NEHA THAKRE

I am an ambitious, solution oriented and self motivated postdoctoral scholar with a strong background in Molecular Biology, Synthetic biology and microbiology with a deep understanding of DNA assemblies and genome editing tools, RNAi & CRISPR -Cas9 systems. I aspire to be a successful independent scientist focused working towards understanding and developing effective experimental designs, assays and user-friendly products/protocols to have a meaningful impact in real-world.

• Thakre, N.; Simão-Gurge, R.M.; Strickland, J.; Isoe, J.; Delacruz, L.R.; Torrevillas, B.K.; Rodriguez, A.M.; Riehle, M.A.; Luckhart, S. Activation of Anopheles stephensi Pantothenate Kinase and Coenzyme A Biosynthesis Reduces Infection with Diverse Plasmodium Species in the Mosquito Host. Biomolecules 2021, 11, 807. h[ps://doi.org/10.3390/biom11060807
• A.K. Das, S. Nerkar, N. Gawande, N. Thakre and A. Kumar (2019) SCAR marker for Phytophthora nicotianae and a multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection of P. nicotianae and Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in citrus. Journal of Applied Microbiology, Volume 127, Issue 4. doi:10.1111/jam.14392
• A.K. Das, Sagar Nerkar, Neha Thakre & Ashok Kumar (2017) First report of an atypical strain of Phytophthora inundata causing Kinnow mandarin decline in India, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 39:3, 365-372.DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2017.1364296
• Das AK, Nerkar S, Thakre N, Kumar A. (2016). First report of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii' (16SrVI group) in Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata) showing huanglongbing symptoms in central India. New Disease Reports 34, 15. h[p://dx.doi.org/10.5197/ j.2044-0588.2016.034.015
• Thakre, N.A., Shanware, A.S. (2015) Promising Biological Indicator of Heavy Metal Pollution: Bioluminescent Bacterial Strains Isolated and Characterized from Marine Niches of Goa, India. Indian J Microbiol 55, 327–332. h[ps://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-015-0531-y
• Thakre, N.A., Shanware, A.S. (2014) Screening of Bioluminescent Bacterial strains for evolution of Novel Toxicity Sensing Beads. Conference: International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications. DOI:10.3390/ecsa-1-a001
• Arti Shanware, Neha Thakre, Sunil Pande. (2013) Isolation and characterization of novel marine luminescent bacteria from Diu beach, India, Journal of Pharmacy Research,Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 529-533, ISSN 0974-6943, h[ps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopr.2013.05.019

• Completed drafting and submission in process for research paper entitled “Engineered confinable population suppression system in Anopheles Gambiae”(under supervision of Prof. Akbari)
• Communicated to Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, research paper entitled “Manipulation of pantothenate kinase in Anopheles stephensi suppresses pantothenate levels with minimal impacts on mosquito fitness.” (under supervision of Prof. Riehle)
• Completed drafting and submission in process for Journal of Pest Science, research paper entitled “Optimization of laser assisted delivery of different dsRNA lengths to tomato plants using different adjuvants corroborated by an RNA-interference bioassay” (under supervision of Prof. Brown)

• Research paper published in the Asiatic journal of biotechnology resource, international quarterly journal of bioscience special issue EBMBBHL, volume 4 issue 4 on the topic entitled as “Novel bioluminescent beads for Monitoring phenolic pollutant”
• Research paper entitled “Detection and characterization of a novel Bacterium Vibrio campbellii from marine fish Leiognathus equulus” has been accepted for ‘BTBT-2013’ Conference at Mauritius and the full-length paper would be published in Conference proceedings.
• Research paper entitled “Assessing upshot of pollution on bioluminescent bacterial community” is accepted for GOLD-CT conference organized by North Maharashtra University, Jalgoan and the full-length paper would be published in. Journal of Advances in Science and Technology. ISSN No. 0971-9563.
• Poster Presentation on topic entitled “Isolation and Characterization of Exosomes derived from Ovarian Cancer cell lines” in 3rd Mini Symposium on Cell biology organized by NCCS,Pune.
• Bagged second prize for poster presentation on topic entitled “ Trichoderma harzianum native strain NRCfBA-44 : isolation, characterization and formulation development for biological control of Phytophthora root rot of citrus” during National symposium on sustainable citrus production: Way Forward organized by Indian Society for Citriculture (ISC), Nagpur at Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India from 27-29 November , 2015.
• Won Best Paper Award for oral presentation on topic entitled “Bioluminescent strains: A potential toxicity biomarker” in the National Conference on “Biomarkers in Health & Diseases” held on 21st -22nd February, 2013.
• Bagged second prize for poster presentation for topic entitled “Development of Prospective Bio- beads for Detection of Lead Contamination” during regenerations-2013 held at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Dr. Michael Riehle

(Post-doctoral Advisor)

Professor
Department of Entomology University of Arizona Forbes 410

1140 E. South Campus Drive Tucson,

Arizona 85721-0036

Phone: 520-626-8500
Fax: 520-621-1150

Email: mriehle@ag.arizona.edu

Dr. Judith Brown

(Post-doctoral Advisor)

Professor
School of Plant Sciences

1140 E. South Campus Dr.

Forbes Bld. #303

The University of Arizona Tucson,

AZ 85721, USA
Office Phone : 520-621-1402

Lab Phone : 520-621-1230
Cell Phone : 520-490-2109

Email: jbrown@ag.arizona.edu

Dr. Arti Shanware

(PhD Supervisor)

Assistant Professor,
Rajiv Gandhi Biotechnology Centre,

L.I.T Premises, R.T.M. Nagpur University
Nagpur - 440033 (M.S)
Ph No: +91-9823018963
E-mail: artishanware@gmail.com

Dr. Narendra Y. Kadoo

(Master’s advisor)
Scientist,
Plant Molecular Biology Group, Biochemistry Division,

National Chemical Laboratory,

Pune 411008, India
Ph: +91-20-25902247
Fax: +91-20-25902648

E-mail: ny.kadoo@ncl.res.in