
Dr. Rashi Gupta
Assistant Professor
School of Allied Health Sciences & Management (SAHSM)
Google ScholarEducational Qualifications
Ph.D, Post-doc
Experience
Academic / Teaching Experience
8 Years
Area of Specialization / Research
Metagenomics
Notable Publications
- 1.
Antibiotic potentiators against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: Discovery, Development, and Clinical Relevance
Frontiers in Microbiology
2022View - 2.
Cultivation and conservation of under-utilized medicinal and agricultural plants in India
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section B Biological Sciences
2022 - 3.
Dual RNA-Seq of Medicago truncatula and the pea powdery mildew Erysiphe pisi unveils unique host transcriptional signatures
Genomics
2019 - 4.
Response of rhizospheric bacterial communities of Cajanus cajan to application of bioinoculants and chemical fertilizers
European Journal of Soil Biology
2016 - 5.
Effect of agricultural amendments on Cajanus cajan (Pigeon Pea) and its rhizospheric microbial communities
PLOS ONE
2015 - 6.
Non-target effects of bioinoculants on rhizospheric microbial communities of Cajanus cajan
Applied Soil Ecology
2014 - 7.
Bioinoculants: More than just plant growth promoting agents
Journal of Endocytobiosis and Cell Research
2013 - 8.
Responses of Cajanus cajan and rhizospheric N-cycling communities to bioinoculants
Plant and Soil
2012 - 9.
Effects of chemical and biological pesticides on plant growth parameters and rhizospheric bacterial community structure in Vigna radiata
Journal of Hazardous Materials
2015 - 10.
Non-target effects of chemical pesticide and biological pesticide on rhizospheric microbial community structure and function in Vigna radiata
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2015 - 11.
Impact of pesticides on plant growth promotion and non-target microbes
Ecotoxicology
2014 - 12.
Impact of chemical- and bio-pesticides on bacterial diversity in rhizosphere of Vigna radiata
Ecotoxicology
2013 - 13.
Improved protocol for the extraction of bacterial mRNA from soils
Journal of Microbiological Methods
2012 - 14.
Gut microbiome dysbiosis in malnutrition
Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science (Elsevier)
2022
Awards & Achievements
Award of Distinction in Doctoral Research, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi
Young Investigator Award, Regional Centre for Biotechnology
Congress Young scientist Grant 2013, Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)
2013
Travel Grant, 2013 CSIR
2013
Best poster prize, Asian Congress on Biotechnology, 2013
2013
1st poster prize, Indo-Tunisia mini symposium on “Microbes for Sustainable agriculture” 2019 at Amity Food and Agricultu...
2019
1st poster prize, Indo-Tunisia mini symposium on “Microbes for Sustainable agriculture” 2019 at Amity Food and Agriculture Foundation, Amity University UP
Best poster prize 2012, National Symposium on Microbes in Health and Agriculture, JNU, New Delhi
2012
French scholarship 2010, French Embassy
2010
Book Chapters
- 1.
Sharma S, Gupta R , Dugar G, Srivastava AK (2012) Impact of biofertilizers on soil structure and resident microbial community structure and function. In Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics, Springer Heidelberg, 65-77.
2012 - 2.
Sharma S, Sharma R, Gupta R , Bisaria VS (2015) Revisiting Action of Bioinoculants: their impact on rhizospheric microbial community function. Microbial Inoculants in Sustainable Agricultural Productivity Vol. 2. Springer, 41-51.
2015 - 3.
Sagar V, Vashist A, Gupta R , Nair M (2017) Nanogels for Biomedical Applications: Challenges and Prospects (2017) Nanogels for Biomedical Applications, RSC
2017 - 4.
Chawla M, Gupta R , Das B (2022) Gut microbiome dysbiosis in malnutrition. Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science. Elsevier: 192 (1), 205-229.
2022
Paper / Poster Presentations
- 1.
Gupta R , Gopinath B, Bisaria VS, Sharma S (2010) Genomics and Transcriptomics as tools to study efficacy and ecological implications of bioinoculants in plant rhizosphere. International Conference on Genomic Sciences 2010, Madurai (November 12-14, 2010).
2010 - 2.
Gupta R , Gopinath B, Desai S, Bru D, Philippot L, Bisaria VS, Sharma S (2011) Ecological implications and risk assessment of bioinoculants in Cajanus cajan rhizosphere. International Conference on Biotechnology for Better Tomorrow, Aurangabad (February 6-9, 2011).
2011 - 3.
Gupta R , Gopinath B, Bru D, Philippot L, Bisaria VS, Sharma S (2011) Effects of bioinoculants on nitrogen cycling in Cajanus cajan rhizosphere: A genomic approach. International Symposium on Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology (ISCB), New Delhi (March 10-11, 2011).
2011 - 4.
Gupta R, Gopinath B, Bru D, Bisaria VS, Philippot L, Sharma S (2011) Impact of bioinoculants on Cajanus cajan and rhizospheric nitrogen turnover, Rhizosphere (Sept 25-30, 2011) Perth, Australia.
2011 - 5.
Gupta R , Bru D, Bisaria VS, Philippot L, Sharma S (2012) Effect of bioinoculants on Cajanus cajan and abundance of genes involved in nitrogen transformations in its rhizosphere National Symposium on Microbes in Health and Agriculture, JNU, New Delhi (March 12-13, 2012) Poster
2012 - 6.
Gupta R , Natarajan M, Wiemken A, Boller T, Bisaria VS, Sharma S (2012) Application of Bioinoculants in Cajanus cajan: The Larger Picture”, ICIB 2012, Patiala (Nov 21-23, 2012).
2012 - 7.
Gupta R , Natarajan M, Wiemken A, Boller T, Bisaria VS, Sharma S (2013) Impact of bioinoculants on microbial diversity in Cajanus cajan rhizosphere, FEMS, Leipzig, Germany (July 21-25, 2013).
2013 - 8.
Gupta R , Bisaria VS, Sharma S (2013) Bioinoculants: More than just Plant Growth Promoting Agents. Asian Congress on Biotechnology (ACB 2013), New Delhi, India (Dec. 15-19, 2013). Poster prize
2013 - 9.
Gupta R , Kumari M, Mehta RK, Bisaria VS, Sharma S (2013) Improved mRNA extraction protocol from soil, Asian Congress on Biotechnology (ACB 2013), New Delhi, India (Dec. 15-19, 2013).
2013 - 10.
Sharma S, Gupta R, Gopinath B, Bru D, Bisaria VS, Philippot L (2011) Dynamics of N-cycling communities in Cajanus cajan rhizosphere upon application of bioinoculants. FEMS, Geneva, Switzerland (June 26-30, 2011).
2011 - 11.
Dugar G, Gopinath B, Arun B, Gupta R, Sharma S (2011) Hidden diversity of PGPRs in weed rhizosphere: Friend or Foe? ” Rhizosphere (Sept 25-30, 2011) Perth,
2011 - 12.
Singh S, Gupta S, Gupta R , Sharma S (2013) Impact of synthetic- and bio-pesticides on microbial diversity of agricultural soil. Asian Congress on Biotechnology (ACB 2013), New Delhi, India (Dec. 15-19, 2013).
2013 - 13.
Gupta R and Chandran D (2015) Laser-microdissection of host-pathgen intearction sites: Optimization of tissue preparation methods and infection stages. PAC 2015, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, India (Sept. 29-30, 2015).
2015 - 14.
Gupta M, Gupta R , Chandran D (2015) How SWEET is biotrophic life? Role of plant sugar transporters in powdery mildew nutrition. IPCC 2015, JNU, New Delhi, India (Dec. 11 – 14, 2015).
2015 - 15.
Chandran D, Gupta R , Gupta M, Gupta A (2016) Modulation of host immunity and nutrient allocation by a biotrophic pathogen. Young Investigator Meeting, New Delhi, India (Feb. 27 – March 3, 2016).
2016 - 16.
Gupta R and Chandran D (2016) Optimization of laser microdissection of plant–fungus interaction sites and isolation of RNA for downstream expression profiling. PAC 2016, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, India (Sept. 29-30, 2016).
2016 - 17.
Sharma R, Gupta R , Bisaria VS, Sharma S (2019) Time to go Green: Bioinoculants advocate their use over chemical fertilizers for Cajanus cajan. Indo-Tunisia mini symposium on “Microbes for Sustainable agriculture” at Amity Food and Agriculture Foundation, Amity University UP (July 5, 2019).
2019

