STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Nitin Mantri
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Science Cluster
School / Department:
Biosciences and Food Technology
Phone:
+61 3 9925 7152
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
- 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
- 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
- Kamato, D.,Bhaskarla, V.,Mantri, N.,Oh, T.,Ling, D.,Janke, R.,Zheng, W.,Little AM, P.,Osman, N. (2017). RNA sequencing to determine the contribution of kinase receptor transactivation to G protein coupled receptor signalling in vascular smooth muscle cells In: PLoS One, 12, 1 - 28
- Mandave, P.,Kuvalekar, A.,Mantri, N.,Islam, M.,Ranjekar, P. (2017). Cloning, expression and molecular modeling of the anthocyanidin reductase (FaANR) gene during strawberry fruit development In: Fruits, 72, 139 - 147
- Chen, M.,Wu, J.,Wang, L.,Mantri, N.,Zhang, X.,Zhu, Z.,Wang, S. (2017). Mapping and genetic structure analysis of the anthracnose resistance locus Co-1HY in the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) In: PLoS ONE, 12, 1 - 18
- Mandave, P.,Khadke, S.,Karandikar, M.,Pandit, V.,Ranjekar, P.,Kuvalekar, A.,Mantri, N. (2017). Antidiabetic, lipid normalizing, and nephroprotective actions of the strawberry: A potent supplementary fruit In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18, 1 - 22
- Chavan, T.,Ghadge, A.,Karandikar, M.,Pandit, V.,Ranjekar, P.,Kulkarni, O.,Kuvalekar, A.,Mantri, N. (2017). Hepatoprotective activity of Satwa, an Ayurvedic formulation, against alcohol-induced liver injury in rats In: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 23, 34 - 40
- 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 Completions7 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.