PERSONAL DETAIL
Citizenship: Indian
E-mail: kirtandave11[AT]gmail.com
Phone number: (+91) 999 831 1641
EDUCATION
Nov 2015 Ph.D. in Bioinformatics. Sardar Patel University, India.
Jun 2009 M.Sc. in Bioinformatics. Sardar Patel University, India
April 2007 B.Sc. in Biotechnology. Sardar Patel University, India
RESEARCH INTERESTS
AI-driven bioinformatics, multi-omics integration, antimicrobial resistance, cancer informatics, epigenomics, exposome, microbiome, precision medicine
POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
2025– Present HPC Administrator, Parul University
2023 – Present Assistant Professor at Parul Institute of Applied Sciences , Faculty of Applied Science, Parul University
2023 – 2023 Assistant Professor at Dept of Computer science and Bioscience, Faculty of Engineering , Marwadi University
2021 – 2023. Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics. School of Science ,GSFC University, Gujarat, India
2015 – 2021. Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics. Center For Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Technology (CISST). Sardar Patel University, India
2012 - 2015. CSIR- Senior Research fellow. G. H. Patel Post Graduate Department of Computer Science and Technology (GDCST), Sardar Patel University, India
2014. Software Developer Intern for Google Summer of Code 2014. National Resource for Network Biology (NRNB), USA
2011 – 2012. Teaching Assistant in Bioinformatics. Ashok & Rita Patel Institute of Integrated Study & Research in Biotechnology & Allied Sciences.New V.V .Nagar, India
2010 – 2011. Project Assistant. CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute. Bhavnagar, India
2009 – 2010. Research Project trainee.Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM). Gandhinagar, India
Peer reviewed journals
2025
1. Kirtan Dave*, C.R. Munteanu.
IL-1R2 as a Precision Therapeutic Target in Sepsis: Molecular Insights into Immune Regulation. Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 47(6), 429.
https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/47/6/429
2. R.M. Ahmad, M. Denkiewicz, R. Gupta, S. Gadakh, J. Kubica, A. Nadeem, Kirtan Dave, et al.
AI for Computational Biology: Highlights from the First BioAI Hackathon at University of Warsaw. BioHackrXiv (Preprint).
https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/vbw4t_v1
3. I. Ojha, Kamaluddin, V. Sharma, M. Tariq, M. Jain, H.S. Negi, M. Kumar, Kirtan Dave, et al.
Identification of Blast Resistant Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L.) Genotype Through Phenotypic Screening and Molecular Profiling. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 32080.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83797-3
4. R. Dhariwal, Kirtan Dave*, M. Jain.
Omics-Based Analysis of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and BBB Integrity in Post-COVID-19 Sequelae. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 31016.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82180-6
5. Kirtan Dave*, D. Patel, N. Dave, M. Jain.
Genomic Strategies for Drug Repurposing. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, 36(35).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s43046-024-00245-z
6. N. Patil, M. Jain, Kirtan Dave, et al.
A Systematic Study of Molecular Targets of Cannabidiol in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports, 8(1), 935–956.
https://doi.org/10.1177/25424823241284464
7. Kirtan Dave*, P. Kaushik, N. Patil, R. Dhariwal, M. Sharma, A. Yadav, P.S. Dhanda, et al.
Decoding Eggplant Fruit: Multi-Omics Profiling of Caffeoyl-CoA-3-OMT Expression. South African Journal of Botany, 174, 551–559.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.09.044
8. Kirtan Dave*, M. Jain, M. Sharma, A.K. Delta, C. Kole, P. Kaushik.
RNA-Seq Analysis of Human Heart Tissue Reveals SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Inappropriate Activation of the TNF-NF-κB Pathway in Cardiomyocytes. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 22044.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69635-6
9. G. Abdi, N. Patil, P. Mishra, M. Tariq, R. Dhariwal, S. Parveen, Kirtan Dave, M. Jain, et al.
Genomic Precision: Unveiling the Transformative Role of Genome Editing in Advancing Genomics Research and Applications. In: Singh, V. (eds) Advances in Genomics: Methods and Applications, pp. 265–306. Springer, Singapore.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3169-5_13
10. Kirtan Dave*, A. Kumar, N. Dave, M. Jain, P.S. Dhanda, A. Yadav, P. Kaushik.
Climate Change Impacts on Legume Physiology and Ecosystem Dynamics: A Multifaceted Perspective. Sustainability, 16(14), 6026.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16146026
11. S.K. Mesara, Kirtan Dave*, R.B. Subramanian.
Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Elucidates Positive Physiological Effects of Foliar Application of Pyraclostrobin on Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 28, 971–986.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-022-01191-7
12. M. Martens, R. Stierum, E.L. Schymanski, C.T. Evelo, R. Aalizadeh, H. Aladjov, Kirtan Dave, E.L. Willighagen, et al.
ELIXIR and Toxicology: A Community in Development. Faculty of 1000 Research, 10(ELIXIR):1129. (White Paper)
13. Kirtan Dave*, D. Choksi, H. Panchal.
MetAlgNet: Metabolic Pathway Network Reconstruction from Algae Genome Annotation Data. In: Proceedings of the MOL2NET, 5–15 Dec 2015; Sciforum Electronic Conference Series, Vol.1, F003.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/MOL2NET-1-F003
14. C. Fernandez-Lozano, E. Fernandez-Blanco, Kirtan Dave, N. Pedreira, M. Gestal, J. Dorado, C.R. Munteanu.
Improving Enzyme Regulatory Protein Classification by Means of SVM-RFE Feature Selection. Molecular BioSystems, 10, 1063–1071.
15. Kirtan Dave*, H. Panchal.
ENZPRED – Enzymatic Protein Class Predicting By Machine Learning. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 13(24), 1674–1680.
16. Kirtan Dave*, H. Panchal.
Metabolism Evolution Based on Network Degrees of Orthologous Enzymes. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 13(5), 663–674.
17. Kirtan Dave*, H. Panchal.
Review on Chemogenomics Approach: Interpreting Antagonist Activity of Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 1 in Glaucoma Disease with In-Silico Docking. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 12(16), 1834–1842.
18. Kirtan Dave, A. Lahiry.
Conotoxins: Review and Docking Studies to Determine Potentials of Conotoxin as an Anticancer Drug Molecule. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 12(8), 845–851.
19. Kirtan Dave*, M. Gandhi, H. Panchal, M. Vaidya.
Revision of QSAR, Docking, and Molecular Modeling Studies of Anti-Influenza Virus A (H1N1) Drugs and Targets: Analysis of Hemagglutinins 3D Structure. Current Computer-Aided Drug Design, 7(4), 255–262.
20. Kirtan Dave*, L. Mckechnie, H. Panchal.
Application of Nanobioinformatics in Medical Science – A Probable Therapy. Current Bioinformatics, 6(2), 163–172.
21. Kirtan Dave*, A. Banerjee.
Bioinformatics Analysis of Functional Relations Between CNPs Regions. Current Bioinformatics, 6(1), 122–128.
Scientific Poster
Kirtan Dave. Cluster Analysis of Breast Cancer Microarray Data. Nature Publishing Group. doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4936.1
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
AI & Data Science:
Machine Learning with Python (with Honors), Data Visualization with Python, Statistics for Genomic Data Science.
Genomics & Bioinformatics:
Algorithms for DNA Sequencing , Bioconductor for Genomic Data Science, Python for Genomic Data Science.
Programming & Tools:
Introduction to the Tidyverse , Command Line Tools for Genomic Data Science , Using Git for Distributed Development.
SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE
2010 – 2011 Supervision of one final year project from the Bioinformatic degree
2015 – 2021 Supervision of six final year project from the Bioinformatic degree
2021 – 2022 Supervision of one final year project from the Bioinformatic degree
2023 – Supervision of three PhD students
PROJECT
Title:"Development of Bioinformatics Tools for Algae" 24-June-2016 to 24-June-2017,Funded by Sardar Patel University-seed-grant Amount: 120000 RS
REVIEWER
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Meta Gene, PeerJ, Current Computer-Aided Drug Design, Biochimica et biophysica acta,Cardiovascular innovations and applications, Journal of cardiovascular translational research, Respiratory Research ,Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry,European Journal of Medical Research,BioData Mining,Scientific Reports,Molecular Biotechnology,Burns.Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology and Software reviewer for SciPy (Scientific Computing with Python Conference) since 2016.
SKILLS
Programming Languages: Python, R, Perl, Unix shell scripting, Snakemake , SQLite, MongoDB,MySQL
Frameworks and Tools: CLC GWB, QIIME 2, GATK, Galaxy Annotation Pipeline, SAM/BAM Tools, Cufflinks, bowtie2, BWA, Tophat, Trinity, Weka, LIBSVM, NextFlow, GeneSCF, IGV, Cytoscape, GitHub
Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati
HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 Galaxy India (Part of use galaxy)
Member of Galaxy India Organizing team. Community is about enabling data intensive research and instruction in India using the Galaxy platform
2018 Linux administrator - HPC lab
Awarded with Assistant coordinator for Super computer laboratory (2018-19 to 2020-21) at Sardra Patel University by Gujarat Council on Science & Technology, Gandhinagar), Govt. of Gujarat.
2017 Nodal officer -Bioinformatics lab
Awarded with Nodal officer for Bioinformatics Lab (2017-18 to 2020-21) at Sardra Patel University by Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), Govt. of Gujarat.
2014 Google Summer of Code 2014
Contributed open source project on Cytoscape plugin (Network analysis) development with
National Resource for Network Biology (NRNB) organization, San Francisco, CA, USA
2013 Travel Award
From Newcastle University to present a session topic of "SBOL Extensible Plugin" at Synthetic
Biology Open Language (SBOL) workshop, Newcastle University, England, UK
2012 Developer Member (Present)
Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL)
2012 CSIR-Senior Research fellowship Award
Prestigious award from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Government of India
2010 Young Scientist Award
Award for research work presentation on “Cluster analysis of breast cancer microarray data” at 1st NCBB 2010, Mar 5, 2010, HNGU, Patan, Gujrat
2009 Industrial Biotech Training Programme (IBTP)
Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Government of Gujarat and Total Potential Cell Pvt. Ltd