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Faculty Member Profile |
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Dr. Manu Aggarwal
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Associate Professor |
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Lab No. 7,
Department of Botany
University of Delhi,
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Educational Qualifications
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Ph.D.
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University of Delhi
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1999
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Thesis topic: “Molecular characterization of high and low molecular weight heat shock genes/proteins from rice (Oryza sativa L)”
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M.Phil
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University of Delhi
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1997
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Thesis topic: “High temperature induced protein alterations associated with germination of seeds in rice, maize and wheat with emphasis on 104 and 90 kDa proteins.”
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M.Sc.
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Goa University
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1995
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Subjects: Marine Biotechnology
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B.Sc.
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Rohilkhand University
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1993
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Subjects: Zoology, Botany, Chemistry
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Career Profile
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University of Arizona Tucson, USA
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Postdoctoral research associate
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Sept 2002-Dec 2003
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Research
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University of California Riverside, USA
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Postdoctoral research associate
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Jan 2004-June 2007
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Research
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TERI University, India
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Assoc Professor
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July 2007-Jan 2008
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Research and Postgraduate teaching
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University of Delhi
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Jan 2008- present
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Research and Postgraduate teaching
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Administrative Assignments
Being a member of Purchase Committee helped in purchase of equipments from the University Grant and being a member of the renovation committee helped in planning the phased renovation of the Botany Department.
Areas of Specialization / Interest
My research interests are in understanding the gene regulation mechanisms in plants subjected to stressful environments. Our lab utilizes a combination of genomics and genetics approaches to decipher gene regulation at transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational and post-translational levels. Of particular interest is discovery of novel stress regulated small RNAs from crop plants. Other projects in lab include biotechnological approaches to improve stress tolerance in crop plants and using reporter mutagenesis screens to isolate and implicate components in abiotic stress signaling pathways.
Subjects Taught
Molecular Genetics, Recombinant DNA technology, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genomics and Proteomics
Research Guidance
Supervision of awarded doctoral thesis- None
Supervision of doctoral thesis, under progress- Three
Supervision of awarded M.Phil dissertation- None
Supervision of M.Phil dissertation, under progress- None
Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)
PI in DBT funded project “Development and stress-specific genomics of small non-coding RNAs from Brassica sps., wheat and rice ”
PI in DBT funded COE for the project “Transgenic approaches for frost tolerance in Brassica juncea”
Co-PI in DBT funded project “Profiling of small RNAs unique to Apomictic addition lines in Pennisetum glaucum through Subtractive small RNA library”
Awards and distinctions
University Grant Commission (India) National Research Fellowship holder 1995-2000
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