Rakesh Mishra

Rakesh K. Mishra
Born (1961-04-14) 14 April 1961 [1]
Residence India
Nationality Indian
Fields Genome Organisation, Chromatin Structure
Institutions Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
Alma mater University of Allahabad[2]

Rakesh K. Mishra is an Indian scientist specializing in genomics and epigenetics.[3] Dr. Mishra is currently the Director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, India[4] and heads the 'Genome Organisation and Nuclear Architecture Lab' at CCMB. He is an elected fellow of the Indian National Academy of Science, New Delhi,[5] the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences.[2] He is also a life member of Proteomics Society, India.[6] Dr. Mishra obtained his Masters in Chemistry[2] and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry[2] from the University of Allahabad and was appointed Director CCMB by CSIR, assuming charge on May 19, 2016.[4] Dr. Mishra has also edited and contributed a chapter to the book, Chromosomes to Genome.[7] Dr Mishra had previously held post doctoral positions at the Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, University of Bordeaux, France and University of Geneva, Switzerland prior to joining CSIR-CCMB in 2001.[2]

Research Interests

Dr. Mishra investigates genome organisation focusing on evolutionarily conserved regions, structure of chromatin material and epigenetic regulation of genes during embryonic development stages.[4]

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