Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Khirod Kumar Sahoo

Room: 301-A,
New Academic Block

+91-6370903711

khirod555[at]gmail[dot]com

Dr. Khirod K. Sahoo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany since 2014. He has 10 years of research experience. He has more than 15 publications in peer reviewed International journals and 01 national patent to his credit. He did his doctoral research on developing the salinity and drought tolerant transgenic rice through pyramiding genes in 2010 at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi and in collaboration with School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi. He further did his postdoctoral research for more than 2 years at ICGEB, New Delhi on transgenic rice and on RNAi Technology. After that, he served as Senior Technical Officer in Biotechnology Division at CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Govt. of India, Palampur. Currently, he has research collaboration with ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (NRRI), Cuttack and Imgenex India, Pvt. Ltd., Bhubaneswar. Currently his research is focused on crop improvements through plant genetic engineering, plant proteomics and metabolomic study. His research aims to make plants economically viable through tissue culture and hydroponic methods.

Selected Publications

  1. Sahoo B, Nayak I, Parameswaran C, Kesawat MS, Sahoo KK, Subudhi HN, Balasubramaniasai C, Prabhukarthikeyan SR, Katara JL, Dash SK, Chung SM. (2023) A Comprehensive Genome-Wide Investigation of the Cytochrome 71 (OsCYP71) Gene Family: Revealing the Impact of Promoter and Gene Variants (Ser33Leu) of OsCYP71P6 on Yield-Related Traits in Indica Rice (Oryza sativa L.). 12(17):3035. ISSN- 2223-7747 (Impact Factor- 4.658).
  2. Muduli N, Aparna S, Patri M, Sahoo KK*. (2023) Saffron stigma extract and crocin play an important neuroprotective role in therapeutic measures against benzo [a] pyrene-induced behavioral alterations in zebrafish. Drug and Chemical Toxicology. 30:1-2. ISSN- 1525-6014 (Impact Factor- 2.597).
  3. Ojha P, Kar NP, Nayak S, Patra AK, Sahoo KK* (2021) Isolation of a broad spectrum antimicrobial producing thermophilic Bacillus and characterization of its antimicrobial protein. Archives of Microbiology. DOI 10.1007/s00203-020-02162-w. ISSN- 0302-8933. (Impact Factor- 2.667).
  4. Sahoo KK, Gupta BK, Kaur C, Joshi R, Pareek A, Sopory SK, Singla-Pareek SL (2021) Methylglyoxal-glyoxalase system as a possible selection module for raising marker-safe plants in rice. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 27:2579–2588 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-021-01072-5. ISSN- 09740430, 09715894. (Impact Factor- 3.023).
  5. Joshi R#, Sahoo KK#, Singh AK, Anwar K, Pundir P, Gautam RK, Krishnamurthy SL, Sopory SK, Pareek A, Singla-Pareek SL. (2020) Enhancing trehalose biosynthesis improves yield potential in marker-free transgenic rice under drought, saline, and sodic conditions. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71, (2) 653–668. ISSN 0022-0957 (#Equally First Author) ISSN- 653 -668. (Impact Factor- 7.378).
  6. #Gupta, B.K., #Sahoo, K.K., Ghosh, A., Tripathi, A.K., Anwar, K., Das, P., Singh, A.K., Pareek, A., Sopory, S.K., Singla-Pareek, S.L. (2018) Manipulation of glyoxalase pathway confers tolerance to multiple stresses in rice. Plant Cell Environment. 41:1186–1200 (#Equally First Author). ISSN- 1186-1200. (Impact Factor- 7.947).