Bio

I am a postdoc at Adrienne Roeder's Lab at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. I did my PhD from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India on trichome development. Currently I am working on giant cell specification in the sepals of Arabidopsis flowers using molecular genetics, Genomics (RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq and single cell RNA-Seq) and cell biology approaches.

Career Status:
Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Areas:
Development, Genetics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Gene Regulation

Publications

The TCP4 transcription factor regulates trichome cell differentiation by directly activating GLABROUS INFLORESCENCE STEMS in Arabidopsis thaliana.

The TCP4 Transcription Factor Directly Activates TRICHOMELESS1 and 2 and Suppresses Trichome Initiation. (First author profile highlighted https://plantae.org/recognizing-plant-physiology-first-authors-batthula-vijaya-lakshmi-vadde/)

Can the French Flag and Reaction Diffusion models explain flower patterning? Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the French Flag Model.


Volunteer Activities

1.Co-Chair of School of Integrative Plant Science Postdoctoral Association (SIPS-PA), 2019-2020, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. 

2.Postdoc representative of plant biology section in faculty meetings, 2019-2020, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

3. Volunteered in demonstrating science experiments to school and college students at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India.

4. Actively participated as a member of organizing committee for BIO QUEST-2010, at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.

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