Sequencing and curation strategies for identifying candidate glioblastoma treatments
- Mayu O. Frank
- Takahiko Koyama
- et al.
- 2019
- BMC Medical Genomics
Ajay Royyuru
Title
IBM Fellow; Chief Science Officer, HCLS Research
Bio
Ajay Royyuru serves as Chief Science Officer for Healthcare & Life Sciences research at IBM. This team, part of Accelerated Discovery mission in IBM Research, is actively pursuing high quality science, developing novel technologies and achieving translational insights across this industry, including areas of cancer, cardiovascular & metabolic, neurological & mental health, immunological & infectious diseases.
Working with institutions around the world, he pursues science and technology approaches to accelerating discovery in healthcare and life sciences. His work has featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, Forbes, Scientific American, Nature Medicine, and Nature news articles.
After his undergraduate and masters education in human biology and biophysics from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Ajay obtained his Ph. D. in molecular biology from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. He had postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York and a brief stint at scientific software development before joining IBM Research.
Publications
Enhancing Next-Generation Sequencing-Guided Cancer Care Through Cognitive Computing
- Nirali M. Patel
- Vanessa V. Michelini
- et al.
- 2017
- Oncologist
Comparing sequencing assays and human-machine analyses in actionable genomics for glioblastoma
- Kazimierz O. Wrzeszczynski
- Mayu O. Frank
- et al.
- 2017
- Neurology: Genetics
Aboriginal Australian mitochondrial genome variation - An increased understanding of population antiquity and diversity
- Nano Nagle
- Mannis Van Oven
- et al.
- 2017
- Scientific Reports
The Genetic History of Peruvian Quechua-Lamistas and Chankas: Uniparental DNA Patterns among Autochthonous Amazonian and Andean Populations
- José R. Sandoval
- Daniela R. Lacerda
- et al.
- 2016
- Annals of Human Genetics
Genetic heritage of the balto-slavic speaking populations: A synthesis of autosomal, mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal data
- Alena Kushniarevich
- Olga Utevska
- et al.
- 2015
- PLoS ONE
Fabrication of sub-20 nm nanopore arrays in membranes with embedded metal electrodes at wafer scales
- Jingwei Bai
- Deqiang Wang
- et al.
- 2014
- Nanoscale
Genetic diversity in Puerto Rico and its implications for the peopling of the Island and the West Indies
- Miguel G. Vilar
- Carlalynne Melendez
- et al.
- 2014
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Controlling the motion of DNA in a nanochannel with transversal alternating electric voltages
- Binquan Luan
- Chao Wang
- et al.
- 2014
- Nanotechnology
Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins
- Eran Elhaik
- Tatiana Tatarinova
- et al.
- 2014
- Nature Communications
Patents
- CN
- ZL201680003718.3
- US
- 10934581
- JP
- 6804721
- US
- 10546019
- US
- 10534813
- GB
- 2510484
- US
- 10267784
- GB
- 2519904
- JP
- 6274455
- US
- 9846141
Blog posts
Why now is the time to accelerate discoveries in health care
NewsSolomon Assefa, Ajay Royyuru, Jianying Hu, Michal Rosen-Zvi, William Ogallo, and Kommy Weldemariam
Top collaborators
LP
Laxmi Parida
IBM Fellow, Industry Diamond, Master Inventor
KN
Kely Norel
Staff Research Scientist @ Digital Health
EB
Erhan Bilal
Reasearch Staff Member