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News & Updates
Lab milestones, events, grants, collaborations, and achievements.
New DBT Research Grant Awarded for Drought-Tolerant Rice Development
DG Lab receives a 3-year DBT-funded project to develop drought-tolerant rice varieties using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing and organelle proteomics approaches. Total funding: ₹85 Lakhs.
Lab's OsDUF2488 Research Published in Plant Biotechnology Journal (IF: 10.1)
Our work on the novel gene OsDUF2488 and its role in ROS metabolism and dehydration tolerance in rice is now published in one of the top plant science journals.
Priyanka Sharma Wins Best Poster at National Plant Biology Conference
Ph.D. student Priyanka Sharma received the Best Poster Presentation Award for her research on protease-mediated stress signaling at the ISPMB annual conference, New Delhi.
MoU Signed with Cornell University for Joint Proteomics Research
Building on Dr. Gayen's Fulbright fellowship, DG Lab and Cornell's Plant Biology department formalize a collaborative research agreement on organelle proteomics.
Two New Ph.D. Students Join the Lab
We welcome two new doctoral researchers to DG Lab. They will be working on miRNA-mediated stress response and CRISPR-based biofortification in wheat.
DG Lab Presents 3 Talks at National Plant Genomics Conference, JNU
Dr. Gayen delivered an invited talk on nutritional genomics. Two Ph.D. students presented oral papers on chloroplast proteomics and genome editing in rice.
SERB Core Research Grant Sanctioned for Stress Proteomics Study
Science and Engineering Research Board approves funding for a comprehensive study on post-translational modifications in rice under abiotic stress conditions.
DG Lab Crosses 40 Peer-Reviewed Publications
With publications in journals like Plant Biotechnology Journal, Frontiers in Genome Editing, and Plant Cell Reports, the lab reaches a major research milestone.
Workshop on CRISPR-Cas9 Techniques Organized at CURAJ
DG Lab organized a 5-day hands-on workshop on genome editing techniques for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students from across Rajasthan universities. 40+ participants attended.
Dr. Gayen Elected as NASI Member
Dr. Dipak Gayen elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), in recognition of his contributions to plant molecular biology and crop improvement.
New Mass Spectrometry Facility Installed
The lab receives a new LC-MS/MS system funded by DST-FIST, significantly enhancing our proteomics research capabilities for protein identification and quantification.