The ability to perceive, integrate, and process environmental cues such as light and temperature is key for plant growth and survival. Ambient temperature, in other words, seasonal changes in temperature, plays a prime role in plant growth and reproduction,and adaptation in long-run. It is known that elevated ambient temperatures significantly advance the life cycle of the plants by accelerating vegetative and reproductive transitions. However,the underlying signalling mechanism are not well understood. Using Arabidopsis and Rice as model, we are interested in exploring the mechanisms of temperature signalling integration and gene regulation. Also, we are interested in how temperature signalling cross - talk with light signalling pathways, using combination of genetic, genomics, and biochemical approaches.

1. PhD (Plant Molecular Biology), NIPGR (JNU, New Delhi, India), 2009
2. MSc(Agri.) (Genetics & Plant Breeding), UAS, Bangalore, India , 2003
3. BSc(Agri.) (Agriculture), UAS Bangalore, India, 2000

1. Associate Professor ,IISER Kolkata ( - )
2. Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata
3. Marie-Curie Fellow & Postdoctoral Scientist , John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK (2014 - 2018)
4. Research Scientist – Dept. of Biotechnology, NIT Durgapur, West Bengal, India (2012 - 2013)
5. Postdoctoral Fellow – Dept. of Cell and Mol. Biol., University of Gothenburg, Sweden (2009 - 2012)

1. Ramalingaswami Re-entry Felloship from Department of Biotechnology (2018)
2. Marie Curie Fellowship from European Commission (2015)

1. Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N and Kumar, S Vinod. 2018."DET1 and COP1 control the coordination of growth and immunity in response to key seasonal signals in Arabidopsis.." Cell Reports , 25, 29–37.
2. Gangappa, Sreeramaiah; Berriri, Souha and Kumar, S Vinod. 2017."PIF4 coordinates thermosensory growth and immunity in Arabidopsis. ." Current Biology , 27, 243–249

Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N and Kumar, S Vinod. 2017."DET1 and HY5 regulate PIF4-mediated thermosensory elongation growth through distinct mechanisms.." Cell Reports , 18, 344-351

Xu, Dongqing; Li, J; Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N; Hettiarachchi, Chamari; Andersson, Matt; Jiang, Yan; Deng, Xing Wang and Holm, Magnus. 2013."BBX21 and HY5 integrate light and ABA signaling by coordinately regulating ABI5 expression.." PLoS Genetics, 10, e1004197

Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N; Crocco, Daniel C; Johansson, Kenrick; Datta, Sourav; Hettiarachchi, Chamari; Holm, Magnus and Botto, Javier F. 2013."The Arabidopsis B-BOX protein BBX25 interacts with HY5, negatively regulating BBX22 expression to suppress seedling photomorphogenesis.." The Plant Cell, 25, 1243-1257

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