Malali Gowda

Biography

Plants and Microbes 1. Genome-wide interaction between host-pathogen (rice- Magnaporthe – blast disease) 2. Dissection of neem-microbiome using genomics and culturomics techniques 3. Unravel medicinal plant’s properties using genomics and functional genomics technologies. Humans • Developed HLA haplotyping methods to find accurate match of HLA alleles for organ transplant donors Technology • Established genomics and bioinformatics platforms to sequence and annotate humans, plants and microbe Environment • Community based reforestation of barren landscape using local methods.

Research Interest

1. Molecular study of plant -pathogen interactions 2. Study of microbiome of humans and plants 3. Dissection of traditional medicine using Omic technologies 3. Development of genomics and bioinformatics tools 4. Omic database development