Recent research publications using the resources of the microscopy facility

2023

Kuttanamkuzhi, A., Panda, DP., Malaviya, R., Gaidhani, G. and Lahiri, M. (2023) Altered expression of Api5 affects breast carcinogenesis

by modulating FGF2 signalling. BMC Cancer. 23, 374. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-10866-7

Bodas DS*, Maduskar A*, Kaniganti T, Wakhloo D, Balasubramanian A, Subhedar N and Ghose A (2023) Convergent energy state-

dependent antagonistic signalling by Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) and Neuropeptide Y (NPY) modulates

the plasticity of forebrain neurons to regulate feeding in zebrafish. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(7):1089-1110.

https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2426-21.2022

Mathew, M., Ganguly, A., & Prasad, K. (2023) Multiple feedbacks on self-organized morphogenesis during plant regeneration. New

Phytologist (In press)

Rajabhoj, MP., Sankar, S., Bondada, R., Shanmukhan, AP., Prasad, K*., & Maruthachalam, R., (2023) Gametophytic epigenetic regulators

MEA and DME synergistically suppress ectopic shoot formation in Arabidopsis. BioRxiv 16.541021

https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.16.541021

Mathew, MM., Shanmukhan, AP., Varapparambath, V., & Prasad K*. (2023) Protocol for real-time imaging, polar protein quantification, and

targeted laser ablation of regenerating shoot progenitors in Arabidopsis. STAR Protoc. 22;4(2):102184.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102184.

Rase, D., Illathvalappil, R., Singh, H.D., Shekhar, P., Leo, L.S., Chakraborty, D., Haldar, S., Shelke, A., Ajithkumar, T.G. and Vaidhyanathan,

R., (2023). Hydroxide ion-conducting viologen–bakelite organic frameworks for flexible solid-state zinc–air battery applications.

Nanoscale Horizons, 8(2), pp.224-234.

Bipasha Dey#, Debasmita Mitra#, Tirthasree Das, Aparna Sherlekar, Ramya Balaji, Richa Rikhy* (2023). Polarity protein distribution on the

metaphase furrow regulates hexagon dominated plasma membrane organization in syncytial Drosophila embryos. bioRxiv 770453;

https://doi.org/10.1101/770453, Genetics (in press). https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyad184

Mahajan S, Sen D, Sunil A, Srikanth P, Marathe SD, Shaw K, Sahare M, Galande S and Abraham NM (2023) Knockout of angiotensin

converting enzyme-2 receptor leads to morphological aberrations in rodent olfactory centers and dysfunctions associated with sense

of smell. Front. Neurosci. 17:1180868. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1180868

Pardasani M, Ramakrishnan AM, Mahajan S, Kantroo M, McGowan E, Das S, Srikanth P, Pandey S, Abraham NM (2023) Perceptual

learning deficits mediated by somatostatin releasing inhibitory interneurons of olfactory bulb in an early life stress mouse model,

Molecular Psychiatry https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02244-3

2022

Joshi, M. P., Uday, A., & Rajamani, S. (2022). Elucidating N-acyl amino acids as a model protoamphiphilic system. Communications Chemistry, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-022-00762-9.

Kundu, T., Das, S. S., Sewatkar, L. K., Kumar, D. S., Nagar, D., & Ghose, A. (2022). Antagonistic Activities of Fmn2 and ADF Regulate Axonal F-Actin Patch Dynamics and the Initiation of Collateral Branching. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(39). https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3107-20.2022.

Mitra, D., Swaminathan, A., Mundhe, G., & Rikhy, R. (2022). Imaging and quantification of apical microvilli in the syncytial blastoderm of Drosophila embryos. STAR Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101736.

Sakunthala, A., Datta, D., Navalkar, A., Gadhe, L., Kadu, P., Patel, K., Mehra, S., Kumar, R., Chatterjee, D., Devi, J., Sengupta, K., Padinhateeri, R., & K. Maji, S. (2022). Direct Demonstration of Seed Size-Dependent α-Synuclein Amyloid Amplification. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13(28), 6427–6438. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01650.

Sarkar, S., Dagar, S., Lahiri, K., & Rajamani, S. (2022). pH-Responsive Self-Assembled Compartments as Tuneable Model Protocellular

Membrane Systems**. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.14.491926.

Chowdhary, S., & Rikhy, R. (2022). Labeling and Tracking Mitochondria with Photoactivation in Drosophila Embryos. Bio-Protocol, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.4347.

Dubal, D., Moghe, P., Verma, R. K., Uttekar, B., & Rikhy, R. (2022). Mitochondrial fusion regulates proliferation and differentiation in the

type II neuroblast lineage in Drosophila. PLoS Genetics, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010055.

Kulkarni, B., Malhotra, M., & Jayakannan, M. (2022). Fluorescent ABC-Triblock Polymer Nanocarrier for Cisplatin Delivery to Cancer Cells.

Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 17(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202101337.

Sharma, S., & Rikhy, R. (2022). Measurement of Contractile Ring Tension Using Two-photon Laser Ablation during Drosophila

Cellularization. Bio-Protocol, 12(6). https://doi.org/10.21769/bioprotoc.4362.

Tendulkar, S., Hegde, S., Garg, L., Thulasidharan, A., Kaduskar, B., Ratnaparkhi, A., & Ratnaparkhi, G. S. (2022). Caspar, an adapter for

VAPB and TER94, modulates the progression of ALS8 by regulating IMD/NFκB-mediated glial inflammation in a Drosophila model of

human disease. Human Molecular Genetics, 00, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddac076.

Chandroth, A., & Chattppadhyay, D. (2022). Micromorphy Offers Effective Defense Against Predation: Insights from Cost-Benefit Analyses of the Miocene Microgastropod Predation Record from Kerala, India. Contributions, 34(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/3816.

2021

Labade, A. S., Salvi, A., Kar, S., Karmodiya, K., & Sengupta, K. (2021). Nup93 and CTCF modulate spatiotemporal dynamics and function

of the HOXA gene locus during differentiation. Journal of Cell Science, 134(23). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.259307.

Kaniganti, T., Deogade, A., Maduskar, A., Mukherjee, A., Guru, A., Subhedar, N., & Ghose, A. (2021). Sensitivity of olfactory sensory

neurons to food cues is tuned to nutritional states by Neuropeptide Y signaling. Journal of Neurochemistry, 159(6).

https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15488.

Kundu, T., Dutta, P., Nagar, D., Maiti, S., & Ghose, A. (2021). Coupling of dynamic microtubules to F-actin by Fmn2 regulates chemotaxis

of neuronal growth cones. Journal of Cell Science, 134(13). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.252916.

Mohanasundaram, B., Bhide, A. J., Palit, S., Chaturvedi, G., Lingwan, M., Masakapalli, S. K., & Banerjee, A. K. (2021). The unique

bryophyte-specific repeat-containing protein SHORT-LEAF regulates gametophore development in moss. Plant Physiology, 187(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab261.

Sharma, V. K., & Lahiri, M. (2021). Interplay between p300 and HDAC1 regulate acetylation and stability of Api5 to regulate cell

proliferation. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95941-4.

Unni, M., Reddy, P. C., Pal, M., Sagi, I., & Galande, S. (2021). Identification of Components of the Hippo Pathway in Hydra and Potential

Role of YAP in Cell Division and Differentiation. Frontiers in Genetics, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.676182.

Dutta, S., Let, S., Shirolkar, M. M., Desai, A. v., Samanta, P., Fajal, S., More, Y. D., & Ghosh, S. K. (2021). A luminescent cationic MOF for

bimodal recognition of chromium and arsenic based oxo-anions in water. Dalton Transactions, 50(29).

https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt01097b.

Sarkar, S., Dagar, S., & Rajamani, S. (2021). Influence of Wet–Dry Cycling on the Self‐Assembly and Physicochemical Properties of Model

Protocellular Membrane Systems. ChemSystemsChem, 3(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/syst.202100014.

Virmani, M., Deshpande, N. U., Pathan, S., & Jayakannan, M. (2021). Self-Reporting Polysaccharide Polymersome for Doxorubicin and

Cisplatin Delivery to Live Cancer Cells. ACS Polymers Au. https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.1c00042

Deshpande, N. U., Virmani, M., & Jayakannan, M. (2021). An AIE-driven fluorescent polysaccharide polymersome as an enzyme-

responsive FRET nanoprobe to study the real-time delivery aspects in live cells. Polymer Chemistry, 12(10).

https://doi.org/10.1039/d0py01085e.

Pardasani, M., Marathe, S. D., Purnapatre, M. M., Dalvi, U., & Abraham, N. M. (2021). Multimodal learning of pheromone locations. FASEB

Journal, 35(9). https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202100167R.

Joshi, M. P., Steller, L., van Kranendonk, M. J., & Rajamani, S. (2021). Influence of Metal Ions on Model Protoamphiphilic Vesicular

Systems: Insights from Laboratory and Analogue Studies. Life, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/life11121413.

Joshi, M. P., Sawant, A. A., & Rajamani, S. (2021). Spontaneous emergence of membrane-forming protoamphiphiles from a lipid-amino

acid mixture under wet-dry cycles. Chemical Science, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc05650b.

2020:

Ghosh, R., Malhotra, M., Madhuri Sathe, R. R., & Jayakannan, M. (2020). Biodegradable Polymer Theranostic Fluorescent Nanoprobe for

Direct Visualization and Quantitative Determination of Antimicrobial Activity. Biomacromolecules, 21(7).

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00653.

Ghate, K., Mutalik, S. P., Sthanam, L. K., Sen, S., & Ghose, A. (2020). Fmn2 Regulates Growth Cone Motility by Mediating a Molecular

Clutch to Generate Traction Forces. Neuroscience, 448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.09.046.

Malla, J. A., Umesh, R. M., Yousf, S., Mane, S., Sharma, S., Lahiri, M., & Talukdar, P. (2020). A Glutathione Activatable Ion Channel Induces

Apoptosis in Cancer Cells by Depleting Intracellular Glutathione Levels. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(20).

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202000961.

Dubey, S., Bhembre, N., Bodas, S., Veer, S., Ghose, A., Callan-Jones, A., Pullarkat, P., & Sens, P. (2020). The axonal actin-spectrin lattice

acts as a tension buffering shock absorber. ELife, 9. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51772.

Sherlekar, A., Mundhe, G., Richa, P., Dey, B., Sharma, S., & Rikhy, R. (2020). F-BAR domain protein Syndapin regulates actomyosin

dynamics during apical cap remodeling in syncytial Drosophila embryos. Journal of Cell Science, 133(10).

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.235846.

Chowdhary, S., Madan, S., Tomer, D., Mavrakis, M., & Rikhy, R. (2020). Mitochondrial morphology and activity regulate furrow ingression

and contractile ring dynamics in drosophila cellularization. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 31(21).

https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-03-0177.

Dey, B., & Rikhy, R. (2020). DE-cadherin and Myosin II balance regulates furrow length for onset of polygon shape in syncytial Drosophila

embryos. Journal of Cell Science, 133(10). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.240168.

Mehrotra, S., Bansal, P., Oli, N., Pillai, S. J., & Galande, S. (2020). Defective Proventriculus Regulates Cell Specification in the Gastric

Region of Drosophila Intestine. Frontiers in Physiology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00711.