Principal Investigator
Rahul Kumar completed his PhD in Bioinformatics from CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh. In his PhD, he worked on developing biological databases and machine learning based prediction models to design anticancer therapeutics. Then, he joined Institute of Cancer Research, London and there he worked on identification of synthetic lethal interactions using high throughput genomic technologies. Then he joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York and extensively worked on genetics of rare form of breast cancers to identify their putative genetic drivers. Later he joined Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York as a staff scientist and focused on non-coding genome of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), an aggressive type of blood cancer.
Education
BSc Biomedical Science (H), University of Delhi
MSc Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
PhD Bioinformatics, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India
Research Experience
Bioinformatics Officer, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, UK (2015-2017)
Research Scholar, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, USA (2017-2018)
Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA (2018-2021)
Professional Activities
Associate Editor in following journals:
Scientific Reports
PLoS ONE
BMC Bioinformatics
BMC Cancer
BMC Medical Genomics
Frontiers in Genetics
Frontiers in Big Data
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
PeerJ
Functional & Integrative Genomics
Committee member in Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) for designing Bioinformatics curriculum at UG & PG level in Telangana state colleges.