Plant Signaling Lab
NEWS
January 2025
Congratulations to Bhagath, Souvik, Krishna, Abhilasha & Pragna
Published new research article on Journal of Experimental Botany entitled "Functional analysis of NFR1 delineates a conserved residue and a region of juxtamembrane domain essential for nodulation in chickpea". Read more: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erag031
January 2026
Congratulations to Jismon Jose
Received the Best Poster Award on the 'Biology Day 2026' organized by Department of Biology, IISER Tirupati.
December 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Raju Kuiry
Successfully defended his PhD thesis on 'Functional characterization of Nodule Inception (NIN) proteins and decipher their regulatory networks involved in root nodule symbiosis in peanut', December 2025, IISER Tirupati.
#PhDone
December 2025
Congratulations to Raju Kuiry
Received the Best Poster Award on the '6ᵗʰ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (ICPP-2025)' organized by Indian Society for Plant Physiology (ISPP) at TNAU, Coimbatore
October 2025
Congratulations to Swathi
Published new article on Journal of Experimental Botany entitled "Legume Lessons: Structural and Functional Advancements in Nod Factor Receptors for Translating Root Nodule Symbiosis". Read more:https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf443
April 2025
Congratulations to Souvik, Bhagath & Raju
Published new research article on Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications entitled "Insights into the interactions of RWP-RK and their targets: role of serine and its conservation across species". Read more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.151750
January 2025
Congratulations to Swathi Ghantasala
Received the Second Best Oral Presentation Award on the 'International Conference on Developments in Plant Biology & Biotechnology (ISPBFG 2025)' organized by Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad
January 2025
Congratulations to Raju Kuiry
Received the Best Poster Award on the 'Biology Day 2025' organized by Department of Biology, IISER Tirupati.
October 2024
Congratulations to Jismon Jose
Published new research article on Plant, Cell & Environment entitled "The Negative Impact of Prolonged Desiccation on the Recovery of Selaginella bryopteris: Insights Into Autophagy and Cellular Protection Strategies". Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/YWJKZBGU2IXGQTGWYAAS?target=10.1111/pce.15179
September 2024
Congratulations to Abhilasha and Akancha
Published new research article on Environmental and Experimental Botany entitled "Genome-wide analysis of two repeats containing MYB transcription factors in groundnut identifies drought-inducible genes involved as a negative regulator of root nodulation". Read more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0098847224003393
March 2024
Congratulations to Bhagath and Jismon
Received the Best Poster Awards on the 'International Symposium on Plant Biology and Functional Genomics (ISPBFG 2024)' organized by Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad
February 2024
Congratulations to Jismon Jose
Received the Best Poster Award on the 'Biology Day 2024' organized by Department of Biology, IISER Tirupati.
January 2023
Congratulations to Gokul and Deependra
Published new research article on BMC Plant Biology, entitled "Genome-wide identification, evolutionary and expression analysis of the cyclin-dependent kinase gene family in peanut".
January 2023
Congratulations to Bhagath Kumar Palaka, Swathi Ghantasala, Raju Kuiry and Akancha Shukla
Published new book chapter in Plant Receptor-Like Kinases (Academic Press), entitled "Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of receptor-like kinases during root nodule symbiosis (RNS)".
November 2022
Congratulations Pragna Soyam (BSMS 2017)
For getting PhD position at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
September 2022
Congratulations Gokul Babu S (BSMS 2016)
For getting PhD position at National Institute of Plant Genome research (NIPGR), New Delhi
Congratulations to Swathi Ghantasala
Published new review article on Plant Molecular Biology, entitled "Nod factor perception: an integrative view of molecular communication during legume symbiosi".