Verma, V., Boora, N., Nayar, S., Kumar, G., Thapliyal, S., Ankur, … Kapoor, S. (2023). Ca 2+ ‐Calmodulin regulates nuclear translocation of the rice seed‐specific MADS ‐box transcription factor OsMADS29. The FEBS Journal, 290(14), 3595–3613. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.16767

Ranjan, R., Malik, N., Sharma, S., Agarwal, P., Kapoor, S., & Tyagi, A. K. (2022). OsCPK29 interacts with MADS68 to regulate pollen development in rice. Plant Science, 321, 111297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111297

Prusty, A., Sharma, S., Malik, N., Kapoor, S., & Tyagi, A. K. (2023). Functional Versatility of Multi-Protein Mediator Complex in Plant Growth and Development. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 42(3), 138–176. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2023.2211848

Khurana, R., Bhimrajka, S., Sivakrishna Rao, G., Verma, V., Boora, N., Gawande, G., … Kapoor, S. (2022). Characterization of Transcription Regulatory Domains of OsMADS29: Identification of Proximal Auxin-Responsive Domains and a Strong Distal Negative Element. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13(April), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.850956

Boora, N., Verma, V., Khurana, R., Gawande, G., Bhimrajka, S., Chaprana, K., … Kapoor, S. (2021). Determination of Tripartite Interaction between Two Monomers of a MADS-box Transcription Factor and a Calcium Sensor Protein by BiFC-FRET-FLIM Assay. Journal of Visualized Experiments, (178), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3791/62791

Boora, N., Verma, V., Khurana, R., Gawande, G., Bhimrajka, S., Chaprana, K., … Kapoor, S. (2021). Determination of Tripartite Interaction between Two Monomers of a MADS-box Transcription Factor and a Calcium Sensor Protein by BiFC-FRET-FLIM Assay. Journal of Visualized Experiments, (178), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3791/62791

Tyagi, V., Parihar, V., Singh, D., Kapoor, S., & Kapoor, M. (2021). The DEAD-box RNA helicase eIF4A1 interacts with the SWI2/SNF2-related chromatin remodelling ATPase DDM1 in the moss Physcomitrella. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, 1869(3), 140592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2020.140592

Singh, D., Yadav, R., Kaushik, S., Wadhwa, N., Kapoor, S., & Kapoor, M. (2020). Transcriptome Analysis of ppdnmt2 and Identification of Superoxide Dismutase as a Novel Interactor of DNMT2 in the Moss Physcomitrella patens. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11(August), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01185

Li, S., Nayar, S., Jia, H., Kapoor, S., Wu, J., & Yukawa, Y. (2020). The Arabidopsis Hypoxia Inducible AtR8 Long Non-Coding RNA also Contributes to Plant Defense and Root Elongation Coordinating with WRKY Genes under Low Levels of Salicylic Acid. Non-Coding RNA, 6(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna6010008

Tyagi, V., Parihar, V., Malik, G., Kalra, V., Kapoor, S., & Kapoor, M. (2020). The DEAD-box RNA helicase eIF4A regulates plant development and interacts with the hnRNP LIF2L1 in Physcomitrella patens. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 295(2), 373–389. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-019-01628-x

Parihar, V., Dangwal, M., Arya, D., Kapoor, S., & Kapoor, M. (2019). Decrease in DNA methylation 1 interacts with chromomethylase and like heterochromatin protein 1 in Physcomitrella patens. FEBS Letters, 593(18), 2686–2697. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.13524

Parihar, V., Arya, D., Walia, A., Tyagi, V., Dangwal, M., Verma, V., … Kapoor, M. (2018). Functional Characterization of <scp>LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN</scp> 1 in the moss Physcomitrella patens : its conserved protein interactions in land plants. The Plant Journal, 97(2), tpj.14182. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14182

Rao, G. S., Deveshwar, P., Sharma, M., Kapoor, S., & Rao, K. V. (2018). Evolvement of transgenic male-sterility and fertility-restoration system in rice for production of hybrid varieties. Plant Molecular Biology, 96(1–2), 35–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-017-0678-5

Ranjan, R., Khurana, R., Malik, N., Badoni, S., Parida, S. K., Kapoor, S., & Tyagi, A. K. (2017). bHLH142 regulates various metabolic pathway-related genes to affect pollen development and anther dehiscence in rice. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 43397. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43397

Chawla, M., Verma, V., Kapoor, M., & Kapoor, S. (2017). A novel application of periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) staining and fluorescence imaging for analysing tapetum and microspore development. Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 147(1), 103–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-016-1481-0

Borah, P., Sharma, E., Kaur, A., Chandel, G., Mohapatra, T., Kapoor, S., & Khurana, J. P. (2017). Analysis of drought-responsive signalling network in two contrasting rice cultivars using transcriptome-based approach. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 42131. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep42131

Singh, S., Virdi, A. S., Jaswal, R., Chawla, M., Kapoor, S., Mohapatra, S. B., … Singh, P. (2017). A temperature-responsive gene in sorghum encodes a glycine-rich protein that interacts with calmodulin. Biochimie, 137, 115–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2017.03.010

Agarwal, P., Parida, S. K., Raghuvanshi, S., Kapoor, S., Khurana, P., Khurana, J. P., & Tyagi, A. K. (2016). Rice Improvement Through Genome-Based Functional Analysis and Molecular Breeding in India. Rice, 9(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-015-0073-2

Arya, D., Kapoor, S., & Kapoor, M. (2016). Physcomitrella patens DNA methyltransferase 2 is required for recovery from salt and osmotic stress. FEBS Journal, 283(3), 556–570. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.13611

Professor Sanjay Kapoor is Head of the Plant Molecular Biology Department and is heading a research group on Plant Reproductive Biology at University of Delhi South Campus. He got his doctorate from the department of Botany in 1992. Then he went to Japan for his Post-doc on a Japanese Government JSPS fellowship. In 1997 he got a job of a Junior Scientist in the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture Forest and Fisheries where he worked untill 2004 before coming back to India and joining Delhi University as an Associate Professor. 

His group has worked extensively on regulation of seed development involving differentiation of embryo and endosperm, grain filling and starch formation. 

Awards & Distinctions:

He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences India and is also an elected member of the Guha Research Conference (GRC). 

He has about 70 publications in journals of high impact in plant sciences and a few patents to his credit. 

Japanese Government Monbusho Fellowship − 1992

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship − 1995

Japanese Science and Technology Agency Fellowship − 1997

His hobbies include photography and graphics designing; the new purple DU logo designed by Prof. Kapoor has been adopted as the official logo of the University of Delhi since 2014.