Research & Publications

• Modeel,S. Negi , R K *, Sharma,M., Dolkar,P. Yadav,S. Siwach.S. ,Yadav,P. & Negi,T. 2024.A comprehensive DNA barcoding of Indian freshwater fishes of the Indus River system, Beas. Scientific Reports 14:2763 h|ttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52519-0.
• Bharti, M., Nagar, S., Yadav, P., Siwach, S., Dolkar, P., Yadav, S., Modeel, S., Negi, T.,& Negi, R. K. (2023). Taxonomy,distribution, biology and conservation of vulnerable snow trout Schizothorax richardsonii (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae) in the Himalayan and sub-Himalayan region: A review. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 10(1), 8–27.
• Sharma, M., Singh, D. N., Uttam, G., Sharma, P., Meena, S. A., Verma, A. K., & Negi, R.K. (2023). Adaptive evolution of Sphingopyxis sp. MC4 conferred degradation potential for persistent β-and δ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 132545.
• Thomas, Sharon, Jaspreet Kaur, Robinsh Kambhoj, Swati Thangariyal, Rahul Yadav, Kamlesh Kumar, and Narender K. Dhania. "Investigate the efficacy of size exclusion chromatography for the isolation of extracellular vesicles from C. elegans." Journal of Chromatography B (2023): 123982.
• Bharti, M., Nagar, S. & Negi, R.K. Riverine pollution influences the intraspecific variation in the gut microbiome of an invasive fish, Cyprinus carpio (Linn., 1758). 3 Biotech 13, 320 (2023).
• Nagar, S., Bharti, M., Negi, R.K. 2023. Genome-Resolved metagenomics revealed metal resistance geochemical cycles in a Himalayan Hot spring. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 107(10), 3273-3289.
• Modeel, S., Joshi, B.D., Yadav, S., Bharti, M., Negi, R.K. 2023. Mitochondrial DNA reveals shallow population genetic structure in economically important Cyprinid fish Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) from South and Southeast Asia. Molecular Biology Reports, 50(6), 4759-4767..
• Siwach, S., Bharti, M., and Negi, R.K. 2023. Tea Time Trouble: The Potential Presence of Microplastics in Tea Bags. Shoolinivigyanuvach – International Journal of Science and Technology, 1(1), 235-242..
• Shrivastava NK, Yadav A, Rauhila N, Khati M, Farand AK and Shakarad MN. 2023. The molecular underpinnings of body size regulation: Transcriptional changes in foxo and mTor in Drosophila melanogaster selected for fast development. Gene Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2023.101841
• Rana M, Bajaj D, Choubey P, Jain S, Basu-Modak S. Altered Expression of Heme Oxygenase 2 in Heme Oxygenase 1–deficient Mouse Embryos. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 2023; doi:10.1369/00221554231189310
• Jain S and Shakarad MN. 2023. Adoption and foster parenting- an evolutionary enigma? Ethology, Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2225032
• Singh R, Kaur S, Yadav S, Bhatia S, Gonadotropins as pharmacological agents in assisted reproductive technology and polycystic ovary syndrome, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism (TEM, Cell press), 2023;34(4):194-215.
• Shrivastava NK and Shakarad MN. 2023. Correlated responses in basal immune function in response to selection for fast development in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, DOI:10.1111/JEB.14176.
• Namgial T, Singh A K, Singh N P, Francis A, Chattopadhyay D, Voloudakis A and Chakraborty S (2022) Differential expression of genes during recovery of Nicotiana tabacum from tomato leaf curl Gujarat virus infection. Planta 258(2): 37.
• Bharti, M., Khurana, H., Sharma, M., Choksket, S., Nagar, S., Yadav, S. Modeel, S. Korpole, S., Negi, R.K. 2022. Taxonomic and genomic characterization of Sporosarcina cyprini sp. nov., moderately tolerant of Cr+6 and Cd+2 isolated from the gut of invasive fish Cyprinus carpio var. communis (Linn., 1758). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 115(12), 1-14.
• Jain S, Chuphal B and Shakarad MN. 2023. Effect of financial independence of Indian women on their marriage decisions. Social Evolution & History, 22(1): 125-144. DOI: 10.30884/seh/2023.01.06
• Maurya SK, Gupta S, Mishra R (2023) Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of microglia in maintenance of brain homeostasis and neurodegeneration. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience., DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1072046, ISSN: 1662-5099 "
• Lata, P, Bala K, Goel P, Sood U, Hira, P, Dwivedi V, Kumar A, Rawat C.D and Lal R. 2022 Microbiome and Plant Health Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 35(3): 355–359 (2022) DOI 10.5958/0976-1926.2022.00099.7
• Goel, P., Garg, N., Lata, P., Kumar, R., Bala, K., 2022. Gut microflora and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A review Microsphere 1: 61-70
• Sood, U., ..... Lata, P.,.... Kalia, V.C and Rup Lal, R. 2022. Microbial journey: Mount Everest to Mars. INJM EMID:51647f1f461dde99
• "Maurya SK, Mishra R (2022) Co-expression and Interaction of Pax6 with genes and proteins of immunological surveillance in brain of mice. Neurotoxicity Research., https://doi.org/10.1007/s12640-022-00562-y, ISSN: 1476-3524 (Online) "
• " Maurya SK, Baghel MS, Gaurav, Chaudhary V, Kaushik A, Gautam A (2022) Putative role of mitochondria in SARS-CoV-2 mediated brain dysfunctions: a prospect. Biotechnology & genetic engineering reviews, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/02648725.2022.2108998, ISSN: 2046-5556 (Online) "
• "Maurya SK, Gupta S, Bakshi A, Kaur H, Jain A, Senapati S, Baghel MS (2022) Targeting mitochondria in the regulation of neurodegenerative diseases: A comprehensive review. Journal of Neuroscience Research 100(10):1845-1861, ISSN: 1097-4547 (Online). "
• Shrivastava N K, Chauhan N and Shakarad MN. 2022. Heightened immune surveillance in Drosophila melanogaster populations selected for faster development and extended longevity. Heliyon, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12090.
• Shrivastava N K, Farand A K and Shakarad MN. 2022. Long-term selection for faster development and early reproduction leads to up-regulation of genes involved in redox homeostasis. Advances in Redox Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arres.2022.100045
• Bakshi, A. and Rai, U (2020). Reproductive phase-dependent variation, sexually dimorphic expression and sex steroids-mediated transcriptional regulation of lep and lepr in lymphoid organs of Channapunctata. Scientific Reports. 10:999.
• Chahal N, Geethadevi A, Kaur S, Lakra R, Nagendra A, Singh R. Direct impact of gonadotropins on glucose uptake and storage in preovulatory granulosa cells: Implications in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome, Metabolism: Clinical and experimental (Elsevier). 2021;115:154458, 1-15.
• Kaur S, Gouri Devi M, Singh R. Effect of body mass index on the biochemical outcome after fresh embryo transfer in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) J Pharmaceutical Negative Results (Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, Open access, Scopus ISSN: 0976-9234, 2229-7723). 2021;12 (01):74-79.
• Yadav S, Ahamad I, Bhatia S, Gouri Devi M, Singh R. Menstrual Irregularities in Adolescent Girls and Correlation with the Extent of Exposure to Plastics: A Case-Control Study. International Journal of Current Research and Review (IJCRR, Open access Medical Journal, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, Scopus) 2020;12 (24):229-235.
• T. Batra, I. Malik, A. Prabhat, S. K. Bhardwaj and V. Kumar (2020). Sleep in unnatural times: Illuminated night negatively affects sleep and associated hypothalamic gene expressions in diurnal zebra finches. Proceedings of Royal Society B. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2952
• A. Sharma, S. das, R. Komal, S. Malik, S. Rani and V. Kumar (2020) Seasonal reproductive state determines gene expression in the hypothalamus of a latitudinal migratory songbird during the spring and autumn migration. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2020.110794.
• Bakshi, A. and Rai, U (2020). Reproductive phase-dependent variation, sexually dimorphic expression and sex steroids-mediated transcriptional regulation of lep and lepr in lymphoid organs of Channapunctata. Scientific Reports. 10:999.
• A. Sharma, S. das, R. Komal, S. Malik, S. Rani and V. Kumar (2020) Seasonal reproductive state determines gene expression in the hypothalamus of a latitudinal migratory songbird during the spring and autumn migration. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2020.110794.
• I. Mishra, N. Agarwal, A. Prabhat, T. Batra, S. K. Bhardwaj and V. Kumar (2020) Changes in brain peptides associated with reproduction and energy homeostasis: Putative roles of GnRH-II and TH in determining the reproductive performance in response to daily food availability times in diurnal zebra finches. Journal of Neuroendocrinology doi: 10.1111/jne.12825.
• Purohit, JS., Neetika Singh, Shah S. Hussain and Chaturvedi, MM(2020). Attaining Epigenetic Rejuvenation: Challenges Ahead. Models, Molecules and Mechanisms in Biogerontology. 159-179. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-32-9005-1
• Goswami, R. K., Shrivastav, A. K., Sharma, J. G., Tocher, D. R. and Chakrabarti, R. (2020). Growth and digestive enzyme activities of rohuLabeorohita fed diets containing macrophytes and almond oil-cake. Animal Feed Science and Technology (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2020.114456
• Vijay,P.&Sehgal, N. (2020). Structural analysis and Characterization of Egg-envelope in the Indian freshwater murrel, Channapunctatus. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 1-10.
• Dhaulaniya, A. S., Balan, B., Yadav, A., Jamwal, R., Kelly, S., Cannavan, A., &Singh, D. K. (2020). Development of an FTIR based chemometric model for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of cane sugar as an added sugar adulterant in apple fruit juices. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 1-13.
• Balan, B., Dhaulaniya, A. S., Jamwal, R., Sodhi, K. K., Kelly, S., Cannavan, A., &Singh, D. K. (2020). Application of Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics for detection and quantification of formalin in cow milk. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 107, 103033.
• Kumari, S., Jamwal, R., Mishra, N., &Singh, D. K. (2020). Recent Developments in Environmental Mercury Bioremediation and its Toxicity: A Review. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 100283.
• Seth, R.K., Patil,B.V., Zarin, M., Khan, Z., Hanchinal, S.G., Haveri, R.V., Gopalkrishna, A., and Seth, R. (2020). Studies on the ontogenic radio-sensitivity in Callosobruchusspecies complex to establish a generic dose of phytosanitary irradiation as a post harvest quarantine treatment for disinfestation of pulses. Radiation Physics and Chemistry 171:DOI:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.108686 (IF: 2.226)
• Seth, R.K., Patil,B.V., Khan, Z., Zarin, M., Hanchinal, S.G., Haveri, R.V. &Gopalkrishna, A. (2020). Radiation biology of a serious tropical pigeon pea pest, Marucavitrata(Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and potential of radiation mediated ‘inherited (F1) sterility technique’ for the pest suppression. International Journal of Radiation Biology 96 (4): 532-544. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2020.1707323 (IF: 2761)
• Chauhan, N., Shrivastava, N. K., Agrawal, N., &Shakarad, M. N. (2020). Wing patterning in faster developing Drosophila is associated with high ecdysone titer and wingless expression. Mechanisms of Development, 103626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2020.103626
• Jyoti, Agrawal, N., &Shrivastava, A. (2020). An interplay between immune responses and neurodegenerative diseases progression: An assessment using Drosophila as a model. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 577302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577302
• Venkateswaran, K., Shrivastava, A., Prasad, A. K., Parmar, V. S., &Dwarakanath, B. S. (2020) Developing polyphenolic acetates as radiation countermeasure agents: current status and future perspectives. Drug Discovery Today, 25(4): 781-786.
• Sharma, P., Jain, P. Shrivastava, A.& Saran, S. (2020). Can Autophagy Stop the Clock: Unravelling the Mystery in Dictyosteliumdiscoideum. In Models, Molecules and Mechanisms in Biogerontology, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9005-1_13
• Goel, H., Singhal, S., Mathur, R., Syeda, S., Gupta, R. K., Kumar, A., Shrivastava, A., Jha, A. K. (2020). Promoter Hypermethylation of LATS2 Gene in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) Among North Indian Population. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 21(5), 1283-1287.
• Sharma K., Mishra N. and Shakarad MN. 2020. Evolution of reduced minimum critical size as a
  response to selection for rapid pre-adult development in Drosophila melanogaster. R. Soc. Open Sci. 7: 191910. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191910
• Chauhan N., Shrivastava NK., Agrawal N. and Shakarad MN. 2020. Wing patterning in faster developing Drosophila is associated with high ecdysone titer and wingless expression. Mechanisms of Development 163 (2020) 103626. doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2020.103626.
• Khurana, H., Singh, D.N., Singh, A., Singh, Y., Lal, R., and Negi, R.K. 2020. Gut microbiome of endangered Tor putitora(Ham.) as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens associated with fish health. BMC Microbiology.
• Kumar,R., Verma, H., Singhvi, N. Sood,U. Gupta, V., Singh,M., Kumari, R., Hira, P., Nagar,S., Talwar,C., Nayyar,N., Anand,A., Rawat,C., Verma,M., Negi, R. K., Singh,Y. and Lal,R. 2020. Comparative Genomic Analysis of Rapidly Evolving SARS-CoV-2 Viruses Reveal Mosaic Pattern ofPhylogeographicalDistribution.mSystems.
• Khurana, H., Singh, M., Verma, H., Lopes, B.S., Lal, R., and Negi, R.K. 2020. Genomic insights into the phylogeny of Bacillus strains and elucidation of their secondary metabolic potential. Genomics. 112: 1391-3200. ISSN: 0888-7543.
• Singh S, Bhatia S, Gouri Devi M. Neuroendocrine defects in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): Different phenotypes based on the levels of gonadotropins (FSH and LH), and body mass index. International Journal of Current Research and Review (IJCRR, Open access Medical Journal, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, Scopus). 2019;11(21):25-33.
• Minhas V, Kumar R, Moitra T, Singh R, Panda AK, Gupta SK. Immunogenicity and contraceptive efficacy of recombinant fusion protein encompassing Sp17 spermatozoa specific protein and GnRH: Relevance of adjuvants and micro-particles based delivery to minimize number of injections" American Journal of Reproductive Immunology (Wiley-Blackwell), 2019;83(4): e13218.
• Singh R, Mehul D, Singh G, Kumar R, Bhatia S. Gender-based differences in coronavirus disease 2019: Hormonal influencers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus receptors and immune responses. Journal of Reproductive Healthcare and Medicine (JRHM, Scientific Scholar, India and US ISSN (Print): 2768-1106, ISSN(Online): 2768-1114). 2021;2 (17):1-10.
• T. Batra, I. Malik, A. Prabhat, S. K. Bhardwaj and V. Kumar (2020). Sleep in unnatural times: Illuminated night negatively affects sleep and associated hypothalamic gene expressions in diurnal zebra finches. Proceedings of Royal Society B. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2952
• Shukla S., Jadli M., Thakur K., Shishodia G., Mahata S., Basir SF., Das BC., Bharti AC (2019). Level of phospho-STAT3 (Tyr705) correlates with copy number and physical state of human papillomavirus 16 genome in cervical precancer and cancer lesions. PLoS One14(9):e0222089. PMID: 31487312
• Rajaram, S., Sathija, P.K., Gupta, B., Arora, V.K., Bharti, A.C., &Goel, N. (2019). Evaluation of Biomarkers p16/Ki-67 in Cervical Cytology for Diagnosis of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia. Ind J GynecolOncol. 17: 46.
• Khan, N. A., Ninawe, A. S., Sharma, J. G. and Chakrabarti, R. 2019. Effect of Light Intensity on Survival, Growth and Physiology of Rohu, Labeorohita (Cyprinidae) Fry. International Journal of Radiation Biology (Taylor & Francis) 96: 552-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2020.1704905
• Bakshi, A. and Rai, U (2019). Tissue-specific sexual dimorphism in the expression of kisspeptin and its receptors in spotted snakehead Channa punctatus. Current Science. 116(5):802-810.
• Vijay, P., Sharma, L. &Sehgal, N. 2019. Protein profiling and Precursor-product relationship between Vitellogenin and Lipovitellin in the African catfish, Clariasgariepinus. Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences-Zoology 38A (2): 67-81.
• M. Gaur, A. Vasudeva, A. Singh, V. Sharma, H. Khurana, R.K. Negi, J.K. Lee, V.C. Kalia, R. Misra, andY. Singh (2019).Comparison of DNA Extraction Methods for Optimal Recovery of MetagenomicDNA from Human and Environmental Samples. Indian J Microbiol. 59, 482-489
• L. Das, R. Virmani, V. Sharma, D. Rawatand and Y. Singh (2019). Human Milk Microbiota: Transferring the Antibiotic Resistome to Infants. Indian J Microbiol. 59, 410-416.
• Minhas V, Kumar R, Moitra T, Singh R, Panda AK, Gupta SK (2019). Immunogenicity and contraceptive efficacy of recombinant fusion protein encompassing Sp17 spermatozoa specific protein and GnRH: Relevance of adjuvants and micro-particles based delivery to minimize number of injections" American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 83(4):e13218. doi: 10.1111/aji.13218.
• Sood U., Singh DN., Hira P., Lee JK., Kalia VC., Lal R., and Shakarad M. (2019). Rapid and solitary production of mono-rhamnolipidbiosurfactant and biofilm inhibiting pyocyanin by taxonomic outlier Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain CR1. Journal of Biotechnology. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotech.2019.11.004
• Rana, V.S., Popli, S., Saurav, G.K., Raina, H.S., Jamwal, R., Chaubey, R., Ramamurthy, V. V.,
  Natarajan, K. and Rajagopal, R. (2019). Implication of the Whitefly, Bemisiatabaci, Collagen ProteininBegomoviruses Acquisition and Transmission. Phytopathology 109(8), 1481-1493.
• Pandey, N., Rajagopal, R. (2019). Comparative Analysis of the Difference in the Midgut Microbiota between the Laboratory Reared and the Field-caught Populations of Spodopteralitura. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Lett.; Vol.47(3): 423-433.
• Saurav, G.K., Rana, V.S., Popli, S., Daimei, G. and Rajagopal R. (2019). A thioredoxin-like protein of Bemisiatabaciinteracts with coat protein of begomoviruses. Virus Genes 55: 356.
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