Rakesh Kumar Mishra is an Indian scientist specializing in
genomics
Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of biology focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes as well as its hierarchical, three-dim ...
and
epigenetics. Mishra retired as the 6th director of
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in
Hyderabad, India,
on the April 30th, 2021. He is currently the Director of TIGS, Bengaluru and holds J. C. Bose Fellowship at CCMB.
Biography
He is an elected fellow of the
Indian National Academy of Science, New Delhi, the
Indian Academy of Sciences, the
National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...
and the
Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to th ...
.
He is also a life member of
Proteomics Society, India
Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins. Proteins are vital parts of living organisms, with many functions such as the formation of structural fibers of muscle tissue, enzymatic digestion of food, or synthesis and replication of DNA. I ...
. Mishra obtained his master's degree in chemistry
and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
from the
University of Allahabad and was appointed Director CCMB by CSIR, assuming charge on 19 May 2016.
Mishra has also edited and contributed a chapter to the book,
Chromosomes to Genome
A chromosome is a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism. In most chromosomes the very long thin DNA fibers are coated with packaging proteins; in eukaryotic cells the most important of these proteins are ...
.
Mishra had previously held
post doctoral positions at the
Molecular Biophysics Unit
A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion. In quantum physics, organic chemistry, and bioche ...
,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
University of Bordeaux, France and
University of Geneva, Switzerland prior to joining
CSIR-CCMB in 2001.
Research interests
Mishra investigates genome organisation focusing on evolutionarily conserved regions, structure of
chromatin material and
epigenetic regulation
In biology, epigenetics is the study of stable phenotypic changes (known as ''marks'') that do not involve alterations in the DNA sequence. The Greek prefix '' epi-'' ( "over, outside of, around") in ''epigenetics'' implies features that are "o ...
of genes during embryonic development stages.
As a director of CCMB
Mishra assumed charge of CCMB on 19 May 2016. Some of the hallmark initiatives that he started in CCMB include:
* CCMB's efforts in developing lab-grown meat
* CCMB's fight against COVID-19
[https://www.biovoicenews.com/covid-19-ccmb-hyderabad-engages-on-multiple-fronts-to-develop-solutions/ ]
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
University of Allahabad alumni
Indian geneticists
Indian molecular biologists