irshad ahmad

About

Currently I am working as Assistant Professor (Biotechnology) at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, Rampur. Prior to this I was working as Research Associate at National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) New Delhi,India on the topic “Silencing of BAG family genes in tomato through Virus induced gene silencing”. I have completed my Ph.D. work from Synthetic Biology and Biofuel Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi. I did my B.Sc. (Chemistry and Zoology) in 2002 from Shibli National College, Azamgarh, UP and M.Sc. (Biochemistry) in 2008 from the department of biochemistry, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India. After completion of my M.Sc. program, I have joined the ICGEB, New Delhi as junior research fellow and I focused my research on renewable biofuel sources particularly on algal biodiesel. In Our lab we are screening algal species on the basis of their lipid content and valuable byproduct like α-linolenic acid an essential fatty acid. We are also working on the metabolic engineering of algal species to enhance the lipid content. We have isolated a marine algal species from Indian Ocean having higher lipid. We have characterized this alga through DNA barcode, in which we have used the conserved sequences of chloroplast genome. Recently we focused on the genetic engineering of algal cells. In this sense we have genetically engineered the model organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with DGAT2 gene from Brassica napus. We are looking different genes that may impact on the lipid biosynthesis in algae.

Employment

• Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, Rampur, India Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• National Institute for Plant Genome Research Research Associate-III
  2017 - Present

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (10)

• N‐glycan remodeling by α‐D‐mannosidase and β‐D‐N‐acetylhexosaminidase regulates fruit softening, redox balance, and post‐harvest pathogen resistance
  The Plant Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.70629
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• Sample handling in molecular diagnostics
  Innovations and Implications in Molecular Diagnostics 2025 DOI: 10.1201/9781003489177-2
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• Resveratrol as a potential therapeutic molecule against neuropathy: A new narrative
  2023 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-90052-2.00049-4
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• Resveratrol as a potential therapeutic molecule against neuropathy: A new narrative
  Treatments Nutraceuticals Supplements and Herbal Medicine in Neurological Disorders 2023 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-90052-2.00049-4
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• Author Correction: Unraveling the role of tomato Bcl-2-associated athanogene (BAG) proteins during abiotic stress response and fruit ripening (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (21734), 10.1038/s41598-021-01185-7)
  Scientific Reports 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07666-7
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• Unraveling the role of tomato Bcl-2-associated athanogene (BAG) proteins during abiotic stress response and fruit ripening.
  Scientific reports 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01185-7
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• Molecular mechanisms of action of resveratrol in modulation of diabetic and non-diabetic cardiomyopathy.
  Pharmacological research 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105112
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• Attenuation of diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy by resveratrol: Review on its molecular mechanisms of action
  Life Sciences 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117350
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• Altered lipid composition and enhanced lipid production in green microalga by introduction of brassica diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2
  Plant Biotechnology Journal 2015 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12278
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• DNA barcode and lipid analysis of new marine algae potential for biofuel
  Algal Research 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2012.10.003
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