Venkatesh Kamaraj
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Venkatesh Kamaraj is an HDR candidate in the Computational Cancer Immunogenomics Laboratory, led by Dr. Stefano Mangiola, at the South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI), University of Adelaide.
Venkatesh holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Before joining SAiGENCI, he was a Project Scientist at the Centre for Integrative Biology and Systems Medicine, IIT Madras. There, he developed novel computational frameworks to analyze large-scale genome graphs, identifying population-specific structural complexities and functional features in human genomes. He also contributed to the GenomeIndia Project, a landmark national initiative to understand the genetic diversity of Indian populations.
His current research at SAiGENCI focuses on studying the immune system's behavior in cancer using large-scale single-cell data. By integrating bioinformatics, systems biology, and data science, he aims to gain a better understanding of immune regulation, cellular diversity, and disease mechanisms in cancer.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - 2025 Project Scientist Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2021 - 2022 Junior Research Fellow Indian Institute of Technology Madras -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Hindi Can read, write and understand spoken Tamil Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2015 - 2019 Indian Institute of Technology Madras India Bachelor of Technology -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Bhattacharyya, C., Subramanian, K., Uppili, B., Biswas, N. K., Ramdas, S., Tallapaka, K. B., . . . Kahali, B. (2025). Mapping genetic diversity with the GenomeIndia project. Nature Genetics, 57(4), 767-773.
2025 Kamaraj, V., Gupta, A., Raman, K., Narayanan, M., & Sinha, H. (2025). GViNC: an innovative framework for genome graph comparison reveals hidden patterns in the genetic diversity of human populations.. NAR genomics and bioinformatics, 7(3), lqaf121.
2024 Kamaraj, V., & Sinha, H. (2024). SCI-VCF: a cross-platform GUI solution to summarize, compare, inspect and visualize the variant call format.. NAR genomics and bioinformatics, 6(3), lqae083.
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Preprint
Year Citation 2024 Kamaraj, V., Gupta, A., Raman, K., Narayanan, M., & Sinha, H. (2024). GViNC: an innovative framework for genome graph comparison reveals hidden patterns in the genetic diversity of human populations.
DOI2023 Kamaraj, V., & Sinha, H. (2023). SCI-VCF: A cross-platform GUI solution to Summarise, Compare, Inspect, and Visualise the Variant Call Format.
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