Ashwani Pareek
 Associate Professor
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi -110067, India.
Room No.     :  401
Off. Phone    :  26704504
Residence    :  26741558
E-mail           :  ashwanip@mail.jnu.ac.in
 

  Abiotic Stress book
  http://www.springer.com/life+sci/plant+sciences/book/978-90-481-3111-2

Education

  1. 1997                   Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi.

  2. 1992                   M.Sc. Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi.

  3. 1991                   Diploma in Base Program in Systems Management (NIIT), New Delhi.

  4. 1990                   B.Sc. (Hons) Botany, University of Delhi.

Career

  1. 2007 onwards      Associate Professor, School of Life Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

  2. 2003-2007          Assistant Professor, School of Life Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

  3. 2002                  Visiting Faculty, University of Illinois, UC, IL, USA.

  4. 1999-2003          Lecturer, School of Biotechnology, GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi.

  5. 1998-1999          Research Scientist, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi.

  6. 1997-1998          Dept. of Biology, University of North Carolina, USA.

Area of Research

Crop biotechnology, Functional genomics of abiotic stresses.

Research Projects

As Faculty at SLS, JNU (As Principle Investigator)

  1. “Cloning and characterization of an osmosensor gene from Oryza sativa L. for abiotic stress tolerance” granted by International Foundation for Science, Sweden [2002] completed.

  2. “Identification and characterization of genes and their promoters involved in signaling under salinity stress in Oryza sativa L.” granted by DST, Govt. of India [2003] completed.

  3. “Studies on signal transduction machineries in plants under osmotic stress with a focus on primary level of stress perception” granted by Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India {part of the network project between Jawaharlal Nehru University, International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and Haryana Agricultural University [2005]} Ongoing.

  4. “Functional Characterization of an osmosensor in rice employing the RNAi technology” granted by International Foundation for Science, Sweden [2005] completed.

  5. Raising ‘loss of function’ mutants in Oryza sativa L. for salinity stress tolerance employing gamma radiation and RNAi tools granted by International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria [2005] Ongoing.

  6. “Delineating the regulatory switches for putative osmosensor in Oryza sativa L.” granted by International Foundation for Science, Sweden [2007] Ongoing.

  7. “Exploring the major salinity stress associated QTL “Saltol” in Oryza sativa L. for searching novel candidate genes” granted by DST, Govt. of India [2008-20010] Ongoing.

Awards and Honour

  1. INSA-ROYAL SOCIETY exchange visitors fellowship 2005 (to work at University of Cambridge, UK).

  2. BOYSCAST Fellowship by Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India (2001).

  3. Award of “The Rockefeller Foundation” Post-doctoral fellowship in the area of advanced ‘Plant Molecular Biology’ as a part of the ‘Rice Biotechnology Program’ to work in the lab of Professor Ralph S Quatrano, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

  4. Young Scientist Award for best paper presentation at National Seminar on `Plant Physiology for Sustainable Agriculture' March 19-21, 1997, New Delhi. Indian Scientist Award by National Organising Committee for participation in the 16th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, held at New Delhi, India (XVIth IUBMB), September 19-22, 1994.

  5. South Campus Scholarship during M.Sc., (1990-91). 

  6. President of Botanical Society of S G T B Khalsa College, University of Delhi (1989-90).

Membership

  1. Member of the American Society of Plant Physiologists

  2. Life member of the Society for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

  3. Member of  The Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi

Research Publications

  1. Kushwaha HR, Singh AK, Sopory AK, Singla-Pareek  SL and Pareek A (2009). Genome wide expression analysis of CBS domain containing proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh and Oryza sativa  L.  reveals their developmental and stress regulation. BMC Genomics (In Press).

  2. Kumar G, Purty RS, Singla-Pareek S and Pareek (2009) Maintenance of stress related transcripts in tolerant cultivar at a level higher than sensitive one appears to be a conserved salinity response among plants. Plant Signaling and Behaviour 4 (5) (In press).

  3. Karan R, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A (2009) Histidine Kinase and Response Regulator Genes as They Relate to Salinity Tolerance in Rice. Functional and Integrative Genomics (DOI: 10.1007/s10142-009-0119-x). 

  4. Kumari S, Singh P, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A (2009) Heterologous expression of a salinity and developmentally regulated rice cyclophilin gene (OsCyp2) in E. coli and S. cerevisiae confers tolerance towards multiple abiotic stresses. Mol Biotechnology (In press). 

  5. Kumar G, Purty RS, Sharma MP, Singla-Pareek S and Pareek A (2009). Physiological responses among Brassica species under salinity stress show strong correlation with transcript abundance for SOS pathway related genes. Journal of Plant Physiology (In press).

  6. Kumari S, Panjabi nee Sabharwal V, Kushwaha H R, Sopory SK, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A (2009). Transcriptome map for seedling stage specific salinity stress response indicates a specific set of genes as candidate for saline tolerance in Oryza sativa L. Functional and Integrative Genomics 9(1): 109-123.

  7. Purty RS, Kumar G, Singla-Pareek SL  and Pareek A (2008) Invited contribution Towards Salinity Tolerance in Brassica: an Overview, Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants: 14:15-22

  8. Singh AK, Ansari MW, Pareek A and Singla-Pareek SL (2008) Invited contribution Raising Salinity Tolerant Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives, Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants, 14: 23-32

  9. Singla-Pareek SL, Yadav SK, Pareek A, Reddy MK and Sopory SK (2008). Enhancing salt tolerance in a crop plant by overexpression of glyoxalase II.  Transgenic Research. 17: 171-180.

  10. Schaller GE, Doi K, Hwang I, Kieber JJ, Khurana JP, Kurata N, Mizuno T, Pareek A, Shiu SH, Wu P, Yip WK (2007). Nomenclature for two-component signaling elements of rice. Plant Physiology 143: 555-557.

  11. Pareek A, Singh A, Kumar M, Kushwaha HR, Lynn AM, Singla-Pareek SL (2006). Whole genome analysis of Oryza sativa L. reveals similar architecture of two-component-signaling machinery with Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 142: 380-397.

  12. Yadav SK, Singla-Pareek SL, Kumar M, Pareek A, Saxena M, Sarin NB, Sopory SK. Characterization and functional validation of glyoxalase II from rice. (2006)
    Protein Expression and Purification 51: 123-136.

  13. Singla-Pareek SL, Yadav SK, Pareek A, Reddy MK, Sopory SK. (2006). Transgenic Tobacco overexpressing glyoxalase pathway enzymes grow and set viable seeds in zinc spiked soils. Plant Physiology 140: 613-23.

  14. Khandelwal V, Dadlani M, Sharma PC, Pareek A and Sharma SP (2005). Molecular markers based coefficient of parentage analysis in testing distinctness of thirty two rice varieties. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 14:135-139.

  15. Khandelwal V, Dadlani M, Sharma PC, Pareek A, Vashiht V and Sharma P (2004) Application of proteins and isozyme markers for DUS testing of Indian rice Oryza sativa L. varieties. Indian Journal of Genetics 64(4):261-266.

  16. Mehra S, Pareek A, Bandyopadhyay P, Sharma P, Burma PK and Pental D (2000). Development of transgenics in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) resistant to herbicide phosphinothricin. Current Science 78: 1358-1364.

  17. Pareek A, Singla SL and Grover A (1999). Analysis of stress proteins at four different developmental stages in field-grown rice (cultivar Pusa 169) plants. Current Science 76(1):81-86

  18. Singla SL, Pareek A, Kush AK and Grover A (1998). Distribution patterns of the 104 kDa stress-associated protein in rice. Plant Molecular Biology 37:911-919.

  19. Pareek A, Singla SL and Grover A (1998). Evidence for accumulation of a 55 kDa stress-related protein in rice and several other plant genera. Plant Science 134:191-197.

  20. Pareek A, Singla SL and Grover A (1998). Protein alterations associated with salinity, desiccation, high and low temperature stresses and abscisic acid application in Lal nakanda, a drought tolerant rice cultivar. Current Science 75(11): 1170-1174.

  21. Pareek A, Singla SL and Grover A (1998). Protein alterations associated with salinity, desiccation, high and low temperature stresses and abscisic acid application in seedlings of Pusa 169, a high-yielding rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar. Current Science 75(10):1023-1035.

  22. Pareek A, Singla SL and Grover A (1998). HSP 90 proteins in plants with special reference to rice system. Journal of Biosciences 23:361-367.

  23. Singla SL, Pareek A and Grover A (1998). Plant HSP 100 proteins with special reference to rice system. Journal of Biosciences 23:337-345.

  24. Grover A, Pareek A, Singla SL, Minhas D, Katiyar S, Ghawana S, Dubey H, Agarwal M, Rao GU, Rathee J and Grover A (1998). Engineering crops for tolerance against abiotic stresses through gene manipulation. Current Science 75:689- 696.

  25. Pareek A, Singla SL and Grover A (1997). Short-term salinity and high temperature stress-associated ultrastructural alterations in young leaf cells of Oryza sativa L. Annals of Botany 80:629-639.

  26. Pareek A, Singla SL, Kush AK and Grover A (1997). Distribution patterns of HSP 90 protein in rice. Plant Science 125: 221-230

  27. Singla SL, Pareek A and Grover A (1997). Yeast HSP 104 homologue rice HSP 110 is developmentally- and stress-regulated. Plant Science 125: 211-219

  28. Jain D, Pareek A, Maheshwari SC and Grover A (1996). Sublethal levels of sodium chloride and abscisic acid enhance regeneration frequency of seed-derived callus of rice. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. India 66(B), SPL ISSUE: 47-51

  29. Pareek A, Singla SL and Grover A (1995). Immunological evidence for accumulation of two high molecular weight (104 and 90 kDa) HSPs in response to different stresses in rice and in response to high temperature stress in diverse plant genera. Plant Molecular Biology 29: 293-301

  30. Grover A, Singla SL and Pareek A (1995). High molecular weight proteins associated with response of rice to various abiotic stresses. Rice Genetics III,  International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines, pp 894-898

  31. Pareek A, Singla SL and Grover A (1994). Novel stress proteins of rice. Rice Biotechnology Quarterly 17: 2-3

  32. Grover A, Pareek A and Maheshwari SC (1993). Molecular Approaches for Genetically Engineering Plants Tolerant to Salt Stress. Proc Ind Natn Sci Acad 59(2): 113-127

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