0000-0002-3447-1447 About
In 2018, Arun Kumar Shaw completed his doctorate degree at the West Bengal State University, India. He has done his PhD work under the guidance of Prof Zahed Hossain, Kalyani University and Dr. Ang Rinzing Sherp, Wet Bengal State University. The title of the thesis was “Investigating the role of ß-aminobutyric acid (BABA) in potentiating drought stress response in maize (Zea mays)”. The main aim of his work was to study the to enhance drought stress tolerance through BABA priming of existing defence mechanisms without manipulating the genetic makeup by investigating the underlying molecular mechanism, co-ordination of antioxidant enzymes and antioxidants and hormonal regulation in maize. He had also studied the transcriptome profiling of BABA-induced differentially expressed genes of maize by using suppression subtractive hybridization technique. He found that BABA priming ameliorates drought stress in maize. Transcriptome profiling of BABA-primed maize study added new insight into the BABA potentiated defence mechanisms in plants and strengthens the available transcriptome database of maize. Apart from his PhD work, he studied the impact of nano-CuO on rice (Oryza sativa cv. Swarna) and Syrian barley (Hordeum vulgare L., landrace Arabi Aswad) seedlings to explore the modulation of antioxidative defence and photosynthetic performance. During PhD, he was also involved in the study of the arsenic effect on maize, miRNA-profiling of maize leaf exposed to arsenate stress, amelioration of cadmium stress by sulphate, toxicity effect of chromium in maize and comperative analysis of sRNA transcriptome of maize root exposed to submergence stress. From April’ 2019, he joined CRIJAF institute as Project fellow and research associate, where he studied the impact of heat shock factor in regulating heat stress-induced epigenomic changes in Flax. From September 2022, he joined Kalyani university as Research Associate to study arsenic stress on maize and to identify the arsenic tolerance genotype by SSR marker development. From December 2023, he joined Department of Botany, Narasinha Dutt College as Assistant Professor and continue it. He uses different methodological approaches to achieve their goals ranging from general molecular biology and plant genetics to transcriptomics (Suppression subtractive hybridization, miRNA-Seq, western blotting), live-cell imaging, bioinformatics, biochemical assays and advanced mass spectrometry. His ultimate goal is to do the research for a major contribution towards science and society in future by the better understanding of abiotic stress response and tolerance in plants to solve the food production.
Employment
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Narasinha Dutt College Assistant Professor2023 - Present
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University of Kalyani Research Associate2022 - 2023
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CRIJAF PROJECT-Fellow and Research Associate2019 - 2022
Education
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Publications (19)
- Overview of the breadth of bacterial resistance development within the framework of antibiotics and antimicrobial peptides Save
- Plant defense mechanisms and signaling pathways in response to Ozone stress: Impacts on crop productivity Save
- Dynamics of redox imbalance, antioxidant defense network, and regulation of aquaporin-mediated water transport in contrasting maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes in response to drought stress Save
- Untying arsenite tolerance mechanisms in contrasting maize genotypes attributed to NIPs-mediated controlled influx and root-to-shoot translocation, redox homeostasis and phytochelatin-mediated detoxification pathway Save
- Untying the regulatory roles of miRNAs in CuO-NPs stress response mechanism in maize: A genome-wide sRNA transcriptome analysis Save
- De novo transcriptome of a bast fibre crop Crotalaria juncea reveals T2 ribonuclease genes to investigate late-acting self-rejection of pollens Save
- The role of bacterial exopolysaccharides (EPS) in the synthesis of antimicrobial silver nanomaterials: A state-of-the-art review Save
- microRNAomic profiling of maize root reveals multifaceted mechanisms to cope with Cr (VI) stress Save
- Sui Generis Development of Molecular Markers from Transcriptome of Crotalaria juncea , a Fabaceae Family Bast Fiber Crop Save
- DNA hypomethylation is the plausible driver of heat stress adaptation in Linum usitatissimum Save