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Dr. Rashi Gupta

Assistant Professor

School of Allied Health Sciences & Management (SAHSM)

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Educational Qualifications

Ph.D, Post-doc

Experience

Academic / Teaching Experience

8 Years

Area of Specialization / Research

Metagenomics

Notable Publications

  1. 1.

    Antibiotic potentiators against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: Discovery, Development, and Clinical Relevance

    Frontiers in Microbiology

    2022View
  2. 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. 3.

    Dual RNA-Seq of Medicago truncatula and the pea powdery mildew Erysiphe pisi unveils unique host transcriptional signatures

    Genomics

    2019
  4. 4.

    Response of rhizospheric bacterial communities of Cajanus cajan to application of bioinoculants and chemical fertilizers

    European Journal of Soil Biology

    2016
  5. 5.

    Effect of agricultural amendments on Cajanus cajan (Pigeon Pea) and its rhizospheric microbial communities

    PLOS ONE

    2015
  6. 6.

    Non-target effects of bioinoculants on rhizospheric microbial communities of Cajanus cajan

    Applied Soil Ecology

    2014
  7. 7.

    Bioinoculants: More than just plant growth promoting agents

    Journal of Endocytobiosis and Cell Research

    2013
  8. 8.

    Responses of Cajanus cajan and rhizospheric N-cycling communities to bioinoculants

    Plant and Soil

    2012
  9. 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. 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. 11.

    Impact of pesticides on plant growth promotion and non-target microbes

    Ecotoxicology

    2014
  12. 12.

    Impact of chemical- and bio-pesticides on bacterial diversity in rhizosphere of Vigna radiata

    Ecotoxicology

    2013
  13. 13.

    Improved protocol for the extraction of bacterial mRNA from soils

    Journal of Microbiological Methods

    2012
  14. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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