Rathore Nikita
Researcher
+420271015708
nikita.rathore@ibot.cas.cz
I am broadly interested to unravel the chemical and molecular mechanisms governing interactions between plants and their biotic and abiotic environment. Particularly, the emphasis is on physiological and molecular understanding of cold acclimation and de-acclimation processes in plant populations. I use metabolomic and transcriptomic approaches to study multilayered control of these acclimation processes in natural environments.
Expertise
Plant Stress/Adaptation Biology
Plant Ecophysiology
Eco-metabolomics & transcriptomics
Education
2016-2021: Ph.D. in Botany (Specialization: Plant Ecophysiology) from Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research -Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, India.
2010-2012: MSc Botany from Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
2007-2010: BSc (Hons.) Botany from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India.
Employment
Since February 2022: Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Population Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Publications
Rathore N, Hanzelková V, Dostálek T, Semerád J, Schnablová R, Cajthaml T, Münzbergová Z (2023) Species Phylogeny, Ecology, and Root Traits as Predictors of Root Exudate Composition. New Phytologist 239: 1212–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19060
Rathore N, Kumar R, Mehta, N, Swarnkar, M.K, Shankar, R, Chawla A. (2022). Time-series RNA-Seq transcriptome profiling reveals novel insights about cold acclimation and de-acclimation processes in an
evergreen shrub of high altitude. Scientific Reports 12, 1-16.
Rathore N, Thakur D, Hopak N.E, Chawla A. (2022). Intra-annual variation in leaf anatomical traits of an overwintering shrub of high elevations of Himalaya. In Plant Defense Mechanisms, IntechOpen, London.
Rathore N, Thakur D, Kumar D, Chawla A, Kumar S. (2021). Time-series eco-metabolomics reveals extensive reshuffling in metabolome during transition from cold acclimation to de-acclimation in an alpine
shrub. Physiologia Plantarum 173: 1824–1840.
Thakur D, Rathore N, Sharma M.K, Parkash O, Chawla A. (2021). Identification of ecological factors affecting the occurrence and abundance of Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D.Don) Soo in the Himalaya. Journal of
Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 20: 100286.
Thakur D, Rathore N, Chawla A. (2019). Increase in light interception cost and metabolic mass component of leaves are coupled for efficient resource use in the high altitude vegetation. Oikos 128: 254–263.
Rathore N, Thakur D, Chawla A. (2018). Seasonal variations coupled with elevation gradient drives significant changes in eco-physiological and biogeochemical traits of a high altitude evergreen broadleaf
shrub, Rhododendron anthopogon. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 132: 708–719.
Thakur D, Rathore N, Sharma M.K, Chawla A. (2018). Enhanced reproductive success revealed key strategy for persistence of devastated populations in Himalayan food-deceptive orchid, Dactylorhiza
hatagirea. Plant Species Biology 33: 191–202.
Rana S, Kumar S, Rathore N, Padwad Y, Bhushan S. (2016). Nutrigenomics and its Impact on Lifestyle Associated Metabolic Diseases. Current Genomics 17: 261–278.
Research fellowship awailed
2017– 2019: Senior Research Fellowship awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.