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Ratikanta Mohapatra

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MSc(Ag) Molecular Biology & Biotechnology @ Punjab Agriculture University|B.Sc(Hons.) Agriculture @ Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology | Experimentor @Plant Photobiology Lab NISER, 🇮🇳

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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Welcome to the team, Kačka! Excited to welcome my new PhD student, Kateřina Malá, who will investigate post-polyploid diploidization and B chromosome evolution in #Cardamine (Brassicaceae). @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Kasper van Gelderen @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The first preprint of my lab has just come out doi.org/10.64898/202... This paper came out at the same day on the sudden passing of Prof. Meng Chen. Without his work, this paper would not have existed. He was an extremely supportive member of the plant photobiology community..
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Sarah Courbier @scourbier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Hiltbrunner lab is on its way to @ispphotobiology.bsky.social with the lab! We are very excited, see you in a few hours!
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Martin Balcerowicz @transcription.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@romanulm.bsky.social kicking off ISPP 2026 @ispphotobiology.bsky.social in Les Diablerets, CH. Looking forward to 4 days of exciting science. Also, what a venue!
Image of the conference centre at ISPP 2026 kick-offLes Diablerets landscapeLes Diablerets landscape
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Such a great scientific community! It is a privilege to present our #Boechera research at the International #Polyploidy Conference and receive such positive feedback. So grateful for this supportive and stimulating environment! #IPC2026
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Ratikanta Mohapatra @ratikanta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A moth in Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Campus.
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Ratikanta Mohapatra @ratikanta.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Month of June went completely busy, because of performing High fidelity PCR, Gel elution, Gel Electrophoresis, Restrictions Digestion of Iron uptake gene in plant Vigna radiata and some novel tomato genes, in Plant pigment biology lab at NISER, India.
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Congratulations to Michaela Kubová, Ph.D. on successfully defending her dissertation! 🎓 It has been a privilege to be her supervisor and to accompany her on this journey. Wishing her all the best in the exciting new chapter ahead!
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Minisymposium of the Czech Society of Experimental Plant Biology in České Budějovice earlier this week was a fantastic platform for inspiring discussions and sharing ideas with colleagues across the Czech Republic 🌱
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thesis defenses behind us! 🎓 3 excellent MSc theses and 7 BSc theses from our Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics this year. #ProudScientificMom @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Fantastic project meeting with our collaborators at the Research Institute for Fodder Crops, Troubsko 🤝🌱 Discussing the future of de novo domestication of #Camelina sativa and its perspectives beyond the lab, including real-world applications.
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
From lab to field! The very first seeds of synthetic oilseed crop lines of Camelina sativa. A small step in the lab, a big step towards future applications. @uebscimuni.bsky.social @mzecr.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Happy to have a new postdoc in the Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics – Míša Bednaříková representing the lab at the 6th B Chromosome Conference.
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
New paper! Polyploidy meets the Cape: Evolutionary dynamics of Heliophila (Brassicaceae).   www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Our analyses show that #Boechera calcarea doesn’t belong in Boechereae at all. A rare case of deep taxonomic correction!
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Not #Boechera! We used genomics, cytogenetics & phylogenetics to reveal that the mysterious Boechera calcarea is actually Parryodes calcarea - a rare Asian member of the Arabideae tribe (Brassicaceae): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Propagating the #Kalanchoe collection @sphaeromeria.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Early morning FISHing of Arabidopsis rDNA.
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Hybrid zones in Cardamine (Brassicaceae) reveal the formation of diverse triploid hybrids with evolutionary potential. Cardamine rivularis plays a key role as both a driver and a species at risk. @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Beyond the lab 🌿 With our #Fulbright scholar in South Moravian nature. @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Floodproof mustards Why do some wild mustards thrive under water? We explore how wild Brassicaceae evolved diverse anatomical and physiological strategies to cope with flooding: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... @ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Genome of wallflower (Erysimum cheiri) reveals fusion–driven karyotype evolution and a metabolic basis of flower color diversity: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @plantphys.bsky.social @ceitec.eu
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New Boechera species described! Boechera sierraensis - a newly identified apomictic triploid from the Sierra Nevada - shows remarkable tolerance to heat, drought, and high light. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Successful expedition in the Slovakian Far East and great collaboration on our Czech Science Foundation project on B chromosome evolution in #Cardamine. #GACR @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Recurrent, targeted activity of centromeric CRM elements is a key driver of centromere evolution and variability in Biscutella, reshaping adjacent chromosomal regions and modulating their epigenetic state and gene expression. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
New review: Why Boechera? #Boechera is the only apomictic model where apomixis operates at the diploid level - a game changer for understanding and engineering clonal seed reproduction. link.springer.com/protocol/10.... @ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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Ratikanta Mohapatra @ratikanta.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Expecting researcher in the area of plant science to join in 8th FoDP 2026 free Webinar "Traditional & Modern knowledge on Plant Science"@ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
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Ali Raza @aliraza6.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗼-𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 ✔️With complex #genetics slowing progress, CATAS-SRC has unveiled a #Three-Chain⛓️ model to fast-track #biobreeding breakthroughs. Promising step for #sugarcane & complex #genome crops🧬🌾 @theinnovation.bsky.social 🔗 www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/...
Three-chain collaborative framework for sugarcane biotechnological breeding innovation and industrial application
This framework is centered on the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralAffairs (MOA), Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) and State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding (NBLTC), sugar factories, and sugarcane growers, and illustrates the coordinated integration of the Innovation Chain, the Industry Chain, and the Support Chain. The Innovation Chain is supported by universities—Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, South China Agricultural University, Yunnan Agricultural University, and Guangxi University—and research institutes including Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Biotechnology Research Institute, Agricultural Genomics Institute), Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanfan Seed Industry Research Institute, and Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The Support Chain is reinforced by funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and regional foundations in Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Fujian, and Hainan. The Industry Chain is driven by leading domestic sugar enterprises, including COFCO Sugar, East Asia Sugar, Nanhua Sugar, Nanning Sugar, and Shanghai Sugar Tobacco and Alcohol, as well as biobreeding companies such as Bella-Gen, Longping High-tech and KingAgroot CropScience. Through the joint application of biotechnological tools—including genomics, CRISPR-based gene-editing, genetic transformation, and multi-omics analyses—the mechanism enables a seamless pipeline from germplasm resource identification and trait dissection to genetic element mining, technology development, biosafety evaluation of transgenic or gene-edited materials, and large-scale industrial application.
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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
First complete genome loaded onto a quantum computer Researchers encode the tiny hepatitis D virus in an early step toward “quantum genomics” www.science.org/content/arti...
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First complete genome loaded onto a quantum computer
Researchers encode the tiny hepatitis D virus in an early step toward “quantum genomics”
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
No time to die: plant #rhythms under #environmental stresses www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantScience #PlantSci @de.scientists4future.org @scisustag.bsky.social @yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social @plantenv.bsky.social @cropnetwork.bsky.social @cropstress.bsky.social @plantphysiolupv.bsky.social
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No time to die: plant rhythms under environmental stresses
Environmental stresses are a significant source of crop loss worldwide, making it strategic to understand how plants respond to them, especially in th…
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
#Phytoglobin 1 in plant #hypoxia acclimation and development: Integrating #oxygen sensing, #NO #homeostasis and #redox balance academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... #PlantScience #SciComm @rsasidharan.bsky.social @jxbotany.bsky.social @hartman-plantlab.com @isplore.bsky.social @plantredox.bsky.social
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Phytoglobin 1 in plant hypoxia acclimation and development: Integrating oxygen sensing, NO homeostasis and redox balance
Abstract. Hypoxia is integral to the plant life cycle, occurring during both development and environmental stresses like flooding. The class I phytoglobins
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The potential of #wheat #spatial #omics www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience @natgenet.nature.com @natplants.nature.com @wheatinitiative.bsky.social @wheatbiology.bsky.social @triticumaestivum.bsky.social @techspatiales.bsky.social @singlecellbeyblade.bsky.social @cellbionews.bsky.social
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The potential of wheat spatial omics - Nature Genetics
This study highlights the Wheat Spatial Omics Consortium, which aims to build a spatiotemporal single-cell atlas of wheat in response to different treatments, thereby contributing to the development o...
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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
😃 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Cambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncovered
University’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago
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Ali Raza @aliraza6.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
A quick update on our #PlantStress #Special_Issue on #Panomics🧬 and #climate-smart crops under combined #stresses🌾 🗓️New submission deadline: June 15 ✅We’re now also accepting #Opinion, #Spotlight, and Short #Communication articles 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... @scinews.bsky.social
Call for papers
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Ratikanta Mohapatra @ratikanta.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Anthocyanin pigment of Petunia # RPRC India
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pem2026.bsky.social @pem2026.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@scourbier.bsky.social from @uni-freiburg.de @cibss.bsky.social is one of the invited speakers of #pem26. She will give a talk on the role of TOR in shade mediated hypocotyl elongation Join us in Montpellier next july Pem26.cnrs.fr
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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Amazing! Huge congratulations to Richard Dekeya from the lab for successfully defending his PhD thesis, and @alexwebblab.bsky.social and Barrie Wilkinson for examining #chronobiology
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Ratikanta Mohapatra @ratikanta.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Hydroalcoholic extraction of Aporsa octandra # Regional Plant Resource Centre India
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Hydroalcoholic extraction of Aporsa octandra # Regional Plant Resource Centre India
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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Ending this week with a Paper Party, celebrating our two recent publications. Have a nice weekend.
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Lisa Oskam @lisaoskam.bsky.social · 13/04/2024
Our research is featured in Dutch popular science journal Quest (in Dutch)! @ronaldpierik.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
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Mayank Sharma @mayankdu.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Hot off the press, first PI paper 🎉. Reporting a novel protein (VIA1) involved in thylakoid membrane biogenesis. VIA1 (similar to ESCRT-II) and bind to chloroplast ESCRT-III (VIPP1). Showing a direct role of VIPP1 in thylakoid biogenesis. @cp-cellreports.bsky.social tinyurl.com/msrepdna
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Ratikanta Mohapatra @ratikanta.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Happy to share my publication "Mohapatra R et al., Operational mechanisms of the plant circadian clock in stress (2026-02-06) rdcu.be/e2Eeh doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11738…"
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Operational mechanisms of the plant circadian clock in stress
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T. (Tammy) Greenwood @tgwood505.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Posting this because the ARCs of my sixteenth novel came today and I am feeling both really proud of myself and really old. I’ve been playing this game a long, long time. #writersky #mystery
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Ali Raza @aliraza6.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Excited to share our review is on the Cover of @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social (Vol 30, Issue 10)🤩🎉😍 👉 #Panomics to manage combined #abiotic stresses in plants 🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant... Congratulations to all authors @agbioworld.bsky.social👏 @plantteaching.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
In this work, together with my wonderful co-authors (Yiran Li, Channapatna Prakash, and Zhangli Hu), we discuss how climate change-driven combined abiotic stresses threaten global crop productivity, and how panomics, AI-driven breeding, single-cell omics, and advanced phenotyping can guide the way for stress-smart crops of the future🌱



🔑 𝙆𝙚𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨:

Panomics + AI = unlocking novel molecular targets & pathways

Field-level validation + spatial/single-cell omics for real-world solutions

Synthetic biology and epigenome editing as next-gen breeding strategies

Crop wild relatives as hidden reservoirs of resilience

Designing "genetic circuits" and "full-gene packages" for enhanced tolerance



Ultimately, we propose panomics as a “social insurance” for crops, equipping them to withstand real-world stress combinations and secure sustainable agriculture in a changing climate 🌍✨
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Kalika Prasad @kalikaprasad.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Highlights @pnas.org , Thank you, Jian Xu (@tuliproot in X) Your excellent text makes the ideas far more accessible than we managed in the paper. @akanshaganguly.bsky.social , @plantophagy.bsky.social @IISERPune, @ANRFIndia, @DBTIndia www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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More than a blueprint: Developmental regulators secure the cellular environment for regeneration | PNAS
More than a blueprint: Developmental regulators secure the cellular environment for regeneration
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Ali Raza @aliraza6.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Happy to share our🆕 book chapter "Advances in #SyntheticGenomics🧬🧪✂️(SynGen) for Crop Improvement and Beyond🌾", published by @springernature.com 🤩🎉 🔗 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... ✔️SynGen enables custom plant #genomes🧬 for #climate-resilient, sustainable #agriculture🪴🥗 @scinews.bsky.social
Synthetic genomics (SynGen) has emerged as a new game-changing platform for future crop improvement by allowing the design and construction of designer-made plant genomes for sustainable agriculture. This chapter first discussed the conceptual and technological foundations of SynGen for future genome design. We investigated how SynGen is being applied to improve yield, stress tolerance, nutritional profile, metabolic pathway engineering, plant–microbe interactions, and to design minimal or fully synthetic plant genomes. Integration with multi-omics, biofoundries, and gene drives further expands its capability to fast-track future crop design. Nevertheless, widespread application encounters major technical, ethical, and regulatory challenges, along with some bottlenecks and implications of redesigned crops, which demand transparent governance and inclusive public dialogue. To address these issues, we propose that innovations in synthetic biology and public–private collaborations could assist in the design of future climate-smart, high-performance crops. In short, SynGen could serve as a game-changing approach that can help achieve global food security in the face of changing climate.
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Kalika Prasad @kalikaprasad.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Now on the Cover @pnas.org News, Delightful to see @akanshaganguly.bsky.social Journey from stress to regeneration, from leaf to root featured on cover. Akansha, you made it, very well done, congratulations.
Cover image: Pictured is a regenerating root from an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf. Akansha Ganguly et al. detached plant leaves to study the mechanisms of stress mitigation associated with wound repair. The authors found that plant-specific PLETHORA transcription factors activate the ATG8 gene, which initiates recycling of damaged cell components to decrease intracellular stress and allow stem cells to differentiate. ATG8 is not activated if the plant is simply forming a callus, rather than regenerating roots. The results reveal how plant-specific autophagy regulators interact with intracellular stress signaling to aid in wound repair. See the article by Ganguly et al., e2513954123. Image credit: Akansha Ganguly.
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