Biswajit Panda

About

I am an evolutionary and comparative genomicist interested in understanding how genome architecture and lineage-specific genomic changes contribute to animal diversification and adaptation. My research spans comparative genomics, gene-family evolution, chemosensory systems, genome assembly, and the genomic evolution of non-model and understudied animal lineages.

During my doctoral research, I investigated lineage-specific expansions of Class-A GPCRs in Lophotrochozoa, the evolutionary dynamics of vertebrate olfactory receptor repertoires across aquatic–terrestrial transitions, and adaptive gene-family diversification in marine gastropods using de novo whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomic approaches.

I am particularly interested in integrating high-quality genome sequencing, phylogenomics, genome architecture, repetitive-element evolution, and comparative analyses to investigate enigmatic and poorly studied animal taxa.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Research Associate
  2026 - Present
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences Junior Research Fellow
  2019 - 2021
• National Institute of Technology Rourkela Junior Research Fellow
  2018 - 2019

Education

• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur PhD Research Scholar
  2021 - 2026
• OUAT MSc
  2016 - 2018
• Fakir Mohan University BSc
  2013 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (10)

• Integrative taxonomic evidence confirms the presence of Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839) in Indian waters
  Frontiers in Marine Science 2026 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2026.1772707
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• Amphibious Transitions Drive Lineage-Specific Diversification of Olfactory Receptors in Vertebrates
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.03.686341
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• Genome of the Predatory Volute Melo melo Provides Insights into Adaptive Gene Family Diversification in a Basal Neogastropod Lineage
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.31.685756
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• Lineage-Specific Class-A GPCR Dynamics Reflect Diverse Chemosensory Adaptations in Lophotrochozoa
  Molecular Biology and Evolution 2025 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaf042
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• Imperative connotation of SODs in cancer: Emerging targets and multifactorial role of action
  IUBMB Life 2024 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2821
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• Habitat heterogeneity influences avian feeding guild composition in urban landscapes: evidence from Bhubaneswar, India
  Ecological Processes 2021 DOI: 10.1186/s13717-021-00304-6
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• Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes as an Emerging Paradigm for Regenerative Therapy and Nano-Medicine: A Comprehensive Review.
  Life (Basel, Switzerland) 2021 DOI: 10.3390/life11080784
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• Bioactive compounds from marine invertebrates as potent anticancer drugs: the possible pharmacophores modulating cell death pathways.
  Molecular biology reports 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05709-8
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• Ecotoxic impact assessment of graphene oxide on lipid peroxidation at mitochondrial level and redox modulation in fresh water fish Anabas testudineus.
  Chemosphere 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.156
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• First report of Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae) from Odisha coast, India
  2018
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