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Abhishek Kumar, Ph.D.
Faculty Scientist
 
Institute of Bioinformatics
Discoverer Building, International Tech Park, Whitefield
Bangalore - 560 066
E-mail: abhishek at ibioinformatics dot org
Phone: 080-6898 2140
 
Education
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
 

Positions Held

Research Associate, Institute for Botany, Kiel University (CAU), Germany 2018 – 2019
Research Scientist, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany 2014 – 2018
Research Associate, Kiel University (CAU), Germany 2011 – 2014 
 

Area of Specialization

Genomics
Bioinformatics
Transcriptomics
 

Research Interests

Application of Multi-omics approaches to human diseases
Multi-omics approaches for drug discovery from microbes
Evolutionary Genomics
Biodiversity Genomics
 

Publications

Research articles: 94; Review articles: 1; Book: 2; Book chapters: 1

Amala, K., Dakal, T.C., Berua, A., Kumar, A. (2025). Identification and Extraction of Biomarker Information. Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. In press.

Parveen, A., Dakal, T.C., Yadav, P., Kumar, A. (2025). Semi-Supervised Learning in Bioinformatics. Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. In press.

Dakal, T.C., Parveen, A., Kumar, A. (2025). Disease Biomarker Discovery. Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. In press.

Manjunath, G.K., Dakal, T.C., Kumar, A. (2025). Identification of diagnostic biomarkers and pathways. Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. In press.

Dakal, T.C., Beura, A., Kaur, A., Gogoi, B., Sengupta, A., Suravajhala, P., Kumar, A. (2025). Cancer Epigenetics and Bioinformatics. Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. In press.

Presannan, A., Manoj, G., Nair, P.P., Chavali, L., Nidheesh, M., Zawar, A.,Vijayan, A., Dakal, T.C., Kumar, A. Suravajhala, P.(2025). Systems Biology Resources. Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. In press.

Dakal, T.C., Dhakar, R., Beura, A., Moar, K., Maurya, P.K., Sharma, N.K., Ranga. V., Kumar, A.(2024). Emerging methods and techniques for cancer biomarker discovery. Pathology - Research and Practice . In press.

Gehlot, P., BrAnnert, D., Kaushik, V., Yadav, A., Bage, S., Gaur, K., Saini, M., Ehrhardt, J., Manjunath, G.K., Kumar, A., Kasliwal, N., Sharma, A.K., Zygmunt, M., Goyal, P. A. (2024). Unconventional localization of PAI-1 in PML bodies: A possible link with cellular growth of endothelial cells. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports . In press.

Ray, A.K., Shukla, A., Yadav, A., Kaur, U., Singh, A.K., Mago, P., Bhavesh, N.S., Chaturvedi, R., Tandon, R., Shalimar, Kumar, A., Malik, M.Z.(2024). A Comprehensive Pilot Study to Elucidate the Distinct Gut Microbial Composition and Its Functional Significance in Cardio-Metabolic Disease. Biochemical Genetics . In press.

Dakal, T.C., Dhabhai, B., Pant, A., Moar, K., Chaudhary, K., Yadav, V., Ranga, V., Sharma, N.K., Kumar, A., Maurya, P.K., Maciaczyk, J., Schmidt-Wolf I.G.H., Sharma A. (2024). Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes: functions and roles in cancers. MedComm . In press.

Dakal, T.C., George, N., Xu, C., Suravajhala, P., Kumar, A. (2024). Predictive and prognostic relevance of tumor-infiltrating immune cells: tailoring personalized treatments against different cancer types. Cancers . In press.

Sharma, N.K., Dwivedi, P., Bhushan, R., Maurya, P.K., Kumar, A., Dakal, T.C (2024). Engineering circular RNA for molecular and metabolic reprogramming. Functional & Integrative Genomics . In press.

Dakal, T.C., Dhakar, R., Beura, A., Moar, K., Maurya, P.K., Sharma, N.K., Ranga. V., Kumar, A.(2024). Emerging methods and techniques for cancer biomarker discovery.. Pathology - Research and Practice. 262 [PubMed]

Manjunath, G.K., Sharma, S., Nashier, D., Vasanthaiah, S., Jha, S., Bage, S., Mitra, T., Goyal, P., Neerathilingam, M., Kumar, A. (2024). "Breast Cancer Genomic Analyses Reveal Genes, Mutations, and Signaling Networks". Functional & Integrative Genomics. 24 [PubMed]

Parveen, A., Kumar, R., Tandon, R., Khurana, S., Goswami, C., and Kumar, A. (2019). Genomics Mutational hotspots of HSP47 and its potential role in cancer and bone- disorders. Genomics. In Press. (*Corresponding Author) [PubMed]

Parveen, A., Khurana, S., and Kumar, A. (2019). Overview of Genomic Tools for Circular Visualization in the Next- generation Genomic Sequencing Era. Current Genomics, 20(2), 90-99. (*Corresponding Author) [Article]

Kumar, A., Bandapalli, O. R., Paramasivam, N., Giangiobbe, S., Diquigiovanni, C., Bonora, E., Eils, R., Schlesner, M., Hemminki, K., and Försti, A. (2018). Familial Cancer Variant Prioritization Pipeline version 2 (FCVPPv2) applied to a papillary thyroid cancer family. Scientific Reports. 8(1), 11635-11635. (*Corresponding Author) [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Cherukumilli, M., Mahmoudpour, S. H., Brand, K., and Bandapalli, O. R. (2018). ShRNA-mediated knock-down of CXCL8 inhibits tumor growth in colorectal liver metastasis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 500(3). [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Sørensen, J. L., Hansen, F. T., Arvas, M., Syed, M. F., Hassan, L., Benz, J. P., Record, E., Henrissat, B., PAJggeler, S., and Kempken, F. (2018). Genome sequencing and analyses of two marine fungi from the North Sea unraveled a plethora of novel biosynthetic gene clusters. Scientific Reports. 8(1), 1-16. [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Bhandari, A., Sarde, S. J., and Goswami, C. (2017). Ancestry molecular evolutionary analyses of heat shock protein 47 kDa (HSP47/SERPINH1). Scientific Reports. 7: 10394 (*Corresponding Author) [PubMed]

Saha, S., Ghosh, A., Tiwari, N., Kumar, A., Kumar, A., and Goswami, C. (2017). Preferential selection of Arginine at the lipid-water-interface of TRPV1 during vertebrate evolution correlates with its snorkeling behaviour and cholesterol interaction. Scientific Reports. 7(1), 16808-16808. [PubMed]

Kumar, A. (2017). Genomic Data Mining Unraveled Potential Biocompass in Fruit Flies Using and Current Status of Magneto Genetics. International Journal of Genomics and Data Mining, 2017(02), JDMG-106. [Article]

Kumar, A., Bhandari, A., Sarde, S. J., Muppavarapu, S., and Tandon, R. (2015). Understanding V(D)J recombination initiator RAG1 gene using molecular phylogenetic and genetic variant analyses and upgrading missense and non-coding variants of clinical importance. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 462(4), 301-313. (*Corresponding Author) [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Henrissat, B., Arvas, M., Syed, M. F., Thieme, N., Benz, J. P., Sørensen, J. L., Record, E., Pöggeler, S., and Kempken, F. (2015). De Novo Assembly and Genome Analyses of the Marine-Derived Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Strain LF580 Unravels Life-Style Traits and Anticancerous Scopularide Biosynthetic Gene Cluster. PLoS ONE. 10(10), e0140398-e0140398. [PubMed]

Kumar, A. (2015). Bayesian phylogeny analysis of vertebrate serpins illustrates evolutionary conservation of the intron and indels based six groups classification system from lampreys for ~500 MY. PEERJ, 1-2. (*Corresponding Author) [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Bhandari, A., Sarde, S. J., and Goswami, C. (2014a). Genetic variants and evolutionary analyses of heparin cofactor II. Immunobiology. 219(9), 713-728. (*Corresponding Author) [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Bhandari, A., Sarde, S. J., and Goswami, C. (2014b). Molecular phylogeny of C1 inhibitor depicts two immunoglobulin-like domains fusion in fishes and ray-finned fishes specific intron insertion after separation from zebrafish. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 450(1), 219-226. (*Corresponding Author) [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Congiu, L., Lindström, L., Piiroinen, S., Vidotto, M., and Grapputo, A. (2014). Sequencing, De Novo Assembly and Annotation of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Transcriptome. PLoS ONE. 9(1), e86012-e86012. [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Sarde, S. J., and Bhandari, A. (2014). Revising angiotensinogen from phylogenetic and genetic variants perspectives. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. (*Corresponding Author) [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Bhandari, A., Sarde, S. J., and Goswami, C. (2013). Sequence, phylogenetic and variant analyses of antithrombin III. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 440(4), 714-724. (*Corresponding Author) [PubMed]

Kumar, A., Kollath-Leiß, K., and Kempken, F. (2013). Characterization of bud emergence 46 (BEM46) protein: sequence, structural, phylogenetic and subcellular localization analyses. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 438(3), 526-532. [PubMed]

Kumar, A. and Ragg, H. (2008). Ancestry and evolution of a secretory pathway serpin. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8, 250-250. [PubMed]