SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Ganguly, A., Humnabadkar, A., Gautam, K., Willemsen, V., Xu, L., Dagdas, Y., & Prasad, K*. (2026). PLETHORA–autophagy axis activates organ regeneration through ROS modulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(6), e2513954123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2513954123 (Featured on Cover, highlighted in Commentary: More than a blueprint: Developmental regulators secure the cellular environment for regeneration https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2600463123 (Xu J.,2026))

2. Dash, A., Mathew, M. M., & Prasad, K. (2025, November). The mechanics of shaping organs in plants. In Seminars in cell & developmental biology (Vol. 175, p. 103640). Academic Press.

3. Mathew M*, 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 (Highlighted: How plant roots rebuild their tips after injury https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-025-00167-2)

4. Bennett, M*. J., Bhosale, R., Boden, S*. A., Chen, S., Colombi, T., Ito*, T., Li*, H., Mehra, P., Østergaard*, L., Li, M., Liu, L., Otsuka, N., Pandey, B. K., Poethig, S*., Prasad, K.*, Qu, Y., Shirakawa, M., Su, Y. H.*, Xu, C.*, . . . Wu, S*. (2025). Developmental pathways in plants: Lessons from Arabidopsis for crop innovation. The Plant Cell, 37(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf136

5. Prasad, K.*, & Palakodeti, D.* (2024). Cellular and molecular mechanisms of development and regeneration. Development, 151(11). https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.203023

6.  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. (# - Joint First Author, * - Corresponding Author) (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)

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

8. 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)

9. 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).

10. 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)

11. 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

Recent Publications

● Ganguly, A., Humnabadkar, A., Gautam, K., Willemsen, V., Xu, L., Dagdas, Y., & Prasad, K*. (2026). PLETHORA–autophagy axis activates organ regeneration through ROS modulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(6), e2513954123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2513954123
(Featured on Cover, highlighted in Commentary: More than a blueprint: Developmental regulators secure the cellular environment for regeneration https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2600463123 (Xu J.,2026))

● 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.072 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. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.07.017. (# - Joint First Author, * - Corresponding Author) (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)

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.