Dr. Ratul Saikia
Principal Scientist
Biotechnology
CSIR-North - East Institute of Science and Technology
India
Biography
His Awards and Fellowships includes: Biotechnology Overseas Associateship Award - Long Term-2006-07 (National Level) (One Year) by DBT, New Delhi, worked at CSIRO, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia, Biotechnology Overseas Associateship Award - Short Term (3-Months) 2013-14 by DBT, New Delhi, worked at Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology, Argonne National Laboratory, US Department of Energy, UChicago, Lemont, IL, USA, DST-Young Scientist Award (as Fast Track Project), Dept. of Science & Technology, New Delhi, Govt. of India, Dec., 2003- Oct. 2005, work at NBAIM (ICAR), Mau, UP, Research Associateship- July 2001-Nov. 2003 at Banaras Hindu Univ., Varanasi, India, Research Fellowship – March, 1996-April, 1999, IASST, Guwahati, India, Recommendation for DST-Travel Grant (ITS Section), New Delhi for participation of International Conference, Recommendation for CSIR-Travel Grant and Visa fees for participation of International Conference.
Research Interest
Bacterial Genomics, Molecular Plant-Microbes Interactions, Biotic and Abiotic Stresses.
Publications
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R. K Sarma, A. Gogoi, B. Dehury, R. Debnath, T. C Bora, R. Saikia* (2014). Community profiling of culturable fluorescent pseudomonads in the rhizosphere of green gram (Vigna radiata L.). PLOS ONE, 9: 10, e108378.
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A. Gohain, A. Gogoi, R. Debnath, A.Yadav, B. P. Singh, V. K Gupta, R. Sharma, R. Saikia* (2015). Antimicrobial biosynthetic potential and genetic diversity of endophytic actinomycetes associated with medicinal plants. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 362, (doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnv158).
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Rajal Debnath, Archana Yadav, Bhim P. Singh, Vijai K. Gupta, Ratul Saikia*(2016). Bacterial Composition of Endemic Rhododendron arboreum Sm. Ssp. delavayi Rhizosphere under Cold Climatic Conditions along the Eastern Himalayan Slope, Tawang, India. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:1345. (doi: 10.3389/ fpls.2016.01345).
