Rakesh Kumar Mishra is an Indian scientist specializing in
genomics and
epigenetics
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. Mishra retired as the 6th director of
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in
Hyderabad
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, 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
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, the
National Academy of Sciences and the
Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences.
He is also a life member of
Proteomics Society, India. Mishra obtained his master's degree in chemistry
and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
from the
University of Allahabad
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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.
Mishra had previously held
post doctoral positions at the
Molecular Biophysics Unit,
Indian Institute of Science
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, Bangalore,
University of Bordeaux
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, France and
University of Geneva
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, Switzerland prior to joining
CSIR-CCMB in 2001.
Research interests
Mishra investigates genome organisation focusing on evolutionarily conserved regions, structure of
chromatin
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material and
epigenetic regulation 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