Calcium Transport Elements in Plants

Dr. Upadhyay is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has been working in the field of Plant Biotechnology for more than 16 years. He is currently working in the area of functional genomics. His research group at PU has characterized numerous important defence-related protein families such as receptor-like kinases, anti-oxidant enzymes, calcium transporters, chitinases, lectins, etc. They are also characterizing long non-coding RNAs related to the abiotic and biotic stress response. He has authored more than 110 publications includingresearch papers in leading journals of international repute, national and international patents, book chapters and books. In recognition of his strong credentials and contributions, he has been awarded the NAAS Young scientist award (2017-18) and NAAS-Associate (2018) from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India, INSA-Associate Fellowship (2023), and INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2013) from the Indian National Science Academy, India, NASI- Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2012) from the National Academy of Sciences, India, and Altech Young Scientist Award (2011). He has also been the recipient of the prestigious DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship (2012), and SERB-Early Career Research Award, (2016) from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, and several research grants from various funding agencies like SERB, DBT, CSIR etc. Dr. Upadhyay also serves as a member of the editorial board and reviewer of a number of peer-reviewed international journals.

• 1. An introduction to the calcium transport elements in plants.2. Calcium-cytoskeleton signalling induced modification of plant development3. Mechanism of Ca2+　homeostasis across the plant membranes.4. Calcium transport elements in model and crop plants.5. Evolution of Ca2+ transporters in plants.6. Cation/H+ exchanger (CAX) in plants: roles in development and stress response7. Role of Ca2+ ATPases in calcium homeostasis in plants during development and stress8. Cation/Ca2+ exchanger (CCX) proteins function in plants 9. The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger like proteins from plants: an overview10. Ca2+ channels and transporters in plants under salinity stress11. An overview of Annexins in plants12. Multimember CNGC family in plants: Role in development and stress management13. Functional analysis of glutamate receptor-like channels in plants14. Calmodulin and Calmodulin-like Ca2+ binding proteins as molecular players of abiotic stress response in plants15. Calmodulin-binding Transcription Activator (CAMTA)/ factors in plants16. Mechanosensitive ion channels in plants17. CBL and CIPK interaction in plants for calcium mediated stress response18. Calcium signalling network in abiotic stress tolerance in plants19. Role of calcium nutrition on product quality and disorder susceptibility of horticultural crops: processes and strategies for biofortification20. Calcium transport in chloroplast and mitochondria of plant cell21. Calcium uptake and translocation in plants22. Interaction between Ca2+ and ROS signalling in plant cell23. Methods for detection and measurement of Calcium in plants24. Application of Calcium transport elements in plants improvement: a future perspective