BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research

Dr. Gitanjali Yadav

MNASc
Staff Scientist VI
Ph.D. National Institute of Immunology (NII, JNU; New Delhi)
M.Sc. Biomedical Research (ACBR, University of Delhi)
B.Sc. Botany (Hon) Sri Venkateswara College (University of Delhi)
Tel: 011-26735103 ; Fax: 91-11-26741658
Email: gy@nipgr.ac.in; gy246@cam.ac.uk

Profile

Research Interests

I am a specialist in genomics and structural bioinformatics, with specific applications in food security and ecosystem conservation. My work involves data science at the interface of Botany, Chemistry and Geography. Listed below are some of the threads of research that my group is currently exploring. Eventually, we hope to be able to address the question of why all plants cannot form polyploids, and how this capacity confers upon plant genomes, the phenomenal ability to travel, adapt and expand into new realms.

Food Security

As part of the TIGR2ESS program, we are trying to explore the connection between photosynthetic efficiency and epigenetic inheritance. This is being investigated through comparative analysis of Carbon concentrating mechanisms in model plants and green algae, using time resolved transcriptomes along the Chlamydomonas diurnal cycle. (Work Funded by the RCUK- BBSRC)

Complex Networks, AI & Big Data

We have gained insights into network resilience and susceptibility through induction of a variety of random and targeted perturbations in hundreds of biological networks, followed by investigation of their responses under attack. This has enabled us to develop tools for predicting robustness in real world networks, and for partitioning complex networks into biologically meaningful communities. We are also developing deep learning models for deriving regulatory inferences from large scale gene expression data. These models have been used to decipher the floral transition network of Arabidopsis, rice master regulators of abiotic stress and more recently, evidence for prion-like proteins as mediators of cross-talk between transient and trans-generational memory in plants. (Work Funded by DBT)

Biodiversity Informatics

We are trying to unpack plant chemical arsenals by investigating the phytochemical landscape, by using knowledge based approaches like genomics, Geo-spatial imaging and species distribution modeling, in an effort to understand and appreciate how plant chemistry is pivotal to human well-being. We are also investigating biological invasions across urban ecosystems in order to gain insights into the potential invasivity of species, as well as into the invasibility of habitats. We have developed one of the world’s largest contextual repositories of plant emissions, opening up new avenues of research in specialized metabolism and plant-environment communication. (Work Funded by SERB/DST).

Web LInks

University of Cambridge
Global Food Security
Google Scholar
Bioinformatics Training, Cambridge, U.K
Professor (Data Science), IISER Bhopal

Awards & Honors

Vigyan Vidushi, Outstanding Women Scientists in 75 Years of Indian Independence (2023)

Hamied Fellowship Award (2022), University of Cambridge, U.K

SASTRA-Obaid Siddiqi Life Science Award (2021)

Elected Member, Governing Council, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge (2021-2023)

Hamied Fellowship Award (2017-2019), University of Cambridge, U.K

Elected Fellow, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge, U./K (2019)

Young Leaders Award by Global Young Academy (GYA), for World Science Forum (WSF) Budapest, Hungary (2019)

INSA Bilateral Exchange (BEP) Award (2018)

Early Career Award for CSC-2017, Royal Society of London, UK

DBT-Cambridge Lectureship Award (2016), DBT and Cambridge University, UK

Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), 2016

Elected Member, Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS): 2016 - 2021

SERB ' Women Excellence Award' (2013) by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India

Haryana "Yuva Vigyan Ratna" Award (2010-11) by the Haryana State Council for S & T

INSA Medal for Young Scientists (2011) [Biochemistry & Biophysics]

Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences (2010-2014)

Prof. Hira Lal Chakravarty Memorial award in Plant Sciences (2010) - ISCA (Indian Science Congress Association)

DBT Senior IYBA Award (2009)

NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2009)

Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA), DBT (2005)

CSIR Junior and Senior Research Fellowships (2000 and 2002).

CSIR 'Catch Them Young' Fellowship (1998-2000)

Policy Roles/ Panel Membership

Member, Khorana Awards Selection Committee, IUSSTF & DBT (2023

Vice President, Sri Venkateswara College Alumni Association, University of Delhi (2023-2027)

Member, MK Bhan YRF Program Selection Committee, Dept of Biotechnology Govt of India (2023)

Member, Summer Research Fellowships Program (SRFP) Co-oridnation Committee, Indian Science Academies (2022-2025)

Member, Ramalingswami Awards Selection Committee, Dept of Biotechnology Govt of India (2022)

Trusteeship, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge (2021)

Member, Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) Executive Committee (2021)

Member, COVID Projects Steering Committee, NCSTC -DST, Govt of India (2020 onwards)

Member, Advisory Board, Hyderabad City Cluster, Telangana Government (2020 onwards)

Member, Delhi City Knowledge Education Cluster (2020 onwards)

Member, Steering committee "Plantae Presents", powered by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) (2020-2021)

Featured in 365-Indian-Women-In-STEM by TheLifeofScience.com (TLoS) 2021

Member, Equality and Diversity Committee, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge (2020 -21)

Member, Board of Discipline, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge (2020 - 2022)

Member, Equality Diversity and Wellbeing Committee, Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge (2017 - 2021)

Member, Expert Committee for Implementation of Programmes for Accelerated Participation of Women in Science and Technology, DST, Govt of India

Member of Ramalingswami Awards Selection Committee, Dept of Biotechnology Govt of India (2017-2020)

Elected Member, National Core Committee, Indian INYAS (2018 - 2020)

Life Member of the Indian Society for Plant Physiologists (ISPP)

Member, British Ecological Society (2017), UK

Member OC, INYAS-National Frontiers of Science (NatFoS) Meeting - 2020

Development of India-U.K Crop Science Fellowship with DBT & eight U.K partners (2020)

Launch Declaration: Code of Conduct for Young Academies with Global Young Academy (2019)

Member, ASEAN SIT Panel for Biotechnology and Life Sciences (2020 -2023)

Organised Launch of Cambridge India Research Foundation (CIRF) Jan 2019, New Delhi

Action Plan on Policies for Secure & Sustainable Agriculture in India (2019)

Frameworks for research policy at Anglo Israeli Roundtable in London (2019)

India-U.K Round Table on “Fostering Entrepreneurial Innovation in Agri Tech”, New Delhi (2019)"

Member, Selection Committee, INYAS Inno-China Tour (2019)

Member Organising Committee, INYAS-National Frontiers of Science (NatFoS) Meeting (2018 - 2020)

Member DBT-CTEP Committee (2014-17)

Visiting Scientist at The Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA, USA (2006).

Lab Members

Research Associate

Dr. Renu Kumari
Ph. D., Biotechnology, Banasthali University,
M. Sc., Biotechnology, Jiwaji University
Characterization of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl co-enzyme A reductase (HMGR) gene in Cicer arietinum, and its role in abiotic stress
Email:- rk_2013@nipgr.ac.in
@epiren20

Dr. Ravi Kiran Purama
Ph.D. Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Identification, diversity functional roles of host-encoded resistance in vector borne plant RNA viruses
Email:- ravipurama@nipgr.ac.in
@PuramaRavi

Ph. D. Students

Mr. Amish Kumar
M.Sc. Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi
Structural and functional evolution of protein containing Histone Fold Motif in plant.
Email:- amishbot@gmail.com
@Amish_4u

Mr. Sanjeet Kumar Mahtha
M.Sc. Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
Computational analysis of the StAR-related lipid transfer (START) domains in plants.
Email:- sanjeetmahtha@nipgr.ac.in
@sanjeetmahtha

Ms. CITU
M.Sc. Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana
Identification of key components and regulatory pathways of carbon concentrating mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Email:- guliasitu40@gmail.com
@citugulia

Mr. Abhishek Prasad
MSc, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur
Understanding biological invasion through genomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic investigations of invasive plant species
Email:- abhishek1992@nipgr.ac.in
@Abhi_pandora

Ms. Prabha
M.sc, Department of Botany, University of Delhi
Email:- prabhav@nipgr.ac.in
@Prabhaverma02

Junior Research Fellow

Ms. Vinita
M.Sc. Bioinformatics, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Identification, diversity functional roles of host-encoded resistance in vector borne plant RNA viruses
Email:- vinitamehlawat@nipgr.ac.in
@Vinita14Vinita

Mr. Vipin Kumar
M.Sc. Environmental Studies, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi
Plant Invasion Ecology, Phytochemistry and Plant photosynthesis
Email:- vipinkumar@nipgr.ac.in
@ipinKu41285509

Technical Assistant

Mr. Manish Kumar
B.E. (Information Technology), Army Institute of Technology (Pune University)
Email:- manishkumar@nipgr.ac.in
@ManishKumarAIT

Interns

Mr. Dheeraj Dhingani
B.SC Mathematics, RR College Alwar
Viral epidemics and Diseases
@DheerajDhingani

Ms. Pooja Pareek
M.Sc. Microbiology, Maharaja Ganga Singh University
Viral Epidemics and Countries
@PoojaPa81785489

Ms. Urja Biswas
M.Sc. Biotechnology, University of Rajasthan
Viral Epidemics and drugs
@1129Annie

Mr. Simranleen Singh
M.Sc. (Previous) Chemistry, Maharaja Ganga Singh University
Viral Epidemics and funders
@SimranleenS

Mr. Jitu Ram Bhargav
M.Sc. Botany, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan
Viral Epidemics and viruses
@JituBhargav13

Mr. Om Prakash Mehra
M.Sc Chemistry, MSJ college Bharatpur, Rajasthan
Viral epidemics and testing and tracing
@ompraka25740570

Ms. Lakshmi Devi Priya
B.Tech industrial biotechnology, Govt Collg of technology
Viral epidemics and Diseases
@ld_priya

Mr. Pruthiv Rajan
B.Tech. Biotechnology, Dr.MGR Education and Research Institute, Chennai
Viral Epidemics and drugs
@pruthiv_rajan

Ms. Vaishali Arora
M.Sc Botany, Miranda House
Viral Epidemics and funders
@vaishalixx

Ms. Kareena Singh
M.Sc Botany, Fergusson College, Pune India
Viral Epidemics and viruses
@kareena_98

Publications

Marzi D, Brunetti P, Saini SS, Yadav G, Puglia GP and Ioio RD (2024) Role of transcriptional regulation in auxin-mediated response to abiotic stresses; Frontiers in Genetics (Spl Issue Genomics of Plants and the Phytoecosystem) - Accepted

Bhardwaj S, Umra M, Yadav G & Babu S (2024). Ecology of Grasslands of Central Nicobar: Commons in a Sea of Change. Ecology, Economy and Society-the INSEE Journal, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v7i2.1193

Mahtha SK, Kumari K, Gaur V and Yadav G* (2023) Cavity Architecture based modulation of Ligand Binding Tunnels in Plant START domains. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (In Press)

Kumar V, Goyal N, Prasad A, Babu S, Khare K, Yadav G* (2023) Quantification of Pollen Viability in Lantana camara by Digital Holographic Microscopy. Quantitative Plant Biology (In Press)

Verma P, Kumari P, Negi S, Yadav G, Gaur V* (2022) Holliday junction resolution by At-HIGLE: an SLX1 lineage endonuclease from Arabidopsis thaliana with a novel in-built regulatory mechanism. Nucleic Acids Research. 50: 4630–4646

Chauhan S, Yadav G* & Babu S* (2022) Ecological Networks in Urban Forest Fragments Reveal Species Associations between Native and Invasive Plant Communities. Plants. 11(4):541. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11040541

Garai S, C Citu, Singla-Pareek SL, Sopory SK, Kaur C, Yadav G* (2021) Complex Networks of Prion-like proteins reveal crosstalk b/w Stress & Memory pathways in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12, 1513, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.707286

Mahtha SK, Purama RK and Yadav G* (2021). StAR-Related Lipid Transfer (START) domains across the rice Pangenome reveal how ontogeny recapitulated selection pressures during rice domestication. Frontiers in Genetics (12).

Kumar A and Yadav G* (2021) Shared ancestry of core-histone subunits and non-histone plant proteins containing the Histone Fold Motif (HFM) Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 2021, 19 (2) https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219720021400011

Gupta R, Prasad A, Babu S, Yadav G*. (2021) Impact of Coronavirus Outbreaks on Science and Society: Insights from Temporal Bibliometry of SARS and COVID-19. Entropy 2021, 23, 626. https://doi.org/10.3390/e23050626

Sharma M, Muhammed Jamsheer K, Shukla BN, Sharma M, Awasthi P, Mahtha SK, Yadav G and Laxmi A (2021). Arabidopsis Target of Rapamycin Coordinates With Transcriptional and Epigenetic Machinery to Regulate Thermotolerance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 (12).

Mishra P, Prasad A, Babu S and Yadav G* (2021). Decision support systems based on scientific evidence: bibliometric networks of invasive Lantana camara. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 87(1), pp.133-138. doi 10.1101/2020.08.10.24087

Rowland-Chandler J, Salter E, Babu S, & Yadav G*. (2021). Quantifying the Invasive Secondary Metabolome. bioRxiv.

Verma P, Tandon R, Yadav G and Gaur V (2020). Structural aspects of DNA repair and recombination in crop improvement. Frontiers in Genetics,p.1103. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.574549

Smita S, Katyar A, Dalal, Mahtha SK,..Yadav G, Mani P and Bansal KC (2019) Gene network modules associated with abiotic stress response in tolerant rice genotypes identified by transcriptome meta-analysis, Functional and Integrative Genomics (DOI s10142-019-00697-w)

Yadav G* Funding Challenges in Research (2018) Journey of a Young Investigator (JOYI) Series, Indiabioscience, March 2018

Babu, S and Yadav G* (2018) Extinction Curves and Error Propagation in Mutualistic Ecological Networks: The Case of Frugivores in a Tropical Rainforest. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications. December 11-13, 2018, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Priya P, Yadav A, Jyoti C and Yadav G* (2018) TERZYME: A Tool for Quantification and Analysis of the plant Terpenome. Plant Methods (In Press)

Yadav A, Thakur JK and Yadav G* (2017) KIXBASE: A Comprehensive web resource for identification and exploration of KIX domains. Scientific Reports 7(1):14924.

Yadav G and Mohanty, D (2017) Databases developed in India for Biological Sciences. Journal of Proteins and Proteomics 8(3), 159-167

Patra B, Kon Y, Yadav G, Sevold A,.. Hintze A, Galas D and Ray A* (2017) A genome wide dosage suppressor network reveals genetic robustness Nucleic Acids Research 45(1),255–270

Priya P, Kumari S and Yadav G* (2016) Quantification of the plant terpenome: predicted versus actual emission potentials. Ind J Plant Phys DOI: 10.1007/s40502-016-0256-x

Yadav G* and Babu S (2016) Evidence for alternate stable states in collapsing ecological networks. doi: Biorxiv/2016/046045

Amish K and Yadav G* (2016) Diversification of the Histone Fold Motif (HFM) in Plants: Evolution of New Functional Roles. Defence Life Science Journal (Vol1:1) DOI: 10.14429/dlsj.1.10061

Babu S and Yadav G* (2016) Co-Authorship Networks Reveal Patterns of Scientific Collaboration and Research Impact. Defence Life Science Journal (Vol1:1) DOI: 10.14429/dlsj.1.10087

Priya P, Bandhiwal N, Misra G, Mondal S and Yadav G* (2015) IGMAP: An Interactive Mapping and Clustering Platform for Plants. Molecular Plant. 8(5): 818–821. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2015.01.018

Parween S, Nawaz K, Roy R, Pole AK, Venkata Suresh B, Misra G, Jain M, Yadav G, Parida SK, Tyagi AK, Bhatia S, Chattopadhyay D (2015) An advanced draft genome assembly of a desi type chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Scientific Reports Doi: 10.1038/srep12806.

Kumari S, Pundhir S, Priya P, Jeena G, Punetha A, Chawla K, Jafaree Z, Mondal S and Yadav G* (2014) EssOilDB: A Database of Essential Oils reflecting Terpene Composition and Variability in the Plant Kingdom. Database DOI: 10.1093/database/bau120

Misra G, Priya P, Bandhiwal N, Bareja N, Jain M, Bhatia S, Chattopadhyay D, Tyagi AK and Yadav G* (2014) The Chickpea Genomic Web Resource: Visualization and Analysis of the Desi-type Cicer arietinum Nuclear Genome for Comparative Exploration of Legumes. BMC Plant Biology. 14(1): 315

[Recommended by Faculty of 1000] Schrick K, Bruno M, Khosla A, Roque RA, Nguyen H, Snyder MP, Singh D and Yadav G (2014) Shared functions of plant and mammalian StAR-related lipid transfer (START) domains in modulating transcription factor activity. BMC Biology. 12:70 doi:10.1186/s12915-014-0070-8 ( View Recommendation Here)

Thakur JK, Yadav A and Yadav G* (2014) Molecular recognition by the KIX domain and its role in gene regulation. Nucl. Acids Res. 42 (4): 2112-2125

Kumari S, Priya P, Misra G and Yadav G* (2013) Structural and biochemical perspectives in plant isoprenoid biosynthesis. Phytochemistry Reviews. 12: 255-291

Jain M, Misra G, Patel RK, Priya P, Jhanwar S, Khan AW, Shah N, Singh VK, Garg R, Jeena G, Yadav M, Kant C, Sharma P, Yadav G, Bhatia S, Tyagi AK, Chattopadhyay D (2013) A draft genome sequence of the pulse crop chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12173

Kumari R, Yadav G, Sharma V & Kumar S (2013) Cytosine hypomethylation at CHG and CHH sites in the pleiotropic mutants of Mendelian inheritance in Catharanthus roseus. Journal of Genetics 92(3): 499-511

Kumar S, Kumari R, Sharma V & Yadav G (2013) Common and Distinguishing Characteristics of Genes and Genomes and Their Evolution in the Genome Sequenced Legumes. Proc Indian Natl Sci Acad. 79 (2): 277-286

Yadav G, Anand S and Mohanty D (2013) Prediction of inter domain interactions in modular polyketide synthases by docking and correlated mutation analysis. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 31(1): 17-29. (Spl Issue: Predictive biology using systems and integrative analysis and methods)

Yadav G* and Babu S (2012) NEXCADE: Perturbation Analysis for Complex Networks. PLoS ONE 7(8): e41827. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041827

Kumari S, Shridhar S, Singh D, Farmer R, Hundal J, Priya P, Sharma P, Bhavishi K, Schrick K, and Yadav G*. (2012) The role of lectins and HD-ZIP transcription factors in Isoprenoid based plant stress responses Proc. Ind. Natl. Sci. Acad. 78 (4): 671-691 (Article in Cover Illustration)

Gaur R, Azam S, Jeena G, Khan AW, Chaudhary S, Jain M, Yadav G, Tyagi AK, Chattopadhyay D, Bhatia S (2012) High-throughput SNP discovery and genotyping for constructing a saturated linkage map of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). DNA Research pp:1-17 doi:10.1093/dnares/dss018

Chaudhary S, Sharma V, Prasad M, Bhatia S, Tripathi BN, Yadav G, Kumar S (2011) Characterization and genetic linkage mapping of the horticulturally important mutation leafless inflorescence (lli) in periwinkle Catharanthus roseus. Sci. Horti. (in press) Doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.02.025

Garg R, Patel RK, Jhanwar S, Priya P, Bhattacharjee A, Yadav G, Bhatia S et al (2011) Gene discovery and tissue-specific transcriptome analysis in chickpea with massively parallel pyrosequencing and web resource development. Plant Physiol 156: 1661-1678.

Anand S, Prasad MV, Yadav G, Kumar N, Shehara J et al.(2010) SBSPKS: structure based sequence analysis of polyketide synthases. Nucl. Acids. Res. 2010 May 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Shridhar S, Chattopadhyay D and Yadav G* (2009) PLecDom: A program for identification and analysis of plant Lectin Domains. Nucl. Acids. Res. Jul 1;37: W452-8. Epub 2009 May 27.

Kumar S, Mishra RK, Chaudhary S, Pandey R and Yadav G (2009) Co-regulation of Biomass Partitioning by Leafblade Morphology Genes Afila, Multifoliate-pinna, Tendril-less and Unifoliata in Grain Pea Pisum sativum. Proc. Ind. Natl. Sc. Acad, 75 No. 1 pp 15-25.

Yadav G, Gokhale RS and Mohanty D (2009) Towards prediction of metabolic products of Polyketide Synthases: An In Silico analysis. PLoS. Comp. Biol. Apr; Vol 5(4): e1000351.

Yadav G*, Prasad RLA, Jha BK, Rai V, Bhakuni VK and Datta K (2008). Evidence for inhibitory interaction of hyaluronan binding protein 1 (HABP1/p32/gC1qR) with S. pneumoniae hyaluronidase. J. Biol. Chem 284(6): 3897-3905 (*corresponding authors)

Kaur H, Shukla RK, Yadav G, Chattopadhyay D and Majee M (2008) Two divergent genes encoding L-myo-inositol 1 -phosphate synthase1 (CaMIPS1) and 2 (CaMIPS2) are differentially expressed in chickpea. Plant, Cell and Environment 31: 1701-1716.

Chopra T, Banerjee S, Gupta S, Yadav G, Anand S, et al. (2008) Novel Intermolecular Iterative Mechanism for Biosynthesis of Mycoketide Catalyzed by a Bimodular Polyketide Synthase. PLoS Biology 6(7): e163 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060163.

Ansari MZ, Yadav G, Gokhale RS and Mohanty D (2004) NRPS-PKS A knowledge based resource for analysis of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and polyketide synthases. Nucl. Acids Res. 32: W401-W415.

Yadav G, Gokhale RS and Mohanty D (2003) Computational approach for prediction of domain organization and substrate specificity of modular polyketide synthases. J. Mol. Biol. 328: 335-63.

Yadav G, Gokhale RS and Mohanty D (2003) SEARCHPKS: A Program for detection and analysis of polyketide synthase domains. Nucl. Acids Res. 31: 3654-3658.

Saxena P, Yadav G, Mohanty D and Gokhale RS (2003) A new family of type III polyketide synthases in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 44780-90.

Book Chapters, Conference Posters & Proceedings

Jadhav SS, Kumari R, Mahtha SK, Purama RK, Lamba V and Yadav G, (2022). Metabolomics and Molecular Physiology Perspective for Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance. In Response of Field Crops to Abiotic Stress (pp. 153-166). CRC Press.

Mahtha SK, Prasad A and Yadav G* (2021). Complex Networks Reveal Biological Functions of START Domains in Rice: Insights from Computational Systems Biology. In International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications (pp. 641-651). Springer, Cham.

Mahtha SK, Purama RK, Kumari R and Yadav G* (2021). Identification and Downstream Analyses of Domains Amplified in Plant Genomes: The Case of StAR-Related Lipid Transfer (START) Domains in Rice. In Rice Genome Engineering and Gene Editing (pp. 325-338). Humana, New York, NY.

Chauhan S, Yadav G & Babu S (2021). Ecological networks reveal species associations and communities in Urban Forests of South Delhi Ridge, India. In The 9th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications 2020 - Book of Abstracts (pp 153-156). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4744934

Gupta R, Prasad A, Babu S & Yadav G* (2021) Temporal Bibliometry Networks of SARS, MERS and COVID19 Reveal Dynamics of the Pandemic. In: Benito R.M., Cherifi C., Cherifi H., Moro E., Rocha L.M., Sales-Pardo M. (eds) Complex Networks & Their Applications. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 944. Springer, Cham.

Kumar A, Yadav G* (2020) Networks of Function and Shared Ancestry Provide Insights into Diversification of Histone Fold Domain in the Plant Kingdom. In: Cherifi H., Gaito S., Mendes J., Moro E., Rocha L. (eds) Complex Networks and Their Applications Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 882. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36683-4_63

Babu S, Yadav G. (2019) Robustness Through Regime Flips in Collapsing Ecological Networks. In: Aiello L., Cherifi C., Cherifi H., Lambiotte R., Lió P., Rocha L. (eds) Complex Networks and Their Applications. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 812. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05411-3_67

Kumar V, Chauhan S, Kumar M, Kumari R, Babu S & Yadav G* (2019) “Chemical Curation of Lantana camara Emissions across Native/ Invaded Habitats” Zenodo DOI:10.5281/zenodo.3558770.

Lamba V, Shruthi M, Kumar M, Kumar A, Yadav G, Murray-Rust P (2019) “EssoilDB A semantic phytochemical knowledgebase” Open Plant Forum 2019, Cambridge, UK

Murray-Rust P, Adams C, Davies C, Faria E, Kumar A, Yadav G* (2019) “CEVOpen: Can machines curate the Open phytochemistry literature” Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3558784

Yadav M, Babu S and Yadav G. (2015). Patterns of Codon Usage in Plastidial Genomes of Ancient Plants Provide Insights into Evolution.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms - Volume 1: BIOINFORMATICS, (BIOSTEC 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-070-3, pages 144-149. DOI: 10.5220/0005246301440149

Yadav G, Gokhale RS and Mohanty D (2004) Protein Science, 13 (1): 185, PS-04; 18th Symposium of the Protein Society, San Diego, California, August 14-18, 2004

Yadav G, Gokhale RS and Mohanty D (2003) Abstract of the 10th FAOBMB Congress Bangalore (India), page P9-01

Yadav G and Mohanty D (2001) Abstracts of the International Symposium on Crystallography and Bioinformatics in Structural Biology. S9

Bioinformatics Training

OPENVIRUS Internship Program during COVID Pandemic: An online remote internship program to instill a sense of open science, project management and scientific social responsibility in youth. All our work, reporting, presentation and results are documented online and openly on GitHub. This is a joint collaboration between NIPGR, INYAS, KARYA DST Rajasthan, University of Cambridge, Contentmine Cambridge and TIGR2ESS Program. For More Information, click here:

Bioinformatics Training Instructor, University of Cambridge (since 2016): Dr. Yadav conducts regular 1 to 3-day workshops and courses in Introductory and Intermediate R, Data Sckills and Biological Networks. For more informations, course timetables and booking a place, please click here

"Protocols from Home" Series of Webinars during COVID-19 Pandemic to impart hands-on skills in Computational Biology to students and researchers in Life Sciences. All courses are Open and Free to all. For more information, please click here

Biological Networks and their Visualisation using R & Cytoscape

Co-Expression Networks from RNA-Seq Data

WGCNA and Network Motifs

As coordinator of the NIPGR Distributed Information Sub Centre (DISC) facility from 2007 to 2017, under DBT's Biotechnology Information System Network (BTISNET) program, Dr. Yadav conducted short- and long-term training in the area of Computational Biology, including annual Bioinformatics workshops and hands-on training of students for two to six months. These workshops and studentship programs were designed to help researchers aware of available facilities in plant computational biology and its applications.

For more details regarding DISC Facility Click Here

For more details regarding Web Resources Click Here

For more details regarding DBT-BTISNET Workshops Click Here

Events

Climate Knowledge Hunt Hackathon (May 2023): An IPCC Hack in-person event at NIPGR held at the Interface of India and Cambridge. Our Goal is to enable climate researchers/experts/enthusiasts to learn how open access #semantic data extraction tools can make climate knowledge in scientific reports more accessible. In partnership with #TIGR2ESS, #WikiMedia, Cambridge-India Research Foundation (CIRF) and #semanticClimate.

Climate Knowledge Hunt Hackathon (Aug 2022) was organised by Dr. Gitanjali Yadav, in partnership with Office of the PSA to GoI, Delhi Research & Innovation Cluster (DRIIV), Finovista, ClimateCollective, Cactus, INYAS and TIGR2ESS. The event was the first in a series to catalyse building of a Global Semantic Knowledge Commons for Climate Change, a self-improving network of semantic tools. Click here for more information.

We-VIDYA (Women enabled for Virtual Induction as Data youth and AI Professionals): Gitanjali Yadav organised the Four day Data Science Workshop for Indian Women funded by DST-KIRAN, RICH-HCC, INYAS and TIGR2ESS. The aim is to conduct these events on a regular basis for bridging the Digital Gender Divide in India, in collaboration with University of Cambridge. Click here for more information.

GROW-ECR: A Live Hands-on week long training in R coding for Data Skills for Early Career Researchers in India and the U.K. Scheduled to be held online in November 2021. Registration Information to be updated soon - Watch This Space!

National Frontiers of Science (NatFoS) Meeting 2019, funded by Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt of India, and the RCUK-BBSRC TIGR2ESS Program. As member of the National Core Committee of Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS), Dr. Gitanjali Yadav was the Convener of this meeting. For more information, Click Here

TIGR2ESS R4R India-U.K First Bioinformatics Workshop: A live Hands-On workshop on using R for Biological Data Analysis, RNA-Seq and Agricultural Genomics and Text MIning. Held in Feb-March 2019. For more information, click here