Dr. Malay Das

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsPlant Biochemistry and Biophysics,Bioinformatics and Theoretical Biology
KeywordsPlant stress biology, salt stress, Gene duplication, Gene expression, Bioinformatics, Flowering genes, evolutionary biology, Parasite plant genome evolution, Molecular markers

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityKolkata
InstitutionPresidency University
InstituteDepartment of Life Sciences
Homepagehttp://www.presiuniv.ac.in/web/staff.php?staffid=102

Host during sponsorship

Priv. Doz. Dr. Anton Rudolf SchäffnerInstitut für Biochemische Pflanzenpathologie, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Oberschleißheim
Dr. Malay DasDepartment of Life Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata
Prof. Dr. Annette BeckerInstitut für Allgemeine Botanik, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2009

Program(s)

2008Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2022Zhao H, Wang J, Meng Y, Li Z, Fei B, Das M: Bamboo and rattan - nature-based solutions for sustainable development. . In: The Innovation 3(6), 2022, 100337
2022Biswas S, Rahaman T, Gupta P, Mitra R, Dutta S, Kharlyngdoh E, Guha S, Ganguly J, Pal A, Das M: Cellulose and lignin profiling in seven, economically important bamboo species of India by anatomical, biochemical, FT-IR spectroscopy and Thermogravimetric analysis. . In: Biomass and Bioenergy, 158, 2022, 106362
2022Chakraborty A, Chaudhury R, Dutta S, Basak M, Dey S, Schäffner AR, Das M: Role of metabolites in flower development and discovery of compounds controlling flowering time. . In: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 190, 2022, 109-118
2021Biswas S, Sarkar A, Kharlyngdoh E, Somkuwar BG Biswas P, Dutta S, Guha S, Das M: Evidence of stress induced flowering in bamboo and comments on probable biochemical and molecular factors. . In: Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 30 2021, 1020-1026
2021Chakraborty S, Biswas P, Dutta S, Basak M, Das M: Studies on reproductive development and breeding habit of the commercially important bamboo Bambusa tulda Roxb. . In: Plants, 10 2021, 2375
2018Smritikana Dutta, Prasun Biswas, Sukanya Chakraborty, Devrani Mitra, Amita Pal, Malay Das*: Identification, characterization and gene expression analyses of important flowering genes related to photoperiodic pathway in bamboo. . In: BMC Genomics , 2018,
2016Prasun Biswas, Sukanya Chakraborty, Smritikana Dutta, Amita Pal, Malay Das*: Bamboo Flowering from the Perspective of Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics.. In: Frontiers in Plant Science , 2016,
2016Malay Das*, Georg Haberer, Arup Panda, Shayani Das Laha, Tapas Chandra Ghosh, and Anton R. Schäffner*: Expression pattern similarities support the prediction of orthologs retaining common functions after gene duplication events.. In: Plant Physiology , 2016, 2343-2357
2014Zhenzhen Yang, Eric K. Wafula, Loren A. Honaas, Huiting Zhang, Malay Das, Monica Fernandez-Aparicio, Kan Huang, Pradeepa C.G. Bandaranayake, Biao Wu, Joshua P. Der, Christopher R. Clarke, Paula E. Ralph, Lena Landherr, Naomi S. Altman, Michael P. Timko, John I. Yoder, James H. Westwood, Claude W. dePamphilis*: Comparative transcriptome analyses reveal core parasitism genes and suggest gene duplication and repurposing as sources of structural novelty.. In: Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2014, 767-790
2013Yeting Zhang, Monica Fernandez-Aparicio, Eric K Wafula, Malay Das, Yuannian Jiao, Norman J Wickett, Loren A Honaas, Paula E Ralph, Martin F Wojciechowski, Michael P Timko, John I Yoder, James H Westwood, Claude W dePamphilis: A horizontally acquired legume gene, albumin 1, in the parasitic plant Phelipanche aegyptiaca and related species. . In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2013,
2012James H. Westwood, Claude W. dePamphilis, Malay Das, Monica Ferna´ndez-Aparicio, Loren A. Honaas, Michael P. Timko, Eric K. Wafula, Norman J. Wickett, and John I. Yoder*: The Parasitic Plant Genome Project: New Tools for Understanding the Biology of Orobanche and Striga. . In: Weed Science , 2012, 295-306
2011Norman J. Wickett, Loren A. Honaas, Eric K. Wafula, Malay Das, Kan Huang, Biao Wu, Lena Landherr, Michael P. Timko, John Yoder, James H. Westwood, Claude W. dePamphilis: Expression of the chlorophyll synthesis pathway in a non-photosynthetic plant revealed by the transcriptomes of above ground structures from three parasitic plants from the family Orobanchaceae. . In: Current Biology , 2011, 2098-2104
2010Malay Das, Jay R. Reichman, Georg Haberer, Gerhard Welzl, Felipe F. Aceituno, Michael T. Mader, Lidia S. Watrud, Thomas G. Pfleeger, Rodrigo A. Gutierrez, Anton R. Schaffner, David M. Olszyk: A composite transcriptional signature differentiates responses towards closely related herbicides in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus. . In: Plant Molecular Biology , 2010, 545-556
2009Samik Bhattacharya, Jayadri Sekhar Ghosh, Malay Das, Amita Pal: Morphological and molecular characterization of Thamnocalamus spathiflorus subsp. spathiflorus at population level. . In: Plant Systematics and Evolution , 2009, 13-20
2008MALAY DAS,* SAMIK BHATTACHARYA, PARAMJIT SINGH, TARCISO S. FILGUEIRAS, AMITA PAL: Bamboo taxonomy and diversity in the era of molecular markers. . In: Jean-Claude Kader, Michel Delseny, Advances in Botanical Research . Academic Press-Elsevier, 2008. 225-268
2007M. DAS, S. BHATTACHARYA, J. BASAK and A. PAL: Phylogenetic relationships among the bamboo species as revealed by morphological characters and polymorphism analyses.. In: Biologia Plantarum , 2007, 667-672
2006SAMIK BHATTACHARYA, MALAY DAS, RADHARAMAN BAR, AMITA PAL: Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Bambusa tulda with a Note on Flowering.. In: Annals of Botany , 2006, 529-535
2005Malay Das, Amita Pal: Clonal propagation and production of genetically uniform regenerants from axillary meristems of adult bamboo. . In: Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2005, 185-188
2005MALAY DAS, SAMIK BHATTACHARYA and AMITA PAL: Generation and Characterization of SCARs by Cloning and Sequencing of RAPD Products: A Strategy for Species-Specific Marker Development in Bamboo.. In: Annals of Botany , 2005, 835-841
2005Malay Das, Amita Pal: In vitro regeneration of Bambusa balcooa Roxb.: factors affecting changes of morphogenetic competence in the axillary buds.. In: Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture , 2005, 109-112