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January 2025
Major Discovery: OsDUF2488 Gene Promotes Dehydration Tolerance in Rice
Our latest research published in Plant Biotechnology Journal reveals that OsDUF2488 acts synergistically with OsPrx1.1 to regulate ROS metabolism, offering new pathways for developing drought-resistant rice varieties. This could impact millions of farmers in arid regions.
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December 2024
New Review: Decoding Post-Translational Modifications for Stress Tolerance
Pandey A & Gayen D published a comprehensive review in Crop Design exploring how post-translational modifications play critical roles in plant stress signaling pathways.
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October 2024
Lab Receives New Funding for CRISPR-Based Nutritional Enhancement Project
DG Lab secured a major research grant to advance CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing approaches for improving nutritional quality in rice and wheat varieties grown in Rajasthan.
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August 2024
Two New Ph.D. Students Join the DG Lab Family
We welcome two new doctoral researchers who will be working on organelle proteomics and miRNA-mediated stress response mechanisms in crop plants.
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June 2024
Chloroplast Proteome Study Reveals New Drought Adaptation Mechanisms
Our team identified novel stress-responsive proteins in chloroplast and mitochondrial proteomes of rice under dehydration, published in a leading plant science journal.
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March 2024
DG Lab Presents at National Plant Genomics Conference
Dr. Gayen and three Ph.D. students presented oral and poster talks at the National Conference on Plant Genomics & Biotechnology held at JNU, New Delhi.
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January 2024
Genome Editing Review in Frontiers in Genome Editing Crosses 50 Citations
Our 2023 review on genome editing for nutritional quality and stress tolerance in fruits and vegetables has been widely cited, reflecting the impact of DG Lab's research vision.
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November 2023
Priyanka Sharma Wins Best Poster Award at ISPMB Conference
Ph.D. student Priyanka Sharma received the Best Poster Presentation Award for her work on protease-mediated stress signaling at the Indian Society of Plant Molecular Biology conference.
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September 2023
DG Lab Reaches 40+ Publications Milestone
With consistent output across top-tier journals, DG Lab has crossed 40 peer-reviewed publications with a cumulative h-index of 20+ and 1200+ citations on Google Scholar.
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miRNA Study Uncovers Regulatory Network in Rice Stress Response
New findings on microRNA-mediated regulation of dehydration tolerance in rice published, identifying key miRNA targets for future crop engineering strategies.
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February 2023
New International Collaboration with Cornell University
Building on Dr. Gayen's Fulbright fellowship, DG Lab establishes a formal research collaboration with Cornell's Plant Biology department for joint proteomics studies.
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