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
- Jamshidi, N.,Mantri, N.,Cohen, M. (2020). Acute effects of dietary plant nutrients on transcriptome profiles: evidence from human studies In: Critical Reviews In Food Science And Nutrition, 60, 1869 - 1880
- Jiang, W.,Wu, Z.,Wang, T.,Mantri, N.,Huang, H.,Li, H.,Tao, Z.,Guo, Q. (2020). Physiological and transcriptomic analyses of cadmium stress response in Dendrobium officinale seedling In: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 148, 152 - 165
- Bhaskarla, V.,Zinta, G.,Ford, R.,Jain, M.,Varshney, R.,Mantri, N. (2020). Comparative root transcriptomics provide insights into drought adaptation strategies in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, 1 - 20
- Jiang, W.,Guo, M.,Yang, M.,Mantri, N.,Chen, X.,Pang, X. (2020). High-throughput analysis of fungal communities in Myristicae Semen In: LWT, 128, 1 - 7
- Jiang, W.,Ren, L.,Guo, M.,Mantri, N.,Pang, X. (2019). Detecting Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus and its Chinese Patent Medicines with�a Nucleotide Signature In: Genes, 10, 1 - 11
- Guo, M.,Ren, L.,Xu, Y.,Liao, B.,Song, J.,Li, Y.,Mantri, N.,Guo, B.,Chen, S.,Pang, X. (2019). Development of plastid genomic resources for discrimination and classification of Epimedium wushanense (Berberidaceae) In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20, 1 - 1
- Abureema, S.,Deighton, M.,Mantri, N. (2019). A novel subtraction diversity array distinguishes between clinical and non-clinical Streptococcus uberis and identifies potential virulence determinants In: Veterinary Microbiology, 237, 1 - 9
- Rani, A.,Donovan, N.,Mantri, N. (2019). Review: The future of plant pathogen diagnostics in a nursery production system In: Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 145, 1 - 12
- Khadke, S.,Kuvalekar, A.,Harsulkar, A.,Mantri, N. (2019). High Energy Intake Induced Overexpression of Transcription Factors and Its Regulatory Genes Involved in Acceleration of Hepatic Lipogenesis: A Rat Model for Type 2 Diabetes In: Biomedicines, 7, 1 - 15
- Anand, S.,Deighton, M.,Livanos, G.,Pang, E.,Mantri, N. (2019). Agastache honey has superior antifungal activity in comparison with important commercial honeys In: Scientific Reports, 9, 1 - 14
- 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
6 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions7 PhD Current Supervisions and 4 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.