👋 Hi, I'm Rahul Nikam I’m a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Michigan, working in the field of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. I hold a PhD in Computational Biology from IIT Madras, where I developed tools like Seq2Feature, DeepBSRPred, and ProThermDB under the mentorship of Prof. M. Michael Gromiha.
My research focuses on:
Protein–protein interaction prediction
Binding affinity analysis
Metagenomics & metatranscriptomics
Machine learning & deep learning applications in biology
🧬 I'm passionate about combining biology, code, and data to understand complex biological systems.
🛠 Tools & Languages Python, R, Snakemake, Nextflow
Bioconductor, DESeq2, QIIME2, scikit-learn, PyTorch
RNA-Seq, WGS, and microbiome analysis pipelines
📌 Notable Projects 🔬 Seq2Feature: Sequence-to-feature extraction tool for machine learning
🔍 DeepBSRPred: Deep learning-based binding sites predictor
📊 ProThermDB: Database of thermodynamic data for protein mutations
🌱 Currently Exploring Microbiome shifts across age and gender
Metatranscriptome analysis of human oral samples
AI-driven design of protein complexes
📫 Connect with Me 🧪 Google Scholar