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  • Prof R Aswati Nair

  • Professor
  • Central University of Kerala
Publications 1998 - 2022

Publications

  • 52
    Journal Articles
  • 7
    Book Chapter
  • 16
    Conference
    Proceedings
  • 1
    Editorial
  • 8
    Projects
  • 8

Citations / H-Index

210 Citations
9 h-index
323 Citations

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Expertise

Biology

Innate immunity in plants; Secondary metabolites; Endophytic biology; Developing Biocontrol agents; Hydrolases and immobilization

Personal Information

Prof R Aswati Nair

Female
Central University of Kerala, Tejaswini Hills, Periye
Kasaragod, Kerala, - 671316

Experience

  • Professor

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    Central University of Kerala

Qualification

  • PhD

    University of Kerala

Honours and Awards

2018

Bilateral Scientists Exchange program

Indian National Science Academy-Royal Society of Edinburgh (INSA-RSE)

2006

CSIR Travel grant

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India

2005

Young Scientist Award (Biotechnology)

Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Kerala

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2018

Bilateral Scientists Exchange program

Indian National Science Academy-Royal Society of Edinburgh (INSA-RSE)

2006

CSIR Travel grant

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India

2005

Young Scientist Award (Biotechnology)

Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Kerala

2004

Dr. T. R. Sahu award for best paper (oral presentation)

Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy

2000

CSIR– Junior Research Fellowship

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India

1999

GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)

MHRD, Govt. of India

1998

Lectureship /Assistant Professorship

Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board/National Eligibility Test (ASRB/NET)

1998

University II Rank

Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT)

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2022

Protease Inhibitor (PI) from Zingiber zerumbet rhizomes: Isolation, Characterization of Bioactive properties and Evaluation of Antagonistic effect towards soft-rot causative phytopathogen, Pythium myriotylum

Sharmila Raj T, National Institute of Technology Calicut

2020

Unraveling Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith- Pythium myriotylum Drechsler pathosystem: Determining Z. zerumbet resistance and bioprospecting potential bacterial isolates for soft-rot disease control in ginger

Princy Peter, National Institute of Technology Calicut

2017

Phenolic profiling of Zingiber spp.: Evaluation of biological activities and role in plant defense

Ganapathy G, National Institute of Technology Calicut

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2022

Protease Inhibitor (PI) from Zingiber zerumbet rhizomes: Isolation, Characterization of Bioactive properties and Evaluation of Antagonistic effect towards soft-rot causative phytopathogen, Pythium myriotylum

Sharmila Raj T, National Institute of Technology Calicut

2020

Unraveling Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith- Pythium myriotylum Drechsler pathosystem: Determining Z. zerumbet resistance and bioprospecting potential bacterial isolates for soft-rot disease control in ginger

Princy Peter, National Institute of Technology Calicut

2017

Phenolic profiling of Zingiber spp.: Evaluation of biological activities and role in plant defense

Ganapathy G, National Institute of Technology Calicut

2017

Multitrophic secondary metabolite(s) mediated defense in Zingiber zerumbet (L) smith: A systematic exploration using molecular, metabolomic and microbiome analysis

Keerthi D, National Institute of Technology, Calicut

2013

Studies on major hydrolytic enzymes from the necrotroph, Pythium myriotylum Dreschler: an unexplored resource for the prodigious enzyme market

Geethu C, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC)

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2005

Society for Biotechnologists, India

Life Member

2005

Society for Biotechnologists, India

Life Member

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Research Projects

Isolation and characterization of cyclotides from flowering plants of Western Ghats, Kerala

Funding Agency : DST-TARE

Profiling of beneficial rhizobacteria-induced epigenetic response and genomic stability in plants.

Funding Agency : DST-SERB

Endophytes and hairy root culture: a concerted effort for biosprospecting novel sources for the anticancer sesquiterpenoid, zerumbone.

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST)

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Isolation and characterization of cyclotides from flowering plants of Western Ghats, Kerala

Funding Agency : DST-TARE

Profiling of beneficial rhizobacteria-induced epigenetic response and genomic stability in plants.

Funding Agency : DST-SERB

Endophytes and hairy root culture: a concerted effort for biosprospecting novel sources for the anticancer sesquiterpenoid, zerumbone.

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Transcript profiling of differentially expressed gene(s) involved in the downstream step(s) leading to artemisinin biosynthesis on GA3 induction.

Funding Agency : Kerala Biotechnology Commission, Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE)

Molecular and functional characterization of putative ZzR1 resistance gene from Zingiber zerumbet, a wild relative of ginger.

Funding Agency : Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

Elicitor identification from Pythium aphanidermatum, a causative agent of soft rot disease and antifungal mechanism of the sesquiterpene, zerumbone.

Funding Agency : FRG, NIT Calicut

Molecular cloning and characterization of terpene synthase involved in zerumbone biosynthesis from Zingiber zerumbet.

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Expression studies of resistance gene candidate sequences (RGCs) identified from Zingiber spp.

Funding Agency : 7. KSCSTE- Short Research Scheme (SRS)

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