Dr. P. V. Shivaprasad

Dr. P.V. Shivaprasad is currently working an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore. He has completed his Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, India (Thesis advisor: Prof. K. Veluthambi). Postdoctoral Research (EMBO and SNF), Viral suppressors of gene silencing, Prof. Thomas Hohn’s lab, University of Basel, Switzerland and Postdoctoral Research (BBSRC grant), Gene silencing in tomato, Prof. Sir. David Baulcombe’s lab, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Research in his laboratory deals with molecules called small RNAs. Small RNAs are the key molecules resulting from RNA silencing pathways and they regulate both transcription and translation with the help of their protein partners.

• Epigenetics
• Biogenesis and functions of small RNAs in various plant model systems.
• Understanding small RNA directed Epigenetics using rice and its wild relatives as models.
• Mechanism of action of core gene silencing proteins such as Dicer-Like (DCL)
• Argonautes (AGO).