Santosh kumar

About

I was working as a Postdoctoral Fellow for the discovery of genes regulating triterpenoid saponin biosynthesis in legumes. There are numbers of feature involve with these triterpenes and few are recently discovered like their action as important pharmaceutical compounds. They can be utilized as adjuvant in DNA vaccine, which needs to be screened. I did my PhD in plant molecular biology and genetic engineering with specialization in secondary metabolite production in Catharanthus roseus. My post doc work integrates metabolomics and genomics tools. So I do discovery and engineering of biosynthesis pathway genes. The tools I use but not limited to are molecular biology and genetic tools like Genome Wide Association Studies, RNA seq, hairy root generation, CRISPR knock out, bacterial expression, yeast expression, and, analytical tools like UPLC_MS-MS, GC-MS, and NMR to identify the metabolites.
On my personal note: To me, there is only one life to live, So utilize it as maximum and contributes to universal knowledge for the benefit of society or later to be used by AI. I believe in grand design theory, where we are the part of universal plan to contribute in the life process. Being sentinel is a gift to humanity and should be used wisely to maintain sustainability in nature to be enjoyed by future generation.

Employment

• University of Missouri Columbia POSTDOC FELLOW
  2016 - Present
• University of Kentucky POSTDOC SCHOLAR
  2010 - 2016
• National Institute of Plant Genome Research POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
  2009 - 2009

Education

• National Institute for Plant Genome Research Phd
  2003 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (18)

• Impact of Nanotechnology in Biorefineries
  Nanobiotechnology for Sustainable Bioenergy and Biofuel Production 2020 DOI: 10.1201/9780429023194-12
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• Protein Precipitation to Remove Carbohydrates that Interfere in Protein-Bound Tryptophan Quantification in Soybean Seeds
  Journal of Analysis and Testing 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s41664-020-00144-x
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• Biotechnological production of high-valued algal astaxanthin and lutein under different growth conditions
  Biotechnological Production of Bioactive Compounds 2020 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64323-0.00007-2
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• Biotechnological production of phytosteviosides and their potential applications
  Biotechnological Production of Bioactive Compounds 2020 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64323-0.00005-9
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• Modern Plant Metabolomics for the Discovery and Characterization of Natural Products and Their Biosynthetic Genes
  Comprehensive Natural Products III 2020 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.14807-3
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• Recovery and utilization of bioactives from food processing waste
  Biotechnological Production of Bioactive Compounds 2020 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64323-0.00002-3
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• Contributions of Nanomaterials in Biohydrogen Production
  Nanobiotechnology for Sustainable Bioenergy and Biofuel Production 2020 DOI: 10.1201/9780429023194-9
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• KELCH F-BOX protein positively influences Arabidopsis seed germination by targeting PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR1
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711919115
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• PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR1 interactions leading to the completion or prolongation of seed germination
  Plant Signaling & Behavior 2018 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1525999
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• Agronomic and chemical performance of field grown tobacco engineered for triterpene and methylated triterpene metabolism
  Plant Biotechnology Journal 2017
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