Aravind Kumar Bandari, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dermatology
School of Medicine

Dr. Aravind Kumar Bandari completed his Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore and obtained his Ph.D. Degree from Manipal Academy of Higher Education in Manipal. His thesis was focussed on the genomics of inherited immune disorders using next generation sequencing.

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Post Ph.D., he was involved in exploring genomic and proteomics approaches to improve diagnostic and therapeutic options for infectious disease -Tuberculosis. At UCSF, He is currently involved in studying molecular and genetic alterations in skin cancer.

Awards

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• Aravind Kumar Bandari, Manipal Academy of Higher education, Ph.D-10/2

Education & Training

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• Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences Institute of Bioinformatics 10/2020
• M.Sc Genetics Osmania University 06/2012
• B.Sc Biomedical Sciences Osmania University 06/2010

Interests

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• Genetics and Genomics
• Microbiology
• Cancer

Websites

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• Posts on X Aravind Kumar Bandari (X.com)
• Aravind Kumar Bandari, PhD (shainlab.ucsf.edu)

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
Growth DisordersExomeGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAbnormalities, MultipleFaceImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMycobacterium InfectionsCraniofacial AbnormalitiesHypogonadismReceptors, InterferonRNA Splice SitesMental Retardation, X-LinkedFingersInterleukin Receptor Common gamma Subunit

• Somatic mutations distinguish melanocyte subpopulations in human skin.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025 Tandukar B, Deivendran D, Chen L, Bahrani N, Weier B, Sharma H, Cruz-Pacheco N, Hu M, Marks K, Zitnay RG, Bandari AK, Nekoonam R, Yeh I, Judson-Torres R, Shain AH
• Genetic evolution of keratinocytes to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2024 Tandukar B, Deivendran D, Chen L, Cruz-Pacheco N, Sharma H, Xu A, Bandari AK, Chen DB, George C, Marty A, Cho RJ, Cheng J, Saylor D, Gerami P, Arron ST, Bastian BC, Shain AH
• Culture-Free Whole Genome Sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using Ligand-Mediated Bead Enrichment Method.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2024 Vasanthaiah S, Verma R, Kumar A, Bandari AK, George J, Rastogi M, Manjunath GK, Sharma J, Kumar A, Subramani J, Chawla K, Pandey A
• Molecular effects of indoor tanning.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2024 Gerami P, Tandukar B, Deivendran D, Olivares S, Chen L, Tang J, Tan T, Sharma H, Bandari AK, Cruz-Pacheco N, Chang D, Marty A, Olshen A, Murad NF, Song J, Lee J, Yeh I, Hunter Shain A
• A Novel LINS1 Truncating Mutation in Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Intellectual Disability.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2020 Muthusamy B, Bellad A, Prasad P, Bandari AK, Bhuvanalakshmi G, Kiragasur RM, Girimaj SC, Pandey A

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• A Novel Missense Variant in PHF6 Gene Causing Börjeson-Forssman-Lehman Syndrome.
  Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN 2020 Bellad A, Bandari AK, Pandey A, Girimaji SC, Muthusamy B
• A Novel Splice Site Mutation in IFNGR2 in Patients With Primary Immunodeficiency Exhibiting Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Diseases.
  Frontiers in immunology 2019 Bandari AK, Muthusamy B, Bhat S, Govindaraj P, Rajagopalan P, Dalvi A, Shankar S, Raja R, Reddy KS, Madkaikar M, Pandey A
• Family-Based Next-Generation Sequencing Study Identifies an IL2RG Variant in an Infant with Primary Immunodeficiency.
  Omics : a journal of integrative biology 2019 Bandari AK, Bhat S, Archana MV, Yadavalli S, Patel K, Rajagopalan P, Madugundu AK, Madkaikar M, Reddy K, Muthusamy B, Pandey A
• Exome sequencing reveals a novel splice site variant in HUWE1 gene in patients with suspected Say-Meyer syndrome.
  European journal of medical genetics 2019 Muthusamy B, Nguyen TT, Bandari AK, Basheer S, Selvan LDN, Chandel D, Manoj J, Gayen S, Seshagiri S, Chandra Girimaji S, Pandey A