Exploring Plant Peptide Potentials

Dr. Abhijit Sarkar is currently an Assistant Professor of Botany at the University of Gour Banga (India). He did his B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. in Botany (with specialization in Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Biology) from University of Calcutta (India), and Ph.D. in Botany from Banaras Hindu University (India) in 2012. Dr. Sarkar has major research interests in air pollution and its effect on plant biology and human health including ozone, heat, UV radiation (natural and man-made), plant pathogens with close collaborators in Japan, South Korea, Nepal, USA, Italy, and India. Pardeep Singh is Professor and Head at the School of Advanced Chemical Sciences, Shoolini University, Solan, India. He is specialized in physical chemistry and heads a lab of research scholars who work on photocatalysis with the aim of generating new knowledge on graphene-based photocatalytic materials and processes to develop novel de-pollution treatments with enhanced efficiency and pilot-scale applicability. He is also exploring the generation of bio-waste material-based activated carbon for adsorption-based removal of aqueous phase pollutants. Professor Randeep Rakwal is a Professor at the University of Tsukuba (Japan), at the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences. Being expert in multidiscipline, he continues his research work on plants, human health and animal-human systems using omics. His major research interests in plant environmental stress biology are—jasmonic acid, ozone, heat, radiations, plant pathogens using “omics” approaches with close collaborators in Japan, South Korea, Nepal, USA, Italy, Australia and India. He is the initiator and one of the founding members of the International Plant Proteomics Organization (INPPO). Ganesh Kumar Agrawal is the Associate Director of RLABB, a non-profit research organization focusing on biotechnology and biochemistry in Kathmandu, Nepal. Dr. Agrawal is a multidisciplinary scientist focused on food security and human nutrition using high-throughput and targeted omics techniques. He has edited a comprehensive “Plant Proteomics: Technologies, Strategies, and Applications” book (John Wiley & Sons, NY, USA). He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Biological Chemistry (Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan). He is an initiator of the International Plant Proteomics Organization.

• 1. Evolutionary history of peptide science2. The peptide world: concept, distribution, and demarcation3. Peptide, peptidome, and peptidomics4. Peptides: a fascinating, unique, and universal molecule with incredible potentials5. Peptides: through the looking glass of past discoveries6. Conventional approaches of plant peptide purification and recent tools for their identification7. Peptide imaging: characterization and fingerprinting8. Post-translational modification and proteolytic processing of plant peptides9. Plant peptide hormones10. Exploring plant peptides involved in plant–insect/microbe interactions11. Peptides involved in cell proliferation, expansion, and differentiation12. Peptide mimicry13. Spatiotemporal signalling regulated by plant peptides14. Plant peptides involved in ROS signalling and biotic and abiotic stress responses15. Biosynthetic and chemical discoveries of cyclic plant peptides and their importance in plant systems16. Crosstalk of peptides for plant communication17. Plant peptides as major plant-based products: pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and herbal drugs18. Decoding the interactome of plant peptides through bioinformatics approaches19. Metapeptidomics: concept, feasibility, and future20. Nanotechnology and peptide science21. Biotechnological advancements in peptide science