Himanshu V. Patankar

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoc

Current

Location:

Office- Bld. 2, Lev. 3, 3288-WS27

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Research Interests

Date palm, Arabidopsis, gene functional characterization, yeast bioassay, transcriptome, plant abiotic stress, salinity and drought stress, molecular biology and genetics

Selected Publications

  • Al Kharusi L., Gerry AJ., Patankar HV., Yaish MW., (2021) Comparative Metabolic Profiling of Two Contrasting Date Palm Genotypes Under Salinity. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter
  • Al‑Harrasi I., Patankar HV., Al‑Yahyai R, Sunkar R., et. al. (2020) Molecular Characterization of a Date Palm Vascular Highway 1-Interacting Kinase (PdVIK) Under Abiotic Stresses. Genes
  • Al‑Harrasi I., Gerry AJ., Patankar HV., Al‑Yahyai R, et. al. (2020) A novel tonoplast Na+/H+ antiporter gene from date palm (PdNHX6) confers enhanced salt tolerance response in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Reports
  • Patankar HV., Al-Harrasi I., Latifa Al Kharusi, Gerry AJ, Al-Yahyai R., Sunkar R. and Yaish MW. (2019) Overexpression of a Metallothionein 2A Gene from Date Palm Confers Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Yeast and Arabidopsis thaliana. International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Patankar HV., Al-Harrasi I., Al-Yahyai R., and Yaish MW. (2019) Functional Characterization of Date Palm Aquaporin Gene PdPIP1;2 Confers Drought and Salinity Tolerance to Yeast and Arabidopsis. Genes
  • Patankar HV., Al-Harrasi I., Al-Yahyai R., and Yaish MW. (2018) Identification of Candidate Genes Involved in the Salt Tolerance of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Based on a Yeast Functional Bioassay. DNA and Cell Biology
  • Yaish MW, Al-Lawati A, Al-Harrasi I, Patankar HV. (2018) Genome-wide DNA Methylation analysis in response to salinity in the model plant caliph medic (Medicago truncatula). BMC Genomics
  • Yaish MW, Patankar HV, Assaha DV, Zheng Y, Al-Yahyai R, Sunkar R. (2017) Genome-wide expression profiling in leaves and roots of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) exposed to salinity. BMC Genomics
  • Patankar HV, Assaha DV, Al-Yahyai R, Sunkar R, Yaish MW. (2016) Identification of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) subjected to drought and salinity. PLoS One
  • Yaish MW, Al-Lawati A, Jana GA, Patankar HV, Glick BR. (2016) Impact of soil salinity on the structure of the bacterial endophytic community identified from the roots of caliph medic (Medicago truncatula). PLoS One

Education

  • Ph.D. Biology, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (2015 - 2019)

  • M.Sc. Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune, India (2012 - 2014)

  • B.Sc. Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune, India (2009 - 2012)

Professional Profile

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (2021 - Current)

  • Research Assistant, Department of Cropscience, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (Mar - Aug 2015)

  • Teaching Faculty - Biology, Big Speakers Tutorials, Pune, India (2013 - 2014)

  • Internship, CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (2013 - 2014)

Awards

  • Ph.D. Fellowship, The Research Council, Muscat, Oman (2015)
  • State Inter-University Research Convention Award (1st) (Avishkar 2012), Maharashtra, India (2012)

KAUST Affiliations

BESE

Research Interests Keywords

Date palm biology Salinity Abiotic Stress Transcriptome