Graduate research assistant, PhD candidate
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
I am a PhD candidate in the Genome Science and Technology graduate program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I completed my Bachelors in Microbiology and Masters in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta, India. I started my PhD journey in the Binder Lab in UTK where we study ethylene signaling in plants as well as cyanobacteria and select prokaryotes. We found plants when primed with ethylene, a gaseous plant hormone, leads to higher growth, higher stress tolerance and better survival compared to the unprimed plants. My research includes understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms that leads to this ethylene mediated growth enhancement as well as makes the plants more resilient to an array of abiotic stresses. We recently submitted a manuscript with these findings in PNAS Nexus and it is currently in press.
For more information, you can reach out to -
Binder Lab Website - https://binderlab.utk.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/esha-dutta-96787861