Bio
Staff scientist at Biodata Analytics Unit in the University of Helsinki. When not exploring data and communicating information, I spend time cycling in summer and playing badminton in winter.
Key research interests
- Computational Biology
- Transcriptomics at the level of bulk and single cell
- Multiomics
- Bioconductor package development
- Implementation of FAIR
datainformation - Application of machine learning
Teaching
At the University of Helsinki
Bulk RNAseq
Single cell data analysis
Experience
University Researcher | University of Helsinki | 2023 – present
Postdoc | University of Helsinki | 2014 – 23
PhD | CSIR-IGIB, Delhi | 2008 – 13
Lead Engineer | HCLTech | 2006 – 08
Selected papers
Calamari, Z. T., A. Song, E. Cohen, M. Akter, R. Das Roy, O. Hallikas, M. M. Christensen, P. Li, P. Marangoni, J. Jernvall and O. D. Klein (2024). Bank vole genomics links determinate and indeterminate growth of teeth. BMC Genomics 25(1): 1000.
Christensen, M. M., Hallikas, O., R. Das Roy., Väänänen, V., Stenberg, O. E., Häkkinen, T. J., … & Jernvall, J. (2023). The developmental basis for scaling of mammalian tooth size. PNAS, 120(25), e2300374120
Sulic, Ana-Marija, R. Das Roy, Verdiana Papagno, Qiang Lan, Riikka Saikkonen, Jukka Jernvall, Irma Thesleff, and Marja L. Mikkola. Transcriptomic landscape of early hair follicle and epidermal development. Cell Reports 42, no. 6 (2023).
R. Das Roy, Outi Hallikas, Mona M Christensen, Elodie Renvoisé, and Jukka Jernvall. 2021. Chromosomal neighbourhoods allow identification of organ specific changes in gene expression, PLoS computational biology, 17: e1008947.
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Education
PhD: Biotechnology | Pune University, India | 2008 - 15
Master of Computer Application | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | 2003 - 06.
B.Sc. Physics Honors | University of Calcutta | 1999 - 02.