Gadvasu

Faculty Detail

Academic Credentials

Teaching and Other Appointments

Teaching: Bioinformatics, Animal Genomics, Genetics
Training: Periodically organize online and offline trainings on Bioinformatics

Other Appointments

• In charge, Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (COVID19 Diagnostics Lab, GADVASU, Ludhiana) (21st October 2020 till date)
• Program Officer of National Service Scheme (NSS) wing of the B. Tech. (Biotechnology) students of the College of Animal Biotechnology, GADVASU, Ludhiana (2017 onward).
• Member Secretary, Project Monitoring and Evaluation Cell, College of Animal Biotechnology
• Member, Disciplinary Committee of the College of Animal Biotechnology, GADVASU, Ludhiana
• Nominee, Director of Research for Purchase
• Nominee, Dean PGS  for verification of Program of Work of PG Students.
• Member, Anti Ragging Committee
• Member, Research Review Committee
  

Area of Research Interests

• Bioinformatics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Genomics and Transcriptomics

Ongoing Projects

SN	Name/ No of Project/ Scheme	Funding Agency	Period From   To	Total Funding	Scientists involved (PI/ Co-PI)
1.	Parentage determination and cytogenetic profiling in dogs. “DBT-GADVASU Canine Research Centre and Network.”	DBT, New Delhi	2019-2021	Rs 39.7 lacs	PI
2.	TLR-Ligands: To Design Novel Vaccines Adjuvants Against New Castle Disease in Indigenous Chicken	DBT, New Delhi	2014-2018	26 Lacs	CC-PI
3.	Construction of miRNA library associated with Disease Resistance in Buffalo	SERB-DST	2012-2015	20.77 Lacs	PI
4.	Institutional Development Plan for Improved Learning Outcome, Skill and Entrepreneurship at GADVASU	ICAR (World Bank Funded)	2019-2022	35 Crore	Member/Co-PI
5.	Molecular characterization of canine distemper virus field isolates for selection of suitable vaccine candidate(s)	DBT, Govt. Of India	2018-2021	30 Lacs	Co-PI
6.	Characterization of Fecundity Gene in Assam Hill Goat	DBT, Govt. Of India	2017-2020	26.79 Lacs	Co-PI
7.	Identification of tag SNPs associated with New Castle disease susceptibility/ resistance in commercial broiler vis-a-vis Aseel Chicken of Punjab	2017-2020	RKVY, Govt of India	30 Lacs	PI
8.	Genetic profiling of Sahiwal and Holstein Friesian crossbred cattle for genes impacting stress tolerance and climate change	2013-16	RKVY, Govt of India	30 Lacs	PI

• Best Researcher Award (for the College of Animal Biotechnology) of the Year 2018-19 given away by Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University on 29th may 2019
• “Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowships” (FNAPE: Research-2016-17), an international educational exchange program sponsored by the USA Government, for conducting research at Iowa State University, USA, for 9 months (August 2016 to May 2017)
• Punjab Farmers Commission funded Advanced Foreign Training on “Marker Assisted Selection and Functional Genomics” for 6 months (2011 to 2012) ate Iowa State University, USA

No. of Publications

Research: 50

Extension: 7

Books: 02

Manuals: 05

Publications

• G Kaur, R Verma, CS Mukhopadhyay, R Sethi. 2022. Elevated pulmonary levels of Axin2 in mice exposed to herbicide 2, 4?D with or without endotoxin. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology 35 (12): e22912 (IF: 3.652)
• D Deka, NN Barman, N Deka, BK Batth, G Singh, S Singh, RK Agrawal, CS Mukhopadhyay. 2021. Sero-epidemiology of porcine parvovirus, circovirus, and classical swine fever virus infections in India. Tropical Animal Health and Production 53 (1): 1-12 (IF: 1.559)
• Dhanoa JK, Singh J, Singh A, Arora JS, Sethi RS and Mukhopadhyay CS*. 2019. Discovery of isomiRs in PBMCs of diseased vis-à-vis healthy Indian water buffaloes. ExRNA. 1:12 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41544-019-0013-1 (IF: UC)
• J Singh, JK Dhanoa, RK Choudhary, A Singh, RS Sethi, S Kaur, Mukhopadhyay CS*. 2020. MicroRNA expression profiling in PBMCs of Indian water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) infected with Brucella and Johne’s disease. ExRNA. 2: 1-13 https://exrna.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41544-020-00049-y (IF: UC)
• J Singh, Mukhopadhyay CS*, JS Arora, S Kaur. 2015. Biocomputational Characterization and Evolutionary Analysis of Bubaline Dicer1 Enzyme. Asian Austr. J. Anim. Sci., 28(6): 876-887. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.14.0767 (IF: 2.509)
• Kaur S, Mukhopadhyay CS, Arora JS and Sethi RS. 2016. Indoxacarb interaction alters immunotoxic and genotoxic potential of endotoxin. J Pesticide Sci., 41(3): 65-70. DOI http://doi.org/10.1584/jpestics.D16-012 (IF: 1.519)
• Manku HK, Dhanoa JK, Kaur S, Arora JS, Mukhopadhyay CS*. 2017. Biocomputational identification and validation of novel microRNAs predicted from bubaline whole genome shotgun sequences. Comput. Biol. Chem. 70: 96-106. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2017.08.005 (IF: 2.877)
• Singh J, Mukhopadhyay CS*, Kaur S, Malhotra P, Sethi RS, Choudhary RK. 2016. Identification of the MicroRNA Repertoire in TLR-Ligand Challenged Bubaline PBMCs as a Model of Bacterial and Viral Infection. PLoS One. (eISSN 1932-6203) 11(6): e0156598. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156598. (IF: 3.24)

Invited Lectures:
More than 30 in various Institutions in India

Review Articles:

• JK Dhanoa, R Verma, RS Sethi, JS Arora, Mukhopadhyay CS*. 2019. Biogenesis and biological implications of isomiRs in mammals- a review. ExRNA. 1: 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41544-018-0003-8 (IF: UC)
• JK Dhanoa, RS Sethi, R Verma, JS Arora, Mukhopadhyay CS*. 2018. Long non-coding RNA: its evolutionary relics and biological implications in mammals: a review. Journal of Animal Science and Technology 60 (1): 25 (IF: 1.95)
• Dhanoa JK, Mukhopadhyay CS*, Arora JS. 2016. Y-chromosomal genes affecting male fertility: A review. Vet World. 9(7):783-91. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.783-791. (IF: 2.11)

Authored/Edited Books:

• Mukhopadhyay CS, RK Choudhary, MA Iquebal. 2017. Basic Applied Bioinformatics-A Beginners Guide for Students. John Wiley & Sons Limited; USA. ISBN: 9781119244332
• Bioinformatic approaches for livestock genome analysis. 2015. Eds. U. Singh, S. Kumar, Mukhopadhyay CS, R. Deb, R. R. Alyethodi, R. Alex, K. Dhama, and I Ganguly. Satish Serial Publishing House, Delhi, India, ISBN: 9789384053017.