Ankush Saddhe

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Experimental Botany,CAS Prague

[Jyothi Vadassery @JyothiVadassery]

How do plants turn local wounding response into a whole-plant defense?

Our work identifies CNGC13, a vasculature localized Ca²⁺ channel that helps propagate systemic Ca²⁺ waves and activate jasmonate & glucosinolate defenses in Arabidopsis.

A new piece of the puzzle in long-distance plant immunity and wound signalling and acts in parallel to well known GLR channels

First PNAS from my lab and is combined efforts of a great team : Misha @MishaKu16647918 and Ramgopal as first authors. Supported by Bhawana @BhawanaSha17 and Mahendra @MahiPawar12 from lab

We thank Alex Costa @lab_costa for his constant support and collaboration ; Yong-Fei Wang for electrophysiology

A huge shout out to @DBTIndia @NIPGRsocial for funding and encouraging basic plant science in India and Arabidopsis research

https://t.co/gleTA1D8WI

[Department of Biotechnology @DBTIndia]

When rice is attacked by Rhizoctonia solani (the fungus behind sheath blight disease), stress builds up and damages proteins inside plant cells. That's where PIMT steps in an enzyme that repairs these damaged proteins and helps restore their disease-fighting powers.

Researchers found that boosting PIMT activity in rice significantly improved its ability to resist sheath blight, offering a promising new lead for developing disease-resistant rice varieties critical for protecting yields and food security.

🔗 Published in Nature Communications, 2026. Scan the QR on the slide to read the full study.

Research supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

#DBTIndia #BiotechIndia #DBTScience #ScienceInSlides #PlantScience #RiceResearch #FoodSecurity

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[IndiaBioscience.org @IndiaBioscience]

📢 Save the Date

The call for applications to attend the 19th Young Investigators’ Meeting (#YIM2027) opens soon.

About YIM 2027

🗓️ 22–26 February 2027
📍 Mohali, Punjab

More details coming soon. Stay tuned!

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[National Centre for Biological Sciences @NCBS_Bangalore]

Calling scientists/faculty, program managers, research administrators!
Applications are now open for our flagship 5-day 2nd Workshop on Managing Large Collaborative Research Projects organised by RDO, NCBS!
For more info & to apply, visit: https://t.co/hP19g7Lirc

[IndiaBioscience.org @IndiaBioscience]

Ready to make the leap from bench to PI? Join the @EMBO – @IndiaBioscience “Starting Your Own Lab” online course for practical training in lab leadership, hiring, resource management, delegation, negotiation & team building.

Trainers: Petra Pandur & David Lescheid @LeadSculpt

28–30 Oct 2026 | 18 places
Deadline: 8 Sept
Apply here: https://t.co/UDgMi1XIQq

Supported by @DBTIndia, Govt. of India.

[Ankush Saddhe @a_saddhe]

The painful part is not only delayed results.
It is watching your motivation, confidence, and scientific momentum slowly disappear with them. Science should reward contribution not allow the work of researchers to become trapped indefinitely in someone else's timeline.

[Ankush Saddhe @a_saddhe]

BlackHole of Research
We are taught that science works like this:
Literature → Critical thinking → Research question → Hard work →
Results → Analysis → Publication. But sometimes the reality looks very different:
Literature → Critical thinking → Hard work → BLACK HOLE?

[Ankush Saddhe @a_saddhe]

A black hole where months or years of experiments, ideas, raw data,
revisions, and hard work disappear into an administrative or
hierarchical void before they ever become a publication.

[IndiaBioscience.org @IndiaBioscience]

📢 Planning to apply for a research fellowship after a PhD and missed the @EMBO-@IndiaBioscience Fellowship Writing course this year?

Join the IndiaBioscience and EMBO webinar "Crafting a Successful Fellowship Application" with David del Álamo and Thiago Carvalho (Fellowsherpa).

🗓️ 10 Aug 2026 | 🕝 2:30–3:30 PM IST
Learn how to write competitive fellowship applications and understand reviewer expectations.
🔗 Register: https://t.co/s8617hVaae

For more information, visit: https://t.co/A4T6171y6D

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[Yansong Miao Lab @MiaoYansong]

🚀Excited to launch PLATO—an LLM-assisted, experimentally curated database for biomolecular condensation, providing a high-quality benchmark for next-generation AI model training and discovery via a user-friendly interface.
🔗 https://t.co/HibdDkz7tu💻

https://t.co/QaQKx9OPJf

[PlantPostdocs (@plantpostdocs.bsky.social) @plantpostdocs]

‼️⏰APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED ⏰
🗓️ July 17th, 11:59 EDT 🗓️

🚨We realize it's been a busy summer, so we're extending the deadline for the Sahyadri Initiatives until July 17th! 🌱

Eligibility, Application, and Submission Information can be found at https://t.co/MGNPAfbQoO

[IISc Bangalore @iiscbangalore]

Call for applications📢

The Ministry of Education has launched the Prime Minister Research Chair Scheme to attract Indian-origin researchers from across the world & strengthen India's innovation ecosystem.

PMRC portal: https://t.co/kuLFAq8WoN

Application deadline: 15 July 2026

[Indian Society of Developmental Biologists @InSDB_79]

If you are a Developmental Biologist interested in learning to successfully publish your research, then this webinar is for you

The editorial team of Developmental Biology is hosting a workshop on "Preparing your manuscript"

Register using the QR!

🗓️July 2
🕠5:30-6:30 PM IST

[IndiaBioscience.org @IndiaBioscience]

The IBS-EMBO Online Course on Writing Successful Fellowship Applications for 2026 is now open!

Three afternoon sessions | Expert-led | Individualised feedback
Real formats from Marie Skłodowska-Curie, EMBO & HFSP programmes
Only 20 participants

Apply by 20 June 2026

Senior PhD student or early postdoc?
Apply here: https://t.co/tyFBVvf2nr
For more information, visit: https://t.co/uFVgGTGicJ

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[Ankush Saddhe @a_saddhe]

@mvdeshmukh @ccmb_csir @J_A_C_S @CSIR_IND @ANRFIndia @isnmR @ICMRBS Interesting....💐💐

[Dr. Mandar V. Deshmukh @mvdeshmukh]

Excited share our work from @ccmb_csir in @J_A_C_S! The study shows how structured dsRBDs drive RNA sequestration via phase separation. @CSIR_IND & @ANRFIndia for support! #GlobalNMRCommunity #NMR @isNMR @ICMRBS @ENC_NMR

https://t.co/d1t9zmRo10

[Ankush Saddhe @a_saddhe]

@pandeybipink @kulich_ivan @ScienceMagazine @lokeshverma203 @UniofNottingham Congratulations 👏

[Sundar Naganathan @Sundar_Ram_07]

📢Conference alert
Ready to dive into how tissues morph across scales & models?

📍Join us by the shores of Mumbai (Alibag) for an EMBO Workshop on Quantitative Tissue Morphogenesis!

📅 Apply by 30 April 2026
🔗 https://t.co/2FCc2WAANS
#DevBio #Morphogenesis #QuantitativeBiology

[IndiaBioscience.org @IndiaBioscience]

IndiaBioscience, in collaboration with @EMBO , will host an informational webinar on IndiaBiostreams about the EMBO Global Investigator Network (GIN) and Young Investigator Programme (YIP) in 2026.

The programme is aimed at early-career life science researchers. Senior researchers who mentor early-career investigators and want to learn about EMBO's programmes are welcome to attend.

At the webinar, Gerlind Wallon (EMBO) will introduce and discuss the GIN and YIP programmes
@Budhadityamukh9 ( @IITKgp ), an EMBO Global Investigator, will share their experiences of the application process.

Moderator: @MoumiMazumdar , @IndiaBioscience

Event webpage for details and registration: https://t.co/aD4haQNYKX

Register for the webinar: https://t.co/etz0eywp8a

Last day to register: 13 February 2026

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[Ankush Saddhe @a_saddhe]

@alokksinha @NIPGRsocial @DBTIndia @Banerjee_Gopal_ @SarveshJonwal @rengasamy1 @UttamPal1989625 Congratulations 💐💐