Epigenetic Regulations in Plants

Prof. Aryadeep Roychoudhury is currently working as a Professor in the Discipline of Life Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. Earlier, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He earned his B.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany from Presidency College, Kolkata, and M.Sc. in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He pursued his doctoral research at Bose Institute, Kolkata and earned his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in the area of stress biology in plants. Following his Ph.D. work, he joined the University of Calcutta as a Research Associate (post-doctorate), pursuing translational research on transgenic rice. He is presently involved in active research in the field of abiotic stress responses in plants with perspectives to the physiology, molecular biology, and cell signalling under diverse stress conditions. He has 25 years of research experience in the concerned discipline. He has handled several government-funded projects as prin­cipal investigator and supervised five Ph.D. students as principal investigator. Prof. Roychoudhury has published over 290 articles in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in books of international and national repute. He has already edited 16 books with publishers like Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis Group, and Nova, and has also handled special issues as Guest Editor for several renowned inter­national journals. He is a regular reviewer of articles in high-impact, international journals, editorial board member of several journals and Life Member of different scientific associations and societies. He is the recipient of the Young Scientist Award 2019, conferred upon him by International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, at the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He also received the recipient of Distinguished Scientist Award – 2024 conferred upon him recently by the Institute of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sciences, India. His name is included in the Stanford University’s List of World’s Top 2% most influential scientists.

• Part 1: Introduction to epigenetics 1. Molecular components of chromatin serving as epigenetic modifiers in plants 2. Role of DNA methylation in plant growth regulation 3. Methylation and histone editing in epigenetic regulation in plants 4. Non coding RNAs in epigenetic regulation 5. CRISPR/Cas-based epigenetic regulation in plants 6. Emerging technologies and methodologies in epigenetics research Part 2: Epigenetic responses in model plants 7. Plant epigenomes: Plasticity and mapping to understand growth and development 8. Mechanisms for epigenetic regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana 9. Dynamics of epigenetic regulation in the physiological processes, gene expression and defense in rice 10. Insight into the epigenetic regulation of cereal crops in controlling physiology, development and stress defense Part 3: Epigenetics in plant physiological processes 11. Epigenetic regulation of photosynthesis in plants 12. Nitrogen and sulfur metabolism and their epigenetic regulation in plants 13. Epigenetic regulation of nitrogen and sulfur metabolism in plants 14. Epigenetic regulation of plant response to mineral nutrient availability: Recent updates 15. Epigenetic regulation of photoperiodic flowering in plants 16. Epigenetic mechanisms of plant reproduction, heterosis and tissue culture 17. Epigenetic regulation in the signalling of phytohormones and plant growth regulators 18. Chromatin modeling and epigenetic regulation in DNA damage repair in plants Part 4: Epigenetics in plant stress responses 19. MicroRNAs: Mastering epigenetic regulation in plant stress responses 20. Crop improvement through epigenetic technologies: Case studies 21. Epigenetic regulation in plant-microbe interaction and plant immunity 22. Epigenetic regulation in plant tolerance to salinity and drought stress 23. Epigenetic regulation in plant tolerance to heat stress and thermomorphogenesis 24. Cold stress tolerance and epigenetic memory in plants 25. Epigenetic responses to heavy metal stress in plants 26. Epigenetic memory of ultraviolet and light stress in plants: Mechanism, crosstalk and application 27. Ethical and regulatory considerations in plant epigenetic regulation during diverse stress conditions 28. Unravelling the prospects of epigenetic memory: Insights into the resilience against abiotic stressors 29. Epigenetics: A tool for modifying the plants to combat against environmental stress 30. Epigenetic regulations in plant-environment interactions