Dr. Shishir Adhikari is a leading principal investigator at the National Institute on Ageing and Health in Nepal. He is using his research expertise in Machine Learning and Experimental Biology to lead and expedite ageing and related healthcare research in Nepal. His academic training and research experience in the US, including four years of post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, have provided an excellent background for contributing to dementia research. Dr. Adhikari earned his PhD in Physics from Case Western Reserve University in the US, where he focused on the statistical physics of cell adhesion complexes and machine learning.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
- Shishir Adhikari, Alkan Kabakçıoğlu, Alexander Strang, Deniz Yuret, Michael Hinczewski, “Machine learning in and out of equilibrium” arXiv:2306.03521 (2023)
- Shabnam Sahay, Shishir Adhikari, Sahand Hormoz, Shaon Chakrabarti, “An improved rhythmicity analysis method using Gaussian Processes detects cell-density dependent circadian oscillations in stem cells” Bioinformatics (2023)
- Shishir Adhikari, Jacob Moran, Christopher Weddle, Michael Hinczewski, “Unraveling the mechanism of the cadherin-catenin-actin catch bond” PLoS Comput. Biol. 14, e1006399 (2018)