Banerjee Anjan

Associate Professor and Co-Chair
Biology
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
India

Professor Plant Sciences
Biography

B.Sc Botany- MBB College, Tripura University, Agartala M.Sc. Life Sciences Tripura University, Agartala Ph.D. Biotechnology, University of Pune with research work at National Chemical Laboratory (NCL, Pune). Post Doc: Iowa State University (ISU), Iowa, USA. Assistant Professor (IISER Pune): July, 2008 to December, 2014. Associate Professor (IISER Pune): December, 2014 onwards.

Research Intrest

Plant developmental biology, Micro RNA (miRNA) and gene regulation, Long distance signalling and plant-pathogen interaction

List of Publications
Mahajan A.S., Kondhare K.R., Rajabhoj M.P., Kumar A., Ghate T., Ravindran N., Habib F., Siddappa S., Banerjee A.K. (2016). Regulation, over-expression and target gene identification of Potato Homeobox 15 (POTH15) - a class-I KNOX gene in potato. Journal of Experimental Botany. DOI:10.1093/jxb/erw2059
Santin F., Bhogale S., Fantino E., Grandellis C., Banerjee A.K., Ulloa R.(2016). Solanum tuberosum StCDPK1 is regulated by miR390 at the posttranscriptional level and phosphorylates the auxin efflux carrier StPIN4 in vitro, a potential downstream target in potato development. Physiol. Plant. DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12517
Hannapel D.J. and Banerjee A.K. (2017). Multiple mobile RNAs regulate tuber development in potato. Plants. 6,8. DOI:10.3390/plants6010008
Hannapel D.J., Sharma P., Lin T. and Banerjee A.K. (2017). An Update on the Tuber Activation Pathway: The multiple signals that control tuber formation. Plant Physiology. DOI:10.1104/pp.17.00272