Name : Dinesh A Nagegowda Designation : Senior principal scientist Address : CSIR-CIMAP Research Centre, Allalasandra, GKVK Post Bengaluru-560065, India E. mail : da[dot]nagegowda[at]cimap[dot]res[dot]in Contact No : 8095400055 Epabx No. : 08028460563 Download Resume Area of Specialization My research group works in the areas of genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and biotechnology related to medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPS) for unravelling the biosynthetic pathways and regulatory aspects of specialized metabolism. Also, my group works in the application of derived knowledge from pathway elucidation in metabolic engineering or synthetic biology for overproduction of therapeutically and commercially important medicinal and aromatic compounds. Education B.Sc. Sericulture M.Sc. Biotechnology Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biology Academic/Research Experience University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Botany - Research Associate (April 2004- August 2004 ) Purdue University, IN, USA, Horticulture - Post-Doctoral Scientist (August 2004- July 2008 ) Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, India , - Assistant Professor (August 2008- August 2009 ) CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow, India, - Scientist Fellow (August 2009- April 2012 ) CSIR-CIMAP Research Centre, Bangalore, India, - Principal Scientist (April 2012- April 2016 ) University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, - Visiting Associate Prof. (March 2017- August 2017 ) Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), - Associate Professor (April 2012- August 2020 ) Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), - Professor (August 2020- till date ) CSIR-CIMAP Research Centre, Bangalore, India , - Sr. Principal Scientist (April 2016- till date ) Honours and Awards State Merit Scholarship ,Talented Children from Rural Areas by State in 1987-1991 Merit scholarship,by University of Agricultural Sciences in 1992-1995 National Eligibility Test Certificate ,Lectureshipby ICAR-ASRB, New Delhi, India in - Visiting PhD student,PhD programme by The University of Hong Kong in 2002-2003 Visiting pot-doc,by Stony Brook University, New York in 2008- Ramalingaswami Fellowship ,by Department of Biotechnology in 2008-2013 Travel grant,Young Investigator Meeting 2011by held at Bhubaneswar in 2011- DST-Fast Track Grant ,by Govt. of India in 2010-2013 CSIR-CIMAP Annual Day award ,Outstanding research publicationby CSIR-CIMAP in 2013- Finalist of NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Awards ,NASI-SCOPUS by NASI-SCOPUS in 2014- CSIR-CIMAP Annual Day award ,Outstanding research publication by CSIR-CIMAP in 2014- Best publication award ,by CSIR-CIMAP in 2015- CSIR-CIMAP Annual Day award ,Outstanding publicationby CSIR-CIMAP in 2016- Raman Research Fellowship ,by CSIR in 2016-2017 CSIR-CIMAP Annual Day Award ,outstanding research publicationby CSIR in 2017- Indo-US GETin Overseas Fellowship,by IUSSTF in 2018-2019 Sir CV Raman Young Scientist State Award ,by Karnataka Government in 2019- World’s Top two percent Scientists,Featured in the list by Elsevier BV in 2021- Fellow of National Academy of Sciences,by FNASc in 2021- CSIR-CIMAP Annual Day award ,Outstanding research publicationby CSIR-CIMAP in 2020- Publication Bomzan, D.P., Shilpashree, H.B., and Nagegowda, D.A.*. Agrobacterium-mediated in planta transformation in Periwinkle. Catharanthus roseus: Methods and Protocols. Courdavault V., and Besseau, S. (Eds), Humana Press, USA. Methods in Molecular Biology 2022 Narayanan, A.K., Sudharshan S.J., and Nagegowda, D.A.*. Sandalwood fragrance pathway and its engineering for sustainable production of high-value santalols. Sandalwood genome. Gowda M., Mahesh, H.B., and Kole, C. (Eds), Springer: Chapter 7 2022 Cruz P.L., Carqueijeiro I., KoudounasK., Bomzan D.P., Stander E.A., Kulagina N., Oudin A., Lanoue A., Giglioli-Guivarch N., Nagegowda D.A., Papon P., Besseau S., Clastre M., Courdavault V. . Identification of a second 16-hydroxytabersonine-O-methyltransferase suggests an evolutionary relationship between alkaloid and flavonoid metabolisms in Catharanthus roseus. Protoplasma 2022 Hiremath, C. K. Baskaran, V. Sundaresan, Nagegowda, D.A., Verma, R.S., Srinivas K.V.N.S, Kumar, N., V.S. Pragadheesh, Singh, S., and Kalra, A. . Development of high oil and high citronellal EC clone CIM-Nandi. JMAPS Vol. 44 2022 Dwivedi V., Kumar S.R., Shilpashree H.B., Krishna R., Rao, S., Shasany A.K., Olsson S.B. and Nagegowda D.A.* . An inducible potato (E,E)-farnesol synthase confers tolerance against bacterial pathogens in potato and tobacco. The Plant Journal 2022 Shilpashree, H.B., S.J. Sudharshan, Shasany, A.K. and Nagegowda D.A.* . Molecular characterization of three CYP450 genes reveals their role in withanolides formation and defense in Withania somnifera, the Indian Ginseng, . Nature Scientific Reports 2022 Bomzan, D.P., Kumar, K., Kumar, S.R., Meena, S., and Nagegowda, D.A.*. Virus-Induced gene silencing for functional genomics of specialized metabolism in medicinal plants. Plant Gene Silencing. Mysore K., and Senthil-Kumar M. (Eds), Humana Press, USA. Methods in Molecular Biology 2022 Pandreka A., Patil C., Kumar A., Thiagarayaselvam A., Mulani F., Bhagyashree D., Shilpashree H.B., Jennifer C., Ponnusamy S., Nagegowda D.A., H.V. Thulasiram . Functional Characterization of Crucial Genes Involved in Neem Limonoids Biosynthesis. Phytochemistry 2021 Carqueijeiro, I., Koudounas, K., Bernonville T.D., Sepúlveda, L., Mosquera, A., Bomzan, D.P., Oudin, A., Lanoue, A., Besseau, S., Cruz, P.L., Kulagina, N., Stander, E., Burlaud-Gaillard, J., Blanchard, E., Clastre, M., Atehortua, L., St-Pierre, B., Giglioli-Guivarc'h, N., Papon, N., Nagegowda, D.A., O'Connor, S., and Courdavault, V.. Alternative splicing directs a pseudo-strictosidine ß-D-glucosidase modulating Vinca alkaloid synthesis. Plant Physiology 2021 Bomzan DP, H.B. Shilpashree, Anjali P, Kumar SR, Nagegowda, DA.* . Virus-induced gene silencing for gene function studies in Withania somnifera, an important Indian medicinal plant. Virus Induced Gene Silencing in Plants: Methods and Protocols. Courdavault V., and Besseau, S. (Eds). Humana Press, USA. Methods in Molecular Biology 2020 Gutensohn M., Nagegowda D.A., and Dudareva N. Involvement of compartmentalization in monoterpene and sesquiterpene biosynthesis in plants. Isoprenoid synthesis in plants and microorganisms; New concepts and experimental approaches. TJ Bach and M. Rohmer (Eds.). Springer - Plant Sciences 2013 Nagegowda D.A., Rhodes D., and Dudareva N . The role of the methylerythritol 4-phosphate pathway in rhythmic emission of volatiles. Rebeiz C.A. et al. (Eds.) The Chloroplast: Basics and Applications, Springer 2010 Nagegowda D.A. and Dudareva N. . Plant biochemistry and biotechnology of flavor compounds and essential oils. Kayser, Quax (Eds.) Medicinal plant biotechnology. From Basic Research to Industrial Applications. Wiley-VCH, Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, pp. 469-492 2007 Patents File No Title Inventors Patent No. Abstract