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Manu LastName Agarwal Photograph

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Department Botany

Address(Campus) RoomNo.9,DepartmentofBotanyUniversityofDelhi,Delhi110007

(Residence) 168MukherjeeParkIFBehindSubhashNagarPacificMallNewDelhi-110018

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EducationSubject Institution Year DetailsB.Sc. RohilkhandUniversity 1993 Subjects: Zoology, Botany,

ChemistryM.Sc. GoaUniversity 1995 Subjects:MarineBiotechnologyM.Phil UniversityofDelhi 1997 Thesistopic:“Hightemperature

induced protein alterationsassociatedwith germination ofseeds in rice,maize andwheatwith emphasis on 104 and 90kDaproteins.”

Ph.D. UniversityofDelhi 2002 Thesis topic: “Molecularcharacterization of high andlow molecular weight heatshock genes/proteins from rice(OryzasativaL)”

CareerProfileOrganization/Institution Designation Duration RoleUniversityofDelhi Professor Jan2014

onwardsResearchandPostgraduateteaching

UniversityofDelhi AssociateProfessor Jan2011-Jan2014

ResearchandPostgraduateteaching

UniversityofDelhi Reader Jan2008-Jan2011

ResearchandPostgraduateteaching

TERIUniversity,India AssociateProfessor July2007-Jan2008

ResearchandPostgraduateteaching

UniversityofCaliforniaRiverside,USA

Postdoctoralresearchassociate

Jan2004-April2007

Research

UniversityofArizonaTucson,USA Postdoctoralresearchassociate

Sept2002-Dec2003

Research

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Myresearchinterestsareinunderstandingthegeneregulationmechanismsinplantssubjectedtostressfulenvironments.Ourlab utilizes a combination of genomics and genetics approaches to decipher gene regulation at transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational and post-translational levels. Of particular interest is discovery of novel stress regulated smallRNAsfromcropplants.Otherprojectsinlabincludebiotechnologicalapproachestoimprovestresstoleranceincropplantsandusingreportermutagenesisscreenstoisolateandimplicatecomponentsinabioticstresssignalingpathways.

TeachingExperience(Subjects/CoursesTaught)MolecularGenetics,RecombinantDNAtechnology,MolecularandCellBiologyandGenomics.

Honors&AwardsCSIRNationalResearchFellowshipholder1995-2000

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2015

Sinha S, Raxwal VK, Joshi B, Jagannath A,Katiyar-Agarwal S, Goel S, Kumar A andAgarwalM. De novo transcriptome profilingof cold-stressed siliques during pod fillingstagesinIndianmustard(BrassicajunceaL.)

FrontPlantSci6:932 Sinha S, Raxwal VK, Joshi B, Jagannath A, Katiyar-Agarwal S, Goel S, and Kumar A

Mani B, Agarwal M and Katiyar-Agarwal S.Comprehensive Expression Profiling of RiceTetraspanin Genes Reveals Diverse RolesDuringDevelopmentandAbioticStress.

Front Plant Sci6:1088

Mani B, andKatiyar-AgarwalS

AmbreenH,KumarS,MuraliTV,JoshiG,BaliS, Agarwal M, Kumar A, Jagannath A andGoel S. Development of GenomicMicrosatellite Markers in Carthamustinctorius L.(Safflower) Using NextGeneration Sequencing and Assessment ofTheirCross-SpeciesTransferabilityandUtilityforDiversityAnalysis

Plos One 10 (8),e0135443

Ambreen H,Kumar S, MuraliTV,JoshiG,BaliS,Kumar A,Jagannath A andGoelS

Ankur R Bhardwaj, Gopal Joshi, BhartiKukreja, Vidhi Malik, Priyanka Arora, RituPandey, Rohit N Shukla, Kiran G Bankar,Surekha Katiyar-Agarwal, Shailendra Goel,Arun Jagannath, Amar Kumar and ManuAgarwal. Global insights into hightemperature and drought stress regulatedgenes by RNA-Seq in the economicallyimportantoilseedcrop,Brassicajuncea.

BMC PlantBiology:15:9;DOI:10.1186/s12870-014-0405-1.

AnkurRBhardwaj,GopalJoshi,BhartiKukreja, VidhiMalik, PriyankaArora, RituPandey, Rohit NShukla, Kiran GBankar, SurekhaKatiyar-Agarwal,Shailendra Goel,Arun Jagannath,AmarKumar

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2014 Shivendra Kumar, Heena Ambreen, T. V.Murali, Sapinder Bali,Manu Agarwal, AmarKumar,ShailendraGoelandArun Jagannath.Assessment of genetic diversity andpopulation structure in a global referencecollection of 531 accessions of CarthamustinctoriusL.(safflower)usingAFLPmarkers.PandeyR, JoshiG,BhardwajAR,AgarwalM,Katiyar-AgarwalS.A comprehensive genome-wide study ontissue-specific and abiotic stress-specificmiRNAsinTriticumaestivum.Bhardwaj AR, Joshi G, Pandey R, Kukreja B,Goel S, Jagannath A, Kumar A, Katiyar-Agarwal S, Agarwal M. A genome-wideperspectiveofmiRNAomeinresponsetohightemperature,salinityanddroughtstresses inBrassicajuncea(Czern)L.Lakhotia N, Joshi G, Bhardwaj AR, Katiyar-Agarwal S,AgarwalM, Jagannath A, Goel S,Kumar A. Identification and characterizationof miRNAome in root, stem, leaf and tuberdevelopmental stages of potato (Solanumtuberosum L.) by high-throughputsequencing.

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. DOI: 10.1007/s11105-014-0828-8.PLoS One:9(4):e95800PLoS One:26;9(3):e92456BMC Plant Biol.14:6.

Shivendra Kumar,Heena Ambreen,T. V. Murali,Sapinder Bali,Amar Kumar,Shailendra Goel,ArunJagannath.PandeyR, JoshiG,Bhardwaj AR,Katiyar-AgarwalS.Bhardwaj AR,JoshiG,PandeyR,Kukreja B, Goel S,Jagannath A,Kumar A, Katiyar-AgarwalS.Lakhotia N, JoshiG, Bhardwaj AR,Katiyar-Agarwal S,Jagannath A, GoelS,KumarA

2012 Singh A, Mittal D, Lavania D, Agarwal M,MishraRC,GroverA.OsHsfA2candOsHsfB4bare involved in the transcriptional regulationof cytoplasmic OsClpB (Hsp100) gene in rice(OryzasativaL.).

Bhardwaj AR, Pandey R, Agarwal M and

Katiyar-AgarwalS.NorthernBlotAnalysisfor

Expression Profiling of mRNAs and Small

RNAs.

Cell, Stress and

Chaperones.

17(2):243-54

Methods in

molecularbiology.

883:19-45

Singh A, Mittal D,

Lavania D, Mishra

RC,GroverA.

Bhardwaj AR,

Pandey R and

Katiyar-Agarwal

2011 AgarwalM,SinghA,MittalD,SahiC,Grover

A. Cycloheximide-mediated super-induction

of genes involves both native and foreign

transcriptsinrice(OryzasativaL.)

Plant Physiol

Biochem. 49(1):9-

12.

Singh A, Mittal D,

SahiC,GroverA.

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2011 JiL,LiuX,YanJ,WangW,YumulRE,KimYJ,

DinhTT,LiuJ,CuiX,ZhengB,AgarwalM,Liu

C,CaoX,TangG,ChenX.ARGONAUTE10and

ARGONAUTE1 Regulate the Termination of

Floral StemCells through TwoMicroRNAs in

Arabidopsis.

PLoS Genetics.

7(3):e1001358.

Ji L, Liu X, Yan J,

Wang W, Yumul

RE, Kim YJ, Dinh

TT, Liu J, Cui X,

Zheng B, Liu C,

Cao X, Tang G,

ChenX.

ArticlesSinhaS,KukrejaB,AroraP,SharmaM,PandeyGK,AgarwalMandChinnusamyV.2015.TheOmicsof

coldstressresponsesinPlants.Chapter6.In:PandeyG.K.(Ed.).ElucidationofAbioticStressSignaling

inPlants:AFunctionalGenomicPerspective.Vol.2.SPRINGERVERLAGGMBH

VivekRaxwal,SurekhaKatiyar-AgarwalandManuAgarwal(2012).StructuralandFunctionalDiversityof

PlantHeatShockFactors.PlantStress6:89-96.GlobalScienceBooks

Manu Agarwal and Jian-Kang Zhu (2005). Integration of abiotic stress signaling pathways: In Plant

abioticstressEds.MattJenksandMikeHasegawa,BlackwellPublisherspgs:215-237.

AgarwalM,Katiyar-AgarwalSandGroverA.PlantHsp100proteins:structure,functionandregulation.

PlantSci163:397-405.

GroverA,AggarwalPK,KapoorA,Katiyar-AgarwalS,AgarwalMandChandramouliA.2002.Addressing

abioticstressesinagriculturethroughtransgenictechnology.CurrSci84(3):355-367.

Agarwal M, Katiyar-Agarwal S, Sahi C, Gallie DR and Grover A. 2001. Arabidopsis thaliana Hsp100

proteins:kithandkin.CellstressandChaperones6(3):219-224.

Katiyar-AgarwalS,AgarwalM,GallieDRandGroverA.2001.Searchforthecellular functionsofplant

Hsp100/Clpfamilyproteins.CritRevPlantSci20(3):277-295.

GroverA,KapoorA,Katiyar-AgarwalS,AgarwalM,SahiC,JainP,KotakS,AgrawalS,DubeyH. 2001.

Experimentations inbiologyofplantabioticstress responses.Proc IndianNatnSciAcadB67 (5):189-

214.

GroverA, KapoorA, Satya LakshmiO,Agarwal S, SahiC, Katiyar-Agarwal S,AgarwalMandDubeyH.

Understandingmolecularalphabetsoftheplantabioticstressresponses.2001.CurrSci80:206-216.

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GroverA,AgarwalM,Katiyar-AgarwalS,SahiCandAgarwalS.2000.Productionofhigh temperature

tolerant transgenicplants throughmanipulationofphotosyntheticmembrane lipids.Curr Sci 79: 557-

559.

GroverA,AKapoor,CSahi,SAgarwal,SKatiyar-Agarwal,MAgarwalandHDubey.2000.Abioticstress

responsivegenesandpromoters inplants.ProceedingsAndhraPradeshNetherlandsprojectworkshop

"Biotechnological interventions for abiotic stress management in rainfed crops", Central Research

InstituteforDrylandAgriculture,Hyderabad,pp.1-39.

Katiyar-Agarwal A, Agarwal M and Grover A. 1999. Emerging trends in agricultural biotechnology

research:useofabioticstress-inducedpromoter todriveexpressionofastress resistancegene in the

transgenic system leads to high level stress tolerance associated with minimal negative effects on

growth.CurrSci77:1577-1579.

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