Research Summary

The overarching research interest of the lab revolves around plant growth and stress biology. My long term goal is to discover the rules and mechanisms underlying protein modifications during abiotic and biotic stress. More specifically, the lab is interested in how plants fine tune their response against the combination of abiotic and biotic stress and the mechanisms involved to respond quickly against the various stresses. Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are involved in providing the fine tune and quick response of plants against the abiotic and biotic stress. In this respect, it is often relevant to question the role of various PTMs and its significance in the cross talk of signaling cascade in various plants species to cope with various environmental stresses and their interaction to regulate the downstream signaling cascade during these stresses. The lab will employ a combination of plants such as pepper, rice and model plant Arabidopsis to answer the questions during the study.