Dr. Surbhi Kumawat

Surbhi Kumawat
  • Post-doctoral Researcher

Contact Info

Haworth Hall

Research —

Faculty Sponsor: Jae Young Choi

The focus of my current research is to study the evolution of maize telomeres.

Selected Publications —

  • Kumawat S, Khatri P, Ahmeda A, Vats S, Kumar V, Jaiswal R, Wang Y, Xu P, Mandlik R, Shivaraj SM, Deokar A, Sonah H, Sharma TR, Deshmukh R (2021). Understanding aquaporin transport system, silicon uptake and deposition in bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria). Journal of Hazardous Material 409: 124598.
  • Kumawat S*, Rushil Mandlik R, Singla P, Khatri P, Ansari W, Singh A, Sharma Y, Singh A, Solanke A, Nadaf A, Sonah H, Deshmukh R (2021). Understanding aquaporin regulation defining silicon uptake and role in arsenic, antimony and germanium stress in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). Environmental Pollution 294: 118606.
  • Kumawat S, Rana N, Bansal R, Vishwakarma G, Mehetre ST, Das BK, Kumar M, Yadav SK, Sonah H, Sharma TR, Deshmukh R (2019). Expanding Avenue of Fast Neutron Mediated Mutagenesis for Crop Improvement. Plants 8: 164.
  • Kumawat S, Sharma Y, Vats S, Sudhakaran S, Sharma S, Mandlik R, Raturi G, Kumar V, Rana N, Kumar A, Sonah H, Deshmukh R (2021). Understanding the role of SWEET genes in fruit development and abiotic stress in Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.).  Molecular Biology Reports 1-11.
  • Vats S, Kumawat S, Kumar V, Patil G, Joshi T, Sonah H, Sharma TR, Deshmukh R (2019). Genome-editing in Plants: Exploration of Technological Advancements and Challenges. Cells 8(11): 1386.
  • Rana N, Kumawat S, Kumar V, Bansal R, Mandlik R, Dhiman P, Patil G B, Deshmukh R, Sharma T. R, Sonah H (2022). Deciphering haplotypic variation and gene expression dynamics associated with nutritional and cooking quality in rice. Cells 11(7): 1144.
  • Raturi G, Kumawat S, Mandlik R, Duhan D, Thakral V, Sudhakaran S, Ram C, Sonah H,  Deshmukh R (2022). Deciphering the role of Aquaporins under different abiotic stress conditions in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 1-13.
  • Bansal R, Kumawat S, Dhiman P, Sudhakaran S, Rana N, Jaswal R, Singh A, Sonah H, Sharma TR and Deshmukh R (2022). Evolution of Bcl-2 Anthogenes (BAG) as the Regulators of Cell Death in Wild and Cultivated Oryza Species. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 1-17.
  • Kumar N, Kumawat S, Khatri P, Singla P, Tandon G, Bhatt V, Shinde S, Patil GB, Sonah H, Deshmukh R (2020). Understanding aquaporin transport system in highly stress-tolerant and medicinal plant species Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba). Journal of Biotechnology 324:103-111.

 

Selected Presentations —

  • Kumawat, S. 2021. Understanding silicon uptake and accumulation in bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria). Poster presented at Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health (BSAEH-2021) at Jaipur, India, April.
  • Kumawat, S. 2021. Application and advances in genome editing in plants.  Talk presented at International Webinar on Plant Genomics at SPPU, Pune, India, March.
  • Kumawat, S. 2022. Understanding silicon uptake and accumulation in bottle gourd. Poster presented at BioSangam International Conference on emerging trends in biotechnology at Allahabad, India, April.