IISER MOHALI

Research Area

Microbial genetics and biochemistry

Research Interests

Areas of research and interest are: Understanding glutathione and sulphur homeostasis in yeasts and higher eukaryotes; Glutathione degradation and transport; systems level understanding of glutathione and sulphur homeostasis; redox control in yeast;cysteine and cystine metabolism; cystine utilization; Cystinosis.Yeast model for cystinosin function. Regulation of calcium channels through oxidative stress and glutathionylation. Synthetic Biology and metabolic engineering of the  isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways.One carbon metabolism and folate-sulfur pathway regulatory interactions.