Ravi Kumar

About

Postdoctoral Fellow (RA) at the BRIC-National Agri-Food and Biomanufacturing Institute, Mohali, Punjab. Previously, I worked at the CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, and the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi. I hold a master's degree in computational biology and bioinformatics from the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, where my research focused on the mathematical modeling of complex biological systems. My Ph.D. thesis focused on answering the question of how plants adapt to different pathogens by developing and using machine learning approaches.

My research interests include:
(A) Exploring plant defense mechanisms against various diseases.
(B) Exploring plant immune systems inspired by artificial intelligence and deep learning approaches.
(C) Investigating gene network behavior in plants during defense responses.
(D) Analyzing next-generation genome and transcriptome data for biological insight.

Employment

• National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute Research Associate
  2026 - Present
• Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Project Associate I
  2023 - 2024
• Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Project Associate I
  2023 - 2024
• Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology CSIR Project Associate I
  2021 - 2023
• Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology CSIR Research Fellow
  2018 - 2020
• Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology CSIR Reseach Fellow
  2015 - 2017

Education

• Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Ph.D. in Biological Science (Computational Biology & Bioinformatics)
  2021 - 2026
• Himachal Pradesh University Bachelor in Science
  2009 - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (14)

• Trichoderma caribbaeum IHBT was isolated from the Palampur region 32.1109° N, 76.5363° E of Himachal Pradesh, India. Genome sequencing data was generated using the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform in a paired-end 2 x 150 bp mode and PacBio Sequel II.
  2026
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• Unveiling the carbohydrate-active enzyme repertoire of Trichoderma caribbaeum IHBT through whole-genome analysis and transcriptional profiling
  Archives of Microbiology 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1007/S00203-026-04924-4
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• Oxidative stress-induced proteolytic activation of polyphenol oxidase triggers an oxidized flavonoids-mediated stress signaling in Camellia sinensis
  Biorxiv 2025 1 citation DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.23.677533
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• Transcriptional dynamics in source-sink tissues identifies molecular factors regulating the corm development process in saffron (Crocus sativus L.)
  Physiologia Plantarum 2024 6 citations DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14285
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• High Temperature Triggers Differential Expression of JUMONJI C (JmjC) Domain-Containing Histone Demethylase Genes in Leaf and Stolon Tissues of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Genotypes
  Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 2023 5 citations DOI: 10.1007/s00344-023-11094-w
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• Effector protein structures: a tale of evolutionary relationship
  Trends in Plant Science 2023 2 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.04.010
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• Analysis of PEBP Genes in Saffron Identifies a Flowering Locus T Homologue Involved in Flowering Regulation
  Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 2023 14 citations DOI: 10.1007/s00344-022-10721-2
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• Deep learning based protocol to construct an immune-related gene network of host-pathogen interactions in plants
  STAR Protocols 2023 3 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101934
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• Deep learning uncovers distinct behavior of rice network to pathogens response
  iScience 2022 11 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104546
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• Exploiting Bacterial Genomes to Develop Biomarkers for Identification
  Drug Resistance in Bacteria, Fungi, Malaria, and Cancer 2017 5 citations DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48683-3_16
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