Scientist Profile
Dr. Charanpreet Kaur
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Plant-microbe interactions; Plant stress and memory; Crop improvement
- Har Gobind Khurana – Innovative Young Biotechnologist (HGK-IYB) Fellow, ICGEB, New Delhi (Sep 2021-Jan 2023)
- DST-INSPIRE Faculty, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (May 2015- May 2021)
- Indo-Australian Career Boosting Gold (IACBG) Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia (Nov 2017 – January 2018)
- Elucidated the role of methylglyoxal and glyoxalase pathway in plant stress adaptation.
- Deciphered the role of methylglyoxal detoxification by microbes as a plant-beneficial trait that contributes to plant growth under stress.
- Isolation of novel microbial isolates with plant growth promoting activities.
- Proposed the role of prion-like proteins in plant stress and memory responses.
- Plant-microbe interactions for crop improvement
- Prion-like domains as stress sensors and memory regulators in plants
- HGK-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (HGK-IYBA) by DBT, Government of India (2020)
- INSA medal for Young Scientist by Indian National Science Academy (2018)
- Indo-Australian Career Boosting Gold Fellowship by DBT, Government of India (2017)
- Young Scientist Award by Indian Society for Plant Physiology (2015)
- DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award by DST, Government of India (2015)
- International Travel Grant by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India (University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 2013)
- Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by DBT, Government of India (2010-2013)
- Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by DBT, Government of India (2008-2010)
- CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and National Eligibility Test (NET) examination (2008)