{"id":2995,"date":"2016-10-24T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/directory\/hemant-kelkar\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:43:35","slug":"hemant-kelkar","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/directory\/hemant-kelkar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemant Kelkar, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<p>As the Director of Scientific Computing, Dr. Kelkar provides bioinformatics and scientific computing research support for entire UNC campus. Dr. Kelkar oversees and provides support for UNC\u2019s portfolio of licensed commercial software packages. Dr. Kelkar also manages the information technology component of the UNC HTSF which includes data management, quality control, distribution and backup for all sequence data generated at UNC HTSF.<\/p>\n<h2>Affiliations:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/barc\/\">Bioinformatics and Analytics Research Collaborative <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genomics\">High-Throughput Sequencing Facility <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bioinformatics.unc.edu\/\">Bioinformatics Core <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Hemant Kelkar in UNC Genetics News<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"wc-cards\"><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-for-october-11-31-2020\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/09\/UNC-Department-of-Genetics.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">November 2, 2020<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Publications for October 11-31, 2020<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during October 11-31, 2020. &nbsp; &nbsp; Survival, Pathologic Response, and Genomics in CALGB 40601 (Alliance), a Neoadjuvant Phase III Trial of Paclitaxel-Trastuzumab With or Without Lapatinib in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer.\u00a0 Fernandez-Martinez A, Krop IE, Hillman DW, Polley MY, Parker JS, Huebner L, Hoadley KA, &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications for October 11-31, 2020\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-for-october-4-10-2020\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/09\/UNC-Department-of-Genetics.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">October 19, 2020<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Publications for October 4-10, 2020<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published seven papers during October 4-10, 2020.<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications for October 4-10, 2020\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-faculty-publications-for-may-13-27-2017\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/09\/UNC-Department-of-Genetics.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">May 30, 2017<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Faculty Publications for May 13-27, 2017<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published twenty papers during the second half of May 2017. Prenatal exome sequencing in anomalous fetuses: new opportunities and challenges. Vora NL, Powell B, Brandt A, Strande N, Hardisty E, Gilmore K, Foreman AKM, Wilhelmsen K, Bizon C, Reilly J, Owen P, Powell CM, Skinner D, Rini C, Lyerly &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Faculty Publications for May 13-27, 2017\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/genetics-faculty-publications-for-nov-25-dec-9\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/09\/UNC-Department-of-Genetics.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">December 14, 2016<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Genetics Faculty Publications for Nov 25 &#8211; Dec 9<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Over the last few weeks, Department of Genetics faculty members, along with their colleagues, have published eight manuscripts on a wide variety of topics. Long-term exercise in mice has sex-dependent benefits on body composition and metabolism during aging. McMullan RC, Kelly SA, Hua K, Buckley BK, Faber JE, Pardo-Manuel de Villena F, Pomp D Physiol &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Genetics Faculty Publications for Nov 25 &#8211; Dec 9\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/genetics-faculty-publications-for-oct-15-2013-nov-4-2016\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/09\/UNC-Department-of-Genetics.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">November 7, 2016<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Genetics Faculty Publications for Oct 15 \u2013 Nov 4, 2016<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">During the last three weeks, Department of Genetics faculty members, along with their colleagues, have published 21 manuscripts on a wide variety of topics. A survey of current practices for genomic sequencing test interpretation and reporting processes in US laboratories. O&#8217;Daniel JM, McLaughlin HM, Amendola LM, Bale SJ, Berg JS, Bick D, Bowling KM, Chao &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Genetics Faculty Publications for Oct 15 \u2013 Nov 4, 2016\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests As the Director of Scientific Computing, Dr. Kelkar provides bioinformatics and scientific computing research support for entire UNC campus. Dr. Kelkar oversees and provides support for UNC\u2019s portfolio of licensed commercial software packages. 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