Skills and Collaborators

Knowledge & Expertise

Dry lab

Metagenomics: Mothur, QIIME2, SourceTracker , Lefse (Biomarker Discovery), iVikodak, MEGAN, PICRUST, CLC Metagenomics Workbench, MGRAST

Transcriptomics: BLAST2GO, QC tools, CLC genomics workbench, Galaxy Transcriptomic Packages, MapMan, GEO2R, EdgeR, DeSeq2, Salmon, Kalisto, Trinity, Bowtie, StringTie, Coding Potential Calculator 2(CPC2),GATK tools, MirDeep2 (miRNA and Deeps sequencing data)

Structural Bioinformatics: Modeller, ITASSER server (Protein Modelling), MDWeb and CABS-FLEX (Simulation), Autodock, Hex, Patchdock (Molecular Docking), Ligplot, Dimplot (Interaction analysis), Aptamer designing

Wet lab

Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry, DNA isolation, RNA isolation, PCR, qPCR, Gel Electrophoresis, Hematological Parameters assay, Soil nutrient analysis, Plant Tissue Culture, Microbial Culture, Molecular Cloning

Field based work

Microcosm experiments, Setting up large-scale biodiversity experiments, Plant tissue and soil samples collection for transcriptomics and metagenomics. Phenotyping work and plant trait estimations.

Collaborators

Distinguished Prof. Brajesh Singh, Western Sydney University, Australia
Dr. Eleonora Egidi, Western Sydney University, Australia
Prof. Nathi Bolan, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Prof Kadambot Siddique, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Prof. Lynette Abbott, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Dr. Sasha Jenkins, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Dr. Amit Kumar, United Arab Emirates University, UAE