Biofabrication and Synthetic Biology in Medicinal Plants

Dr. Eti Sharma is currently working as Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar. She established herself in the field of bioprospecting and metabolomics of medicinal plants. She has expertise in medicinal plants research, biofabrication and her current research interest lies in plant-microbe interactions in medicinal plants. She is also working on more edited book proposals. She has authored many research papers, book chapters and popular articles in nationally and internationally reputed journals. Dr. Gunjan Tiwari is working as Scientist C in the Division of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resource Conservation, CSIR-CIMAP-Lucknow, India. She has completed her Ph.D. (Genetics and Plant Breeding) from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. She has significantly contributed to the field of Population Genetics and Breeding, where she characterized the structure of breeding populations of various field and horticultural crops using second and third-generation molecular markers. She is actively involved in understanding the genetics of economic traits of medicinal and aromatic plants of global significance and using various selection methods to maximize genetic gain. She has authored many research articles in internationally reputed journals. Dr. Deepali Singh serves as Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India. She achieved her doctoral degree from Delhi University, India. She did her postdoctoral work at The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA. She was trained in studying RNA-protein interactions of RNAse P. She also studied the RNA structure of the retroviral post-transcriptional element and its role in regulating viral transcription and translation. She has extensive training and experience of more than two decades of working in plant molecular biology and biotechnology. Her current research interests lie in the field of genomics and genome engineering for studying plant-pathogen interactions. She has authored several research papers in internationally reputed journals.

• Part A: Medicinal Plants1. Medicinal Plants: Ancient Practice for Eradication of Global Diseases2. Ayurveda Research: Emerging Trends, Issues and Future Perspectives3. Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants and their Role in Preventing Infectious Diseases4. Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Current Efforts, Challenges and Future Perspectives5. Intellectual Property Right Law and Traditional KnowledgePart B: Biofabrication6. Biofabricationof Medicinal Plants: Challenges and Future Perspectives7. Biotechnological Production of Phytoconstituents to Pure Molecules8. Classical and Advanced Recovery Methods of Phytoconstituents9. Downstream Processing Approches of Enhanced Production of Phyoconstituents10. Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Technological Advances in Analysis of Biofabricated Nanoparticles11. Combinatorial Approches of MAPs and Nanotechnology and its Applications12. In silico Prediction Tools of Plant-based Precision MedicinePart C: Biotechnology-based Breeding13. Biotecnological Paradigms for Augmenting Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis in Medicinal Flora14. Cutting-edge Genetic Tools for Evaluating Genetic Variability and Genomic Architecture15. Advances in Plant Tissue Culture Techniques for Rapid Propagation and Conservation of Medicinally Valuable Plant Species16. Metabolic Flux Engineering: Manipulating Biosynthetic Pathways for Controlled Secondary Metabolic Production17. Integrative Multi-omic Strategies for Comprehensive Enhancement of Medicinal Plant Phenotypes18. Utilization of Computational Resources for Genomic Data Mining and Integration in Medicinal Plant Breeding InitiativesPart D: Synthetic Biology19. Bioengineering of Plant Natural Products: Concepts and Processes of Synthetic Biology20. Role of Synthetic Biology in Drug Production and Human Wellness21. Synthetic Biology-based Production Systems of Bioactive Compounds22. Computational Approaches of Pathway Elucidation of Natural Products23. Synthetic Biology-based Reconstruction of Pathway24. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Techniques in Improvement of Medicinal Plants25. Advances in CRISPR Cas9 Technology for Synthetic Biology26. Enzyme Engineering in Medicinal Plants: Enhancements in the Yield of Secondary Metabolites27. Network Pharmacology Approach for Medicinal Plants28. Biosafety Concerns and Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology29. Pharmacological Potential of Engineered Medicinal Flora: Case Studies and Future Perspectives