Ashok P. Giri
Sr. Scientist
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)
Pune 411008 (MS), India
+91 (0)20 25902710
E-mail: ap.giri@ncl.res.in
Education
1989 B.Sc. Biology/Chemistry Dr. BAM* University, Aurangabad, India
1991 M.Sc. Biochemistry Dr. BAM* University, Aurangabad, India
1995 Ph.D. Biochemistry** Dr. BAM* University, Aurangabad, India
*Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
**Title of thesis: Role of proteinaceous inhibitors of proteinase and amylase of pigeon pea in insect pest resistance
Research Experience
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Place
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Position
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Period (month/year)
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Project(s) – Research Areas
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National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
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Scientist
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5/2002 onwards
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Molecular plant-insect and -pathogen interactions, and Metabolic pathway analysis and engineering
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Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Raman Research Fellow
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06/2011 - 10/2011
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Glycoalkaloids metabolosim in Solanaceae crops, potato and tomato
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
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Borlaug Fellow
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01/2010 - 03/2010
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Bio-Safety of recombinant CanPI-7 protein for transgenic application
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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Alexander von Humboldt Return Fellow
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08/2009 - 10/2009
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New digestion enzymes for proteomic applications
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Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
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12/2005 - 02/2007
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The costs of proteinase inhibitor-based defenses in plants
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Max Planck Postdoctoral Fellow
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4/2005 - 7/2005
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Comparative proteome of Nicotiana attenuata herbivore induced leaves
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9/2004 - 10/2004
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Proteomic and microarray training
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School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
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Visiting Scientist
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9/2003 - 11/2003
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Cloning and expression of winged bean proteinase inhibitors in yeast
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9/1999 - 1/2001
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(i) Construction and screening of cDNA libraries and (ii) Isolation of defense-related genes from plants
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Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Visiting Scientist
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10/2001 - 2/2002
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(i) Metabolic engineering for terpenoid production (ii) Gene expression using Green fluorescent protein in plant cells
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National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
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Research Associate
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12/1995 - 4/2002
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Deciphering the defense mechanism of chickpea and non-host plants
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Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University, India
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PhD Scholar
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07/1991-11/1995
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Role of proteinaceous inhibitors of proteinase and amylase of pigeon pea in insect pest resistance
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