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Department of Botany

Faculty Details

Faculty

Dr Neelam Mishra

Assistant Professor,Botany

Specialisation : Plant molecular biology and genetics

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Academic Degree Subject University Address of the University Rank/ Medals
MTech Applied botany IIT kharagpur Kharagpur, west bengal
BSc Chemistry, Botany, Zoology Mohanlal sukhadia University University Rd, Ganapati Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001
Eligibility Details
Category Subject Status
NET life sciences Cleared
OTHERS Applied botany Cleared
OTHERS Botany Cleared
OTHERS Botany, Chemistry and Zoology Cleared
PG Diploma Details
Programme Name Main Subject University Name Start Date End Date Mark / Grade Obtained
MTech Applied Botany IIT Kharagpur 05-05-2005 05-06-2020 A+
Msc Botany gorakhpur university 08-07-2003 08-07-2005 77.11%
PhD Details
Title of Thesis University / Institution University Address Date of Registration Date of Completion Details of papers published Current Status
OVER-EXPRESSION OF RICE SUMO E3 LIGASE GENE OsSIZ1 IN COTTON ENHANCES BOTH DROUGHT AND HEAT TOLERANC TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Texas tech university, lubbock, texas , US 79409 02-08-2010 13-08-2016 12 Awarded
Overexpression of SUMO E3 ligase improves drought and heat tolerance in cotton Texas Tech University 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79409, United States 01-06-2010 01-06-2018 1. Mishra N*., Jiang C., Chen L., Paul A., Chatterjee A., Shen G. Achieving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants through Antioxidative Defense Mechanisms Front Plant Sci. 2023 (Accepted) Q1 2. Paul A, Srivastava A, Subrahmanya S, Shen G, Mishra N*. In-silico genome wide analysis of Mitogen activated protein kinase kinase kinase gene family in C. sinensis Plos one 2021 Nov https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258657 Q1 3. Paul A, Chatterjee A, Subrahmanya S, Shen G, Mishra N*. NHX Gene Family in Camellia sinensis: In-silico Genome-Wide Identification, Expression Profiles, and Regulatory Network Analysis. Front Plant Sci. 2021 Dec 20;12:777884. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.777884. PMID: 34987532; PMCID: PMC8720784. Q1 4. Supriya P. Swain, Subhi Gupta, Nidhi Das, Tanos Celmar Costa Franca, Arlan da Silva Goncalves, Teodorico Castro Ramalho, Shreya Subrahmanya, Utkarsh Narsaria, Debashrito Deb & Neelam Mishra* (2021): Flavanones: A potential natural inhibitor of the ATP binding site of PknG of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1965913 Q1 5. Wijewardene, I., Mishra, N., Sun, L., Smith, J., Zhu, X., Payton, P., Shen, G., Zhang, H. Improving drought-, salinity-, and heat-tolerance in transgenic plants by co-overexpressing Arabidopsis vacuolar pyrophosphatase gene AVP1 and Larrea Rubisco activase gene RCA. Plant Science (2020) 296, 1-13. Q1 6. Chatterjee, A., Paul, A., Unnati, G.M., Rajput, R., Biwas, T., Kar, T., Basak, S., Mishra, N., Pandey, A., Srivastava, A.P. MAPK cascade gene family in Camellia sinensis: In-silico identification, expression profiles and regulatory network analysis. BMC Genomics (2020). 21, 613. Q1 7. Esmaeili N., Cai Y., Tang F., Zhu X., Smith J., Mishra N., Hequet E., Ritchie G., Jones D., Shen G., Payton P., Zhang H. Towards doubling fiber yield for cotton in the semiarid agricultural area by increasing tolerance to drought, heat, and salinity simultaneously. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2021) 16, 462-476. Q1 8.Chen L., Hu W., Mishra N., Wei J., Lu H., Hou Y., Qiu X., Yu S., Wang C., Zhang H., Cai Y., Sun C., Shen G. (2020) AKR2A interacts with KCS1 to improve VLCFAs contents and chilling tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14848 9. Srivastava, A.P, Mishra, N., Prasad, R.L.A., Rajesh, P., Knaff, D.B. (2020). Thermodynamics of ferredoxin binding to cyanobacterial nitrate reductase. Photosynth Res. doi: 10.1007/s11120-020-00738-7. Q1 10. Pehlivan N., Sun L., Mishra N. (2020) Defensive manoeuvres of NHX1 and SOS1 co/overexpression in plant salt tolerance Turk J Bot, 44: doi:10.3906/bot-2001-37. Q1 11. Sun, L., Pehlivan, N., Esmaeili, N., Jiang, W., Yang, X., Jarrett, P., Mishra, N., Zhu, X., Cai, Y., Herath, M., Shen, G., Zhang, H. (2018). Co-overexpression of AVP1 and PP2A-C5 in Arabidopsis makes plants tolerant to multiple abiotic stresses. Plant Sci., 274, 271-283. Q1 12. Zhu, X., Sun, L., Kuppu, S., Hu, R., Mishra, N., Smith, J., Esmaeili, N., Herath, M., Gore, M., Payton, P., Shen, G., Zhang, H. (2018). The yield difference between wild-type cotton and transgenic cotton that expresses IPT depends on when water-deficit stress is applied. Sci. Rep. Q1 13. Mishra N, Srivastava A.P, Esmaeili N, Hu W, Shen G (2018) Overexpression of the rice gene OsSIZ1 in Arabidopsis improves drought-, heat-, and salt-tolerance simultaneously. PLoS One 13:(8):e0201716. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201716. eCollection. Q1 14. Mishra N, Sun L, Zhu X, Smith J, Srivastava A.P, Yang X, Pehlivan N, Esmaeili N, Luo H, Shen G, Jones D, Auld D, Burke J, Payton P, Zhang H (2017). Over-expression of the rice SUMO E3 ligase gene OsSIZ1 in cotton enhances drought and heat tolerance, and substantially improves fiber yields in field under reduced irrigation and rainfed conditions Plant Cell and Physiology, 58 (4) 735-746. Q1 15. Pehlivan N, Sun L, Jarrett P, Yang X, Mishra N, Chen L, Shen G, Kadioglu A, Zhang H. (2016). Co-overexpressing a plasma membrane sodium/proton antiporter and a vacuolar membrane sodium/proton antiporter significantly improves salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Plant Cell and Physiology, 57 (5), 1069-1084. Q1 16. Yang X, Zhao Y, Xi D, Sun Y, Zhu X, Esmaeili N, Yang Z, Wang Ye, Yin G, Lv S, Nie L, Tang Z, Zhao F, Li W, Mishra N, Sun L, Zhu W, Fang W. (2016). Identification and Functional Analysis of microRNAs Involved in the Anther Development in Cotton Genic Male Sterile Line Yu98- 8A. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 17 (10); 1677. Q1 17. Kuppu S, Mishra N, Hu R, Sun L, Zhu X, Shen G, Blumwald E., Payton P, Zhang H. (2013). Water Deficit Inducible expression of a cytokinin biosynthetic gene improves drought tolerance in transgenic cotton. PLoS One. May 10; 8(5): e64190. doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0064190. Q1 18. Hua Q, Qiang G, Kuppu S, Sun L, Zhu X, Mishra N, Hu R, Shen G, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhu L, Zhang X, Burrow M, Payton P, Zhang H. (2013). Expression of the Arabidopsis vacuolar H+-Pyrophosphatase gene AVP1 in peanut to improve drought and salt tolerance Plant Biotechnology Reports 7: 345-355. Q1 Awarded
Books Published
Title Type No of Authors or Editors Your authorial position Year ISBN Publisher Details
• A Practical Manual on Bacteriology “Morphological and Biochemical Characterization” Edited 3 2nd and corresponding 2021 978-620-4-19819-4 Lambert Academic Publishing
Book Chapter Published
Article Title Book title Book editor Article pages No of Chapters Year ISBN Publisher Details
Cyanobacterial symbiotic interaction in pteridophytes Microbial Symbionts : Functions and Molecular Interactions on Host Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai 3-9 1 2022 978-0-323-99334-0 Elsevier
Symbiotic cyanobacteria in gymnosperms Microbial Symbionts Functions and Molecular Interactions on Host Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai 29-34 1 2022 978-0-323-99334-0 Elsevier
Publications
Title Journal Name Year DOI/URL Your authorial position How many authors Clarivate IF
Achieving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants through Antioxidative Defense Mechanisms Frontiers in plant science 2023 1st and corresponding 6 6.627
In-silico identification, expressional profile and regulatory network analysis of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase gene family in C. sinensis Plos One 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258657 Corresponding 5 2.000-4.999
Flavanones: A potential natural inhibitor of the ATP binding site of PknG of Mycobacterium tuberculo Journal of Biomolecular structure and dynamics 2021 https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2021.1965913 Corresponding 10 2.000-4.999
NHX Gene Family in Camellia sinensis: In-silico Genome-Wide Identification, Expression Profiles, and Regulatory Network Analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science 2021 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.777884 Corresponding 5 5.000-9.999
Defensive maneuvers of NHX1 and SOS1 co/over-expression in plant salt tolerance Turkish journal of Botany 2020 10.3906/bot-2001-37 Other 3 1.000-1.999
MAPK cascade gene family in Camellia sinensis: In-silico identification, expression profiles and reg BMC Genomics 2020 https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-020-07030-x Other 10 2.000-4.999
Towards doubling fiber yield for cotton in the semiarid agricultural area by increasing tolerance to Plant Biotechnology Jounal 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13476 Other 12 5.000-9.999
AKR2A interacts with KCS1 to improve VLCFAs contentsand chilling tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana The Plant Journal 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14848 Other 13 5.000-9.999
Thermodynamics of ferredoxin binding to cyanobacterial nitrate reductase Photosynthesis Research 2020 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32222887 2nd 5 2.000-4.999
Improving drought-, salinity-, and heat-tolerance in transgenic plants by co-overexpressing Arabidop Plant Science 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110499 2nd 8 2.000-4.999
The yield difference between wildtype cotton and transgenic cotton that expresses IPT depends on whe Scientific reports 2018 10.1038/s41598-018-20944-7 Other 12 2.000-4.999
Overexpression of the rice gene OsSIZ1 in Arabidopsis improves drought-, heat-, and salt-tolerance s PLos one 2018 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201716 1st 5 2.000-4.999
Co-overexpression of AVP1 and PP2A-C5 in Arabidopsis makes plants tolerant to multiple abiotic stres Plant science 2018 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.05.026 Other 12 2.000-4.999
Overexpression of the Rice SUMO E3 Ligase Gene OsSIZ1 in Cotton Enhances Drought and Heat Tolerance, Plant and cell physiology 2017 10.1093/pcp/pcx032 1st 15 2.000-4.999
Co-overexpressing a Plasma Membrane and a Vacuolar Membrane Sodium/Proton Antiporter Significantly I plant and cell physiology 2016 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26985021 Other 9 2.000-4.999
Identification and Functional Analysis of microRNAs Involved in the Anther Development in Cotton Gen International Journal o f Molecular Sciences 2016 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101677 Other 18 2.000-4.999
Water-Deficit Inducible Expression of a Cytokinin Biosynthetic Gene IPT Improves Drought Tolerance i PLOS oNE 2013 10.1371/journal.pone.0064190 2nd 9 2.000-4.999
Expression of the Arabidopsis vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase gene AVP1 in peanut to improve drought and plant biotechnology Reports 2013 10.1007/s11816-012-0269-5 Other 13 1.000-1.999
Presentations
Title of Paper Title of Seminar/Conference Organized by Level Start Date Place Country Duration
Heterologous expression of the rice gene OsSIZ1 improves both drought and heat tolerance in transgen Beltwide cotton conference 2016 national cotton council of america International 05-01-2016 New Orleans, lousiana USA Three Days
Heterologous expression of the rice gene OsSIZ1 improves both drought and heat tolerance in transgen Beltwide cotton conference 2015 National cotton council of america International 05-01-2015 san antonio, texas USA Three Days
Heterologous expression of the rice gene OsSIZ1 improves both drought and heat tolerance in transgen OGALLALA AQUIFER WORKSHOP OGALLALA AQUIFER International 25-03-2014 LUBBOCK, TEXAS UNITED STATES Two Days
Water Deficit Inducible Expression of a Cytokinin Biosynthetic Gene IPT Improves Drought Tolerance i Plant Biology 2012 Annual Meeting of American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) International 20-07-2012 Austin, Texas USA Three Days
Events Organized
Type of Event Level Organized by Date From Title of Event Duration Place
Conference National st. joseph's college autonomous, bengaluru 17-12-2019 National conference on Data Revolution in computational biology and drug development Two days Bengaluru
Awards, Achievements
Name of Fellowship/ Award/Achievement Level Awarded by Place Date Duration of Fellowship
Preston and Ima Smith Fellowship International Texas Tech University Graduate School Texas, USA 22-10-2014
13th Annual Graduate School Research Poster Competition International TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY UNITED STATES 11-04-2014
12th Annual Graduate School Research Poster Competition 2013, Others TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY UNITED STATES 12-04-2013
SECOND PRIZE IN PRESENTATION IN TTUAB Others TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY UNITED STATES 31-12-2012
water conservation research scholarship International texas tech university graduate school Texas USA 18-10-2012
• K. S. Bhargawa Gold medal 2005 Others Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur University, U.P. 08-07-2005
UNIVERSITY GOLD MEDAL Others Gorakhpur University INDIA 08-07-2005
janaki prasad bhargava Gold medal 2005 Others Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur, U.P. 08-07-2005
Guideship Details
Serial Number Name of the Candidate Department University Title of the thesis Date of Award of Degree
22PHDSJU028 Triveni BOTANY St. Joseph's University Secondary metabolite production through plant tissue culture and its application
22PHDSJU028 Triveni BOTANY St. Joseph's University
22PHDSJU007 Sr. Nithya Fernandes BOTANY St. Joseph's University
22PHDSJU007 Nithya Folita Fernandes BOTANY St. Joseph's University
Guidance and Support
Title of the Paper Department Year of Guidance Type Name of the Institution Name of Students
BOTANY 2022-23 PhD St. Joseph's University Nithya Folita Fernandes Triveni
Faculty Development Program
Title of Event Type of Event Level Organized by Place Date From Date To
Refresher Course in Botany Refresher Courses International Ramanujan College, University of delhi Delhi 29-07-2023 13-08-2023
Short term faculty development programme organised by IQAC FDPs attended National APS college of Arts and sciences Bengaluru 28-05-2020 30-05-2020
Erudition 2020 FDPs attended State Payanur College, Kerala kerala 23-05-2020 28-06-2020
“Training on E-Content Development: Strategies, Tools and Opportunities” FDPs attended State St. Joseph's college autonomous Bengaluru Bengaluru 13-05-2020 21-05-2020
COURSERA on Plant Bioinformatics MOOCs completed International University of Toronto Toronto 05-05-2020 29-05-2020
workshop on methods in plant sciences Workshop State st. joseph's college and cellkraft biotech pvt. ltd. bengaluru 01-02-2019 01-02-2019
Resource Persons
Title of the Program Role Level Organized by Start Date Place Country
CARNATION 2020, INTERCOLLEGIATE FEST Others Inter-Collegiate DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, AUTONOMOUS 22-02-2020 BENGALURU INDIA

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