[Kamal Kumar Malukani]

Hi Dear Plantae fellows,

I’m Kamal Kumar Malukani. I’m a postdoc fellow at CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad, India. I’m currently working on elucidation of rice functions contributing to tolerance against Rhizoctonia solani, the sheath blight pathogen of rice. I’m also working on various cellular pathways involved in cell wall damage-induced immunity in Arabidopsis.

During my Ph.D. I worked on the rice-Xanthomonas pathosystem. My work revealed a rice receptor that likely senses cell wall damage in rice and activates rice and Arabidopsis immunity via different pathways upon overexpression.

Apart from science, my hobbies are watching football, exploring new places (not during a pandemic), and communicating science to the general public.

I am looking forward to meeting plant scientists from diverse cultures and plant areas, learning from them, and sharing my experience.

Feel free to contact me @ @KamalMalukani