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Biosystems Modeling, Evolution and Engineering Laboratory

Investigating Biological Systems to Understand the Synergy Between its Components, from Cells to Microniche

GRN Topology & Dynamics · Transcriptomic & Functional Heterogeneity · Metabolic Heterogeneity · Transcriptional State Dynamics · Mathematical Modeling · Noise propagation · Evolutionary Biology · Machine Learning

Research Highlights

Protein Noise Research

Protein Expression Noise

Investigating how ribosome demand links transcriptional bursts to protein noise, influencing phenotypic heterogeneity.

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Evolutionary Adaptation

Evolution & Adaptation

Exploring the role of cryptic vs de-novo mutations in adaptation to novel stressful environments using yeast models.

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Cancer Progression

Cancer Heterogeneity

Genome-wide identification of gene expression noise changes during cancer progression and its role in drug resistance.

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Recent Publications

  • 2024
    Ribosome demand links transcriptional bursts to protein expression noise Pal S., Ray U., Dhar R† eLife (2024)
  • 2024
    Exaptation and de novo mutations transcend cryptic variations as drivers of adaptation in yeast Routh S., Lindsay R., Gudelj I., Dhar R† bioRxiv (2024)

Life at Systems Biology Lab

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Our interdisciplinary team at IIT Kharagpur.
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Dr. Samprti Pal earning her doctorate.
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Dr. Sherya Routh earning her doctorate.