Sourav Roy

Sourav Roy

PhD Candidate

Research Interests

Promoter Analysis, Protein-protein interaction, Pathway Protein, Somitogenesis and Defence Signalling.

Previous Research

Prediction of Molecular Properties of Notch-Delta Pathway Proteins Involved in Somitogenesis

Research Group

Judelson Lab, Department of Plant Pathology.

Biography

Currently a PhD candidate in the Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics PhD program at University of California, Riverside, I received my Masters degree in Bioinformatics from the School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington. Before joining the School of Informatics in Fall, 2004 I worked fulltime for 4 years as the Corporate Business Head of LCC Infotech Ltd., one of India's largest Software Education and Training Companies. I received my first masters degree from the University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India. and went on to complete a PG Diploma in IT and Management recognized as MBA(Systems) from the All India Management Association, before joining LCC Infotech Ltd.

Educational Profile

  • MS in Bioinformatics - School of Informatics Indiana University, Bloomington, May, 2006.
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology & Management [equivalent to MBA (systems)] - All India Management Association, 2000.
  • M.Sc in Zoology with specialization in Cytogenetics - University of Kalyani, 1998.
  • B.Sc with Honors in Zoology - University of Calcutta, 1996.

    • Professional Qualifications

  • Diploma in RDBMS - Software Solution Integrated, 1999.
  • Certified Internet Business Strategist - Novell, 2001.

    • Employment Profile

  • Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Riverside, September, 2007 - to date.
  • Dean's Distinguished Fellow, University of California, Riverside, August, 2006 - August, 2007.
  • Research Assistant - School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, August, 2004 - May, 2006.
  • Corporate Business Head - LCC Infotech Ltd., July, 2001 - June, 2004.
  • Area Manager - LCC Infotech Ltd., March, 2001 - June, 2001.
  • Center Manager - LCC Infotech Ltd., August 2000 - February, 2001.

    • Awards & Achievements

  • Graduate Research Assistantship from University of California, Riverside, 2008-2009.
  • Graduate Research Assistantship from University of California, Riverside, 2007-2008.
  • Dean's Distinguished Fellowship Award from University of California, Riverside, 2006-2007.
  • Graduate Research Assistantship and In-state tuition scholarship from Virginia Tech, 2006 - declined.
  • University Graduate Scholarship and University Graduate Assistantship from University of Cincinnati, 2006 - declined.
  • Teaching Assistantship and fellowship from University of California, Merced, 2006 - declined.
  • Research Assistantship from the School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington for 2005 - 2006.
  • Research Assistantship from the School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington for 2004 - 2005.
  • Cleared Test of Employability as Manager conducted by All India Management Association in 2000.
  • Cleared Management Aptitude Test conducted by All India Management Association in 1998.
  • Merit Scholarship from the University of Kalyani in 1997.

    • Publications

  • Unraveling the nature of the segmentation clock: Intrinsic disorder of clock proteins and their interaction map.Comput Biol Chem. 2006 Aug;30(4):241-8. Epub 2006 Jun 22.
  • Is the intrinsic disorder of proteins the cause of the scale-free architecture of protein-protein interaction networks?
    • Proteomics Vol7 Issue6; 961-4. Epub 2007 Feb 6.

    Other Activities

  • Assistant Secretary - Vivekananda Seva Kendra, 2004-to date.
  • Played First Class Cricket, represented Kalyani University for two consecutive years, 1996-97, 1997-98.
  • Represented Vidyasagar College in inter-college cricket tournaments in 1994-95, 1995-96.
  • Member of National Service Scheme, 1993-1996.

    • Interests

  • Reading, Sports, Dramatics.