Andy Pereira
Adjunct Faculty
Biological Sciences
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Andy Pereira is currently working as a Adjunct Faculty in the Department of I12Biological Sciences, , . His research interests includes Plant responses to external stress including drought, salinity and disease,Development of genetic tools in plants ,Analysis of genetic networks underlying the pathways involved in abiotic stress using various - omics tools,Development of transposon tagging in maize, Arabidopsis, potato and riceto isolate genes and identify their functions. He /she is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Andy Pereira is the member of many international affiliations. He/ She has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He /she has authored of many research articles/books related to Plant responses to external stress including drought, salinity and disease,Development of genetic tools in plants ,Analysis of genetic networks underlying the pathways involved in abiotic stress using various - omics tools,Development of transposon tagging in maize, Arabidopsis, potato and riceto isolate genes and identify their functions.
Research Interest
Plant responses to external stress including drought, salinity and disease Development of genetic tools in plants to isolate genes and identify their functions Development of transposon tagging in maize, Arabidopsis, potato and rice Analysis of genetic networks underlying the pathways involved in abiotic stress using various - omics tools
Publications
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Krishnan A, Ambavaram MMR, Harb A, Batlang U, Wittich PE, Pereira A. Genetic networks underlying plant abiotic stress responses. In: Jenks MA, Wood AJ, eds. Genes For Plant Abiotic Stress. Aimes, IA: John wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009:In press.
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Krishnan A, Guiderdoni E, An G, et al. Mutant Resources in Rice for Functional Genomics of the Grasses. Plant Physiol.. 2009;149:165–170. http://www.plantphysiol.org
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Karaba A, Dixit S, Greco R, et al. Improvement of water use efficiency in rice by expression of HARDY, an Arabidopsis drought and salt tolerance gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2007;104:15270–15275. http://www.pnas.org/content/104/39/15270.abstract
