Vikas Handa
Assistant Professor
Biotechnology
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
India
Biography
I am working as Assistant Professor in Department of Biotechnology, Thapar University, Patiala since December 2009. Prior to that I was associated with Lovely Professional University, Phagwara. I have been awarded PhD in Biotechnology by Centre for Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Then I joined Institut fuer Biochemie, Justus Liebig Universitaet, Giessen, Germany for Post Doctoral research. Then I worked as a Guest Scientist in German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. My research interests include Epigenetics and Gene regulation. Presently I am working on influence of sequence on DNA methylation propensity in human genome using computational approaches.
Research Interest
Genetic and Epigenetic Gene Regulation
Publications
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Delivered lecture in 9th Summer Training Programme in Industrial Biotechnology organized by STEP-TU (June - July 2014)
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Co-organized Summer Training Program in Modern Biotechnology at CORE, Thapar University (June - July 2014)
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Developed ‘Self Learning Material’ of ‘Biostatistics and Computer Applications’ course of Masters programme in Biotechnology for Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala (2014)
