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Rafi is the leader of the Bioinformatics and Biodiscovery group (B&B), which is one of the groups funded by strategic research grant from INN.
He was part of the research group, which won the Research prize for best INN research group 2018. Rafi is the project leader for two RCN projects ( AMR-Diag and ABR-Diag) on novel diagnostics for antibiotic resistance and is the WP leader for a number of RCN, RFFI and Helse Sør Øst funded projects.
He is affiliated to Nor-OpenScreen (the Norwegian node of the EU-Openscreen infrastructure project) via an MoU with Prof. Kjetil Tasken, Biotechnology Centre, University of Oslo/Oslo University Hospital (OUS).
He is also part of the TTA - Turning the Tide of Antimicrobial resistance consortium ( https://www.ous-research.no/amr/ ), which is lead by the Oslo University Hospital.
Current Projects
Nye verktøy for bærekraftig avl og høy fruktbarhet i effektiv husdyrproduksjon
Brief CV
Education Profile
1996 - 2000 Bachelor of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi, India
2000 - 2001 Master of Science in Bioinformatics, University of Exeter, UK
2004 - 2008 PhD Bioinformatics & Drug Discovery, University of Tromsø, Norway
Work Experience
2018 - Till Date Associate Professor, The Artic University of Tromsø (50 % positionfrom Oct-2018)
2017 - Expert reviewer for EU H2020 grant applications
2016 - Till Date Associate Professor, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway (70% from Oct-2018)
2013 - 2015 Leader New Molecule Profiling, Open Innovation, AstraZeneca, Molndal, Sweden
2011 - 2013 Senior Research Scientist, Medivir AB, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 - 2013 Project Leader, Antibiotic Resistance, Medivir AB, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 - 2011 Post Doc Drug Discovery and Design, Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, University of Tromsø, Norway
2002 - 2004 Research Scientist, Team Leader, Accerlys Inc., Banglore, India
Current Students
PostDoc
2017-2019
Abdolrahman Khezri
2018-2021
PhD
2018 - 2021
Master (M. Sc 1 year project) - Current
Roshan Mandal
Sanjeev Shakya
Bijay Thapa
Master (M. Sc 1 year project) - Past (2016 onwards)
Lana Kragulj, Narayan Prasad Koirala, Prabin Bhandari, Elizabeth, Valentina Krivenjeva, Ewelina Rojek, Mithlesh Kumar Ray
Rafi in Media
Research prize for best INN research group 2018
AMR-Diag project mentioned as a is a defining characteristic of INN University
Link to INN Bioinformatics Strategic Area, lead by Rafi
Talk at Forkningsdagene on Antibiotic Resistance (2018)
News about new project funding from RCN on ABR
Rafi in NRK news from (skip to time 1:20)
Ekspertområder
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Bioinformatics
- Machine Learning and Big Data Analysis
- Biotechnology
- Drug Discovery
- Genomics
- Next Generation Sequecing