Sagar Sudam Jadhav: Plant Physiology First Author

Sagar Sudam Jadhav, co-first author of “A comparative transcriptomics and eQTL approach identifies SlWD40 as a tomato fruit ripening regulator” 

Current position: Research Associate, Nutritional Improvements of Crops Group, ICGEB, New Delhi, India.

Education: PhD, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany; MSc University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India;  BSc Agricultural Biotechnology, Dr.PDKV, Akola

Non-scientific Interests:  Listening to songs, watching movies, wandering in nature.

Brief bio:

Plant molecular biology and abiotic stress research area always fascinated me. During my master’s degree in Prof. R. Uma Shaanker’s lab, I elucidated epigenetic regulation of camptothecin (anti-cancer drug) production in endophytic fungus. With strong motivation, curiosity and efforts, I grabbed ICAR-International Fellowship for my Ph.D. in Prof. Alisdair Fernie’s lab. Here, I identified key transcription factors regulating tomato fruit ripening process by applying comparative transcriptomics and expression QTL approach.

After PhD, I joined Dr. Gitanjali Yadav’s lab at NIPGR, New Delhi, India. Here, I developed my skills in co-expression network construction and software testing, and studied molecular mechanisms underlying abiotic stress tolerance in Chick pea. In my second postdoctoral work, working with Dr. Tanushri Kaul, I am identifying key regulators of abiotic stress responses in pigeonpea and rice.

姓名：Sagar Sudam Jadhav

职位：国际遗传工程和生物技术中心作物营养改良研究组助理研究员

学历：德国马克斯普朗克分子植物生理学研究所，博士学位

印度班加罗尔农业科学大学，学士及硕士学位

兴趣爱好：音乐，电影，徒步

个人简介：我一直关注于植物分子生物学和非生物胁迫研究领域。在攻读硕士学位期间，我阐明了内生真菌喜树碱（抗癌药物）产生的表观遗传调控机制。凭借强烈的动力、好奇心和努力，我获得了 ICAR-International Fellowship 的资助，在 Alisdair Fernie 教授实验室开展博士研究工作。在博士阶段，我通过应用比较转录组学和eQTL 方法确定了调控番茄果实成熟过程的关键转录因子。之后，我加入了位于印度新德里国家植物基因组研究所的 Gitanjali Yadav 博士的实验室。在这里，我进一步提升了在共表达网络构建和软件测试等方面的技能，并研究了鹰嘴豆耐非生物胁迫的分子机制。在我与国际遗传工程和生物技术中心Tanushri Kaul 博士合作的第二个博士后工作中，我正在挖掘木豆和水稻中非生物应激反应的关键调节因子。