Kartikye Varshney, M.Sc.

PhD student

Curriculum Vitae

October, 2022  Present

Doctoral student, Root Biology and Symbiosis Group (AG Gutjahr), Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.

October, 2018  September, 2022

Doctoral Student, Professorship of Plant Genetics (AG Gutjahr), School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.

July, 2017  April, 2018

Junior Research Fellow, Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India.

July, 2015  May, 2017

M.Sc. Botany, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi

Master's dissertation: Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) and the Begomovirus Alphasatellite: A Robust Virus and A Mystery Molecule.” Advisor: Prof. Sudeshna Mazumdar-Leighton

July, 2012  May, 2015

B.Sc. (Hons.) Botany, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi


Scholarships and Awards

2023    Best Poster award at the 24th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances – IPGSA 2023, South Korea.

2018    Research Grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) – Doctoral Programmes in Germany.

2016    Prof. S. S. Bhojwani Medal for securing highest marks in M.Sc. Botany (Previous) Examination of the University of Delhi.

2016    Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India.


Publications

Varshney K* and Gutjahr C* (2023). KAI2 can do: Karrikin receptor function in plant development and response to abiotic and biotic factors. Plant and Cell Physiology, 64(9): 984-995.

Tal L, Guercio A M, Varshney K, Young A, Gutjahr C, and Shabek N* (2023). C-terminal conformational changes in SCF-D3/MAX2 ubiquitin ligase are required for KAI2-mediated signaling. New Phytologist, 239(6): 2067-2075.

Meng Y#, Varshney K#, Incze N, Badics E, Kamran M, Davies SF, Oppermann LMF, Magne K, Dalmais M, Bendahmane A, Sibout R, Vogel J, Laudencia-Chingcuanco D, Bond CS, Soós V, Gutjahr C*, and Waters MT* (2022). KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2 regulates leaf development, root system architecture and arbuscular-mycorrhizal symbiosis in Brachypodium distachyon. Plant Journal, 109: 1559-1574.

Torabi S, Varshney K, Villaécija-Aguilar JA, Keymer A, and Gutjahr C* (2021). Controlled assays for phenotyping arbuscular mycorrhiza development. Methods in Molecular Biology2309: 157-177. In: Prandi C, Cardinale F (eds.) Strigolactones: Methods and Protocols. Springer Nature, Switzerland.

Carbonnel S, Das D, Varshney K, Kolodziej M, Villaécija-Aguilar JA, and Gutjahr C* (2020). The karrikin signaling regulator SMAX1 controls Lotus japonicus root and root hair development by suppressing ethylene biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA117: 21757-21765.

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