SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Mathew MM*, Saccheri J, Das S, Rajagopalan K, Lane B, Sidhardh KA, Smith RS, Willemsen V, Gomez MLG, Chakrabortty B, Scheres B, Tusscher KT*, Prasad K* (2025). Wound repair in plants guided by cell geometry. Current Biology, 3851-3868.e7. Highlights: https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-025-00167-2 )

2. 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. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.07.017. (Featured article, Featured on Cover, highlighted in Preview: Shoot meristem progenitors emerge from mechanical heterogeneities https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2022.08.004 (Olivier,2022), highlighted in Faculty Opinions: https://facultyopinions.com/article/74229178)

3. Mathew, M. M., & Prasad, K. (2021). Model systems for regeneration: Arabidopsis. Development, 148(6). https://doi.org/10.1242/DEV.195347

4. Durgaprasad, K., Roy, MV., Venugopal, MA., Kareem, A., Raj K., Willemsen, V., Mähönen, AP., Scheres, B., Prasad, K*. (2019) Gradient expression of transcription factor imposes a boundary on organ regeneration potential in plants. Cell Reports. 29(2): 453-463.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.099 .2019.08.099. (Featured on Cover, Recommended by F1000 Prime)

5. 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 growing in normal developmental context. Development. 147: dev185710. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.185710 (Selected for the highlight of the issue and featured on cover).

6. 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: 1017- 1030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.022 (Featured on Cover)

7. Mähönen, AP., Tusscher, KT., 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. 515:125-129. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13663

REVIEWS
1. Dash, A., Mathew, M. M.*, & Prasad, K.* (2025). The mechanics of shaping organs in plants. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 175, 103640. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SEMCDB.2025.103640
2. Mathew MM, Prasad K*.(2021) Model systems for regeneration: Arabidopsis. Development. 148 (6), dev195347  https://doi.org/10.1242 /dev.195347
3. Shanmukhan AP, Mathew MM, Radhakrishnan D, Aiyaz M, Prasad K*. (2020) Regrowing the damaged or lost body parts. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 53:117-127. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.12.007.

Recent Publications

● Mathew MM*, Saccheri J, Das S, Rajagopalan K, Lane B, Sidhardh KA, Smith RS, Willemsen V, Gomez MLG, Chakrabortty B, Scheres B, Tusscher KT*, Prasad K* (2025). Wound repair in plants guided by cell geometry. Current Biology, 3851-3868.e7. Highlights: https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-025-00167-2 )

● 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 on Cover, Featured in Journal, 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.