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Scientific Staff
Dr. Jinu Jacob
Discipline: Biotechnology | Designation: Scientist | At IIMR Since: 2014
Email: jinu@millets.res.in | Mobile: 8985156463
Profile video Click hereAcademic Qualifications
| Degree | Institute / University | Year of completion | Subject(s) with major field |
|---|---|---|---|
Ph.D. (Biochemistry) |
IARI, New Delhi | 2008 | Biochemistry (major) Molecular Biology and biotechnology (minor) Genetics (Minor) |
| MSc (Biochemistry) | IARI, New Delhi | 2003 | Biochemistry (major) Molecular Biology and biotechnology (minor) |
| BSc (Agriculture) | College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Trichur |
2001 | Agriculture and allied subjects |
Employment Record & Experience (Starting from the present position)
| Designation | Organization | Institution & place of posting | Period (From-to) |
Duration (years, months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientist (Biotechnology) | ICAR | Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) | 2014 to till date | |
| UGC-Kothari post-doctoral fellow |
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad | Department of Plant sciences | Jan, 2012 to December, 2013 | 1 year 11 months |
| Post-doctoral Research Associate | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois State, USA | Department of Crop Sciences | Feb, 2009 to Oct, 2010 | 1 year 8 months |
Current responsibilities:
- Characterizing finger millet-blast pathogen interaction
- Understanding seedling heat tolerance in pearl millet
Recent 3 major contributions:
Nil
Recent awards and recognitions:
- Best Paper Award for ‘Dry popping- An instant method for popping, molecular characterization in sorghum’. G Sangeeta, Jinu Jacob, G Shyam Prasad and KBRS Visarada in the International conference on emerging biotechnologies held at Warangal, India during 28-30 January, 2016.
Current collaborative activities:
Nil
Recent most significant publications:
- Jacob J, Madhu P, Balakrishna D, Das I K (2019). Magnaporthegrisea infection modifies expression of anti-oxidant genes in finger millet. Journal of Plant Pathology. 101(1):129-134.
- P Sanjana Reddy, Jinu Jacob (2018). Breeding strategy of pearl millet parental lines for drought stress. 1st national genetics congress on Genetics for sustainable food, health and nutrition security. December 14-16, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi.
- Jacob J (2017) Cloning of a non-TIR NBS LRR type resistance gene analogue (RGA) from finger millet. International Journal of Agricultural Innovations and Research. 6(3): 529-532.
- Hariprasanna K, Jacob J, Patroti P and Visarada KBRS (2017) Breeding strategies in foxtail millet. In Foxtail millet genome (ed. Manoj Prasad, Springer, ISSN 2199-4781) pp:53-62
- Jinu Jacob, Mulpuri Sujatha, KS Varaprasad (2017) Screening of cultivated and wild Helianthus species reveals herbicide tolerance in wild sunflowers and allelic variation at Ahasl1 (Acetohydroxyacid synthase 1 large subunit) locus. Plant genetic resources; characterization and utilization. 15(5):421-429
- G Sangeeta, Jinu Jacob, G Shyamaprasad and KBRS Visarada. “Dry popping- An instant method for popping, molecular characterization in sorghum” International conference on emerging biotechnologies, Warangal, India. 28-30 January, 2016.
- Jinu Jacob, M Sujatha and K S Varaprasad, “Simple sequence repeat analysis of acetohydroxyacid synthase L1 locus reveals resistance to sulfonylurea and imidazolinone in Helianthus wild species’”, 25th Asian-Pacific weed science society conference on ‘weed science for sustainable agriculture, environment and biodiversity’, Hyderabad, India. 13-16 October, 2015.
Other professional activities:
- Life member, Society for Millets Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Member (2015 to 2017) of Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society (APWSS)
Dr. Jinu Jacob
