Manoj K. Sharma

Assistant Professor (UGC)
School of Biotechnology
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India

Professor Plant Sciences
Biography

Manoj K. Sharma May 2014 - onwards, UGC Assistant Professor and Ramalingaswami Fellow, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi India. March - May 2014, Ramalingaswami Fellow, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi India. 2009 - 14, Postdoctoral Employee, University of California and Joint BioEnergy Institute Emeryville, California USA. 2007 - 09, Research Associate, DPMB, University of Delhi, India.

Research Intrest

Manoj K. Sharma research interest include Plant Genomics and Genetic Engineering, Feedstock Improvement for biofuels and Stress Tolerance, Plant Molecular Farming.

List of Publications
3. Bennetzen JL, Schmutz J, Wang H, Percifield R, Hawkins J, Pontaroli AC, Estep M, Feng L, Vaughn JN, Grimwood J, Jenkins J, Barry K, Lindquist E, Hellsten U, Seshpande S, Wang X, Wu X, Mitros T, Triplett J, Yang X, Ye C, Mauro-Herrara M, Wang L, Li P, Sharma MK, Sharma R, Ronald PC, Panaud O, Kellogg EA, Brutnell T, Doust A, Tuskan GA, Rokshar D, Devos KM. (2012) Reference genome sequence of the model plant Setaria. Nature Biotechnology, 30, 555-561. doi:10.1038/nbt.2196.
2. Zhang JY, Lee YC, Jerez IT, Wang M, Yin Y, Chou WC, He J, Shen H, Pennacchio C, Lindquist E, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Xu Y, Sharma MK, Sharma R, Ronald P, Saha M, Dixon R, Tang Y and Udvardi M (2013) Development of an integrated transcript sequence database and a gene expression atlas for gene discovery and analysis in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). The Plant Journal,74(1), 160-73. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12104.
1. Sharma MK, Sharma R, Cao P, Jenkins J, Bartley L, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Rokhsar D and Ronald PC (2012) A genome-wide survey of switchgrass genome structure and organization. PLoS One, 7 (4) e33892. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033892.