Juilee Thakar, Ph.D.
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Juilee Thakar, Ph.D.
About Me
Faculty Appointments
Associate Professor - Department of Microbiology and Immunology (SMD)
Associate Professor - Department of Biomedical Genetics (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Post-doctoral Training & Residency
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, USA 2011 - 2013
Cancer Research Institute fellow, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, USA 2006 - 2010
Education
PhD | Germany-U Wurzburg. Bioinformatics. 2006
MSc with certificate | India-Univ of Pune, Pune. Microbiology and Computational Biology. 2003
BSc | India-Univ of Pune, Pune. Microbiology and Mathematics. 2001
Awards
Novel Biostatistical and Epidemiologic Methods (NBEM) Awards. 2016 - 2017
PhRMA research starter award in informatics. 2015 - 2016
Beutner Speaker. 2014
Cancer-Research-Institute fellowship. 2008 - 2010
Shankar Subramaniam award in systems biology research. 2007
The Association for the Study of Animal Behavior fellowship. 2001
Research
Publications
Journal Articles
Cornwell AB, Zhang Y, Thondamal M, Johnson DW, Thakar J, Samuelson AV
GeroScience.. 2024 October 46 (5):4827-4854. Epub 06/15/2024.
Wang RH, Thakar J
NAR genomics and bioinformatics.. 2024 September 6 (3):lqae124. Epub 09/24/2024.
Dunlap G, Wagner A, Meednu N, Wang R, Zhang F, Ekabe JC, Jonsson AH, Wei K, Sakaue S, Nathan A, , Bykerk VP, Donlin LT, Goodman SM, Firestein GS, Boyle DL, Holers VM, Moreland LW, Tabechian D, Pitzalis C, Filer A, Raychaudhuri S, Brenner MB, Thakar J, McDavid A, Rao DA, Anolik JH
Nature communications.. 2024 June 1115 (1):4991. Epub 06/11/2024.
Kassis G, Palshikar MG, Hilchey SP, Zand MS, Thakar J
Journal of theoretical biology.. 2024 April 21583 :111769. Epub 02/28/2024.
Thakar J
Journal of theoretical biology.. 2024 February 7578 :111682. Epub 11/25/2023.
Mosmann TR, Rebhahn JA, De Rosa SC, Keefer MC, McElrath MJ, Rouphael NG, Pantaleo G, Gilbert PB, Corey L, Kobie JJ, Thakar J
Frontiers in immunology.. 2024 15 :1347926. Epub 06/06/2024.
Cornwell A, Zhang Y, Thondamal M, Johnson DW, Thakar J, Samuelson AV
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.. 2023 November 22 Epub 11/22/2023.
Zhou T, Gilliam NJ, Li S, Spandau S, Osborn RM, Connor S, Anderson CS, Mariani TJ, Thakar J, Dewhurst S, Mathews DH, Huang L, Sun Y
mBio.. 2023 June 2714 (3):e0025023. Epub 04/19/2023.
Lazaro-Pena MI, Cornwell AB, Diaz-Balzac CA, Das R, Ward ZC, Macoretta N, Thakar J, Samuelson AV
eLife.. 2023 June 2012 Epub 06/20/2023.
Lazaro-Pena MI, Cornwell AB, Diaz-Balzac CA, Das R, Macoretta N, Thakar J, Samuelson AV
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.. 2023 June 14 Epub 06/14/2023.
Palshikar MG, Min X, Crystal A, Meng J, Hilchey SP, Zand MS, Thakar J
Journal of proteome research.. 2023 May 522 (5):1546-1556. Epub 03/31/2023.
Beck LA, Pesonen M, Thakar J, Georas SN, Järvinen KM
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine.. 2023 March 1207 (5):632-633. Epub 1900 01 01.
Osborn RM, Leach J, Zanche M, Ashton JM, Chu C, Thakar J, Dewhurst S, Rosenberger S, Pavelka M, Pryhuber GS, Mariani TJ, Anderson CS
PloS one.. 2023 18 (2):e0281898. Epub 02/24/2023.
Huang Y, Zhang Y, Seaton KE, De Rosa S, Heptinstall J, Carpp LN, Randhawa AK, McKinnon LR, McLaren P, Viegas E, Gray GE, Churchyard G, Buchbinder SP, Edupuganti S, Bekker LG, Keefer MC, Hosseinipour MC, Goepfert PA, Cohen KW, Williamson BD, McElrath MJ, Tomaras GD, Thakar J, Kobie JJ,
EBioMedicine.. 2022 October 84 :104271. Epub 09/27/2022.
Zhou T, Gilliam NJ, Li S, Spaudau S, Osborn RM, Anderson CS, Mariani TJ, Thakar J, Dewhurst S, Mathews DH, Huang L, Sun Y
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.. 2022 September 23 Epub 09/23/2022.
Palshikar MG, Palli R, Tyrell A, Maggirwar S, Schifitto G, Singh MV, Thakar J
NPJ systems biology and applications.. 2022 September 218 (1):35. Epub 09/21/2022.
Hilchey SP, Palshikar MG, Mendelson ES, Shen S, Rasam S, Emo JA, Qu J, Thakar J, Zand MS
Life.. 2022 August 2212 (8)Epub 08/22/2022.
Palshikar MG, Hilchey SP, Zand MS, Thakar J
Bioinformatics.. 2022 January 1238 (3):869-871. Epub 1900 01 01.
Cornwell A, Llop JR, Salzman P, Rasmussen N, Thakar J, Samuelson AV
Frontiers in aging.. 2022 3 :861701. Epub 04/28/2022.
Järvinen KM, Davis EC, Bevec E, Jackson CM, Pizzarello C, Catlin E, Klein M, Sunkara A, Diaz N, Miller J, Martina CA, Thakar J, Seppo AE, Looney RJ,
Frontiers in pediatrics.. 2022 10 :916184. Epub 07/06/2022.
McCall MN, Chu CY, Wang L, Benoodt L, Thakar J, Corbett A, Holden-Wiltse J, Slaunwhite C, Grier A, Gill SR, Falsey AR, Topham DJ, Caserta MT, Walsh EE, Qiu X, Mariani TJ
PLoS computational biology.. 2021 December 17 (12):e1009617. Epub 12/28/2021.
Dräger A, Helikar T, Barberis M, Birtwistle M, Calzone L, Chaouiya C, Hasenauer J, Karr JR, Niarakis A, Rodríguez Martínez M, Saez-Rodriguez J, Thakar J
Bioinformatics.. 2021 November 537 (21):3702-3706. Epub 1900 01 01.
Seppo AE, Bu K, Jumabaeva M, Thakar J, Choudhury R, Yonemitsu C, Bode L, Martina CA, Allen M, Tamburini S, Piras E, Wallach DS, Looney RJ, Clemente JC, Järvinen KM
Allergy.. 2021 November 76 (11):3489-3503. Epub 05/14/2021.
Cornwell A, Palli R, Singh MV, Benoodt L, Tyrell A, Abe JI, Schifitto G, Maggirwar SB, Thakar J
Scientific reports.. 2021 February 511 (1):3232. Epub 02/05/2021.
Seppo AE, Choudhury R, Pizzarello C, Palli R, Fridy S, Rajani PS, Stern J, Martina C, Yonemitsu C, Bode L, Bu K, Tamburini S, Piras E, Wallach DS, Allen M, Looney RJ, Clemente JC, Thakar J, Järvinen KM
Frontiers in immunology.. 2021 12 :741513. Epub 10/11/2021.
Eisenhaber F, Thakar J, Ponte-Sucre A, Dandekar T
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology.. 2021 9 :828632. Epub 01/11/2022.
Thakar J, Qian Y, Benoodt L, Roumanes D, Qiu X, Laniewski N, Chu C, Slaunwhite C, Wang L, Mandava A, Chang I, Falsey AR, Caserta MT, Mariani TJ, Scheuermann RH, Walsh EE, Topham DJ
Vaccine: X.. 2020 August 75 :100065. Epub 04/21/2020.
Palli R, Seaton KE, Piepenbrink MS, Hural J, Goepfert PA, Laher F, Buchbinder SP, Churchyard G, Gray GE, Robinson HL, Huang Y, Janes H, Kobie JJ, Keefer MC, Tomaras GD, Thakar J
Scientific reports.. 2020 August 310 (1):13031. Epub 08/03/2020.
Hilchey SP, Palshikar MG, Emo JA, Li D, Garigen J, Wang J, Mendelson ES, Cipolla V, Thakar J, Zand MS
BMC immunology.. 2020 March 1821 (1):13. Epub 03/18/2020.
Benoodt L, Thakar J
Methods in molecular biology.. 2020 2131 :199-211. Epub 1900 01 01.
Nakaya HI, Thakar J, Maracaja-Coutinho V
Frontiers in genetics.. 2020 11 :985. Epub 09/09/2020.
Rivera-Escalera F, Pinney JJ, Owlett L, Ahmed H, Thakar J, Olschowka JA, Elliott MR, O'Banion MK
Journal of neuroinflammation.. 2019 December 1016 (1):261. Epub 12/10/2019.
Mallon TM, Krahl PK, Haines KM, Walker DI, Thatcher T, Woeller CF, Thakar J, Hopke PK, Gaydos JC, Smith MR, Uppal K, Go YM, Jones DP, Utell M
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2019 December 61 Suppl 12 :S1-S4. Epub 1900 01 01.
Krahl PL, Benchoff E, Go YM, Jones DP, Smith MR, Walker DI, Uppal K, Woeller CF, Thatcher TH, Thakar J, Phipps RP, Hopke P, Utell MJ, Mallon TM
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2019 December 61 Suppl 12 :S5-S14. Epub 1900 01 01.
Thatcher TH, Woeller CF, Thakar J, Khan A, Hopke PK, Smith MR, Uppal K, Walker DI, Go YM, Jones DP, Krahl PL, Mallon TM, Sime PJ, Phipps RP, Utell MJ
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2019 December 61 Suppl 12 (Suppl 12):S45-S54. Epub 1900 01 01.
Khan A, Thatcher TH, Woeller CF, Sime PJ, Phipps RP, Hopke PK, Utell MJ, Krahl PL, Mallon TM, Thakar J
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2019 December 61 Suppl 12 (Suppl 12):S55-S64. Epub 1900 01 01.
Thakar J, Thatcher TH, Smith MR, Woeller CF, Walker DI, Utell MJ, Hopke PK, Mallon TM, Krahl PL, Rohrbeck P, Go YM, Jones DP, Uppal K
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2019 December 61 Suppl 12 (Suppl 12):S65-S72. Epub 1900 01 01.
Woeller CF, Thatcher TH, Thakar J, Cornwell A, Smith MR, Jones DP, Hopke PK, Sime PJ, Krahl P, Mallon TM, Phipps RP, Utell MJ
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2019 December 61 Suppl 12 (Suppl 12):S82-S89. Epub 1900 01 01.
Palli R, Palshikar MG, Thakar J
PLoS computational biology.. 2019 September 15 (9):e1007317. Epub 09/03/2019.
Walsh EE, Mariani TJ, Chu C, Grier A, Gill SR, Qiu X, Wang L, Holden-Wiltse J, Corbett A, Thakar J, Benoodt L, McCall MN, Topham DJ, Falsey AR, Caserta MT
JMIR research protocols.. 2019 June 68 (6):e12907. Epub 06/06/2019.
Sarkar S, Piepenbrink MS, Basu M, Thakar J, Keefer MC, Hessell AJ, Haigwood NL, Kobie JJ
Vaccine.. 2019 April 1737 (17):2322-2330. Epub 03/27/2019.
Cornwell AB, Llop JR, Salzman P, Thakar J, Samuelson AV
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE.. 2018 June 29 (136)Epub 06/29/2018.
Zhang Y, Thakar J, Topham DJ, Falsey AR, Zeng D, Qiu X.
Mathematics for Applications. 2018; 7: 3-10.
Palli R, Thakar J
Methods in molecular biology.. 2018 1819 :385-402. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mariani TJ, Qiu X, Chu CY, Wang L, Thakar J, Holden-Wiltse J, Corbett A, Topham DJ, Falsey AR, Caserta MT, Walsh EE
The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2017 November 15216 (8):1027-1037. Epub 1900 01 01.
Connor R, Jones LD, Qiu X, Thakar J, Maggirwar SB
Journal of leukocyte biology.. 2017 October 102 (4):953-964. Epub 06/29/2017.
Zhang Y, Topham DJ, Thakar J, Qiu X
Bioinformatics.. 2017 July 133 (13):1944-1952. Epub 1900 01 01.
Khan A, Katanic D, Thakar J
BMC bioinformatics.. 2017 June 618 (1):295. Epub 06/06/2017.
Van Twisk D, Murphy SP, Thakar J
Immunology.. 2017 May 151 (1):71-80. Epub 02/09/2017.
Katanic D, Khan A, Thakar J
Journal of immunological methods.. 2016 December 439 :15-22. Epub 09/20/2016.
Woeller CF, Thatcher TH, Van Twisk D, Pollock SJ, Croasdell A, Kim N, Hopke PK, Xia X, Thakar J, Mallon CT, Utell MJ, Phipps RP
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2016 August 58 (8 Suppl 1):S62-71. Epub 1900 01 01.
Woeller CF, Thatcher TH, Van Twisk D, Pollock SJ, Croasdell A, Hopke PK, Xia X, Thakar J, Sime PJ, Mallon TM, Utell MJ, Phipps RP
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2016 August 58 (8 Suppl 1):S89-96. Epub 1900 01 01.
Malcolm DW, Sorrells JE, Van Twisk D, Thakar J, Benoit DS
Bioengineering & translational medicine.. 2016 June 1 (2):193-206. Epub 10/24/2016.
Rebhahn JA, Roumanes DR, Qi Y, Khan A, Thakar J, Rosenberg A, Lee FE, Quataert SA, Sharma G, Mosmann TR
Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology.. 2016 January 89 (1):59-70. Epub 10/06/2015.
Malcolm, D. W.; Sorrells, J. E.; Van Twisk, D.; Thakar, J.; Benoit, D. S. W.
Bioengineering and Translational Medicine. 2016; DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10035.
Anderson CS, DeDiego ML, Topham DJ, Thakar J
Computational and mathematical methods in medicine.. 2016 2016 :7686081. Epub 02/14/2016.
Piepenbrink MS, Samuel M, Zheng B, Carter B, Fucile C, Bunce C, Kiebala M, Khan AA, Thakar J, Maggirwar SB, Morse D, Rosenberg AF, Haughey NJ, Valenti W, Keefer MC, Kobie JJ
PloS one.. 2016 11 (7):e0158641. Epub 07/05/2016.
Anderson CS, DeDiego ML, Thakar J, Topham DJ
PloS one.. 2016 11 (8):e0160510. Epub 08/05/2016.
Hartmann BM, Thakar J, Albrecht RA, Avey S, Zaslavsky E, Marjanovic N, Chikina M, Fribourg M, Hayot F, Schmolke M, Meng H, Wetmur J, García-Sastre A, Kleinstein SH, Sealfon SC
Journal of virology.. 2015 October 89 (20):10190-205. Epub 07/29/2015.
Thakar J, Hartmann BM, Marjanovic N, Sealfon SC, Kleinstein SH
BMC immunology.. 2015 August 1416 :46. Epub 08/14/2015.
Khurana JK, Reeder JE, Shrimpton AE, Thakar J
BMC bioinformatics.. 2015 July 2516 :228. Epub 07/25/2015.
Thakar J, Mohanty S, West AP, Joshi SR, Ueda I, Wilson J, Blevins TP, Tsang S, Trentalange M, Siconolfi B, Park K, Gill TM, Belshe RB, Kaech SM, Shadel GS, Kleinstein SH, Shaw AC
Aging.. 2015 January 7 (1):38-52. Epub 1900 01 01.
Qiu X, Wu S, Hilchey SP, Thakar J, Liu ZP, Welle SL, Henn AD, Wu H, Zand MS
PloS one.. 2015 10 (9):e0138110. Epub 09/28/2015.
Qian F, Thakar J, Yuan X, Nolan M, Murray KO, Lee WT, Wong SJ, Meng H, Fikrig E, Kleinstein SH, Montgomery RR
Viral immunology.. 2014 March 27 (2):39-47. Epub 1900 01 01.
Albert R, Thakar J
Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Systems biology and medicine.. 2014 6 (5):353-69. Epub 1900 01 01.
Thakar J, Schmid S, Duke JL, García-Sastre A, Kleinstein SH
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research.. 2013 November 33 (11):700-8. Epub 06/17/2013.
Yaari G, Bolen CR, Thakar J, Kleinstein SH
Nucleic acids research.. 2013 October 41 (18):e170. Epub 08/05/2013.
Lass S, Hudson PJ, Thakar J, Saric J, Harvill E, Albert R, Perkins SE
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 2013 March 610 (80):20120588. Epub 12/19/2012.
Zaslavsky E, Nudelman G, Marquez S, Hershberg U, Hartmann BM, Thakar J, Sealfon SC, Kleinstein SH
BMC bioinformatics.. 2013 14 Suppl 6 (Suppl 6):S1. Epub 04/17/2013.
Thakar J, Pathak AK, Murphy L, Albert R, Cattadori IM
PLoS computational biology.. 2012 January 8 (1):e1002345. Epub 01/12/2012.
Campbell C, Thakar J, Albert R
Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.. 2011 September 84 (3 Pt 1):031929. Epub 09/28/2011.
Walsh ER, Thakar J, Stokes K, Huang F, Albert R, August A
The Journal of immunology : official journal of the American Association of Immunologists.. 2011 March 1186 (5):2936-49. Epub 02/02/2011.
Campbell C, Zhang R, Haley JS, Liu X, Loughran T, Schell TD, Albert R, Thakar J
Frontiers in physiology.. 2011 2 :32. Epub 07/11/2011.
Thakar J, Poss M, Albert R, Long GH, Zhang R
Theoretical biology & medical modelling. 2010 August 207 :35. Epub 08/20/2010.
Thakar J, Albert R
Current opinion in microbiology.. 2010 June 13 (3):377-81. Epub 05/10/2010.
Thakar J, Saadatpour-Moghaddam A, Harvill ET, Albert R
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 2009 July 66 (36):599-612. Epub 10/24/2008.
Mathematical models in microbiology
Restif, O.; Thakar, J.;Harvill, E.
Microbe. 2009; .
Kühnel M, Mayorga LS, Dandekar T, Thakar J, Schwarz R, Anes E, Griffiths G, Reich J
BMC systems biology.. 2008 December 52 :107. Epub 12/05/2008.
Albert I, Thakar J, Li S, Zhang R, Albert R
Source code for biology and medicine. 2008 November 143 :16. Epub 11/14/2008.
Thakar J, Pilione M, Kirimanjeswara G, Harvill ET, Albert R
PLoS computational biology.. 2007 June 3 (6):e109. Epub 04/30/2007.
Christensen, C.; Thakar, J.;Albert, R.
IET Systems Biology. 2007; 1: 61-67.
Thakar J, Schleinkofer K, Borner C, Dandekar T
Proteins.. 2006 May 1563 (3):413-23. Epub 1900 01 01.
Thakar JD, Kunte K, Chauhan AK, Watve AV, Watve MG
Oecologia.. 2003 August 136 (4):565-70. Epub 06/28/2003.
Watve M, Thakar J, Kale A, Puntambekar S, Shaikh I, Vaze K, Jog M, Paranjape S
Animal cognition.. 2002 December 5 (4):253-9. Epub 11/16/2002.
Protein diffusion in to thermally evaporated lipid films: role of protein charge/mass ratio.
Gole, A.; Thakar, J.; Sastry, M.
Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 2002; 28(2): 209-214.
Do bee-eaters have a theory of mind?
Smitha, B.; Thakar, J.; Watve, M.
Current Science. 1999; 76(4): 574-577.
Books
Occupational Health and the Service Member (2019)
Chapter: BIOLOGICAL MONITORING
Authors: Timothy M. Mallon*, Richard Phipps, Juilee Thakar, Collynn Woeller, Dean P. Jones, Douglas I. Walker, Karan Uppal, Mark Utell and Thomas Thatcher
Publisher: Office of The Surgeon General Borden Institute US Army Medical Department Center 2019
Computational Cell Biology (2018)
Chapter: Developing Network Models of Multiscale Host Responses Involved in Infections and Diseases.
Authors: Rohith Palli and Juilee Thakar
Publisher: Springer Science and Humana Press, New York 2018
Emerging Trends in Antibacterial Discovery (2011)
Chapter: Mathematical Models as Tools to Enable Infectious Diseases Research
Authors: Juilee Thakar and Eric Harvill
Publisher: Caister Academic Press 2011
Handbook of Large-Scale Random Networks (2009)
Chapter: Toward understanding the structure and function of cellular interaction networks
Authors: Juilee Thakar, Claire Christensen and Réka Albert
Publisher: Springer Verlag and Bolyai Mathematical Society 2009
Handbook on Biological Networks (2009)
Chapter: Boolean Networks in Inference and Dynamic Modeling of Biological Systems at the Molecular and Physiological Level
Authors: Juilee Thakar and Réka Albert
Publisher: World Scientific publishing group 2009