Recent Publications

● Radhakrishnan D, Shanmukhan AP, Kareem A, Aiyaz M, Varapparambathu V, Toms A, Kerstens M, Valsakumar D, Landge AN, Shaji A, Mathew MK, Sawchuk MG, Scarpella E, Krizek BA, Efroni I, Mähönen AP, Willemsen V, Scheres B, Prasad K*. (2020) A coherent feed-forward loop drives vascular regeneration in damaged aerial organs of plants growing in a normal developmental context. Development. 147(6):dev185710. doi:10.1242/dev.185710 (Selected for highlights of the issue and Featured on Cover)
https://dev.biologists.org/content/147/6/dev185710

● Shanmukhan AP, Mathew MM, Radhakrishnan D, Aiyaz M, Prasad K*. (2020) Regrowing the damaged or lost body parts. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 53:117‐127. doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2019.12.007
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369526619301220

● Durgaprasad K, Roy MV, Venugopal MA, Kareem A, Raj K, Willemsen V, Mähönen AP, Scheres B, Prasad K*. Gradient Expression of Transcription Factor Imposes a Boundary on Organ Regeneration Potential in Plants.
Cell Reports. 2019;29(2):453‐463.e3. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.099 (Recommended by F1000 and Featured on Cover)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124719311611

● Radhakrishnan D, Kareem A, Durgaprasad K, Sreeraj E, Sugimoto K, Prasad K*. (2018) Shoot regeneration: a journey from acquisition of competence to completion. Current Opinion Plant Biology. 41:23‐31. doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2017.08.001
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136952661730095X

● Kareem A, Durgaprasad K, Sugimoto K, Du Y, Pulianmackal AJ, Trivedi ZB, Abhayadev PV, Pinon V, Meyerowitz EM, Scheres B, Prasad K*. (2015) PLETHORA Genes Control Regeneration by a Two-Step Mechanism. Current Biology. 25(8):1017‐1030. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.022 (Featured on Cover)
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/references/S0960-9822(15)00161-X

● Santuari L, Sanchez-Perez GF, Luijten M, Rutjens B, Terpstra I, Berke L, Gorte M, Prasad K, Bao D, Timmermans-Hereijgers JLPM, Maeo K, Nakamura K, Shimotohno A, Pencik A, Novak O, Ljung K, Heesch SV, de Bruijn E, Cuppen E, Willemsen V, Mähönen AP, Lukowitz W, Snel B, de Ridder D, Scheres B, Heidstra R (2016) The PLETHORA Gene Regulatory Network Guides Growth and Cell Differentiation in Arabidopsis Roots. Plant Cell. 28(12):2937‐2951. doi:10.1105/tpc.16.00656 (Featured on Cover)
http://www.plantcell.org/content/28/12/2937

● Mähönen AP, Ten Tusscher K, Siligato R, Smetana O, Díaz-Triviño S, Salojärvi J, Wachsman G, Prasad K, Heidstra R, Scheres B. (2014) PLETHORA gradient formation mechanism separates auxin responses. Nature. 515(7525):125‐129. doi:10.1038/nature13663
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13663

Vacancies

Inquiries from prospective students, graduate trainees, postdocs and visitors are welcome.
Please email on kalika.prasad@iiserpune.ac.in with your detailed cv and an outline of your interests.