Biology – Page 17 – IISER Tirupati

Not seeing the grass for the trees: Timber plantations and agriculture shrink tropical montane grassland by two-thirds over four decades in the Palani Hills, a Western Ghats Sky Island

AUTHOR’S – Arasumani, M., Khan, D., Das, A., … & Robin, V. V. PLoS ONE, 13(1). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190003

The critically endangered forest owlet Heteroglaux blewitti is nested within the currently recognized Athene clade: A century-old debate addressed

AUTHOR’S – Koparde, P., Mehta, P., Reddy, S., … & Robin, V. V. PLoS ONE, 13(2). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192359

Acoustic indices as rapid indicators of avian diversity in different land-use types in an Indian biodiversity hotspot

AUTHOR’S – Buxton, R. T., Agnihotri, S., Robin, V. V. et al. Journal of Ecoacoustics, 2. DOI: 10.22261/jea.gwpzvd

Structural characterization of a novel KH-domain containing plant chloroplast endonuclease

AUTHOR’S – Rout, A. K., Singh, H., Patel, S., … Rao, B. J. et al. Scientific Reports, 8. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31142-w

Plasma membrane proteome analysis identifies a role of barley membrane steroid binding protein in root architecture response to salinity

AUTHOR’S – Witzel, K., Matros, A., Moller, A. L. B., Ramireddy, E. et al. Plant, Cell and Environment, 41(6), 1311-1330. DOI: 10.1111/pce.13154

Novel glycopyrrolidine compounds inhibit human cancer cell proliferation and induce apoptotic mode of cell death

AUTHOR’S – Bhoopalan, H., Tentu, S., Prasana, R., … Pakala, S. B. et al. (2017). Cancer Investigation, 35(4), 215-224. DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2016.1260139

Root engineering in barley: Increasing cytokinin degradation produces a larger root system, mineral enrichment in the shoot and improved drought tolerance

AUTHOR’S – Ramireddy, E., Hosseini, S. A., Eggert, K. et al. Plant Physiology, 177(3), 1078-1095. DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00199

Zn-fortified cereal grains in field-grown barley by enhanced root cytokinin breakdown

AUTHOR’S – Ramireddy, E., Galuszka, P., & Schmulling, T. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 13(11). DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1530023

Bioinformatics exploration of PAK1 (P21-activated kinase-1) revealed potential network gene elements in breast invasive carcinoma

AUTHOR’S – Yellapu, N. K., Pulaganti, M., & Pakala, S. B. (2017). Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 35(10), 2269-2279. DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2016.1216894

Effective strategies and applications of Dendrimers in the treatment of Ovarian cancer

AUTHOR’S – Kesavan, A., Pakala, S. B., Rayala, S. K. et al. (2017). Current Pharmaceutical Design, 23(21), 3099-3104. DOI: 10.2174/1381612823666170223165541