Joining in May, 2017 As Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, IISER Bhopal

Dr. Nagarjun Vijay

Joining in May, 2017 as Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, IISER Bhopal

Background and Experience:

 2016-2017: Research Scholar, University of Michigan, USA  2011-2016: Ph.D. Evolutionary Genomics, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Sweden  2009-2011 : Master of Science in Bioinformatics from Uppsala University, Sweden  2007-2009 : Assistant Systems Engineer, TATA Consultancy Services, Kochi, India  2003-2007 : Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India

Research Interests:  Evolutionary genomics – Complexity, novelty & plasticity  Bioinformatic methods – for evolutionary studies  RNA splicing, expression & modifications

Publications:

1. Vijay N*, Poelstra JW*, Künstner A, Wolf JBW (2013) Challenges and strategies in transcriptome assembly and differential gene expression quantification. A comprehensive in silico assessment of RNA-seq experiments. Molecular Ecology, 22, 620–634.

2. Vijay N*, Bossu C*, Poelstra JW, Weissensteiner M, Suh A, Kryukov P A, Wolf JBW. (2016) Evolution of heterogeneous genome differentiation across multiple contact zones in a crow species complex. Nature Communications 7, Article number: 13195 3. Poelstra JW*, Vijay N*, Bossu C*, Lantz H, Ryll B, Müller I, Baglione V, Unneberg P, Wikelski M, Grabherr MG, Wolf JBW (2014) The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows. Science, 344, 1410–1414.

4. Foote AD*, Vijay N*, Maria Avila-Arcos, Baird R, Durban J, Morin P, Fumagalli M, Gibbs R, Hanson B, Korneliussen T, Martin M, Robertson K, Sousa V, Vieira F, Vinar T, Wade P, Worley K, Excoffier L, Gilbert T, Wolf J. (2016) Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence in the killer whale. Nature Communications 7, Article number: 11693

5. Vijay N. (2016) Digest: Why are there no ring species? Evolution, 71-2 , 1558-5646

6. Vijay N, Weissensteiner M, Burri R, Kawakami T, Ellegren H, Wolf JBW. (2017). Genome-wide signatures of genetic variation within and between populations - a comparative perspective. Available on bioRxiv (in review) 7. Dutoit L, Vijay N, Mugal CF, Bossu CM, Burri R, Wolf JBW, Ellegren H. (2017). Covariation in levels of nucleotide diversity in homologous regions of the avian genome long after completion of lineage sorting. Proc. R. Soc. B 284-1849

8. Poelstra JW, Vijay N, Hoeppner MP and Wolf JBW. (2015) Transcriptomics of colour patterning and colouration shifts in crows. Molecular Ecology, 24, 4617–4628.

9. Zamani N, Russell P, Lantz H, Hoeppner MP, Meadows JRS, Vijay N, Mauceli E, di Palma F, Lindblad-Toh K, Jern P, Grabherr MG (2013) Unsupervised genome-wide recognition of local relationship patterns. BMC Genomics, 14, 347.

10. Shafer ABA*, Wolf JBW*, Alves PC, Bergström L, Bruford MW, Brännström I, Colling G, Dalen L, Meester LD, Ekblom R, Fawcett KD, Fior S, Hajibabaei M, Hill JA, Hoezel AR, Höglund J, Jensen EL, Krause J, Kristensen TN, Krützen M, McKay JK, Norman AJ, Ogden R, Österling EM, Ouborg NJ, Piccolo J, Popović D, Primmer CR, Reed FA, Roumet M, Salmona J, Schenekar T, Schwartz MK, Segelbacher G, Senn H, Thaulow J, Valtonen M, Veale A, Vergeer P, Vijay N, Vilà C, Weissensteiner M, Wennerström L, Wheat CW, Zieliński P (2015) Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30, 78–87.

11. Foote AD, Liu Y, Thomas GWC, Vinař T, Alföldi J, Deng J, Dugan S, Elk CEV, Hunter ME, Joshi V, Khan Z, Kovar C, Lee SL, Lindblad-Toh K, Mancia A, Nielsen R, Qin X, Qu J, Raney BJ, Vijay N, Wolf JBW, Hahn MW, Muzny DM, Worley KC, Gilbert MTP, Gibbs RA (2015) Convergent evolution of the genomes of marine mammals. Nature Genetics, 47-3, 272-275. * shared first authorship