Meenu Chopra
Research Associate
meenu.bioinfo30@gmail.com

Qualification

---

• Master in Bioinformatics

Project

---

• ICAR - Network Project of Transgenic in Crops
• DBT-Buffalo Genome Information Resources under NAIP at NDRI Karnal
• Genetic Diversity and Haplotyping of innate immune genes in Indian Cattle and Buffalo under DBT at NDRI karnal
• Analysis of Mammary Gland transcriptome and proteome during lactation and involution in indigenous cattle & buffalo for identification of probable mammary biomarker under NAIP at NBAGR Karnal

Research Interest

---

• High-throughput / NGS data analysis
• Functional and Comparative Genomics/Proteomics

Oral Presentation/Awards

---

• Awarded 1st Prize in poster presentation by XII Agriculture Science Congress-2015 at ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute Karnal during 3-6 Feb 2015.

• Awarded 1st Prize in poster presentation entitled. By IX Annual Convention of Society for Conservation of Domestic Animal Biodiversity (SOCDAB) on Feb 24-25, 2012 at Pune.

• Young Scientist Presentation at 3rd IFIP international Conference for Bioinformatics at Bhopal.

Poster Presentation

---

• M Chopra, L Singh, A Kishore, M Mukesh, P Kumari, M Sodhi. Comparative Analysis of InducibleE Heat Shock Proyein Genes (HSPA1A and HSPA1B) in High Altitude Adapted Indian Yak and Mithun by IX Annual Convention of Society for Conservation of Domestic Animal Biodiversity (SOCDAB) on Feb 24-25, 2012 at Pune. Presented as poster presentation.

• A.Mukherjee, M Chopra, S. Polley, T. K Datta, S L Goswami, S De. Construction of fivemarker-enriched clusters on bovine Y chromosome by in silico analysis by 79th SBCI-IISc, Bangalor held on December 13-15, 2010 at Bangalore. P 289. Presented as Poster Presentation

• B Brahma, M.C Patra, S Karri, M Chopra, P Mishra, S Mohanty, B.C De, T.K Datta and S De. Buffalo Cathelicidins Display Remarkable Bactericidal Activity for Pathogenic Bacteria.4 Annual Conference of Indian Immunolog Society.University of Delhi November 15-17, 2013.

• S Kumar, R.K Singh, R.C Sharma, M Chopra, B Brahma, M.C Patra, S Mohanty, B.C De, T.K Datta and S De. MHC-DRB Gene Polymorphism in Indian Equines. 4 Annual Conference of Indian Immunolog Society.University of Delhi November 15-17, 2013.

• S Mohanty, B Brahma, S Kumar, S Karri, M Chopra, P Mishra, T.K Datta and S De. Buffalo Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Antigen 2 (BST2/Tetherin) Gene Transcript Variants. 4 Annual Conference of Indian Immunolog Society.University of Delhi November 15-17, 2013

Important Publications

---

• Brahma B, Kumar S, De BC, Mishra P, Patra MC Gaur D, Chopra M, Gautam D, Mahanty S, Malik H, Malakar D, Datta TK, De S.(2015) Comparative genomic analysis of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) NOD1 and NOD2 receptors and their functional role in in-vitro cellular immune response". ”PLoS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119178.

• Lal SV, Brahma B, Gohain M, Mohanta D, De BC, Chopra M, Dass G, Vats A, Upadhyay RC, Datta TK, De S.(2015) “Splice variants and seasonal expression of buffalo HSF genes” Cell Stress Chaperones. doi: 10.1007/s12192-014-0563-y.

• Singh L, Jayakumar S, Kaur N, Kumar K, Chopra M, Shukla SK, S, Kumar S and Gupta N, Sequence Analysis of Keratin Associated Protein (KAP7) Gene in Indigenous Breed of Yak. International Journal of Food Agriculture and Veterinary Science. Ms Num. JFAV 2012/02/03/032.