Mrunmay Kumar Giri

About

In KIIT School of Biotechnology, my lab mainly focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of plant disease defense. We use Arabidopsis and pear millet plant models to decipher the role of different transcription factors (like WRKY and bZIP) in regulating plant defense signaling against biotic stress. Recently, we also started working on the identification of bioactive compounds from indigenous medicinal plants of Odisha having anticancer activity against breast cancer.

Employment

• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Associate Professor
  2018 - Present

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru University PhD
  2007 - 2014
• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda MSc
  2004 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (19)

• Unearthing the secrets of drought-driven root system architecture: Nutrient acquisition and rhizosphere microbe interplay
  Plant Science 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2025.112855
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• Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of NPR1- like genes in pearl millet under diverse biotic and abiotic stresses and phytohormone treatments
  Plant Signaling & Behavior 2025 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2025.2552895
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• Pearl millet WRKY transcription factor PgWRKY52 positively regulates salt stress tolerance through ABA-MeJA mediated transcriptional regulation
  Plant Stress 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.stress.2025.100814
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• Lighting the path: how light signaling regulates stomatal movement and plant immunity
  Journal of Experimental Botany 2025 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae475
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• Sustainable Nano solutions for global food security and biotic stress management
  Plant Nano Biology 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.plana.2024.100090
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• PgWRKY44, a pearl millet WRKY transcription factor-Calmodulin module, enhances salt and drought stress resilience in transgenic plants
  Environmental and Experimental Botany 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2023.105629
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• Unraveling the involvement of WRKY TFs in regulating plant disease defense signaling
  Planta 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04269-y
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• Implications of biosensors and nanobiosensors for the eco-friendly detection of public health and agro-based insecticides: A comprehensive review
  Heliyon 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15848
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• Exogenous N-acetylated chitooligosaccharides application improves osmotic stress and water deficit tolerance in Oryza sativa (cv. Swarna Sub-1) inducing seed germination, seedling growth, and biochemical activities
  Plant Physiology Reports 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s40502-022-00680-x
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• <scp>MYC2</scp> influences salicylic acid biosynthesis and defense against bacterial pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana
  Physiologia Plantarum 2021 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13575
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