Assistant Professor, School of Basic Sciences, Department of Botany, Central University of Punjab, Bhatinda, India
Teaching Experience
Guest faculty, Department of Botany, ANDC College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India (2019-2020)
Guest faculty, Department of Botany, North Campus, Delhi University, New Delhi, India (2020-2021)
Research Experience
Ph.D. (Botany), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (INDIA) Thesis Title “Salt tolerance in recombinant glycinebetaine synthesizing freshwater cyanobacteria Anabaena PCC 7120 and Anabaena doliolum, and a ‘sodic’ soil cyanobacterium Anabena fertilissima” (2010-2017).
As a research Associate worked on project “Genetic engineering of marine alga to induce biomass and lipid production” from ICGEB, New Delhi from 22-5-2018 to 29-09-2019.
Administrative Experience
Any Other Experience
Abiotic Stress tolerance in cyanobacteria
- Swapnil, P., Meena, M. and Rai, A.K., 2021. Molecular interaction of nitrate transporter proteins with recombinant glycinebetaine results in efficient nitrate uptake in the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120. PloS one, 16(11), p.e0257870.
- Meena, M., Zehra, A., Swapnil, P., Marwal, A., Yadav, G. and Sonigra, P., 2021. Endophytic nanotechnology: An approach to study scope and potential applications. Frontiers in Chemistry, 9, p.47
- Ray, S., Swapnil, P., Singh, P., Singh, S., Sarma, B.K. and Singh, H.B., 2020. Endophytic Alcaligenes faecalis mediated redesigning of host defense itinerary against Sclerotium rolfsii through induction of phenolics and antioxidant enzymes. Biological Control, 150, p.104355.
- Rai, A.K. and Swapnil, P., 2019. Proteomic analysis of the salt-adapted and directly salt-(NaCl and NaCl+ Na2SO4 mixture) stressed cyanobacterium Anabaena fertilissima. Journal of Applied Phycology, 31(2), pp.1185-1196.
- Swapnil, P. and Rai, A.K., 2018. Physiological responses to salt stress of salt-adapted and directly salt (NaCl and NaCl+ Na2SO4 mixture)-stressed cyanobacterium Anabaena fertilissima. Protoplasma, 255(3), pp.963-976.
- Swapnil, P., Singh, M., Singh, S., Sharma, N.K. and Rai, A.K., 2015. Recombinant glycinebetaine improves metabolic activities, ionic balance and salt tolerance in diazotrophic freshwater cyanobacteria. Algal Research, 11, pp.194-203.
- Swapnil, P., Yadav, A.K., Srivastav, S., Sharma, N.K., Srikrishna, S. and Rai, A.K., 2017. Biphasic ROS accumulation and programmed cell death in a cyanobacterium exposed to salinity (NaCl and Na2SO4). Algal research, 23, pp.88-95.
- Meena, M., Swapnil, P., Divyanshu, K., Kumar, S., Tripathi, Y.N., Zehra, A., Marwal, A. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2020. PGPR‐mediated induction of systemic resistance and physiochemical alterations in plants against the pathogens: Current perspectives. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 60(10), pp.828-861.
- Sharma, S., Swapnil, P., and Meena, M. 2020. A Novel 2019 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) as Global Pandemi, Cell & Cellular Life Sciences Journal, 5(1): 000154
- Chittora, D., Meena, M., Barupal, T., Swapnil, P. and Sharma, K., 2020. Cyanobacteria as a source of biofertilizers for sustainable agriculture. Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 22, p.100737.
- Meena, M., Divyanshu, K., Kumar, S., Swapnil, P., Zehra, A., Shukla, V., Yadav, M. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2019. Regulation of L-proline biosynthesis, signal transduction, transport, accumulation and its vital role in plants during variable environmental conditions. Heliyon, 5(12), p.e02952.
- Meena, M. and Swapnil, P., 2019. Regulation of WRKY genes in plant defence with beneficial fungus Trichoderma: Current perspectives and future prospects. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 52(1-2), pp.1-17.
- Meena, M., Swapnil, P., Barupal, T. and Sharma, K., 2019. A review on infectious pathogens and mode of transmission. J. Plant Pathol. Microbiol, 10, p.472.
- Meena, M., Aamir, M., Kumar, V., Swapnil, P. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2018. Evaluation of morpho-physiological growth parameters of tomato in response to Cd induced toxicity and characterization of metal sensitive NRAMP3 transporter protein. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 148, pp.144-167.
- Meena, M., Aamir, M., Kumar, V., Swapnil, P. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2018. Evaluation of morpho-physiological growth parameters of tomato in response to Cd induced toxicity and characterization of metal sensitive NRAMP3 transporter protein. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 148, pp.144-167.
- Meena, M., Gupta, S.K., Swapnil, P., Zehra, A., Dubey, M.K. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2017. Alternaria toxins: potential virulence factors and genes related to pathogenesis. Frontiers in microbiology, 8, p.1451.
- Meena, M., Swapnil, P., Zehra, A., Dubey, M.K. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2017. Antagonistic assessment of Trichoderma spp. by producing volatile and non-volatile compounds against different fungal pathogens. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 50(13-14), pp.629-648.
- Meena, M., Zehra, A., Swapnil, P., Dubey, M.K., Patel, C.B. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2017. Effect on lycopene, β-carotene, ascorbic acid and phenolic content in tomato fruits infected by Alternaria alternata and its toxins (TeA, AOH and AME). Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 50(7-8), pp.317-329.
- Prashant, S., Mukesh, M., Vikas, K. and Jyoti, G., 2017. The Yellow fever outbreak in global perspective is serious and of great concern. Epidemiology: Open Access, 7(6).
Articles
Books
Book Chapters
- Zehra, A., Meena, M., Swapnil, P., Raytekar, N.A. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2020. Sustainable approaches to remove heavy metals from water. Microbial biotechnology: basic research and applications, pp.127-146.
- Kumar, R., Swapnil, P. and Meena, M., 2019. Secondary Defenses, Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (Editors: Vonk J., and Shackelford T.) Springer Nature, Cham Switzerland AG 2019 ISBN: 978-3-319-47829-6 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_677-1
- Meena, M., Kumar, R. and Swapnil, P., 2019. Slime Molds. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (Editors: Vonk J., and Shackelford T.) Springer Nature
- Samal, S., Swapnil, P. and Meena, M., 2019, Phylum, Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (Editors: Vonk J., and Shackelford T.) Springer Nature
- Kumar, R., Meena, M. and Swapnil, P., 2019 Anisogamy. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (Editors: Vonk J., and Shackelford T.) Springer Nature.
- Meena, M. and Swapnil, P.,Tansukh Barupal1, Kuldeep Sharma1 and Tripta Jain 2019. Phenotype Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (Editors: Vonk J., and Shackelford T.) Springer Nature
- Chittora, D., Meena, M., Barupal, T., Sharma, K., Jain, T., Swapnil, P. and Sharma, K., 2019. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (Editors: Vonk J., and Shackelford T.) Springer Nature
- TansukhBarupal, MukeshMeena*, DeepaliChittora, Prashant Swapnil, Kuldeep Sharma, Tripta Jain and Kanika Sharma 2019. Population, Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (Editors: Vonk J., and Shackelford T.) Springer Nature
- Meena, M., Swapnil, P., Zehra, A., Aamir, M., Dubey, M.K., Patel, C.B. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2019. Virulence factors and their associated genes in microbes. In New and future developments in microbial biotechnology and bioengineering (pp. 181-208). Elsevier.
- Meena, M., Swapnil, P., Zehra, A., Aamir, M., Dubey, M.K., Goutam, J. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2017. Beneficial microbes for disease suppression and plant growth promotion. In Plant-microbe interactions in agro-ecological perspectives (pp. 395-432). Springer, Singapore.
- Meena, M., Swapnil, P, 2017. Base Pair, Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (Editors: Vonk J., and Shackelford T.) Springer Nature
- Meena, M., Dubey, M.K., Swapnil, P., Zehra, A., Singh, S., Kumari, P. and Upadhyay, R.S., 2017. 15 The Rhizosphere Microbial Community and Methods of its Analysis. Advances in PGPR research, p.275.
Tools/Tests
University Level
Symposium on biotechnology and stress biology of algae and cyanobacteria 2014.
Workshop on Bioinformatics: Applications in Agriculture and Medical Sciences. Centre for bioinformatics, School of biotechnology, faculty of science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2012
National
Study on alkaline phosphatase activity of cyanobacterium Anabaena fertilissima under Pi-sufficient and Pi-limited conditions. National Symposium On Current Status And New Horizons Of Ecological Sciences And Environmental Biotechnology (ESEB-13).
Salinity induced biosynthesis and accumulation of osmoprotectants in Anabaena fertilissima” National Symposium on Issues and Challenges in Ecological Sciences (ICES-2017), centre of advanced study in Botany, Institute of Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
International
Identification and characterization of cyanobacterial strains synthesizing andaccumulating sucrose under salt stress. International Conference on Mycology and Plant Pathology Biotechnological approaches 2012.
Ethnomedicinally important tree species of district Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The first international congress Ecological integrity and environmental ethics living for a sustainable future, 2014
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