Presentations in International and National Conferences
(* The author who presented the work)
Oral presentations
31. Gireesha Mohannath*, Gargi Prasad Saradadevi, Abirami T. Subramanian, Murali Krishna Ramgopal, Shryli Kedambadi Shreekar. How epigenetic mutants could impact epigenomic studies? Lessons from Arabidopsis ribosomal DNA studies. International Seminar and Workshop on CRISPR/Cas-based Plant Functional Genomics and Computational Modeling (ISWCPC-2023) 17th -21st January 2023, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam.
(This was an invited talk)
30. Gargi Prasad Saradadevi*, Abirami T. Subramanian, Murali Krishna Ramgopal, Shryli Kedambadi Shreekar and Gireesha Mohannath. hda6 mutations cause loss of selective ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene silencing on a multi-megabase scale and rDNA genomic instability. International Seminar and Workshop on CRISPR/Cas-based Plant Functional Genomics and Computational Modeling (ISWCPC-2023) 17th -21st January 2023, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam.
29. Neha Priyadarshini*, Navinchandra Venkatarama Puppala, Piyush Khandelia, Vivek Sharma, Arun Kumar, Swati Biswas, and Gireesha Mohannath. Downregulation of ribosomal RNA in Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines: 3rd National Biomedical Research Competition-2021 (Virtual) December 6-10, 2021.
(Received 5th prize)
28. Gargi Prasad Saradadevi*, Murali Krishna Ramgopal, Abirami T.S., Ramya Tammineni, Craig S. Pikaard and Gireesha Mohannath. Different mutant alleles of Histone Deacetylase 6 (hda6) have different effects on genome instability of rDNA and the associated telomeres in Arabidopsis thaliana: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) meeting (Virtual) October 6-9, 2021.
27. Murali Krishna Ramgopal, Dalen Fultz, Gargi Prasad Saradadevi, Abirami T.S., Ramya Tammineni, Craig S. Pikaard and Gireesha Mohannath*. Nucleolus Organizer Regions in Arabidopsis as model loci for studying epigenetic effects on homologous and nonhomologous recombination: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) meeting (Virtual) October 6-9, 2021.
26. Gireesha Mohannath*, Neha Priyadarshini, Gargi Prasad S. and Muralikrishna Ramgopal. Bioinformatic analysis of 45S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes from plants to humans: Inbix-2020, International Conference on Bioinformatics, Dec. 4-5, 2020.
25. N. Anand*, Gireesha T. Mohannath, P. Sankar Ganesh. Phytotoxicity assessment of landfill leachate emanating from young and legacy landfills using Lepidium sativum var. 10th International conference on sustainable waste water management towards circular economy. (Dec. 2020)
24. Gireesha Mohannath*, Gargi Prasad S., Aveepsha Bera, Snigdha Ghosh, Raman M. Sundaram, C.N. Neeraja, and Channakeshava Chikkaputtaiah. Epigenomic manipulation of crop plants for trait improvement. Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Nov. 20-21, 2020.
23. Aveepsha Bera*, Snigdha Ghosh, Gargi Prasad S., Murali Krishna Ramgopal and Gireesha Mohannath. Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1) plays a role in ribosomal RNA gene regulation and in maintaining genomic stability in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Nov. 20-21, 2020.
(* Received best overall presentation/young scientist award)
22. Gargi Prasad S*., Aveepsha Bera, T.S. Abirami and Gireesha Mohannath*. Different mutant alleles of Histone Deacetylase 6 (hda6) have different effects on rRNA genome instability in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Nov. 20-21, 2020.
21. Gireesha Mohannath*. rDNA genomic instability-mediated dysregulation of rRNA genes in epigenetic mutants of Arabidopsis” in online conference BIO@BITS-2020, BITS Pilani, India July 16-18, 2020.
20. Gireesha Mohannath*, Gargi Prasad S., Aveepsha Bera and Snigdha Ghosh. Genome editing to create novel epigenetic variation for next-generation crop improvement in: National conference on integrative Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (NCIPBB), Nov. 8-9, 2019, Hyderabad, India.
(*Received the best oral presentation award)
19. *Gireesha Mohannath*. Recent advances in Plant Biotechnology in: National conference on Current Status and Future Prospects of Biotechnology, Nov. 15-16, 2019, Hyderabad, India.
(* Invited speaker to deliver a lead talk)
18. Gargi Prasad S*. Aveepsha Bera, and Gireesha Mohannath. Structure-function analysis of Histone Deacetylase 6 (HDA6) in ribosomal RNA gene regulation and in maintaining genomic stability in Arabidopsis thaliana in: National conference on Current Status and Future Prospects of Biotechnology, Nov. 15-16, 2019, Hyderabad, India.
(* Received the second-best oral presentation award)
17. Aveepsha Bera*, Snigdha Ghosh, Gargi Prasad S. and Gireesha Mohannath. Role of Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1) in ribosomal RNA gene regulation and in maintaining genomic instability in Arabidopsis thaliana in: National conference on Current Status and Future Prospects of Biotechnology, Nov. 15-16, 2019, Hyderabad, India.
16. Dingxia Feng, Chinmayi Chandrasekhara, Gireesha Mohannath, Craig S. Pikaard*. Delimiting NOR on/off Switch Elements via Recombination and Chromosome Engineering Emerging roles for the nucleolus in: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) meeting April 6-9, 2019, Kansas City, MO, USA.
15. Aaron N Bruns*, Sizhun Li, Gireesha Mohannath, David M. Bisaro. SnRK1 Phosphorylates EIF4E/EIFiso4E to inhibit translocation as a component of antiviral defense. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting July 14-18, 2018, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
14. Chinmayi Chandrasekhara, Gireesha Mohannath, Dingxia Feng, Craig S. Pikaard*. Defining the chromosomal basis for selective nucleolus organizer inactivation. Emerging roles for the nucleolus in: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) meeting April 22-26, 2017, Kansas City, MO, USA.
13. Gireesha Mohannath* and Craig S. Pikaard. Chromosomal context determines activity status of rRNA genes on a multi-megabase scale in Arabidopsis. EMBO conference on Plant Micro and Metabolic Regulators, February 2017, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
(* Invited speaker to deliver a research talk)
12. Gireesha Mohannath* and Craig S. Pikaard . Chromosome-specificity of NOR inactivation: rRNA genes of Arabidopsis NOR2 escape silencing upon multimegabase locus conversion of NOR4. OddPols Meeting June 24-27, 2016, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
11. Sizhun Li*, Aaron N. Bruns, Gireesha Mohannath, and David M. Bisaro Cap binding proteins eIF4E/iso4E are novel SnRK1 substrates that may be targeted for innate antiviral defense. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting June 21-25, 2014, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
10. Sizhun Li*, Gireesha Mohannath and David M. Bisaro. Cap binding proteins eIF4E/iso4E are novel SnRK1 substrates that may be targeted for innate antiviral defense. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting July 20-24, 2013, State College City, PA, USA.
9. Sizhun Li*, Gireesha Mohannath and David M. Bisaro. SnRK1 phosphorylates translation initiation factors eIF4E and iso4E, The 2013 Scott Falkenthal Graduate Research Colloquium, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA.
8. Gireesha Mohannath*, HuiWang, Veena Patil, Allie Varner and David M. Bisaro. Innate antiviral defense: Roles of adenosine kinase and SnRK1. American Society of Virology (ASV) meeting, July 11-15, 2009, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
7. David M. Bisaro, R Cody Buchmann, Shaheen Asad, Jamie Wolf, Priya Raja, Yan Xie and Gireesha Mohannath*. Geminivirus pathogenicity proteins suppress TGS and cause host genome-wide reductions in cytosine methylation. American Society of Virology (ASV) meeting, July 11-15, 2009, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
6. Gireesha Mohannath* and David M. Bisaro. Metabolic defense signaling: Roles of adenosine kinase and Snf1-related kinase. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions meeting, 2009, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA.
5. Gireesha Mohannath* and David M. Bisaro. Roles of SnRK1 and Adenosine kinase in Metabolic Defense signaling. Molecular Plant microbe interactions meeting, 2008, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA.
4. T.M. Gireesha (as a coauthor) (Full authors list missing). DNA marker-assisted selection of major rice blast resistance genes in accelerated backcross breeding and rapid recovery of recurrent parental genome. International Rice Congress, 2002, Beijing, China.
3. Madhusudhan, T.M. Gireesha, Shailaja Hittalmani*, Subir Kumar Patra and H E Shashidhar. Identification of Trait differential lines (TDLs) using phenotypic and DNA marker analysis in segregating population of rice (Oryza sativa L.). 4th International Plant Tissue Culture Conference 2001, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2. S. Hittalmani*, K. Madhusudhan, T.M. Gireesha and S. Nimbalkar. Fine mapping, pyramiding and development of trait differential lines associated with yield and drought related traits using early segregating lines and near-isogenic lines (Niils) in rice using PCR based markers, Asian Agriculture Congress, 2001, Manila, Philippines.
1. T.M. Gireesha (as a coauthor). Potential use of Molecular Markers in Mulberry improvement. National workshop on “Management of sericultural Germplasm for posterity” 2000, Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Center, Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Posters
(* The author who presented the work)
17. Aravind B*., Gargi Prasad Saradadevi, Abirami T. Subramanian, Murali Krishna Ramgopal, and Gireesha Mohannath. Epigenetic Recombinant Inbred Lines (EpiRILs): Novel tools for crop improvement. International Seminar and Workshop on CRISPR/Cas-based Plant Functional Genomics and Computational Modeling (ISWCPC-2023) 17th -21st January 2023, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam.
(Received the best poster award)
16. Gireesha Mohannath*, Gargi Prasad S., Rahul Kumar and Snehasri Motamarry. Role of ADK and APT1 in SnRK1-mediated Cellular Stress Response and Antiviral Defense in: National conference on integrative Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (NCIPBB), Nov. 8-9, 2019, Hyderabad, India.
(Received the best poster award)
15. Gireesha Mohannath*, Gargi Prasad S., Rahul Kumar and Snehasri Motamarry. Role of ADK and APT1 in SnRK1-mediated Cellular Stress Response and Antiviral Defense in: National conference on Current Status and Future Prospects of Biotechnology, Nov. 15-16, 2019, Hyderabad, India.
14. Gireesha Mohannath*, Gargi Prasad S. and Craig S. Pikaard. Epigenetics of Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene regulation and their genome stability in Arabidopsis. Young Investigators Meeting (YIM) 2019, Mar. 6-10, 2019, Guwahati, India.
13. Gireesha Mohannath*, Gargi Prasad S. and Craig S. Pikaard. Epigenetics of Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene regulation and genome stability in Arabidopsis. Regional Young Investigators Meeting (YIM) 2018, Aug. 18-19, Hyderabad, India.
12. Gireesha Mohannath*. Chromosomal position determines activity status of Ribosomal RNA genes on a multi-megabase scale in Arabidopsis. International Plant Cellular and Developmental Biology Conference, December 12-16, 2017, Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha, India.
11. Gireesha Mohannath* and Craig S. Pikaard. Ribosomal RNA genes of Arabidopsis chromosome 2 escape silencing upon relocation to chromosome 4 via multimegabase locus conversion. American Society of Plant Biology Meeting 2016, Austin, TX, USA.
10. Gireesha Mohannath*, Chinmayi Chandrasekhara, Todd Blevins, and Craig S. Megabase-scale DNA hypermethylation correlates with chromosome-specific rRNA gene silencing in Arabidopsis. OddPols Meeting 2014, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
9. Gireesha Mohannath*, Chinmayi Chandrasekhara, Todd Blevins, and Craig S. Megabase-scale DNA hypermethylation correlates with chromosome-specific rRNA gene silencing in Arabidopsis. Midwest Chromatin and Epigenetics Meeting 2014, Madison, WI, USA.
8. Gireesha Mohannath*, HuiWang, Veena Patil, Allie Varner and David M. Bisaro. Innate antiviral defense: Roles of Adenosine kinase and SNF1-related kinase1 (SnRK1). 11th Annual Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Symposium 2009, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA.
7. R. Cody Buchmann*, Shaheen Asad and Gireesha Mohananth. The geminivirus AL2 protein reverses TGS and genomic methylation. Inter-Graduate Program symposium, 2008, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA.
6. Gireesha Mohannath*, HuiWang, John Lindbo and David M. Bisaro. Roles of SnRK1 and Adenosine kinase in Metabolic Defense signaling. 10th Annual Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Symposium, 2008, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA.
5. K Madhusudhan, Shailaja Hittalmani*, M G Vaishali, H E Shashidhar, T M Gireesha. Identification of trait differential lines and marker differential lines: novel strategy for detection of near isogenics in segregating generations. Plant & Animal Genomes XII Conference 2004, San Diego, CA, USA.
4. T.M. Gireesha (as a coauthor). Parental DNA polymorphism and evaluation of rice recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of ir50 x moroberekan for drought tolerance. Plant & Animal Genomes XII Conference 2004, San Diego, CA, USA.
3. MG Vaishali, Shailaja Hittalmani*, BG Hanumareddy, S. Mane and TM Gireesha. Graphical genotyping using DNA markers and evaluation of QTL-NILs of IR64 for root morphological traits, disease resistance and yield traits in rice. Plant & Animal Genomes XII Conference 2003, San Diego, CA, USA.
2. Vaishali M G, Shailaja Hittalmani* and Gireesha T M. Evaluation of advanced backcross NILs of IR64 for root morphological traits, neck blast resistance and recurrent parental genome using SSRs and RAPD in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). 8th National Rice Biotechnology Network Meeting 2001, Aurangabad, India.
1. Madhusudhan K, Gireesha T M, Shivapriya M, Vaishali M G, H E Shashidhar and Shailaja Hittalmani*. Development of Trait Differential Lines (TDLs) and detection of NILs using DNA markers in early segregating generations in rice (Oryza sativa L.). 8th National Rice Biotechnology Network Meeting 2001, Aurangabad, India.