Mitali Mukerji

This study examines the nesting strategies of Dusky Crag Martins in the Thar Desert, revealing their use of soil layers with specific elemental properties to enhance nest structure and resilience.

This study analyzes genetic diversity in Thar Desert communities, revealing migration, cultural influences, and admixture shaping their genetic landscape.

This study determines the crystal structures of PaIMPase and proposes three Mg2+-dependent catalytic mechanisms based on structural and kinetic analyses.

This study uses connectivity mapping to show meditation shares molecular signatures with drugs targeting neuroactive pathways, suggesting it modulates brain excitation-inhibition balance.

This study identifies gallic acid as an inhibitor of PaSuhB, revealing its role in suppressing bacterial growth and motility through structural and functional analysis.

This study shows how environmental filtering and functional shifts in desert bird communities drive species richness patterns under climate change, highlighting the need for trait-based approaches.

This study redefines desert conservation by showing that arid environments support significant biodiversity, using avian and insect data to challenge the wasteland perception.

This study identifies a differential avian diversity gradient in tropical deserts, showing higher diversity near the Tropic of Cancer compared to the Tropic of Capricorn.

This study integrates Ayurveda with modern medical data to classify rare diseases into six clusters, revealing potential ciliopathies in specific clusters.

The paper uses Connectivity Map to analyze meditation-induced transcriptomes and finds overlap with drug responses, suggesting potential therapeutic mechanisms.

The paper uses whole exome sequencing to show lower somatic mutation burden in vitiligo lesions, linked to reduced non-melanoma skin cancer risk through enhanced DNA repair.

The paper investigates birth weight in a high altitude Ladakhi population using GWAS and ancestry analysis, finding evidence of Tibetan ancestry and nominal associations with birthweight-related genes.

The paper identifies potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 compounds from Cissampelos pareira L. using connectivity map analysis and in vitro testing, showing high inhibition of viral replication.

The paper analyzes intra-host Single Nucleotide Variations (iSNVs) in SARS-CoV-2 genomes across multiple time points and regions, finding that many iSNVs later become population-level variants and some may contribute to immune escape.

HLA-SPREAD curates HLA associations from PubMed abstracts using NLP, providing structured data on diseases, ADRs, and populations across 112 countries and 32 ethnic groups.

The paper computes polygenic risk scores for COVID-19 severity in Indian sub-populations using GWAS summary statistics and finds a positive correlation between genetic risk scores and mortality.

This study identifies molecular links between ESR1 modulation and viral inhibition through transcriptome analysis of Cissampelos pareira extract in MCF7 cells.

The paper identifies mutational patterns in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein using genomic and structural data, finding structural changes that may affect vaccine efficacy.

The paper identifies genetic variations associated with three Ayurvedic constitution types using exome sequencing and computational methods, revealing actionable SNPs and genes with pleiotropic effects.

This study establishes iPSC-derived neuronal cell lines for SCA12, identifies interferon signaling and inflammatory signatures as key transcriptomic features.