1. Home
  2. Back
  3. Profile

General Informations

  • Join Date: 25/08/2014
  • College: Biswanath College of Agriculture
  • Department: Plant Breeding & Genetics
  • Office Email: aiswarya.baruah[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1998
BSc (Agriculture)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2000
MSc (Agriculture)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2008
Doctor of sciences (Dr.sc.)

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland

 
 
 
 
 
2013
Post Doctoral

National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi

 
 
 
 
 
2010
Post Doctoral

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

 
 
 
 
 
2008
Post Doctoral

Boyce Thomson Institute for Plant Research (BTI), Ithaca, NY, USA

 
 
 
 
 
2000
Other Qualifications

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad, India

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
18-11-2020 - Till date
Assistant Professor

B.N. College of Agriculture

 
 
 
 
 
25-08-2014 -
Assistant Professor

Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU Jorhat

Publications

Gogoi D.; Das D.; Choudhury B.N.; Bhagawati B.; Borah P. K.; Baruah A. (2024) . Isolation of Fungal Endophytes from Currant Tomato and in vitro Assessment against Meloidogyne incognita, Indian Journal of Nematology, 54(1), 0-0 , DOI : 10.5958/0974-4444.2024.00013.6
Saharia D.D.; Khoyumthem P.; Baruah A.; Sarma M.K.; Kalita M.; Singh T.N.; Biswas D. (2024) . Identification and characterization of drought-tolerant rice genotypes using morpho-physiological and biochemical traits., Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed., , 84(0), 0-0 , DOI : 10.31742/ISGPB.84.2.4
Senbill H.; Karawia D.; Zeb J.; Alyami N.M.; Almeer R.; Rahman S.; Sparagano O.; Baruah A. (2024) . Molecular screening and genetic diversity of tick-borne pathogens associated with dogs and livestock ticks in Egypt, PLOSNeglectedTropical Diseases , 18(0), 0-0 , DOI : 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012185
Kalita M.; Saharia D.D.; Thakur K.; Sonowal S.; Goswami R. K.; Sarma M. K.; Baruah A. (2024) . Study of Genetic Diversity and Drought-Tolerance Characteristics of Few Rice Varieties Using Morphological and Molecular Markers, International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 36(1), 0-0 , DOI : 10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i14327
Senbill H.; Tanaka T.; Karawia D.; Sparagano O.; Rahman S.; Zeb J.; Sparagano O.; Baruah A. (2022) . Morphological identification and molecular characterization of economically important ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from North and North–Western Egypt, Acta Tropica , 231(106438), 0-0 , DOI : /10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106438
Bora S; Vardhan GSH; Deka N; Khataniar L; Gogoi D; Baruah A (2021) . Paraquat exposure over generation affects lifespan and reproduction through mitochondrial disruption in C. elegans., Toxicology, 447(152632), 0-0 , DOI : 10.1016/j.tox.2020.152632.
Goyala A; Baruah A; Mukhopadhyay A (2020) . The genetic paradigms of dietary restriction fail to extend life span in cep-1(gk138) mutant of C. elegans p53 due to possible background mutations, PLoS One. , 15(0), 0-0 , DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0241478.
Chang HW; Pisano S; Chaturbedi A; Chen J; Gordon S; Baruah A; Lee SS. (2017) . Transcription factors CEP-1/p53 and CEH-23 collaborate with AAK-2/AMPK to modulate longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans, Aging Cell, 16(814), 0-0 , DOI : 10.1111/acel.12619
Baruah A; Chang HW; Hall M; Yuan J; Gordon S; Johnson E; Shtessel LL; Yee C; Hekimi S; Derry WB; ; Lee SS (2014) . CEP-1, the Caenorhabditis elegans p53 homolog, mediates opposing longevity outcomes in mitochondrial electron transport chain mutants., PLoS Genet, 10(0), 0-0 , DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004097
Simková K; Moreau F; Pawlak P; Vriet C; Baruah A; Alexandre C; Hennig L; Apel K; Laloi C. (2012) . Integration of stress-related and reactive oxygen species-mediated signals by Topoisomerase VI in Arabidopsis thaliana., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 109(0), 0-0 , DOI : 0.1073/pnas.1202041109
Baruah A; Simková K; Hincha DK; Apel K; Laloi C (2009) . Modulation of O-mediated retrograde signaling by the PLEIOTROPIC RESPONSE LOCUS 1 (PRL1) protein, a central integrator of stress and energy signaling., Plant J, 60(0), 0-0 , DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03935.x.
Baruah A; Naik V; Hendre PS; Rajkumar R; Rajendrakumae P; Aggarwall RK (2003) . Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite markers from Coffea arabica (L.,) showing wide cross-species amplifications., Molecular Ecology Notes , 3(0), 647-650 , DOI : 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00544.x
Saharia, D.D.; Thakur, K.; Sarma, M.K. and Baruah, A.(2023). Biotechnological Innovations in Crop Improvement. in : New Horizons in Agricultural Biotechnology, Mallesh, G.; (Ed), Elite publishing house, A-10/28, Sector - 18, Rohini, New Delhi - 110089, pp 27-43, ISBN:978-93-58991-06-2.
Kalita, M.(2023). Study of genetic diversity of few drought tolerant rice varieties using morphological and molecular markers.MSc (Agriculture) thesis submitted to Plant Breeding and Genetics, Assam Agricultural University, BNCA, AAU
Rajkhowa, A.(2022). Gene Expression Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA polymerase in Rice (Oryza Sativa).MSc (Agriculture) thesis submitted to Plant Breeding and Genetics, Assam Agricultural University, BNCA, AAU
Khataniar, L.(2020). Functional analysis of CEP-1/p53 targeted gene during mitochondrial ETC dysfunction in C. elegans.PhD thesis submitted to Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
VARDHAN, G.S.H.(2019). Study of mitochondrial morphology and membrane potential during electron transport chain dysfunction in the model organism C. elegans.MSc (Agriculture) thesis submitted to Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
Hazarika, M.(2018). Identification of loci involved in salt tolerance by association analysis on japonica rice.MSc (Agriculture) thesis submitted to Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
Achievements
  • • Best poster presentation at BTI, Ithaca, USA; 2009 (Case award of 500 USD) • Scholarship to present at 16th Swiss Plant Molecular and Cell Biology Conference (2007), Les Diablerets, Switzerland • DBT- Scholarship for MSc. 1998-2000
Membership
  • Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding
    Life Member
Projects
  • AAU sponsored project on "Development and application of organellar genome-specific simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers in Rice (Oryza sativa).", project cost Rs.500000 Lakh implemented in 2022.