Prakash Kumar Bhagat

About

I did my B. Sc Biotechnology from CCS university Meerut, India in 2011. I obtained my M.Sc in Biotechnology from Lucknow University, India (2013), During my Master research, I worked on Thermotolerant Peroxidases. I obtained my PhD from National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi in 2019. During my PhD, I worked with Dr Alok K. Sinha, on role of Plant MAP kinases signaling in the regulation of microRNA biogenesis, Suhar signalling and ABA signaling. Later I joined Prof Ari Sadanandom's lab in Durham University, UK, in 2021. Till I am working on SUMOylation in plants. My aim is to understand the role of SUMOylation during plant development and stress (Abiotic and biotic).
My Future research interests are Climate resilient crop, elevated temperature response!

Employment

• Durham University Post-doctoral research associate
  2021 - Present
• National Institute of Plant Genome Research PhD scholar
  2013 - Present

Education

• University of Lucknow Master in Science (Biotechnology)
  2011 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (25)

• MPK3 mediated phosphorylation inhibits the dimerization of ABI5 to fine-tune the ABA signaling in Arabidopsis
  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2025.109690
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• Redox regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses
  Science 2025 DOI: 10.1126/science.adu1470
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• SUMO protease FUG1, histone reader AL3 and chromodomain protein LHP1 are integral to repeat expansion-induced gene silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana
  Nature Plants 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01672-5
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• SUMOylation of OsPSTOL1 is essential for regulating phosphate starvation responses in rice and Arabidopsis
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2024 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1274610
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• Phosphorylation of AGO1a by MAP kinases is required for miRNA mediated resistance against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae infection in rice
  Plant Science 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111967
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• MKKK20 works as an upstream triple-kinase of MKK3-MPK6-MYC2 module in Arabidopsis seedling development
  iScience 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106049
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• SUMO/deSUMOylation of the BRI1 brassinosteroid receptor modulates plant growth responses to temperature
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2217255120
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• Expression, Purification, and Enzymatic Analysis of Plant SUMO Proteases
  Methods in Molecular Biology 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2784-6_9
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• RAV1 family members function as transcriptional regulators and play a positive role in plant disease resistance
  The Plant Journal 2023 DOI: 10.1111/TPJ.16114
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• SUMO protease FUG1, histone reader AL3 and the PRC1 Complex are integral to repeat-expansion induced epigenetic silencing inArabidopsis thaliana
  BioRxiv 2023 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.13.523841
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