Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Qualification: M.Sc. (University of Calcutta), Ph. D. (CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology)
Area of Specialization: Molecular Mycology and Plant Pathology
E-mail: riddhi.bot@gmail.com
Personal Home Page: https://www.mpplaboratory.com/
Research Interests
- Plant Nutrition and biofortification
- Role of lectin proteins in stress tolerance in plants
Research Projects
Women Excellence Award 2020-2023
Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India
Project title: Designer legume: Development of genome-edited grass pea for neurotoxin free seeds (Principal Investigator)
Early Career Research Award 2018-2021
Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India
Project title: Dissecting the molecular mechanism of glutathione-mediated regulation of iron
homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana (Principal Investigator)
Extramural Research Grant 2017-2020
Department of Biotechnology (DHESTBT), Government of West Bengal
Project title: Molecular regulation of drought tolerance in rice with special reference
to functional aspect of OsR40C1 protein (Co-Principal Investigator)
Research Publications
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- Cumulative Impact factor: 64.279; Citations (Google scholars): 460; h-index: 12; i-10 index: 14
- Shee R, Ghosh S, Khan P, Sahid S, Roy C, Shee D, Paul S, Datta R* (2022) Glutathione regulates transcriptional activation of iron transporters via S-nitrosylation of bHLH factors to modulate subcellular iron homoeostasis. Plant Cell & Environment (In Press)
- Sahid S, Roy C, Shee D, Datta R*,Paul S(2021) Jacalin domain containing protein OsSalT interacts with OsDREB2A and OsNAC1 to impart drought stress tolerance in planta. Environmental and Experimental Botany 183: 104362
- Sahid S, Roy C, Paul S, Datta R* (2020) Rice lectin protein r40c1 imparts drought tolerance by modulating S-adenosylmethionine synthase 2, stress associated protein 8 and chromatin associated proteins. Journal of Experimental Botany 71:7331-7346
- Datta R, Paul S (2019) Long non-coding RNAs: Fine-tuning the developmental responses in plant. Journal of Biosciences 44:77
- Datta R, Kumar D, Chattopadhyay S (2018) Membrane proteome profiling of Mentha arvensis leaves in response to Alternaria alternata infection identifies crucial candidates for defense response. Plant Signaling & Behavior 13: e1178423
- Datta R*, Chattopadhyay S (2018) Glutathione as a crucial modulator of phytohormone signaling during pathogen defense in plants. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 84: 581-597
- Kumar D, Hazra S, Datta R, Chattopadhyay S (2016) Transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis mutants suggests a crosstalk between ABA, ethylene and GSH against combined cold and osmotic stress. Scientific Reports 6: 36867
- Bhattacharyya D, Hazra S, Banerjee A, Datta R, Kumar D, Chakraborti S, Chattopadhyay S (2016) Transcriptome-wide identification and characterization of CAD isoforms specific for podophyllotoxin biosynthesis from Podophyllum hexandrum. Plant Molecular Biology 92: 1-23
- Datta R, Kumar D, Sultana A, Hazra S, Bhattacharyya D, Chattopadhyay S (2015) Glutathione regulates ACC synthase transcription via WRKY33 and ACC oxidase by modulating mRNA stability to induce ethylene synthesis during stress. Plant Physiology 169: 2963-2981
- Datta R, Chattopadhyay S (2015) Changes in the proteome of pad2-1, a glutathione depleted Arabidopsis mutant, during Pseudomonas syringae infection. Journal of Proteomics 126: 82–93
- Datta R, Paul S (2015) Plant microRNAs: master regulator of gene expression mechanism. Cell Biology International 39: 1185–1190
- Sarkar Y, Das S, Datta R, Chattopadhyay S, Ray A, Parui PP (2015) Exploitation of a new Schiff-base ligand for boric acid fluorescent sensing in aqueous medium with bio-imaging studies in a living plant system. RSC Advances 5: 51875–51882
- Kumar D, Datta R, Hazra S, Sultana A, Mukhopadhyay R, Chattopadhyay S (2015) Transcriptomic profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana mutant pad2.1 in response to combined cold and osmotic stress. Plos One 10: e0122690
- Sinha R, Kumar D, Datta R, Hazra S, Bhattacharyya D, Mazumdar AB, Mukhopadhyay R, Sultana A, Chattopadhyay S (2014) Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to glutathione unravels its role in plant defense. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 120: 975–988
- Kumar D, Datta R, Sinha R, Ghosh A, Chattopadhyay S (2014) Proteomic profiling of γ-ECS overexpressed transgenic Nicotiana in response to drought stress. Plant Signaling & Behavior 9: e29246
- Ghanta S1, Datta R1, Bhattacharyya D, Sinha R, Kumar D, Hazra S, Mazumdar AB, Chattopadhyay S (2014) Multistep involvement of glutathione with salicylic acid and ethylene to combat environmental stress. Journal of Plant Physiology 171: 940–950 (1 Equal contribution)
- Bhattacharyya D, Sinha R, Hazra S, Datta R, Chattopadhyay S (2013) De novo transcriptome analysis using 454 pyrosequencing of the Himalayan Mayapple, Podophyllum hexandrum. BMC Genomics 14: 748
- Datta R, Sinha R, Chattopadhyay S (2013) Changes in leaf proteome profile of Arabidopsis thaliana in response to salicylic acid. Journal of Biosciences 38: 317–328
- Sinha R, Bhattacharyya D, Majumdar AB, Datta R, Hazra S, Chattopadhyay S (2013) Leaf proteome profiling of transgenic mint infected with Alternaria alternata. Journal of Proteomics 93: 117–132
- Datta R, Sarkar J, Acharya K; (2012) An insight into the kinships of the fungi. Nature Precedings
- Chatterjee S, Datta R, Dey A, Pradhan P, Acharya K (2012) In vivo hepatoprotective activity of ethanolic extract of Russula albonigra against carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity in mice. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology 5(8): 1034-1039
- Chatterjee S, Dey A, Datta R, Dey S, Acharya K (2011) Hepatoprotective effect of the ethanolic extract of Calocybe indica on mice with CCl4-induced hepatic intoxication. International Journal of PharmTech Research 3(4): 2162-2168
Research Guidance
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- Research fellow: 03
- Summer research fellow (Sponsored by Indian Science Academies): 01
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Membership of Learned Societies
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- Life Member, Indian Society for Plant Physiology
- Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association
- Life Member, Society of Biological Chemists (India)
- Life Member, Botanical Society of Bengal
- Life Member, The Indian Botanical Society
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Awards
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- Young Botanist Award by the Indian Botanical Society (2021)
- Associate Fellow elected by West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST; 2020)
- Best Poster Award at International symposium on Advances on plant biotechnology and genome editing & 42nd meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association (India), ICAR-IIAB, Ranchi (2020)
- Women Excellence Award by Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India (2020)
- Young Scientists award by Indian Society of Plant Physiology (2018)
- INSA medal for Young Scientists by Indian National Science Academy (2017)
- Best Poster Presentation Award at International Conference on Insight to Plant Biology in Modern Era (2017), Bose Institute, Kolkata
- Best Oral Presentation Award at 3rd International Meeting on Advanced Studies in Cell Signalling Network (CeSiN 2016), CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
- S N Banerjee Memorial Gold Medal (2011) by Indian Mycological Society, for securing highest marks in M.Sc. (Botany) in University of Calcutta
- Professor H. L. Chakraborty Memorial Award (2011) by Botanical Society of Bengal, for securing highest marks in M.Sc. (Botany) in University of Calcutta
- Post Graduate Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holders (2009-2010) by U.G.C., for securing 1st Position in Botany (Hons.) at Undergraduate Level
- Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child (2009-2010).
- Swati Bose Memorial Scholarship (2009) by University of Calcutta, for securing 1st position in Botany (Hons.) at Undergraduate Level
- Professor J. Sen Memorial Medal (2009) by Botanical Society of Bengal, for securing 1st position in Botany (Hons.) at Undergraduate Level
- P. Chatterjee Memorial Award (2009) by Botanical Society of Bengal, for securing 1st position in Botany (Hons.) at Undergraduate Level
- C. Nag Memorial Medal (2009) by Presidency College, Kolkata, for securing 1st position in Botany (Hons.) at Undergraduate Level
- Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee Memorial Prize (2009) by Presidency College, Kolkata, for securing 1st position in Botany (Hons.) at Undergraduate Level
- Aparajita Chattopadhyay Memorial Prize (2008) for securing highest marks in Botany (Hons.) at Part I & II Examinations of the University of Calcutta
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Invited Lectures
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- Resource person at CSIR-IICB Skill development Programme 2019, Kolkata.
- Invited lecture at CSIR-IICB Skill development Programme 2017-18, Kolkata.
- Young Scientist presentation at Indian Science Congress, Tirupati, 2017.
- Invited speaker at 4th International Conference on Plant Genomics, Brisbane, Australia, 2016.
- Invited speaker at Special seminar on ‘Emerging trends on plant sciences’, Bhairab Ganguly College, West Bengal, 2016.
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Teaching Experience
Under graduate teaching: Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Government College, New Town, Rajarhat (2015-Present)
Post graduate teaching: Visiting faculty, Post graduate Department of Botany, Barasat Govt. College, Barasat (Academic session 2015-2016)