Scientist, BISR, Jaipur, We successfully organised a conference, Indian Conference on Bioinformatics (Inbix'17) at Birla Institute of Scientific Research (BISR), Jaipur from 7th-9th November,2017. This conference was a part of Bioclues organisation (an affiliate of International Society of Computational Biology(ISCB))

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity

Those who are interested in doing Postdoctoral Fellowship can apply in this lab with the link

PhD Recruitment Announcement

Interested Msc Bioinformatics/Statistics/Life sciences with interest in Bioinformatics with valid any JRF & B.Tech/M.Tech Bioinformatics with valid any JRF can apply for PhD at my lab. Last date of online application is 26th October 2017. Interested candidates can also mail me with cv: vishal@ihbt.res.in

New Publication in Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Many many congrats to Dr.Preeti Arya for paper related to evolution of disease resistance in plants accepted in Molecular Genetics and Genomics (Oldest Journal in Genetics) !!!!!!!!

PhD Recruitment at AcSIR

Interested Msc Bioinformatics/Statistics/Life sciences with interest in Bioinformatics with valid any JRF & B.Tech/M.Tech Bioinformatics with valid any JRF can apply for PhD at my lab. Interested candidates can also mail me with cv: vishal@ihbt.res.in

Former Students Get National-Post Doc Fellowship

Many Congratulations for both former PhD students of this lab Drs. Vinay Randhawa & Preeti Arya for getting National-Post doc Fellowship; Best of luck to them for future endeavors from this lab

New Project Fellow - Kamal Naini

Welcome Kamal Naini as a project fellow @ Functional Genomics & Complex System Lab

Collaboration Paper in Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Collaboration paper came online from our lab in Journal of Inorganic Chemistry from Central University of Himachal Pradesh

Project Fellow Position Open

One Position as Project Fellow open in my lab Walk-in-Interview on 23rd of Feb, 2017 (Refer to second one for this Lab)

Paper Accepted in Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (IF: 3.2)

Paper accepted in Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (IF=3.2) (in collaboration with Drs Yusuf Akhtar & Shaliender Verma, Assistant Professor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala). Online coming soon!!!

PostDoc Opportunity at N-PDF

For Interested PhD Scholars who want to do PostDoc in this lab may apply through the National-PostDoc Fellowship N-PDF link

Best Wishes to Dr. Preeti Arya

Best of Luck to Dr Preeti Arya for future endeavors!!!!!!

Dr. Vinay Randhawa Gets PostDoc in Portugal

Many Congrats, Dr Vinay Randhawa!!!! for getting PostDoc in IGC, Portugal (http://compbio.igc.gulbenkian.pt/nmd/node/14)

PhD Defense Success - Dr. Preeti Arya

Congrats Preeti Arya for successfully defended thesis viva-voice .....now She is Dr Preeti Arya!!!!!!!!

Dr. Vishal Acharya Receives BIRD Award 2016

Dr Vishal Acharya bagged BIRD Award 2016 with certificate of appreciation for outstanding contribution in the field of Bioinformatics and Functional genomics under the age of 35. This BIRD award is given by Bioclues organisation, an affiliate of International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and Asia-pacific Bioinformatics Network.

PhD and N-PDF Opportunities

Interested M.Sc (with JRF Fellowship) & B.Tech students can apply for PhD positions available @ Functional Genomics & Complex System Lab. Interested PhD students/PhD submitted may wish to apply for N-PDF @ Functional Genomics & Complex System Lab

PhD Thesis Submission - Preeti Arya

Congrats Preeti Arya for submitting PhD Thesis.........

PhD Defense Success - Dr. Vinay Randhawa

Congrats Vinay Randhawa for defending his PhD Viva Voice.....Now he is Dr Vinay Randhawa....

New PhD Student - Neeraj Kumar

Welcome Neeraj Kumar as a new PhD Student in Functional Genomics & Complex System Lab.......

Bioinformatics Team Wins 2nd Position Award

Many Congrats To our team!!!!!!!! Part of Bioinformatics Team awarded for 2nd Position – Incentive Awards for Publications-2016 for publications in Year 2015, from BITSnet, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. (including 5 papers from this lab).

PLOS One Publication on Evolution

PLOS One Paper Came online from our lab on Evolution.....

Paper Accepted in PLOS ONE

Congrats Preeti Arya !!!!!!!! for acceptance of our paper in PLOS ONE .

Paper Accepted in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)

Congrats!!!!! Preeti Arya & Vinay Randhawa for acceptance of our paper in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)...

Paper in Molecular BioSystems

Congrats Vinay Randhawa!!!! Paper came online from our lab in Molecular BioSystems....

Internship Opportunities

Last DATE IS 30th October, 2015....... Internships available for Bachelors and Masters students in Bioinformatics at my lab .....Interested students can see the link below:

Paper in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Paper came online from our lab in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter....

Highly Accessed Paper in BMC Medical Genomics

Paper came online from our lab on Oral cancer diagnosis in BMC Medical Genomics..... (Highly Accessed; 7th Most viewed during August issue)...

Paper Accepted in BMC Medical Genomics

Congrats!!!!! Vinay Randhawa for acceptance of our paper in BMC Medical Genomics.............

Paper Accepted in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Congrats!!!!! Shivalika Pathania for acceptance of our paper in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter.............

Paper in Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics (IF: 2.983)

Paper came online from our lab (Journal of Biomolecular structure & Dynamics (IF =2.983). Welcome Himanshu, B.Tech (3rd Year from IIT, Delhi) selected as Summer Internship (National Network for Mathematical and Computational Biology). Last Date of Online Application 28th May,2015. Enrolment for PhD students started at CSIR-IHBT, Palampur.

Paper Accepted & Bioinformatics Workshop

Congrats!!!!! Vinay Randhawa for acceptance of our paper in Journal of Biomolecular structure & Dynamics (IF =2.983). We are organizing the hands on Bioinformatics workshop at CSIR-IHBT, Palampur (23rd -24th March. 2015). Seats are limited