Zhumur Ghosh

Zhumur Ghosh received her M.S. degree in physics from Calcutta University, and post M.S. degree in bioinformatics from the Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Calcutta University. She worked as a Project Fellow during post M.S. studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. She studied ligand-protein interactions of RNase A, and gained experience on molecular docking. Her research career is mainly focused on noncoding RNA biology. Initially, she worked towards elucidating the key features of transfer-RNA genes that contribute towards their functionality. She is the first person to postulate the hypothesis of “composite tRNA genes/embedded tRNA genes” in archaeal genomes. This work has received many critical acclaims and appreciations from different scientific corners especially from Professor Uttam L. Rajbhandary at MITUSA. Further, she maneuvered her research activities towards predicting and analyzing eukaryotic micro-RNAs and their targets. Her research work has been published in journals like RNA, BBRC, DNA Research, JBSD. She coauthored a book on bioinformatics entitled Bioinformatics: Principles and Applications. She also received the International Travel Fellowship Award from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, to present her work entitled “Role of micro-RNA regulators in trypanosomiasis” at the Miami Winter Symposium 2008: “Regulatory RNA in biology and human health.” Further, she joined the Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Rockefeller University, NY, USA, as a Visiting Fellow. She published scientific articles in Advanced BioTech, Science Cruiser and Bioinformatika, and other leading newspapers. Her future research focus is mainly on the following areas: micro-RNA biology with special focus on its identification, characterization, and gene regulation; host-parasite interactions through micro-RNAs; epigenetics and stem cells in therapeutic applications.

Biography Updated on 17 June 2008

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