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Dr. Tanmoy Roychowdhury

30 Apr 2026

Dr. Tanmoy Roychowdhury, Associate Professor of Biology at the Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, has been awarded with the 'GENOME India and Microbiome' grant by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).  Project Title: "𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’‘ 𝒐𝒇 π’—π’‚π’“π’Šπ’‚π’ƒπ’π’† π’π’–π’Žπ’ƒπ’†π’“ 𝒐𝒇 π’•π’‚π’π’…π’†π’Ž 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 π’‘π’π’π’šπ’Žπ’π’“π’‘π’‰π’Šπ’”π’Žπ’” π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘°π’π’…π’Šπ’‚π’ π’‘π’π’‘π’–π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’‚π’‘π’‘π’π’Šπ’„π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” π’Šπ’ π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’π’†π’™ π’…π’Šπ’”π’†π’‚π’”π’†π’”."

This two-year study will explore the Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) in the Indian genomes. VNTRs are multi-allelic variants at which a DNA sequence (7 to thousands) is repeated, with the number of repeats varying among individuals, and are increasingly linked to common cardiometabolic diseases and cancers. Using Genome India and publicly available south Asian genomes, this study aims to create reference maps and understand intra-population variations. 

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