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SUBHAJIT DAS

Zoological Survey of India, HOMI BHABHA CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE, National Centre for Cell Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Delhi

ORCID iD 0000-0003-0308-6463
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Dr. Subhajit Das is a Bioinformatics Scientist with expertise in computational biology, next-generation sequencing (NGS), multi-omics data integration, and artificial intelligence-driven bioinformatics. He currently serves as a Research Associate-I at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, where he is involved in the National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) project, developing Oxford Nanopore sequencing-based workflows for biodiversity assessment and faunal diversity mapping in the Indian Himalayan Region.

He received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, where his research focused on uncovering the molecular mechanisms of breast cancer lung metastasis through integrated transcriptomics, single-cell RNA sequencing, molecular biology, and functional genomics. His doctoral work identified SH3PXD2B as a key regulator of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and metastatic progression. He has also worked as a Project Research Scientist-I at the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (ICMR), where he developed end-to-end clinical NGS pipelines for precision oncology and biomarker discovery.

Dr. Das has extensive experience in designing reproducible computational workflows for bulk RNA sequencing, single-cell transcriptomics, metagenomics, DNA barcoding, and biodiversity genomics. His technical expertise includes Python, R, Nextflow, Snakemake, Linux-based high-performance computing, Docker, and cloud-enabled bioinformatics workflows. His research integrates genomics, machine learning, and systems biology to address complex biological questions across human health and biodiversity science.

His current research interests include cancer genomics, biodiversity genomics, Oxford Nanopore sequencing, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, metagenomics, biodiversity informatics, AI-assisted species identification, and the development of scalable bioinformatics pipelines for large-scale biological data analysis. He is particularly interested in applying artificial intelligence and foundation models to genomics, precision medicine, and conservation biology.

Dr. Das has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in internationally recognized journals and actively contributes to interdisciplinary collaborations that bridge molecular biology, computational science, and ecology. His long-term goal is to develop innovative, reproducible, and clinically and ecologically relevant computational approaches that advance genomic research, biodiversity conservation, and precision medicine.

Employment

  • Zoological Survey of India RESEARCH ASSOCIATE -1
    2025 - Present
  • HOMI BHABHA CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR PROJECT RESEARCH SCIENTIST 1
    2024 - 2025
  • University of Delhi RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
    2016 - 2019

Education

  • National Centre for Cell Science DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
    2019 - 2024
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTATIONAL AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
    2014 - 2016
  • National Institute of Technology Durgapur BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
    2010 - 2014

Projects & Funding

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Publications (9)