Vishal Varshney retweeted
Excited to be part of Rising Stars of IS-MPMI session. Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/reg…
Coming up! 🌟 Rising Stars of IS-MPMI is back with an amazing lineup of speakers 🤯
🗓️ Wed 18 Nov, 3pm UTC
@AnikaDamm (U of Cambridge, UK)
@shikhahere_ (NIPGR, India)
@IamJawaharSingh (SLCU, UK)
Sejin Choi (Kyung Hee Uni, South Korea)
Register free 👇
uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/reg…
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Grateful to the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, for supporting our research and for highlighting our work.
When rice is attacked by Rhizoctonia solani (the fungus behind sheath blight disease), stress builds up and damages proteins inside plant cells. That's where PIMT steps in an enzyme that repairs these damaged proteins and helps restore their disease-fighting powers.
Researchers found that boosting PIMT activity in rice significantly improved its ability to resist sheath blight, offering a promising new lead for developing disease-resistant rice varieties critical for protecting yields and food security.
🔗 Published in Nature Communications, 2026. Scan the QR on the slide to read the full study.
Research supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
#DBTIndia #BiotechIndia #DBTScience #ScienceInSlides #PlantScience #RiceResearch #FoodSecurity
@DrJitendraSingh
@rajesh_gokhale
@BricDbt
@DBT_inStem @NABI_India @bric_ils @HydNiab @FollowDbtNibmg @NIPGRsocial @NImmunology @BRIC_CDFD @DBT_NCCS_Pune @ICGEB @DBT_inStem @DBT_NBRC @RGCB_Trivandrum @DBT_IBSD @THSTIFaridabad @unescorcb @CSIR_IND @ICGEBNewDelhi @BIRAC_2012 @CSIRIndia @DSTIndia
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Excited to share our latest review article:
doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag196
A concise article regarding translating fundamental discoveries into next-generation agricultural innovations.
Congrats: @Shikhahere_ @Kamblenitin16 @manojmajeenipgr
@NIPGRsocial
academic.oup.com/aob/advance…
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Glad to share a review recently published in @annbot entitled "Molecular intricacies of modulating seed dormancy through CRISPR/Cas9 technology" focusing on how genome editing could be leveraged to fine-tune dormancy and germination.
Excited to share our latest review article:
doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag196
A concise article regarding translating fundamental discoveries into next-generation agricultural innovations.
Congrats: @Shikhahere_ @Kamblenitin16 @manojmajeenipgr
@NIPGRsocial
academic.oup.com/aob/advance…
Vishal Varshney retweeted
A little party doesn’t kill anyone. It just makes you feel more motivated to work together. 🧿
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Many congratulations to the senior PhD student Ms. Shikha Gautam for her thesis submission and for publishing her amazing work in @NatureComms
A huge milestone for the her and the lab by extension.
Here's to many more such achievements!! 🥂
Last week, I submitted my PhD thesis. Grateful that this also culminated in publishing the research work in @NatureComms
Read the article: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Big thanks to @manojmajeenipgr, @Kamblenitin16, @jmsgopal1, and @mm_lab_nipgr for making this possible.
Vishal Varshney retweeted
🚨 Publication Alert! 🎉
Thrilled to share our latest study, now published: Gautam, S., Kamble, N.U. et al., 2026, @NatureComms ! 🌾
Read the full article: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-7…
led by @Shikhahere_ @Kamblenitin16 @manojmajeenipgr @jmsgopal1 @NIPGRsocial @tvmiiser @DBTIndia
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Last week, I submitted my PhD thesis. Grateful that this also culminated in publishing the research work in @NatureComms
Read the article: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Big thanks to @manojmajeenipgr, @Kamblenitin16, @jmsgopal1, and @mm_lab_nipgr for making this possible.
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Exciting research by Gautam et al., a joint effort of the labs of Dr. Manoj Majee & Dr. Gopaljee Jha at #NIPGR, published in @NatureComms. The study shows how rice Protein L-Isoaspartyl Methyltransferases enhance sheath blight tolerance.
Read more: rdcu.be/fu3Ru
Vishal Varshney retweeted
🌱 New Commentary in MPMI with Ruby Tiwari:
"Secretory Circuits of Symbiosis in Medicago truncatula"
How legumes switch ON their nodule protein-delivery machinery-a new cis-element (SOLE) linked to NIN. 🧬
📖 doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-26-0…
🔗 jawaharsingh.com
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Delighted to share our book. Thank you to all the co-editors chapter contributors and @CRCPress for successful publication of the book. Special Thanks to Jawahar Singh, PhD who brought the team together for the book. Enjoy reading through this link lnkd.in/dVpDGxbM
Vishal Varshney retweeted
How do legumes decide to fix nitrogen - and can we engineer them to do it better?
That's the question I've been chasing across three continents. New site is up
👇 jawaharsingh.com
@slcuplants
@Cambridge_Uni
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Kudos to the hard work of @S_Chatterjeebgb for spearheading the work that integrates nitrogen signals to cytokinin–auxin antagonism during tiller bud outgrowth in rice! Well done Sourav!!
Delighted to see our work accepted in @PlantPhys.🌱
Congratulations to @S_Chatterjeebgb for this well-deserved achievement. Great to see him continue as a Postdoctoral Fellow in @Thepallavisingh lab at @Uni_of_Essex.
Special thanks to @aditidwivedi_11 for her contribution!
ALT A cytokinin-auxin antagonistic module participates in nitrogen-triggered tiller outgrowth in rice
Vishal Varshney retweeted
GenNext was more than a training school — it was a space where ideas were exchanged, collaborations were seeded, and the next generation of plant scientists grew stronger together.
Thank you to all lecturers, trainees, chairs, and organizers who made this possible.
#GenNext
Recently attended the @Recrop22157 Next Gen Meeting in Chania 🇬🇷—grateful to receive a travel grant! Presented my work (Talk + Poster) and had some great scientific discussions. Truly a wonderful experience connecting with the plant science community community 🌱⚡ – at Chania, Greece
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Grateful for the opportunity to work with two of my mentors on this Opinion in Trends in Plant Science.
A meaningful milestone—now I can say I have an Opinion.
@dromius
@OswaldoValdesl
@slcuplants
New Opinion with @IamJawaharSingh @OswaldoValdesl in @TrendsPlantSci
No Phosphate, less nitrogen fixing symbiosis and nodules, regardless of nitrogen status. PHR-L7 represses NIN in Common bean under phosphate starvation.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Vishal Varshney retweeted
New Opinion with @IamJawaharSingh @OswaldoValdesl in @TrendsPlantSci
No Phosphate, less nitrogen fixing symbiosis and nodules, regardless of nitrogen status. PHR-L7 represses NIN in Common bean under phosphate starvation.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Vishal Varshney retweeted
Very valid concern. Also, have to mention the delay in marital life, which causes losses of scientific interest not only for the researchers themselves but also for their next generation. Yeah, it is a very deep concern. #phd #phdlife #india #research #Postdoctoral
