Dr. Arkadipta Bakshi, Assistant Professor of Biology
Assistant Professor of Biology
Wake Downtown 2404
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Lab Website ( https://www.arkadiptabakshilab.com/ )
Education
Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Genome Science and Technology)
M.S.; B.S. University of Calcutta, India (Biochemistry)
Postdoctoral Training: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Areas of Interest
Plant stress physiology, plant signaling pathways, plant responses to spaceflight, plant-microbe interactions.
Research
As a plant physiologist with experience in molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, plant breeding, and genetics, Dr. Bakshi investigates how plants sense, integrate, and adapt to environmental stresses. Working with model plants like Arabidopsis thaliana and crops including tomato and cotton, his research focuses on the roles of ethylene, calcium (Ca²⁺), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) signaling in regulating plant responses to both abiotic and biotic stress conditions. By integrating a variety of approaches, his work aims to uncover fundamental signaling mechanisms that control stress adaptation with the long-term goal of developing multi-stress-resilient crops to enhance global food security.
Research Questions
- How do ethylene receptors and their specific domains regulate environmental stress tolerance in plants, and which molecular pathways do they control?
- How do ethylene and ROS signaling interact to promote plant growth and adaptation in spaceflight-induced stress conditions?
- How does the integration of Ca²⁺-ROS-ethylene signaling influence plant-beneficial microbe interactions to improve stress resilience?