Dr. Rakesh K Mishra

Biography

Rakesh K Mishra Obtained M.Sc. (Chemistry) in 1981 and Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry) in 1986 from the University of Allahabad. His research experience is postdoctoral research non-B DNA conformations and DNA topolgy at Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. In 1988 he Worked at Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad as scientist and studied transcription initiation in prokaryotes, chemical recognition and cleavage of DNA. In 1992 he worked in antisense oligonucleotide mediated knock down against protozoan parasites at the University of Bordeaux, France and small nucleolar RNAs in Xenopus oocytes to study their role in rRNA maturation at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, USA. He worked in Chromatin organization and regulation of homeotic gene complex of Drosophila melanogaster at the University of Geneva, Switzerland from 1991-2001. He Joined CCMB in 2001 and started working in Comparative and functional genomics of non-coding DNA, Organization and regulation of Hox complexes: the evolutionary logic of anterior-posterior body axis formation in animals, Epigenetic regulation and development  

Research Interest

Molecular Biology, Cellular biology, Genetics