CV of M.Ganesan

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. Personal Details

Name: MARKKANDAN GANESAN

Date of Birth: 20 – 02 – 1979.

Permanent address: Dr. M. Ganesan,

S/O. P. Markkandan,

1/172-A, E.B. Colony, Pasumpon Nagar,

Reserve Line (West), Sivakasi 626 124.

Tamil Nadu, India.

Present address (correspondence) : Dr.M. Ganesan, Assistant Professor,

Plant Cell Engineering Laboratory,

Department ofBotany,

86/1-College Street,Presidency University,

Kolkata 700 073,

West Bengal, India

Email:

Phone:09790111790

Web:

II. Academic record

Qualification
/ Period of study / University / Institute / Subjects / Specialization
B.Sc. / 1996 – 1999 / ANJA College, Sivakasi (MK University, Madurai),
Tamil Nadu, India / Botany
M.Sc / 1999 – 2001 / ANJA College, Sivakasi (MK University, Madurai),
Tamil Nadu, India / Botany
Ph.D / 2002 - 2008 / Department of Plant Science
Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India / Botany / Biotechnology

III. Teaching & Research Experience

Position
/ Period / University / Institute / Title / Duration
Post Doctoral Research
Scientist / 19-04-2008
to
24-06-2011 / Faculty of Biotechnology
Jeju National University,
Jeju, South Korea / Regeneration and Phenotypic characterization of transgenic Zoysia grass with Phytochrome A gene / 3 years
2 months
JSPS Post Doctoral Researcher / 11-07-2011
to
10-01-2013 / Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan / Identification of cotton STOP1 (Sensitive to proton toxicity)
system and its application for
molecular breeding / 1 year & 6 months
(till date)
Assistant Professor / 18-01-2013 to
till date / Department of Botany, Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India / Teaching & research

IV. Awards,Fellowships received / other details

  1. Presented a research paper entitled “Invitro selection of cotton for enhanced fungaldisease tolerance”under Indian Science Congress Association, 2006,Young Scientist Award Programmeat Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India.
  1. Awarded Post Doctoral Fellowship by Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea for 3 years and 2 months starting from 21st April 2008 to 26th June 2011.
  1. Awarded JSPS-Post doctoral position by Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences, Japan for two years starting from 11th July 2011 to 10th July 2013.
  1. Awarded Young Scientist travel fellowship to attend 5th Asia and Oceania Conference for Photobiology, NaraPrefectural New Public Hall,Nara, Japan. July 30- August 1, 2011

V. Countries visited

Country / Place / Purpose and Duration
South Korea / Faculty of Biotechnology, Jeju National University, Jeju. / Post Doctoral Research Scientist Position, 19th Apr 2008 – 24th June 2011.
Thailand / National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand Science Park, Bangkok. / Agricultural Biotechnology Conference at QSNCC, Bangkok, 22-25 Sep 2009.
Egypt / Genetic Engineering Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo. / International training course on “Recent advances in biotic stress tolerance in plants” by ICGEB, 13-20 Feb 2010.
Japan / Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu. / JSPS - Post Doctoral Position, 11th July 2011 – 10th July 2013.
South Korea / International conventional centre, Jeju. / 10th International Plant Molecular Biology congress, 21st to 26th October 2012.

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CV of M.Ganesan

Declaration: I hereby declare that all the statements made above and information given in this application are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(M. GANESAN)

Annexure – I

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

a) Papers published in international journals

1.Ganesan M, Han YJ, Bae TW, Hwang OJ, Chandrasekkhar T, Shin AY, Goh CH, Nishiguchi S, Song IJ, Lee HY, Kim JI, and Pill-Soon Song (2012) Overexpression of phytochrome A and its hyperactive mutant improves shade tolerance and turf quality in creeping bentgrass and zoysiagrass. Planta,236:1135–1151.

2.Zhang JY, Bae TW, Boo KH, Sun HJ, Song IJ, Pham CH, Ganesan M, Yang DH, Kang HG, Ko SM, Riu KZ, Lim PO, and HY Lee (2011) Ginsenoside production and morphological characterization of wild ginseng (Panaxginseng Meyar) mutant lines induced by -irradiation (60Co) of adventitious roots. J. Ginseng Research, 35 (3): 283- 293.

3.Song IJ, Ganesan M, Kang EJ, Sun HJ, Bae TW, Lim PO, Song PS, and Lee HY (2010) A simple and reproducible regeneration protocol for Zoysiajaponica based on callus cultures. Horticulture, Environment and Biotechnology, 51(3):222-225.

4.Ganesan M, Bhanumathi P, Ganesh Kumari K, Lakshmi Prabha A, Pill-Soon Song and Jayabalan N (2009) Transgenic Indian Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Harboring Rice Chitinase Gene (Chi II) Confers Resistance to Two Fungal Pathogens.American J. Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 5 (2): 63-74.

5.Kumari KG, Ganesan M and N. Jayabalan (2008) Somatic organogenesis and plant regeneration in Ricinus communis. Biologia Plantarum, 52(1) : 17-25.

6.Ganesan M, Chandrasekar R, Ranjitha Kumari BD and Jayabalan N (2007) Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) through suspension culture. Biologia Plantarum, 51 (3) : 414 - 420.

7.Ganesan M and Jayabalan N (2006)Isolation of disease tolerant cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR 2) plants by screening somatic embryos with fungal culture filtrate. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 87 : 273 - 284.

8.Ganesan, M. and N. Jayabalan (2006). Influence of cytokinins, auxins and polyamines on in vitro mass multiplication of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR2). Indian J. Experimental Biology, 44 : 506-513.

9.Ganesan M and Jayabalan N (2005). In vitro plant regeneration from the callus of shoot tips in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR 2). Iranian J. Biotechnology. 3 (3) : 144 - 151.

10.Ganesan M and Jayabalan N (2005). Carbon source dependent somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in cotton cv SVPR2. Indian J. Experimental Biology. 43 : 921 – 925.

11.Bhanumathi P, Ganesan M and Jayabalan N (2005). A simple and improved protocol for direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). J.Agricultural Technology. 1: 327 – 344.

12.Ganesan M, Bhanumathi P and Jayabalan N (2005). Mutagenic effect of sodium azide on somatic embryo regeneration and root growth of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR2). J. Agricultural Technology. 1 : 365 – 380.

13.GanesanM and Jayabalan N (2004). Haemoglobin enhances somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration. Agricell Report. 43 (5) : 36.

14.Ganesan M and Jayabalan N (2004). Evaluation of Haemoglobin for improved somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum cv SVPR 2). Plant Cell Reports. 23 : 181 – 187.

b) Papers published in National journals (India)

15. Ramar K, Ganesan M, Prabha AL, and Nandagopalan V (2011) In Vitro Clonal Propagation of Wild Cissus Quadrangularis by Suspension Culture Mediated Somatic Embryogenesis, International Journal of Applied Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 1: 1–14

  1. Ganesan M and Jayabalan N (2005).Salt tolerance adaptation development in cotton cultivars (Gossypium hirsutum L.) through in vitro regeneration. Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. 6 : 127 - 132.
  1. Bhanumathi P, Ganesan M and Jayabalan N (2005). Physiological Effect of organic mercury on the growth of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seedlings, Plant Archives. 5 (2) : 665 – 669..
  1. Bhanumathi P, Ganesan M and Jayabalan N (2005). Multiple shoot induction and plant regeneration from shoot tips of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), J. Swamy Botanical Club. 22 : 121–126.
  1. Ganesan M, JayabalanN and Jegatheesan K (2004). Environmental status and seasonal variation in the Water quality studies of Pilavakkal reservoir at Western Ghats in India. Plant Archives.4 : 195 – 201.
  1. Ganesan M, Jayabalan N, and Jegatheesan K (2004). Diurnal variation in primary production studies of Pilavakkal reservoir: A tropical lentic system. J. Nature Conservation. 16 : 77 – 83.

c) Reviews / paperspublished in Books / Proceedings.

  1. In-Ja Song, Tae-Woong Bae, Ganesan M, Jeong-Il Kim, Hyo-Yeon Lee and Pill-Soon Song (2013) Transgenic Herbicide-Resistant Turfgrasses In: Herbicides; Editors A Price and J Kelton, Intech Publications, USA, Accepted.
  1. Jayabalan N, Ganesan M (2007)Transformation of Indian cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) by using rice chitinasegene (Chi II) for enhanced resistance to fungal pathogens. Proc. Of the International Conference on Integration of Science & Technologyfor Sustainable Development, Bangkok, Thailand. 1 : 163-172.
  1. Ganesan Mand Jayabalan N (2005) Role and importance of chitinase gene expression in plants for fungal disease tolerance. In : Plant Biotechnology, Ed. N. Jayabalan, APH publications, New Delhi, pp 1 – 28. (Review).
  1. Ganesan, M. and N. Jayabalan (2005) Somatic embryogenesis of Indian Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR 2) through suspension culture and influence of haemoglobin on plant regeneration. In : Plant Biotechnology, Ed. N. Jayabalan, APH publications, New Delhi, pp 105 – 128.
  1. Jithesh R, Ganesan M, Bhanumathi P, and Jayabalan N (2005)In vitro selection of Okra resistant to Fusarium oxysporum culture filtrate to improve disease tolerance. In : Plant Biotechnology, Ed. N. Jayabalan, APH publications, New Delhi, pp 159 – 168.
  1. Ganesan M, Jayabalan N and Jegatheesan K (2005) Impact of sewage disposal and agricultural waste on the freshwater quality and phytoplankton density of a tropical stream in the Western Ghats in India. In : Ecology of Planktons, Ed. Arvind Kumar, Daya Publishing House, New Delhi, pp 153 – 158.
  1. Jayabalan N and Ganesan M (2005) Selection of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR2) with culture filtrate of Fusarium oxysporum to improve disease tolerance. Proc. of the 1st KMITL, International conference on Integration of Science and Technology for sustainable Development, Bangkok, Thailand, 2: 20 – 24.

d) Papers presented in National / International level seminar/seminar/ conferences.

1)Ganesan M, JI Kim, HY Lee and PS Song, Improvement of Zoysiagrass traits through transformation with phytochrome genes. 10th International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology, ICC JEJU, Jeju, South Korea, October 21 - 26, 2012, Pp182.Poster Presentation.

2)Ganesan M, Ohoyama Y, Kobayashi Y and H. Koyama (2012) Characterization of aluminum and proton response in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) towards acid soil rhizotoxicity tolerance. 10th International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology, ICC JEJU, Jeju, South Korea, October 21 - 26, 2012, Pp.342.Poster Presentation.

3)IJ Song, TW Bae, Ganesan M, JI Kim, PS Song, and HY Lee (2012) Transgenic Herbicide resistant turfgrasses,10th International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology, ICC JEJU, Jeju, South Korea, October 21 - 26, 2012, Pp.199. Poster Presentation.

4)Markkandan Ganesan, Lee HY, Kim JI and Pill-Soon Song (2011) Phenotypic and photosynthetic functions of a hyperactive mutant Phytochrome A in transgenic Zoysiagrass. 5th Asia and Oceania Conference for Photobiology, NaraPrefectural New Public Hall,Nara, Japan. July 30- August 1, 2011 Pp. Poster Presentation

5)Ganesan M, Goh CH and PS Song (2009) Genetic transformation and characterization of zoysia grass over-expressing phytochrome a (Phy A) and herbicide resistant (bar) genes. Agricultural Biotechnology for Better Living and Clean Environment (ABIC 2009), QSNCC, Bangkok and National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand Science Park, Bangkok, Pp.233. Poster Presentation.

6)Ganesan M, Goh CH and PS Song (2008) 4th Asia Oceania conference on Photobiology (AOCP 2008), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India Poster Presentation.

7)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2007) Somatic embryo induction and plant regeneration in Indian cotton. National seminar on Past, Present and Future scenario in Medicinal Plants and Phytochemistry, Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India. Pp.25. Oral Presentation.

8)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2006) A simple protocol for in vitro conservation, mass production and in vitro flowering of a traditional medicinal herb Pedalium murex.National symposium on Issues and challenges for conservation of plants and ecosystems in India, Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Pp.56. Oral Presentation.

9)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2006) Isolation of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR2) against fungal culture filtrate to enhance disease tolerance. National Seminar on “Emerging trends in Biological sciences, Departments of Microbiology and Biochemistry, Shrimathi Indira Gandhi College, Trichirappalli – 620 002. Pp.62. Oral Presentation.

10)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2006) Impact of chitinase gene transformation on cotton rhizosphere fungal flora: a case study. National conference on Environment and Sustainable development, Department of Environmental Management, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India. Pp.10. Oral Presentation.

11)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2006) Factors influencing somatic embryo induction and plant regeneration in Indian cotton (Gossypium hirsitum L. cv. SVPR 2). International symposium on Frontiers in Genetics and Biotechnology – Retrospect and Prospect, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. Poster Presentation.

12)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2006) In vitro selection of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) against fungal culture filtrate to enhance the secretion of chitinase enzyme. National seminar on Advances in Enzymology, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. pp21. Oral Presentation.

13)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2006) Micropropagation of Indian cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) through direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis. National seminar on Advances in Plant Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil nadu, India, pp.29. Oral Presentation.

14)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2006) Genetic engineering of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) with chitinase gene (Chi II) for enhanced fungal disease tolerance. National seminar on Advances in Plant Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil nadu, India, pp.18. Oral Presentation.

15)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2005) In vitro mutagenic effect of sodium azide on somatic embryo regeneration and root growth of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR 2), State level seminar on Scope and Status of Phytochemistry and Bioremediation, KN College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Oral Presentation.

16)Ganesan M. Chandra Seklar, R. and N. Jayabalan (2005) Somatic embryogenesis of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) through suspension culture, XXVII All India Botanical Conference and National symposium on Plant Science Research in India : Challenges and Prospects, Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India, pp.166. Oral Presentation.

17)Jayabalan, N and Ganesan M (2005) Selection of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR2) with culture filtrate of Fusarium oxysporium to improve disease tolerance. Proc. of the 1st KMITL, International conference on Integration of Science and Technology for sustainable Development, Bangkok, Thailand, 2: 20 – 24.

18)Ganesan M and Jayabalan N(2005)Disease tolerant cotton production through in vitro cultures. 92nd Indian Science Congress Association, Nirma University of Science and Technology, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Oral Presentation

19)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2004) Induced expression of chitinase enzyme with Fusarium oxysporum culture filtrate reduced Alternaria leaf sport disease in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv SVPR 2). APSI scientist meet and National conference on current issues on plant sciences health and environmental aspects, St. John’s College, Agra, UP, India pp 37.Oral Presentation

20)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2004) Haemoglobin mediated highly efficient regeneration protocol for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR 2) somatic embryogenesis through suspension culture.National level conference on Current trends in Industrial Biotechnology, Kamaraj College of engineering and technology, Virudhunagar, Tamil nadu, India. pp 1.Oral Presentation

21)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2004) Haemoglobin mediated enhanced somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in cotton, National seminar on Recent trends in Plant Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.pp.9. Oral Presentation

22)Jithesh R,Ganesan, M. Bhanumathi, P, Jayabalan N and SDK Sri devi (2004) In vitro selection of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) resistant to Fusarium oxysporum through induced expression of chitinase gene, National seminar on Recent trends in Plant Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.pp.9. Poster Presentation

23)Ganesan M. and N. Jayabalan (2003) Rapid induction of somatic embryos and plant regeneration in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. SVPR 2) through suspension culture. XXVI Annual Conference of Indian Botanical Society and National symposium on Plant Biology and Biodiversity in changing environment, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi. Oral Presentation

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