Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, IIT Jodhpur
Resume
Professional Experience
Dr. Ayan Sadhukhan
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Assistant Professor
IIT Jodhpur
Feb 2022 - present
Teaching and research in molecular biology, plant functional genomics, abiotic stress tolerance,
stress memory in Arabidopsis model and extremophile plants of the Thar desert
Past teaching experience
Assistant Professor
KL University, AP, India
2021-2022
Postdoctoral experience
2019 - 2020 University of Florida
2015-2019 Gifu University
(2016-2018 JSPS fellowship)
Fundamental research in Arabidopsis model in Gifu University, Japan in collaboration with RIKEN BRC, Tsukuba, Japan
Population genetics and Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in Arabidopsis in Japan
Genome editing in vegetable and floriculture crops in University of Florida, USA
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Ph.D.
IIT Guwahati
2009 - 2015
Isolation and functional characterization of a stress-responsive transcription factor from cowpea
Genetic engineering of cowpea for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance