Professor Dr. Ritwick Sawarkar

Biography

Ritwick Sawarkar is a leading researcher focused on understanding how cells respond to environmental stress and chemicals. His group employs various approaches, including genomics, single-cell transcriptomics, and proteomics, to investigate the transcriptional control of stress responses. They aim to elucidate the cellular pathways that sense stress signals, how chromatin influences these pathways, and the adaptive phenotypes that result from exposure to toxins. His research seeks to identify mechanisms that could mitigate the side effects of drugs, particularly RNA therapeutics. Notable publications include studies on the regulatory roles of heat-shock proteins and non-coding RNAs in transcriptional regulation, contributing significant insights into the fields of molecular biology and toxicology.

Research Interests