Eswarayya Ramireddy

Associate Professor
Department of Biology, IISER Tirupati
Email: eswar.ramireddy[AT]iisertirupati.ac.in
Phone: +91 877 2500 442
Google Scholar ProfileResearch Interests
Unravelling the Arabidopsis root cap development and its response to environmental cues
Investigating host-pathogen interactions at systems level in model plants and cereals
Functional genomics, GWAS in rice, amaranth and tomato for improving key agronomic traits
Plant Molecular Developmental Biology and Physiology; Applied Genetics
Educational and Professional Career
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B.Sc (Agriculture) (Sep, 2001): ANGR Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India
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Ph.D (Oct, 2009): Department of Applied Genetics , Free University of Berlin, Germany
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Post-Doctoral Scientist (2009-2010): Department of Applied Genetics, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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Group leader (Jan 2011 - Mar 2016): Department of Applied Genetics, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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Assistant Professor (Apr 2016 - July 2022): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, India
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Associate Professor (July 2022 ~): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, India
Honours and Awards
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Early Career Research award from DST-SERB, Govt. of India
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Young Research Scientist award from Krolow Foundation, Berlin, Germany
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Elsa Neumann Grant from State of Berlin for Graduate Studies
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Teaching and Research Assistantship Stipend DAAD, Germany
Selected Publications
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Deb S, Jayaprasad S, Ravi S, Rao KR, Whadgar S, Hariharan N, Dixit S, Sunil M, Choudhary B, Stevanato P, Ramireddy E and Srinivasan S (2020) "Classification of grain Amaranths using chromosome-level genome assembly of Ramdana, A. hypochondriacus". Front. Plant Sci. 11:579529.
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Vemireddy LR; Kadambari GK; Eswarreddy G; Kola VS; Ramireddy E; et al (2019). "Uncovering of natural allelic variants of key yield contributing genes by targeted resequencing in rice (Oryza sativa L.)". Scientific Reports. 9:8192.
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Witzel, K, Matros A, Møller A, Ramireddy E, Christine F,… Schmülling T, Svensson B, Mock, H-P (2018) "Plasma membrane proteome analysis identifies a role of barley Membrane Steroid Binding Protein in root architecture response to salinity". Plant, Cell & Environment. 41(6):1311–1330.
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Ramireddy E, Hosseini SA, .., von Wirén N, Schmülling T. (2018a) "Root engineering in barley: Increasing cytokinin degradation produces a larger root system, mineral enrichment in the shoot and improved drought tolerance", Plant Physiology 177(3):1078-95. [Highlighted Article, Commentary article (Jukolwska, M. 2018) is published].
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Chang L, Ramireddy E*, Schmuelling T, (2015) "Cytokinin as a positional cue regulating lateral root spacing in Arabidopsis ", Journal of Experimental Botany 66(15), 4759-4768 *Co-corresponding author
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Siddique S, Radakovic Z, De La Torre CM, Chronis D, Novak O, Ramireddy E et al. (2015) "A plant-parasitic nematode releases cytokinin that controls cell division and orchestrates feeding-site formation in host plants ", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 112 (41), 12669-74 .
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Heyl A*, Ramireddy E*, Brenner WG, Riefler M, Allemeersch J, Schmuelling T., (2008) " The transcriptional repressor ARR1-SRDX suppresses pleiotropic cytokinin activities in Arabidopsis.", Plant Physiology 147, 1380-1395 .*Equal first author
Patents
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Schmuelling T, Heyl A, Ramireddy E, " Transcriptional repressors of cytokinin signaling and their use ",
EU granted patent No. EP2121935 (2011)
US Granted patent number 12442662 (2015) .
Teaching
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BIO110 & 111: Introductory Biology I: Basic Principles
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BIO425/725: Plant developmental biology
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BIO423/723: Applied plant biology
Open Positions
We are constantly looking for young dynamic candidates to join our group at several levels.Please contact PI via email with your research interest. .