Qualification(s)

• PhD in Biotechnology — Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
  Thesis: Identification and Functional Characterization of Long-range Chromatin Interactions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• MSc in Biochemistry — University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
• BSc (Honors) in Biochemistry — Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Specialization

• Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Biotechnology
• Genomics and Epigenomics

Research Areas

• Chromatin dynamics and epigenetic regulation
• DNA replication, DNA damage and repair
• Infection biology, genome organization, and Host–pathogen interactions

Research Experience

Research Publications

7 peer-reviewed publications include articles in Nucleic Acids Research, Science Advances, mSystems and Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy.

Selected Publications (Best Five)

1. Dazhen Liu*, Mohit Mishra*, Humayra Oishi, Aneek Mirza, Iman Fatimah Mohajjir, Neha Chetlangia, Jay Sonalkar, Yo-Chuen Lin, Kannanganattu V. Prasanth, and Supriya G. Prasanth, “DNA-damage dependent association of Orc6 to ISWI during S-phase modulates chromatin remodeling” , Nucleic Acids Research (2026), as First author, Equal contribution.
2. Neha Chetlangia, Bhushan L. Thakur, Christophe E. Redon, Oraya J. Zinder*, Mohit Mishra*, Lorinc S. Pongor, You Jin Song, Darya Asoudegi, Dazhen Liu, Christopher J. Fields, Kannanganattu V. Prasanth, Mirit I. Aladjem, and Supriya G. Prasanth, “Polycomb-mediated 3D-genome organization controls replication timing” , Science Advances (2026). *Equal contribution
3. Mohit Mishra, Ajay Arya, Md. Zubbair Malik, Akanksha Mishra, Seyed E. Hasnain, Rakesh Bhatnagar, Shandar Ahmad, Rupesh Chaturvedi, “Differential genome organization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains H37Rv and H37Ra” , mSystems (2025).
4. Sanjay Kumar, Md Zubbair Malik, Maya Chaturvedi, Mohit Mishra, Marzia Di Donato, Amelia Casamassimi, Ciro Abbondanza, Patrizia Gazzerro, Chuong Nguyen, Nicole N. Nuñez, Somdutta Sen, Brad Niles, Rupesh Chaturvedi, “siRNA-based Therapeutic Candidate Targeting PRDM2 for Inhibition of Lung Cancer Progression” , Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (2025).
5. Maya Chaturvedi, Mohit Mishra*, Achyut Pandey, Jyoti Gupta, Jyoti Pandey, Shilpi Gupta, Md Zubbair Malik, Pallavi Somvanshi, Rupesh Chaturvedi, “Curcumin oxidation products inhibit H. pylori VacA”, Molecules (2022), as First author. *Equal contribution

Fellowships & Awards

• CSIR-UGC NET JRF
• CSIR-UGC NET
• GATE Life Sciences
• EMBO International Travel Award, Epigenome Research Conference, Croatia (2022)

Conferences, Workshops & Presentations

Presented research at national and international conferences and workshops, including the Midwest DNA Repair Symposium, EMBO conference on epigenome inheritance and mycobacterial heterogeneity, and conferences focused on cancer prevention, precision medicine, developmental biology, drug design, and biomedical research in USA, Croatia and India.