Dr. Yasin Jeshima K

Dr. Yasin Jeshima K
Senior Scientist

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Genomic Resources

Contact

phone:011-25802790
Email: yasin.jeshima@icar.gov.in

Qualification

M.Sc.(Ag.).,Ph.D., PDF., FYAI., FGIER., FLS., ARS., 

SPECIALIZATION

Salient Achievements

  • Yasin Jeshima K. was deputed to participate in the Consultative meeting for constituting an Expert Group on Synthetic Biology to participate in CBD’s online international forum, scheduled on 02.05.2017, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change to participate (MoEF&CC), New Delhi.
  • Yasin Jeshima K. was deputed to participate in CBD’s online forum of Adhoc Technical Expert Groups (AHTEG) on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources and Synthetic Biology and to review the final draft recommendations on the fact-finding and scoping study.

 Externally funded projects

Sl. No.Name of the projectFunding agencyDuration and amount in lakhsPI / Co-PI / Associate
1Development of short duration, early maturing, high yielding, biotic and abiotic stress tolerant redgram varieties–Indo- Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology -International  Network project

from 2015 -2019

2.16 C (including funds from SDC)

Principal Investigator
2Minor pulses national network project -Characterization, evaluation of genetic resources for genetic enhancement and improvement of minor pulsesDBT

5.3 C

2018-2021

Co-Principal Investigator

Selected list of invited lectures

  1. Lead speaker VIWA international Conference, 8th March, 2020
  2. Delivered the first lecture of a lecture series at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University on 11th march 2020
  3. Delivered an invited lecture for Alagappa University, India during May 2020
  4. Delivered an invited lecture organized by VOC College, Tamil Nadu during June 2020.
  5. Delivered an invited lecture; organized by JSA College of Agriculture, TNAU, India , June 2020.
  6. Delivered “Young science leaders” series lecture on 11th August 2020
  7. Delivered an invited lecture for Kerala Agricultural University, India during 16th August 2020
  8. Delivered an invited lecture for Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai during July 2021
  9. Delivered an invited lecture for Annamalai University, September, 2021
  10. Delivered an invited lecture on 1st October, 2021-Golden Jubilee Lecture Series,Kerala Agricultural University, India

Awards/Honours

  1. Best student award – 1992-93
  2. JNU JRF (Agricultural Biotechnology) – 1998
  3. ICAR SRF (Genetics) – 2003-2007
  4. ICAR -ASRB NET in Genetics (2003)
  5. ICAR -ASRB NET in Plant Breeding (2006)
  6. ICAR -ASRB NET in Biotechnology (2008)
  7. ICAR -ASRB NET in Crop Improvement (2009)
  8. PDF from ARO, Ministry of Agriculture, Israel -2012-2013
  9. Best poster award in International Conference – 2013
  10. Best paper presentation award – 2014
  11. SRDA gold medal for the year 2014 -2015
  12. Young women scientist award for 2014 – 2016
  13. Best paper presentation award – 2016
  14. Best paper presentation award – 2017
  15. Best oral presentation award – 2017
  16. Young scientist award– 2017
  17. Best oral presentation award – 2018
  18. Young scientist award– 2018
  19. Outstanding women scientist award – 2019
  20. Lead Speaker – VIWA 2020
  21. Best Oral Paper Award – IPPVS 2021
  22. Outstanding Young Scientist award – 2021
  23. International Researcher Award – 2021
  24. Fellow of Young Academy of India- 2022
  25. Associate of The Linnean Society of London- 2022
  26. Distinguished scientist award -2022
  27. Fellow of The Linnean Society of London -2023
  28. Best oral presentation – 2024
  29. Gregor Johann Mendel  honorary award – 2024
  30. Fellow of FGIER- 2025 jan
  31. Travel grant from DBT-CTEP- 2025 jan

Recent Publications Research Papers

  1. Shakespear, S., Sivaji, M., Kumar, V. Pillai M.A, Wani, S.H., S Penna, JK Yasin.2024. Navigating Through Harsh Conditions: Coordinated Networks of Plant Adaptation to Abiotic Stress. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-023-11224-4
  2. Ramchander S, MT AP, Khan YJ, Souframanien J, Arumugam Pillai M. Molecular and physiological characterization of early semi-dwarf mutants of rice and localization of SNP variants in Sd1 locus generated through gamma radiation. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 2024 Jan 27:1-3. I345; 8.60
  3. Narayanan, M., Shoba, D., Yasin, J.K., Kanagarajan, S. and Pillai, M.A., 2024. Genetic linkage mapping for mungbean yellow mosaic virus resistance and yield-related traits in Vigna mungo. South African Journal of Botany, 174, pp.249-257.
  4. Sakthivel, K., Lal, S.B., Srivastava, S., Chaturvedi, K.K., Khan, Y.J., Mishra, D.C., Madival, S.D., Vaidhyanathan, R. and Jha, G.K., 2024. A Statistical Approach for Identifying the Best Combination of Normalization and Imputation Methods for Label-Free Proteomics Expression Data. Journal of Proteome Research.
  5. Kumari M, Padhi SR, Chourey SK, Kondal V, Thakare SS, Negi A, Gupta V, Arya M, Yasin JK, Singh R, Bharadwaj C. Unveiling Diversity for Quality Traits in the Indian Landraces of Horsegram [Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.]. Plants. 2023 Nov 8;12(22):3803. (P135; 10.50)
  6. Pillai MA, E M, Michaelantonysamy Tamilarasi AP, Selvaraj R, Devadhasan S, Yasin JK, Jegadeesan S. Genotype‐by‐environmental interaction effects on earliness, semi‐dwarfism, and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) mutants in Tamil Nadu, India. Crop Science. 2023 Nov;63(6):3402-15. . https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21120(C183; 8.30)
  7. Chongtham, S.K., Devi, E.L., Samantara, K., Yasin, J.K., Wani, S.H., Mukherjee, S., Razzaq, A., Bhupenchandra, I., Jat, A.L., Singh, L.K. and Kumar, A., 2022. Orphan legumes: harnessing their potential for food, nutritional and health security through genetic approaches. Planta256, no. 2 (2022): 1-28.
  8. Korattukudy, C.A., Samy, A.P.L.M.A., Rengasamy, K., Devadhasan, S., Shunmugavel, S., Yasin, J.K. and Madhavan, A.P., 2022. Genetic diversity analysis in blackgram (Vigna mungo) genotypes using microsatellite markers for resistance to Yellow mosaic virus. Plant Protection Science, 58(2), pp.110-124.
  9. Andrew-Peter-Leon, M.T., Selvaraj, R., Kumar, K.K., Muthamilarasan, M., Yasin, J.K. and Pillai, M.A., 2021. Loss of function of OsFBX267 and OsGA20ox2 in rice promotes early maturing and semi-dwarfism in γ-irradiated IWP and genome-edited Pusa Basmati-1. Frontiers in plant science, p.1968.
  10. Wani, S.H., Vijayan, R., Choudhary, M., Kumar, A., Zaid, A., Singh, V., Kumar, P. and Yasin, J.K., 2021. Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE): elucidated mechanisms, mapped genes and gene networks in maize (Zea mays L.). Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, pp.1-17.
  11. Jeshima Khan Yasin, B K Mishra, M. A. Pillai, Nidhi Verma,  S. H. Wani, H.O. Elansary, D.O. El-Ansary, P. S. Pandey, Viswanathan Chinnusamy.2020.Genome wide in-silico miRNA and target network prediction from stress responsive Horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) accessions. Scientific Reports.10: 17203.
  12. Singh S, Mahato AK, Jayaswal PK, Singh N, Dheer M, Goel P, Raje RS, Yasin JK, Sreevathsa R, Rai V, Gaikwad K. Singh N K. 2020. A 62K genic-SNP chip array for genetic studies and breeding applications in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.). Scientific reports.2020 Mar 18;10(1):1-4.
  13. Lone, J.K., Lekha, M.A., Bharadwaj, R.P., Ali, F., Pillai, M.A., Wani, S.H., Yasin, J.K. and Chandrashekharaiah, K.S., 2021. Multimeric Association of Purified Novel Bowman-Birk Inhibitor From the Medicinal Forage Legume Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, p.772046.
  14. Annapurna Kannepalli, Kedharnath Pengani, Jeshima Khan Yasin, Sangeeta Paul, Swati Tyagi, Govindasamy Venkadasamy, Meenakshi Sharma, and Swarnalakshmi karivaradharajan.2020. Genome assembly of Azotobacter chroococcum strain W5, a free living diazotroph from India. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9 (20): e00259-20
  15. Chaudhary S, Mishra BK, Vivek T, Magadum S, Yasin JK. PineElm_SSRdb: a microsatellite marker database identified from genomic, chloroplast, mitochondrial and EST sequences of pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merrill). Hereditas. 2016 Nov 24;153(1):16.
  16. Pandey S, Devi C, Kak A, Khan YJ, Gupta V. Breaking seed dormancy in sweet gourd (Momordica cochinchinensis). Seed Science and Technology. 2013 Apr 1;41(1):133-6.
  17. Parmar N, K H Singh, • D Sharma, LSingh, • P Kumar,  Nanjundan, • Yasin JK, D K Chauhan, • AK Thakur. 2017. Genetic engineering strategies for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and quality enhancement in horticultural crops: a comprehensive review. 3 Biotech (2017) 7:239. DOI 10.1007/s13205-017-0870-y
  18. Ramya KT, Fiyaz RA, Yasin JK. SMART agriculture for nutritional security. Current science. 2013 Dec 10;105(11):1458.
  19. Singh N, Dash S, Khan YJ. Survival of chickpea, sesame, niger, castor and safflower seeds stored at low and ultra low moisture contents for 16-18 years. Seed Science and Technology. 2016 Dec 1;44(3):542-55.
  20. Thakur AK, Singh KH, Singh L, Nanjundan J, Yasin JK, Singh D. 2017. SSR marker variations in Brassica species provide insight into the origin and evolution of Brassica amphidiploids. Hereditas. 155(6). Doi.10.1186/s41065-017-0041-5
  21. Thakur AK, Singh KH, Singh L, Nanjundan J, Yasin JK, Singh D. Patterns of subspecies genetic diversity among oilseed Brassica rapa as revealed by agro-morphological traits and SSR markers. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology.:1-1. DOI:10.1007/s13562-016-0390-6
  22. Kumari, S.H.A.I.L.I., Arumugam, N., Singh, R., Srivastav, M., Banoth, S., Mithra, A.C., Arun, M.B., Goswami, A.K. and Yasin Jeshima KHAN, Diversity analysis of guava (Psidium guajava) germplasm collection. Indian J. Agric. Sci, 88, pp.489-497.
  23. Khannetah, K.R., Ramchander, S., Leon, M.A.P., Shoba, D., Saravanan, S., Kannan, R., Yasin, J.K. and Pillai, M.A., 2021. Genetic diversity analysis in indigenous rice (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm for bacterial leaf blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae)(BB) using resistance genes-linked markers. Euphytica, 217(7), pp.1-19.
  24. Yasin, J.K., Mishra, B.K., Pillai, M.A. and Chinnusamy, V., 2021. Physical map of lncRNAs and lincRNAs linked with stress responsive miRs and genes network of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, pp.1-22.

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