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1 University Faculty Details Page on DU Web- site Title Prof./Dr./Mr./Ms. Dr. Designation Department Address (Campus) (Residence) Phone No (Campus) (Residence)optional Mobile Fax Web- Page Education Subject Manu First Name Last Name Agarwal Photograph Associate Professor Botany Room No. 9, Department of Botany University of Delhi, Delhi Mukherjee Park II F Behind Subhash Nagar Pacific Mall New Delhi agarwalm71@gmail.com Institution Year B.Sc. Rohilkhand University 1993 M.Sc. Goa University 1995 M.Phil University of Delhi 1997 Ph.D. University of Delhi 1999 Career Profile Organisation / Institution Details Subjects: Zoology, Botany, Chemistry Subjects: Marine Biotechnology Thesis topic: High temperature induced protein alterations associated with germination of seeds in rice, maize and wheat with emphasis on 104 and 90 kda proteins. Thesis topic: Molecular characterization of high and low molecular weight heat shock genes/proteins from rice (Oryza sativa L) Designation Duration Role University of Delhi Reader University of Delhi Reader Sept Dec 2003 Jan June 2007 July Jan 2008 Jan Jan 2011 Jan present Research University of California Riverside, USA TERI University, India Postdoctoral research associate Postdoctoral research associate Assoc Professor University of Arizona Tucson, USA Research Research and Postgraduate teaching Research and Postgraduate teaching Research and Postgraduate teaching Research Interests / Specialization Page 1

2 My research interests are in understanding the gene regulation mechanisms in plants subjected to stressful environments. Our lab utilizes a combination of genomics and genetics approaches to decipher gene regulation at transcriptional, post- transcriptional, translational and post- translational levels. Of particular interest is discovery of novel stress regulated small RNAs from crop plants. Other projects in lab include biotechnological approaches to improve stress tolerance in crop plants and using reporter mutagenesis screens to isolate and implicate components in abiotic stress signaling pathways. Teaching Experience ( Subjects/Courses Taught) Molecular Genetics, Recombinant DNA technology, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genomics. Honors & Awards CSIR National Research Fellowship holder Publications (LAST FIVE YEARS) Books / Monographs Year of Publication Title Publisher Co- Author In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals Year of Title Journal Co- Author Publication 2012 Singh A, Mittal D, Lavania D, Agarwal M, Mishra RC, Grover A. OsHsfA2c and OsHsfB4b are involved in the transcriptional regulation of cytoplasmic OsClpB (Hsp100) gene in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Cell, Stress and Chaperones. 17(2): Singh A, Mittal D, Lavania D, Mishra RC, Grover A. Bhardwaj AR, Pandey R, Agarwal M and Katiyar- Agarwal S. Northern Blot Analysis for Expression Profiling of mrnas and Small RNAs Agarwal M, Singh A, Mittal D, Sahi C, Grover A. Cycloheximide- mediated super- induction of genes involves both native and foreign transcripts in rice (Oryza sativa L.) 2011 Ji L, Liu X, Yan J, Wang W, Yumul RE, Kim YJ, Dinh TT, Liu J, Cui X, Zheng B, Agarwal M, Liu C, Cao X, Tang G, Chen X. ARGONAUTE10 and ARGONAUTE1 Regulate the Termination of Floral Stem Cells through Two MicroRNAs in Arabidopsis. Methods in molecular biology. 883:19-45 Plant Physiol Biochem. 49(1):9-12. PLoS Genetics. 7(3): e Bhardwaj AR, Pandey R and Katiyar- Agarwal Singh A, Mittal D, Sahi C, Grover A. Ji L, Liu X, Yan J, Wang W, Yumul RE, Kim YJ, Dinh TT, Liu J, Cui X, Zheng B, Liu C, Cao X, Tang G, Page 2

3 Chen X Yu B, Bi L, Zhai J, Agarwal M, Li S, Wu Q, Ding SW, Meyers BC, Vaucheret H, Chen X. sirnas compete with mirnas for methylation by HEN1 in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Res. 38(17): Yu B, Bi L, Zhai J, Li S, Wu Q, Ding SW, Meyers BC, Vaucheret H, Chen X Yu B, Bi L, Zheng B, Ji L, Chevalier D, Agarwal M, Ramachandran V, Li W, Lagrange T, Walker JC, Chen X. The FHA domain proteins DAWDLE in Arabidopsis and SNIP1 in humans act in small RNA biogenesis Sahi C*, Agarwal M*, Singh A and Grover A. Molecular characterization of a novel isoform of rice (Oryza sativa L) glycine rich RNA binding protein and evidence for its involvement in high temperature stress response. (*- equal contributions). Articles PNAS, USA 105: Plant Science 173: Yu B, Bi L, Zheng B, Ji L, Chevalier D, Ramachandran V, Li W, Lagrange T, Walker JC, Chen X. Sahi C, Singh A and Grover A (2007). Vivek Raxwal, Surekha Katiyar- Agarwal and Manu Agarwal (2012). Structural and Functional Diversity of Plant Heat Shock Factors. Plant Stress 6: Global Science Books Manu Agarwal and Jian- Kang Zhu (2005). Integration of abiotic stress signaling pathways: In Plant abiotic stress Eds. Matt Jenks and Mike Hasegawa, Blackwell Publishers pgs: Agarwal M, Katiyar- Agarwal S and Grover A. Plant Hsp100 proteins: structure, function and regulation. Plant Sci 163: Grover A, Aggarwal PK, Kapoor A, Katiyar- Agarwal S, Agarwal M and Chandramouli A Addressing abiotic stresses in agriculture through transgenic technology. Curr Sci 84(3): Agarwal M, Katiyar- Agarwal S, Sahi C, Gallie DR and Grover A Arabidopsis thaliana Hsp100 proteins: kith and kin. Cell stress and Chaperones 6(3): Katiyar- Agarwal S, Agarwal M, Gallie DR and Grover A Search for the cellular functions of plant Page 3

4 Hsp100/Clp family proteins. Crit Rev Plant Sci 20(3): Grover A, Kapoor A, Katiyar- Agarwal S, Agarwal M, Sahi C, Jain P, Kotak S, Agrawal S, Dubey H Experimentations in biology of plant abiotic stress responses. Proc Indian Natn Sci Acad B67 (5): Grover A, Kapoor A, Satya Lakshmi O, Agarwal S, Sahi C, Katiyar- Agarwal S, Agarwal M and Dubey H. Understanding molecular alphabets of the plant abiotic stress responses Curr Sci 80: Grover A, Agarwal M, Katiyar- Agarwal S, Sahi C and Agarwal S Production of high temperature tolerant transgenic plants through manipulation of photosynthetic membrane lipids. Curr Sci 79: Grover A, A Kapoor, C Sahi, S Agarwal, S Katiyar- Agarwal, M Agarwal and H Dubey Abiotic stress responsive genes and promoters in plants. Proceedings Andhra Pradesh Netherlands project workshop "Biotechnological interventions for abiotic stress management in rainfed crops", Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, pp Katiyar- Agarwal A, Agarwal M and Grover A Emerging trends in agricultural biotechnology research: use of abiotic stress- induced promoter to drive expression of a stress resistance gene in the transgenic system leads to high level stress tolerance associated with minimal negative effects on growth. Curr Sci 77: Conference Presentations Total Publication Profile optional Books In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals 17 Articles 11 Conference Presentations Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity Departmental Administrative work, which include building maintenance and installation of Phosphorimager Infrastructure development and maintenance Ex- member for Bioinformatics Setup in the Department Other day- to- day activities for smooth functioning of the department. Page 4

5 Professional Societies Memberships Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations) 1) PI in DBT funded project Development and stress- specific genomics of small non- coding RNAs from Brassica sps., rice and wheat Phase II 2) PI in DBT funded COE for the project Transgenic approaches for frost tolerance in Brassica juncea 3) Co- PI in DBT funded project Profiling of small RNAs unique to Apomictic addition lines in Pennisetum glaucum through Subtractive small RNA library Other Details Five registered Ph.D. Students (Signature of Faculty Member) (Signature & Stamp of Head of the Department) Page 5