Sushma Naithani

Naithani Lab

Area of Expertise: Systems biology, Genomics, Cell-cell signaling, Self-incompatibility, Mitochondria biogenesis, Photosynthesis, and Chloroplast biology, Plant pathway biocuration, and gene-gene network modeling

The current research focus of Naithani lab is on development of the system-level models of crops and model plants of evolutionary importance by utilizing publicly available genomic data to understand how genetic diversity and a plant's immediate environment relate to yield, stress tolerance and quality traits. We implement a variety of approaches rooted in biochemistry, genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics to dissect complex interactions between a plant’s genetic, metabolic, and signaling networks. The long-term goal is to develop models in a probabilistic framework that can assess the impacts of abiotic stresses on the yield and quality traits of crop plants.

1. Species-specific Plant Metabolic Pathway databases
2. Plant Reactome Knowledgebase
3. Gramene

Lab website

http://naithanilab.cgrb.oregonstate.edu/

Lab Members

Year: Undergraduate students

• 2020-present: Shayla Rao
• 2020: Callan Stowell (URSA Engage program, spring)
• 2019-2020: Daemon Aryck Dikeman (Honor’s Thesis)
• 2018-2019: Priya Garg
• 2014-2016: Christina M. Partipilo
• 2014: Kelsey M. Nadeau
• 2013-2014: Eli N. Waddell
• 2013: Kate Threlfall
• 2010-2011: Alnakhli, Ali
• 2009: Jimmy Hoang
• 2009: Tracy Nguyen