Sah S K

About

I am a plant biologist in Dr. John Shanklin’s laboratory in the Biology Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA. My research focuses on plant lipid metabolism and synthetic biology, with an emphasis on engineering central carbon flux to enhance triacylglycerol (TAG) and total fatty acid (TFA) accumulation. I integrate molecular genetics, multi-gene pathway engineering, and multi-omics approaches (metabolomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics) to identify and optimize key regulatory nodes—including plastidial metabolic shunts, transport processes, and lipid assembly pathways—in Arabidopsis, Camelina, and other oilseed crops.

Employment

• Brookhaven National Laboratory Research Associate Biology
  2021 - Present
• Pennsylvania State University Postdoctoral Research Scholar
  2019 - 2021
• Mississippi State University Graduate Research Assistant
  2015 - Present
• Punjab Agricultural University Research Fellow
  2013 - Present

Education

• Punjab Agricultural University M.Sc. Biotechnology
  2010 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (16)

• Overexpression of autophagy genes activates lipophagy in Arabidopsis
  Autophagy 2026 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2026.2664350
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• Expression of a Bacterial Trehalose 6‐Phosphate Synthase Gene otsA in Camelina sativa Seeds Promotes the Channelling of Carbon Towards Oil Accumulation
  Plant Biotechnology Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.70506
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• Silicon Modulates the Chloroplast Proteome to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Soybean
  Amandeep Kaur, Saroj Kumar Sah, Kambham Raja Reddy +1 more
  Plants 2026 DOI: 10.3390/plants15030497
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• Trehalose 6-phosphate activates Target of Rapamycin in plants
  2025 DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.11.693803
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• Structural inhomogeneity of cellulose assembly in plant cell wall affecting anisotropic mechanical property
  2022 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2152467/v1
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• Genetic Variability Assessment of Tropical Indica Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Seedlings for Drought Stress Tolerance
  Naqeebullah Kakar, Salah Hameed Jumaa, Saroj Kumar Sah +3 more
  Plants 2022 DOI: 10.3390/plants11182332
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• Silicon Enhances Plant Vegetative Growth and Soil Water Retention of Soybean (Glycine max) Plants under Water-Limiting Conditions
  Saroj Kumar Sah, Kambham Raja Reddy, Jiaxu Li
  Plants 2022 DOI: 10.3390/plants11131687
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• Correction to: Alterations in the leaf lipidome of Brassica carinata under high-temperature stress
  Zolian S. Zoong Lwe, Saroj Kumar Sah, Leelawatti Persaud +4 more
  BMC Plant Biology 2021 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03210-3
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• Alterations in the leaf lipidome of Brassica carinata under high-temperature stress
  Zolian S. Zoong Lwe, Saroj Kumar Sah, Leelawatti Persaud +4 more
  BMC Plant Biology 2021 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03189-x
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• Abscisic acid and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants
  Saroj Kumar Sah, Kambham Raja Reddy, Jiaxu Li
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2016 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00571
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• Engineering phytohormones for abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants
  Vinay Kumar, Saroj Kumar Sah, Tushar Ramachandra Khare +2 more
  Plant Hormones under Challenging Environmental Factors 2016 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7758-2_10
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• Phytohormones and their metabolic engineering for abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants
  Shabir Hussain Wani, Vinay Kumar, Varsha Shriram +1 more
  Crop Journal 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2016.01.010
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• Transgenic approaches for abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants
  Shabir Hussain Wani, Saroj Kumar Sah, Mohammad Anwar Hossain +2 more
  Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits 2016 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22518-0_10
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• Metabolic engineering of compatible solute trehalose for abiotic stress tolerance in plants
  Saroj Kumar Sah, Gurwinder Kaur, Shabir Hussain Wani
  Osmolytes and Plants Acclimation to Changing Environment: Emerging Omics Technologies 2015 DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2616-1_6
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• Transplastomic plants for innovations in agriculture. A review
  Shabir Hussain Wani, Saroj Kumar Sah, László Sági +1 more
  Agronomy for Sustainable Development 2015 DOI: 10.1007/s13593-015-0310-5
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• Genotype independent tissue culture base line for high regeneration of japonica and indica rice
  Research Journal of Biotechnology 2013
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