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Dr. Sunita Kushwah

Research Interest

Ribosomal heterogeneity in plants, Plant Cell wall remodelling, Abiotic stresses in plants, Phytohormone signaling 

Position held

Assistant Professor (2024 till present) 

Education qualification

    • Staff Scientist (2023 - 2024)

    Department of Chemistry (KBC), Umeå University, Sweden 

    • Postdoctoral Fellow (2019 - 2023)

    Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden 

    • Postdoctoral Fellow (2018 - 2019)

    Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden 

    • DST INSPIRE Faculty (2017 - 2018)

    CSIR- Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur (H.P.)

    • Postdoctoral Fellow (2014 - 2017)

    Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden

    • Research Associate III (2014)

    National Institute for Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India

    • Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology (2008-2014)

    National Institute for Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India

    • M-Sc. Biotechnology (2006-2008)

    Devi Ahilya Vishwavidhyalaya (DAVV), Indore, India

    • B.Sc. Biotechnology (2003-2006)

    Devi Ahilya Vishwavidhyalaya (DAVV), Indore, India 

     


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Publication

  1. Kushwah S, Jones AM, Laxmi A , Cytokinin interplay with ethylene, auxin, and glucose signaling controls Arabidopsis seedling root directional growth, Plant Physiology , 156: 1851-1866 , 2011, 156: 1851-1866 , Click Here (DOI)
  2. Kushwah S, Laxmi A , The interaction between glucose and cytokinin signal transduction pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana, Plant Cell and Environment , 37: 235-53 , 2014, 7.9, Click Here (DOI)
  3. Leśniewska J, Öhman D, Krzesłowska M, Kushwah S, Barciszewska-Pacak M, Kleczkowski LA, Sundberg B, Moritz T, Mellerowicz EJ , Defense responses in Aspen with altered pectin methylesterase activity reveal the hormonal inducers of tyloses, Plant Physiology , 173: 1409-1419 , 2017, 7.4, Click Here (DOI)
  4. Kumar V, Donev EN, Barbut FR, Kushwah S, Mannapperuma C, Urbancsok J, Mellerowicz EJ , Genome-wide identification of poplar malectin/malectin-like domaincontaining proteins and in silico expression analyses reveal novel candidates for signaling and regulation of wood development, Frontiers in Plant Science , 11:588846 , 2020, 5.6, Click Here (DOI)
  5. Kushwah S, Banasiak A, Nishikubo N, Derba-Maceluch M, Majda M, Endo S, Kumar V, Gomez L, Gorzsas A, McQueen-Mason S, Braam J, Sundberg B, Mellerowicz EJ , Arabidopsis XTH4 and XTH9 contribute to wood cell expansion and secondary wall formation, Plant Physiology , 182(4): 1946-1965 , 2020, 7.4, Click Here (DOI)
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Awards

SL Awards Year
1 Helge Ax:son Johnson’s Research grant to promote scientific research in Sweden 2022
2 Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship 2021-22
3 Sven and Lilly Lawskis foundation postdoctoral scholarship to work in Sweden 2019
4 NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award 2019
5 Severo Ochoa Postdoctoral Fellowship from Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Barcelona, Spain (not availed) 2018
6 Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Indo-Australian Career Boosting Gold Fellowships, IACBGF (not availed) 2017-18
7 Department of Science & Technology (DST) INSPIRE Faculty Award 2016-2017
8 Selected among top five candidates in Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) postdoc symposium for young scientists held at Umeå, Sweden 2014
9 Received International Travel Support from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for participating in International Symposium on Auxins and Cytokinins in Plant Development, ACPD 2014 held at Prague, Czech Republic 2014
10 Agriculture Research Scientist National Eligibility Test ARS-NET 2014
11 Department of Biotechnology Senior Research Fellowship (DBT-SRF) 2010-2014
12 Department of Biotechnology Junior Research Fellowship (DBT-JRF) 2008-2010
13 CSIR-UGC NET-JRF 2008
14 University Gold medal for securing first position in M.Sc. Biotechnology from Devi Ahilya University (DAVV), Indore, India 2008

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Dr. Sunita Kushwah

Assistant Professor

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