| Title | Dr. | First Name | Kamal | Last Name | Kumar |
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| Designation | Assistant Professor | ||||||
| Department | Department of Plant Molecular Biology SDC | ||||||
| kkumar@pmb.du.ac.in | |||||||
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| Phone.no | 24117191 | ||||||
| Employement Info | |||||||
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| Employee Type | Nature Of Employment | ||||||
| Teaching | Permanent | ||||||
| Educational | |||||||
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| Degree/Certification | Institution | Year | |||||
| Ph.D. - Molecular and functional characterization of a WRKY transcription factor from chickpea | Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) | 2010 | |||||
| PG | Tezpur University | 2003 | |||||
| UG | University of Rajasthan | 2001 | |||||
| HSC | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) | 1997 | |||||
| SSC | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) | 1995 | |||||
| Qualifications | |||||||
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| Examination Name | Conducted By | Date of Passing | |||||
| NET | CSIR-UGC JRF and NET held on 22 Dec. 2002 | 2003-06-26 | |||||
| Administrative experience outside the Institution | |||||||
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| Designation | Institution Name | Duration from | Duration to | ||||
| Postdoctoral Fellow | National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Delhi, INDIA | 2010-06-24 | 2013-06-29 | ||||
| Research Associate - III | National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Delhi, INDIA | 2013-12-19 | 2014-06-18 | ||||
| Research Associate - III | National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Delhi, INDIA | 2014-07-11 | 2017-02-12 | ||||
| Research Associate - III | National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Delhi, INDIA | 2017-02-13 | 2020-11-22 | ||||
| Research Guidance | |||||||
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| PhD scholars under Supervision | Awarded PhD | Submitted | |||||
| M.Phil Scholars – Under Supervision | Awarded Degree | Submitted | |||||
| 2 | |||||||
| Research Publications | |||||||
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| Article Name | Publication Type | Journal Name | ISSN No | Volume | Year | URL | DOI |
| WRKY domain-encoding genes of a crop legume chickpea (Cicer arietinum): comparative analysis with Medicago truncatula WRKY family and characterization of group-III gene(s) | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | DNA Research | 1756-1663 | 23 | 2016 | https://academic.oup.com/dnaresearch/article/23/3/225/1745389 | 10.1093/dnares/dsw010 |
| Broadening the horizon of crop research: a decade of advancements in plant molecular genetics to divulge phenotype governing genes | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | Planta | 1432-2048 | 255 | 2022 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00425-022-03827-0 | 10.1007/s00425-022-03827-0 |
| Modulation of fungal virulence through CRZ1 regulated F-BAR-dependent actin remodeling and endocytosis in chickpea infecting phytopathogen Ascochyta rabiei | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | PLoS Genetics | 1553-7404 | 17 | 2021 | https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1009137 | 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009137 |
| Transcript profiling reveals potential regulators for oxidative stress response of a necrotrophic chickpea pathogen Ascochyta rabiei | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | 3 Biotech | 10 | 2020 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13205-020-2107-8 | 10.1007/s13205-020-2107-8 | |
| mQTL-seq and classical mapping implicates the role of an AT-HOOK MOTIF CONTAINING NUCLEAR LOCALIZED (AHL) family gene in Ascochyta blight resistance of chickpea | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | Plant, Cell & Environment | 1365-3040 | 41 | 2018 | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.13177 | 10.1111/pce.13177 |
| Phylogenomic analysis of MKKs and MAPKs from 16 legumes and detection of interacting pairs in chickpea divulge MAPK signalling modules | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | Scientific Reports | 2045-2322 | 7 | 2017 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-04913-0 | 10.1038/s41598-017-04913-0 |
| An alternative approach in Gateway cloning when the bacterial antibiotic selection cassettes of the entry clone and destination vector are the same | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | Molecular Biotechnology | 54 | 2013 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12033-012-9549-0 | 10.1007/s12033-012-9549-0 | |
| Comparative structural modelling of a monothiol GRX from chickpea: insight in iron-sulphur cluster assembly | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 0141-8130 | 51 | 2012 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813012001857 | 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2012.05.014 |
| Differential transcript accumulation in chickpea during early phases of compatible interaction with a necrotrophic fungus Ascochyta rabiei | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | Molecular Biology Reports | 1573-4978 | 39 | 2012 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11033-011-1255-7 | 10.1007/s11033-011-1255-7 |
| Ascochyta rabiei: A threat to global chickpea production | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | Molecular Plant Pathology | 1364-3703 | 23 | 2022 | https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mpp.13235 | 10.1111/mpp.13235 |
| Global transcriptome and co-expression analysis reveal robust host defence pathway reprogramming and identify key regulators of early phases of Cicer-Ascochyta interactions | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction | 1943-7706 | 35(11) | 2022 | https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-06-22-0134-R | 10.1094/MPMI-06-22-0134-R |
| The nuclear effector ArPEC25 from the necrotrophic fungus Ascochyta rabiei targets the chickpea transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulates lignin biosynthesis, increasing host susceptibility | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | The Plant Cell | 1040-4651 | 35 | 2023 | https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/35/3/1134/6966000 | 10.1093/plcell/koac372 |
| A small cysteine-rich fungal effector, BsCE66 is essential for the virulence of Bipolaris sorokiniana on wheat plants | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Fungal Genetics and Biology | 1096-0937 | 166 | 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1087184523000294?via%3Dihub | 10.1016/j.fgb.2023.103798 |
| Genomics-assisted genetics of complex regions from chickpea chromosome 4 reveals two candidate genes for Ascochyta blight resistance | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Plant Science | 0168-9452 | 334 | 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111781 | 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111781 |
| Publications other than journal articles | |||||||
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| Title of Publication | Type of Publication | Publisher | Role in Publication | ISBN Number | Year | URL | Level |
| Functional Characterization of Genes Involved in Legume Nodulation Using Hairy Root Cultures | Chapters in Books | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. | Co-Author | 978-981-15-4055-4 | 2020 | International | |
| Constructing synthetic pathways in plants: Strategies and tools | Chapters in Books | Elsevier B.V. | Co-Author | 978-0-444-64085-7 | 2019 | International | |
| Genetic engineering to improve biotic stress tolerance in plants | Chapters in Books | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. | Co-Author | 978-981-10-2961-5 | 2017 | International | |
| Plant pathogen interactions: Crop improvement under adverse conditions | Chapters in Books | Springer Science+Business Media New York | Author | 978-1-4614-5001-6 | 2013 | International | |
| Genomics of filamentous phytopathogens: new insight in pathogenesis and virulence | Chapters in Books | Westville Publishing House, New Delhi, INDIA | Author | 978-8185873848 | 2012 | National | |
| Professional development programmes | |||||||
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| Title of the Programme | Sponsoring Institution | Organising Institution | Association as | type | |||
| Online two-week Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in “ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY” | Ramanujan College, DU in collaboration with MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE, Delhi | Attendee | Refresher Program | ||||
| Online Induction Training/ Orientation Programme for Faculty in Universities/ Colleges/ Institutions of Higher Education (FIP_36) | Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi | Attendee | Orientation Programme | ||||
| Seminar / Conference Details / Workshops | |||||||
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| Title of the Activity | Attended As | Date | |||||
| UGC SAP (DRS-I) & DST Sponsored National Seminar on Plant Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities in 21st Century | Invited Talk | 2014-03-04 | |||||
| "Study of a novel dithiol glutaredoxin from chickpea" as poster in 2nd International Conference in Trends in Cellular and Molecular Biology at JNU, New Delhi, INDIA | Poster Presentation | 2008-01-07 | |||||
| "Analysis of chickpea transcriptome in response to Ascochyta rabiei infection using Roche/454 sequencing" as poster in VI International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG) (Oct 2–7, 2012) at Hyderabad | Poster Presentation | 2012-10-06 | |||||
| "The analysis of WRKY superfamily genes in the non-model crop chickpea (Cicer arietinum)" as poster in 7th Annual Convention of ABAP & International Conference on Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Medicine & Human Health (Oct, 18–20, 2013) at DU South Campus | Poster Presentation | 2013-10-20 | |||||
| PC236- "Interactome analyses in the stress associated signaling cascade: A case for the legume crop chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)" in 3rd International Plant Physiology Congress: Challenges and Strategies in Plant Biology Research at JNU, New Delhi | Poster Presentation | 2015-12-13 | |||||
| “Fine-mapping of QTLs responsible for Ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea” in Satellite Meeting to the International Congress of the Cell Biology 2018, Hyderabad “Dynamics in Plant Cell: Present and Beyond” Feb 2–3, 2018 at NIPGR, New Delhi | Poster Presentation | 2018-02-02 | |||||
| Global Bio-India 2019 at Aerocity, New Delhi | Poster Presentation | 2019-11-22 | |||||