Dr. Rajesh Chandra Misra

Employment

• Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Senior Scientist
  2026 - Present
• National Physical Laboratory Higher Scientist
  2025 - 2026
• John Innes Centre Post Doctoral Scientist
  2018 - 2025

Education

• Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR Ph.D.
  2013 - 2018

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (23)

• Characterization of Bioactive Saponins from Sea Cucumbers
  Methods in Molecular Biology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5384-5_10
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• Molecular Lego in the Green Factory: Engineering Plant Metabolism with Golden Gate Assembly
  2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5384-5_8
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• Diverse Diterpenoid Phytoalexins Shape Wheat Chemical Defenses
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.16.720699
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• Advances in discoveries of plant phytochemicals
  FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024 DOI: 10.3389/FPLS.2024.1414150
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• Complete biosynthesis of QS-21 in engineered yeast
  NATURE 2024 DOI: 10.1038/S41586-024-07345-9
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• Complete biosynthesis of the potent vaccine adjuvant QS-21
  NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 2024 DOI: 10.1038/S41589-023-01538-5
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• Discovery of isoflavone phytoalexins in wheat reveals an alternative route to isoflavonoid biosynthesis
  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 2023 DOI: 10.1038/S41467-023-42464-3
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• Elucidation of the pathway for biosynthesis of saponin adjuvants from the soapbark tree
  SCIENCE 2023 DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.ADF3727
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• Biosynthesis of saponin defensive compounds in sea cucumbers
  NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 2022 DOI: 10.1038/S41589-022-01054-Y
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• Pathogen-induced biosynthetic pathways encode defense-related molecules in bread wheat
  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2022 DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.2123299119
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