Lab Members

Dr. Kalika Prasad

Professor
(Principal Investigator)

Mabel Maria Mathew
Graduate Student

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Akansha Ganguly
Graduate Student

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Srijan Das
Graduate Student

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Yamini Khatri
Graduate Student

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Ankita Dash
Graduate student

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Kreedika R
Graduate Student

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Ashmita Das
Graduate Student

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DEEPSHIKHA ESHORE
Graduate Student

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Mohammed Aiyaz
PostDoc

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Orishma Parida MS
Thesis Student

Parth Ankam
Thesis Student

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Lab Alumni

Former Lab Member Position What am I doing now?
Anju PS Graduate student Juan de la Cierva Postdoc, Esteban Hoijman's group, The Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Spain
Vijina VP Graduate student Postdoc, David Jackson's group, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Dhanya Radhakrishnan Graduate student Lecturer, Roehampton University, London (2025 onwards) Postdoc, Naomi Nakayama's group, Imperial College London, UK
Kavya Durgaprasad Graduate student Postdoc, Radboud University, Netherlands
Abdul Kareem Graduate student Marie Curie Postdoc, Charles Melnyk's group, SLU, Sweden
Zankhana Trivedi Former graduate student
Shubham Verma Former graduate student
Yadhusankar S MS thesis student Graduate student, Margot Smit's group, Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Germany
Saket Nikose MS thesis student Graduate student, Philip Wigge's group, Leibniz Institute of Vegetables and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany
Archana Rajan V BS-MS major project student Graduate student, Stefan Lushnig's group, University of Munster, Germany
Bejoy Manoj BS-MS major project student Graduate student, Prof. Majda's group, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Thejasvi Beleyur BS-MS major project student Graduate student, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany
Yash Sondhi BS-MS major project student Graduate student, Florida International University, Miami, USA
U. Vignesh BS-MS major project student Working at a pharmaceutical company
Madhuja Palaparambil BS-MS major project student Project Associate at TERI-Deakin Nano-Biotechnology Centre, Gurgaon, India
Ajai Pulianmackal BS-MS major project student Graduate student at University of Michigan, USA
Merin V. Roy BS-MS major project student Graduate student at New York Upstate Medical School, USA
Abhayadev Pazhoor BS-MS major project student Graduate student, University of Freiburg, Germany
Amit Landge BS-MS major project student Graduate student, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Germany
Gunjan Shukla BS-MS major project student Graduate student, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany
Devisree Valsakumar BS-MS major project student Graduate student at University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Anjali Venugopal M. BS-MS major project student Embryologist


Collaborators

Prof.dr. D (Dolf) Weijers
Collaborator

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Kirsten ten Tusscher
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Ari Pekka Mähönen
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Enrico Scarpella
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Viola Willemsen
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Bandan Chakrabortty
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Recent Publications

● Varapparambath V, Mathew MM, Shanmukhan AP, Radhakrishnan D, Kareem A, Verma S, Ramalho JJ, Manoj B, Vellandath AR, Aiyaz M, Radha RK, Landge AN, Mähönen AP, Heisler MG, Weijers D, Prasad K*. (2022). Mechanical conflict caused by a cell-wall-loosening enzyme activates de novo shoot regeneration. Developmental Cell. 12;57(17):2063-2080.e10. https://doi.org /10.1016/j.devcel .2022.07.017 (Featured Article, Featured on Cover Page, highlighted in Preview: Shoot meristem progenitors emerge from mechanical heterogeneities https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.devcel .2022.08.004 (Hamant, 2022), highlighted in Faculty Opinions: https://facultyopinions .com/article/74229178)

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.