STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Nitin Mantri
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Science Cluster
School / Department:
Biosciences and Food Technology
Phone:
99257152
Email:
nitin.mantri@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora Campus
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Research supervision
Research
Nitin Mantri’s research is currently funded by the Australia India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF), Horticulture Australia Ltd (HAL), Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) and RMIT University. His research interests include functional genomics (genomics of biotic and abiotic stress resistance), pharmacogenomics (investigating mode-of-action of different herbal compounds), and DNA fingerprinting using high-throughput approach.
Current projects
- Genomics of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Chickpea
- DNA Marker Development for Flavour Compounds in Strawberries
- Production and Testing of Bioactive Honeys from Traditional Medicine Plants
- Use of genomics to enhance algal biofuel production
Accomplishments and achievements
- Assessor for Australian Research Council funding applications
- Awarded Vavilov-Frankel Fellowship by Bioversity International (formerly, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy).
- Awarded RMIT University Early Career Researcher Award for researching on cardio-protective activity and mechanism of bioactive compounds from Salvia miltiorrhiza using Illumina Rat Genome Chip
- Awarded RMIT University Early Career Researcher Travel Award for presenting at XXI Plant Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, USA
- Invited reviewer for various journals
- BMC Plant Biology
- Plant Biotechnology Journal
- BMC Genomics
- PLoS One
- Environmental and Experimental Botany
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
- BMC Molecular Biology
- Protoplasma
- Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
- African Journal of Biotechnology
Nitin Mantri is a Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences within the Health Innovations Research Institute. His role involves: a) research in the field of Functional Genomics and Pharmacogenomics and b) teaching undergraduates and postgraduates in Genetics and Functional Genomics.
- BSc (Agriculture) Marathwada Agricultural University, India.
- MSc (Agriculture Biotechnology) Marathwada Agricultural University, India.
- PhD (Applied Biotechnology) RMIT University, Australia.
Links to industry
- Assessor for Australian Research Council funding applications
- Member of AusBiotech, Australia's Biotechnology Organisation
- Member of Molecular Breeders' Network
- Member of Next Gen Sequencing and Microarrays Network
- Member of Plant Breeding and Genetics Network
- Member of International Chickpea Genetics and Genomics Consortium
- Nejat, N.,Mantri, N. (2018). Emerging roles of long non-coding RNAs in plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses In: Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 38, 93 - 105
- Huong, N.,Panyoyai, N.,Paramita, V.,Mantri, N.,Kasapis, S. (2018). Physicochemical and viscoelastic properties of honey from medicinal plants In: Food Chemistry, 241, 143 - 149
- anand, S.,Pang, E.,Livanos, G.,Mantri, N. (2018). Characterization of physico-chemical properties and antioxidant capacities of bioactive honey produced from Australian grown agastache rugosa and its correlation with colour and poly-phenol content In: Molecules, 23, 1 - 12
- Kaashyap, M.,Ford, R.,Kudapa, H.,Jain, M.,Edwards, D.,Varshney, R.,Mantri, N. (2018). Differential Regulation of Genes Involved in Root Morphogenesis and Cell Wall Modification is Associated with Salinity Tolerance in Chickpea In: Scientific Reports, 8, 1 - 19
- Badhan, S.,Kole, P.,Ball, A.,Mantri, N. (2018). RNA sequencing of leaf tissues from two contrasting chickpea genotypes reveals mechanisms for drought tolerance In: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 129, 295 - 304
- Zhang, J.,Lu, J.,Mantri, N.,Jiang, L.,Ying, S.,Chen, S.,Feng, X.,Cao, Y.,Chen, Z.,Ren, L.,Lu, H. (2018). An effective combination storage technology to prolong storability, preserve high nutrients and antioxidant ability of astringent persimmon In: Scientia Horticulturae, 241, 304 - 312
- Nejat, N.,Ramalingam, A.,Mantri, N. (2018). Advances in transcriptomics of plants In: Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland
- Khorramdelazad, M.,Bar, I.,Whatmore, P.,Smetham, G.,Bhaskarla, V.,Yang, Y.,Bai, S.,Mantri, N.,Zhou, Y.,Ford, R. (2018). Transcriptome profiling of lentil (Lens culinaris) through the first 24 hours of Ascochyta lentis infection reveals key defence response genes In: BMC Genomics, 19, 1 - 21
- Jiang, W.,Tao, Z.,Wu, Z.,Mantri, N.,Lu, H.,Liang, Z. (2017). Camellia (Theaceae) classification with support vector machines based on fractal parameters and red, green, and blue intensity of leaves In: Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 24, 65 - 81
- Gor, M.,Candappa, C.,De Silva, T.,Mantri, N.,Pang, E. (2017). Identification and validation of FaP1D7, a putative marker associated with the biosynthesis of methyl butanoate in cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) In: Scientific Reports, 7, 1 - 13
- Development of specific and sensitive method for identification of PMeV. Funded by: Innovation Connections Grant 2017 from (2018 to 2019)
- Molecular characterisation of important plant viruses for designing a control strategy (PhD Scholarship for Nasser Kadhum Hussein). Funded by: Embassy of Iraq (Canberra) Grant 2015 from (2015 to 2019)
- Production and testing of novel bioactive honeys and honey-based cosmetic formulations. Funded by: ARC Linkage Grant pre-2014 Round 2 from (2013 to 2017)
- Genomics Approaches for Stress Tolerant Chickpea. Funded by: Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education Contract from (2012 to 2017)
- DNA-marker development for flavour compounds in strawberry. Funded by: Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited Industry Call Grant Pre-2014 from (2012 to 2015)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
4 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions6 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Functional genomics: Genomics of biotic/abiotic stresses, Genetics of flavour development; Pharmacogenomics: Quality control and mode -of-action of traditional medicinal plants using genomics tools.