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Recent research breakthroughs, peer-reviewed publications, and scientific milestones from DG Lab at CURAJ.

44+Publications
1200+Citations
20+h-index
7Papers in 2025

Latest Publication

2025 • IF: 10.1
Plant Biotechnology
Journal
Volume 23, Pages 3879-3899  Impact Factor: 10.1

January 2025

OsDUF2488 acts synergistically with OsPrx1.1, regulates ROS metabolism and promotes dehydration tolerance in rice

Gayen D, Kumar S, Barua P, Lande NV, et al.

Identified a novel gene OsDUF2488 that works with peroxidase OsPrx1.1 to regulate reactive oxygen species metabolism, offering new molecular targets for engineering drought-resistant rice varieties.

Recent Publications

Peer-reviewed papers from DG Lab with direct links to full text

2024Review

Decoding post-translational modifications for understanding stress tolerance in plant

Pandey A, Gayen D

Crop Design, 100077

2023Review

Genome editing for improving nutritional quality, post-harvest shelf life and stress tolerance of fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals

Sharma P, Pandey A, Malviya R, Dey S, Karmakar S, Gayen D

Frontiers in Genome Editing, 5, 1094965

2023Article

Proteomic analysis of chloroplast and mitochondria from rice reveals differential stress-responsive protein signatures

Barua P, Lande NV, Gayen D

Journal of Proteomics

2022Review

Plant protease as regulator and signaling molecule for enhancing environmental stress-tolerance

Sharma P, Gayen D

Plant Cell Reports, 40(11), 2081-2095

2021Article

Dehydration-responsive chloroplast proteome analysis reveals novel insights into molecular adaptation mechanisms in rice

Gayen D, Barua P, Lande NV, et al.

Plant Molecular Biology

2016Article

Improving nutritional quality of rice through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing

Gayen D, Sarkar SN, Datta SK, Datta K

Molecular Breeding, 37, 1-12 — Highly Cited

2015Article

Down-regulation of lipoxygenase gene reduces degradation of carotenoids of golden rice during storage

Gayen D, Ali N, Sarkar SN, Datta SK, Datta K

Planta, 242, 353-363 — 74+ Citations

Research Focus Areas

Core research themes driving our lab's scientific contributions

CRISPR-Cas Genome Editing

Engineering nutritional quality and stress tolerance in rice and wheat using precise genome editing tools. Pioneering work on golden rice carotenoid stability.

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Organelle Proteomics

Comprehensive chloroplast and mitochondrial proteome mapping under dehydration stress to identify novel stress-responsive proteins in crop plants.

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Stress Biology & ROS

Understanding reactive oxygen species metabolism and dehydration tolerance mechanisms. Recent discovery of OsDUF2488-OsPrx1.1 synergy in rice drought response.

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Nutritional Genomics

Improving micronutrient content, reducing anti-nutritional factors, and enhancing bioavailability in staple cereals through molecular breeding and biotechnology.

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miRNA Regulation

Decoding microRNA-mediated regulatory networks controlling stress responses and developmental processes in rice and other crop plants.

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Post-Translational Modifications

Investigating phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and other PTMs as key regulators of stress signaling cascades in plants for crop improvement strategies.

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