Kartikye Varshney, M.Sc.
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 Biology, 2309: 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, USA, 117: 21757-21765.