George Thomas
Director
R & D
SciGenom
India
Biography
Dr. George holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He did his postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA prior to returning to India as the head of the Molecular Biology Division at SPIC Science Foundation in Chennai.Dr. George is a recipient of the National Science Talent Scholarship (NCERT) and Fogarty International Fellowships. Among his many notable achievements is a paper in Nature during his PhD from IISc where he published the organization and bidirectional transcription nature of H2A, H2B and H4 histone genes in rice embryos. Dr. George has also made extensive contribution in the plant biotechnology area including development of insect resistant rice and tobacco, engineering salt tolerance in crops and other technologies for genetic engineering of crop plants. Further Dr. George was instrumental in several successful grant applications during his academic tenure.He is a member on several educational, technology and advisory boards.
Research Interest
Molecular Biology, bidirectional transcription nature of H2A, H2B and H4 histone genes in rice embryos.
