Biotechnology

Biography

After obtaining his Post-graduate degree in Biotechnology from University of Allahabad, Dr. Vaibhav Vindal joined Computational and Functional Genomics Group for his PhD at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad. Under the supervision of Dr. Ranjan A., he studied transcriptional regulators from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. He analyzed mycobacterial genomes to explore the transcriptional regulators and regulons belonging to GntR protein family. Comparative genomic approaches were employed to understand attributes like orthologs, regulatory region, etc. across mycobacterial genomes. After receiving Ph.D., Dr. Vaibhav Vindal joined Department of Biotechnology, University of Hyderabad in Dec 2008 as Assistant Professor. His present research is focused towards computational and experimental analyses of genes encoded by pathogen genomes, such as mycobacteria, clostridium, influenza virus, to understand the molecular interaction partners. In order to consolidate all computational findings, web databases and tools were developed (http://bif.uohyd.ernet.in/mycorrdb). He has also compiled information based on natural source of drug molecules and analyzed inhibitors for their higher inhibition activity.

Research Interest

Transcriptional regulation studies in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Drug design, analysis of protein sequence, structure and evolution. Genome analysis, data mining, development of computational tools and web resources.