Speaker
Dr. Ashok Kumar Patel
Indian Institute of Technology, India
Biography :
Dr. Ashok Kumar Patel is an Associate Professor at the School of Biological Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University. Dr. Patel has specialized knowledge in biology, with a strong focus on molecular and structural biology, biophysics, and biochemistry. His expertise encompasses chromatin dynamics and its link to diseases, epigenetic regulation, chromatin remodeling, and the mechanisms underlying transcriptional activation and elongation. Additionally, his research includes gene silencing in cancer, DNA replication, recombination, repair, and gene expression. Dr. Patel also investigates histone modifications and the roles of histone deacetylases (HDACs) and other chromatin remodeling factors in regulating the development and function of the heart, muscle, and brain. His work explores the actions of HDAC inhibitors in various developmental and pathological processes.
