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Dr Abhimanyu Sarkar is a skilled molecular biologist over 35 years of experience. He was previously Group Leader-Legume Genetics at the National Institute for Agricultural Botany (NIAB,) Cambridge, UK. His areas of expertise include legume biology, speed breeding, gene discovery and genomics. Before joining NIAB, he worked at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, in Prof. Cathie Martin’s group on the biology and genomics of the orphan legume grass pea (Lathyrus sativus). The group was responsible for sequencing the genome of grass pea, as well as developing various biological resources such as mutagenized populations, recombinant inbred lines (RILs) and an EcoTILLING platform.
He has extensive international work experience, having previously worked in New Zealand and the U.S.A. He obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A., a Masters degree in Genetics from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, and a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. Pantnagar, India.