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Dr Donald James

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Scientist B, Department of Biotechnology
KSCSTE - Kerala Forest Research Institute

Expertise

  • Plant Sciences

Publications

Total Articles 21
Books 0
Proceedings 0

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Citations 555
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Professional Recognition

2022

Marie S Curie Actions AGENT Postdoctoral fellowship

Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Barcelona
2020

SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship

Science and Engineering Research Board, DST, New Delhi
2023

INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship

Indian National Science Academy
2024

IUFRO SAP Travel Grant

International Union of Forest Research Organisations
2025

ITTO Freezailah Fellowship

International Tropical Timber Organization

Community & Membership

2022

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Editorial Board

Review Editor
2022

Frontiers in Plant Sciences Editorial Board

Review Editor
2022

PLOS One Editorial Board

Guest Review Editor
2025

BMC Plant Biology

Editorial Board Member

Royal Society of Biology

2024
Associate Member

Kerala Academy of Sciences

2023
Life Member

Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, New Delhi

2020
Life Member

Biotech Research Society of India

2016
Life Member

Society for Biotechnologists – India

2016
Life Member

Bio

Plant Molecular Biologist with special interests in molecular plant-microbe interactions, plant abiotic stress mechanisms, genetic engineering and genome editing for plant improvement.

Personal Details

  • Male
  • Scientist B , KSCSTE - Kerala Forest Research Institute
  • Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur-680653
SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology 2022
PhD
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 2018
MSc
Other Institute 2012
BSC
Other Institute 2009
Scientist B Jan 2022 – Present
KSCSTE - Kerala Forest Research Institute | Department of Biotechnology
Post-Doctoral Fellow Jan 2020 – Apr 2022
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology | Crop Improvement
Research Associate Mar 2019 – Dec 2019
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology | Crop Improvement
Assistant Professor - Selection Grade Jan 2018 – Feb 2019
Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur | Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology

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Scholarly Work

E-DNA sampling methods for detecting biological invasions

Funding Agency: Plan Grants

Associate Investigator

1,300,000

2022 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Upscaling of invitro plantlet production facility at Kuzhur Sub Centre of KFRI for teak and selected species of Bamboo (EP 372/2022)

Funding Agency: Kerala Biotechnology Commission

Associate Investigator

1,500,000

2022 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Maintenance of KFRI plant tissue culture facility

Funding Agency: Plan Grants

Associate Investigator

1,200,000

2022 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Development of Durable Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance In Indica Rice Through CRISPR Mediated Genome Editing And Further Characterization of the Bsr-K1 Loci, A Putative Susceptibility Factor.

Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board

Principal Investigator (SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellow)

2,200,000

2020 - Ongoing

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Scholarly Publications

Molecular characterization of pea DNA gyrase-A reveals dual localization of protein in plastid and mitochondria

Open Access
Article
Authors: Malireddy K. Reddy ., V. Mohan M. Achary ., Badri N. Singh ., Mrinalini Manna ., Vijay Sheri ., Varakumar Panditi ., Donald James ., Dhirendra Fartyal ., Babu Ram ., Tanushri Kaul .,

Transgenic manipulation of glutamine synthetase: A target with untapped potential in various aspects of crop improvement

Open Access
Book Chapter
Authors: Donald James ., Bhabesh Borphukan ., Dhirendra Fartyal ., V. M. M. Achary ., M. K. Reddy .,

Concurrent overexpression of OsGS1;1 and OsGS2 genes in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa L.): Impact on tolerance to abiotic stresses

Open Access
Article
Authors: Donald James ., Bhabesh Borphukan ., Dhirendra Fartyal ., Babu Ram ., Jitender Singh ., Mrinalini Manna ., Vijay Sheri ., Varakumar Panditi ., Renu Yadav ., V. Mohan M. Achary ., Mallireddy K. Reddy .,

Developing dual herbicide tolerant transgenic rice plants for sustainable weed management

Open Access
Article
Authors: Dhirendra Fartyal ., Aakrati Agarwal ., Donald James ., Bhabesh Borphukan ., Babu Ram ., Vijay Sheri ., Pawan K. Agrawal ., V. Mohan Murali Achary ., M. K. Reddy .,

Concurrent overexpression of OsGS1; 1 and OsGS2 genes in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa L.): impact on tolerance to abiotic stresses

Open Access
article
Authors: James, Donald and Borphukan, Bhabesh and Fartyal, Dhirendra and Ram, Babu and Singh, Jitender and Manna, Mrinalini and Sheri, Vijay and Panditi, Varakumar and Yadav, Renu and Achary, V Mohan M and others

Co-expression of P173S mutant rice EPSPS and igrA genes results in higher glyphosate tolerance in transgenic rice

Open Access
Article
Authors: Dhirendra Fartyal ., Aakrati Agarwal ., Donald James ., Bhabesh Borphukan ., Babu Ram ., Vijay Sheri ., Renu Yadav ., Mrinalini Manna ., Panditi Varakumar ., V. Mohan M. Achary ., Malireddy K. Reddy .,

Seed priming: An emerging technology to impart abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

Open Access
Book Chapter
Authors: Shambhu Krishan Lal ., Sudhir Kumar ., Vijay Sheri ., Sahil Mehta ., Panditi Varakumar ., Babu Ram ., Bhabesh Borphukan ., Donald James ., Dhirendra Fartyal ., Malireddy K. Reddy .,

PgPAP18, a heat-inducible novel purple acid phosphatase 18-like gene (PgPAP18-like) from Pennisetum glaucum, may play a crucial role in environmental stress adaptation

Open Access
Article
Authors: Chinreddy Subramanyam Reddy ., Kang Min Kim ., Donald James ., Pandit Varakumar ., Malireddy K. Reddy .,