Browsing by Author "Renu Deswal"

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A decade of plant proteomics in South Korea: The international plant proteomics organization (INPPO) perspective and involvement
(2012) Su-Ji Lee; Kyu Young Kang; Nam-Soo Jwa; Dea-wook Kim; Ganesh Kumar Agrawal; Abhijit Sarkar; Renu Deswal; Jenny Renaut; Dominique Job; Randeep Rakwal; Sun Tae Kim
In this review, we discuss the contribution of proteomics focusing on plant responses to various environmental stimuli in South Korea. Due to improvements in proteomics methods and applications in various research fields in South Korea, plant proteomics have and will continue to provide systematic approaches to address biological questions and understanding of the network between plants and environmental stimuli. We also introduce the International Plant Proteomics Organization (INPPO; www.inppo.com), a global initiative to advance plant proteomics research worldwide that is also designed to highlight national plant proteomics topics via a common global platform. Thus, we expect INPPO to generate further interest and activity among South Korean plant proteomics researchers and within the plant biology scientific community. Finally, to help network the plant proteomics community in South Korea, the creation of an INPPO-South Korea chapter is proposed.
Boosting the Globalization of Plant Proteomics through INPPO: Current Developments and Future Prospects
(2012) Ganesh Kumar Agrawal; Abhijit Sarkar; Raj Agrawal; Bongani Kaiser Ndimba; Georgia Tanou; Michael J. Dunn; Thomas Kieselbach; Rainer Cramer; Stefanie Wienkoop; Sixue Chen; Mohammed Suhail Rafudeen; Renu Deswal; Bronwyn J. Barkla; Wolfram Weckwerth; Joshua L. Heazlewood; Jenny Renaut; Dominique Job; Niranjan Chakraborty; Randeep Rakwal
The International Plant Proteomics Organization (INPPO) is a non-profit-organization consisting of people who are involved or interested in plant proteomics. INPPO is constantly growing in volume and activity, which is mostly due to the realization among plant proteomics researchers worldwide for the need of such a global platform. Their active participation resulted in the rapid growth within the first year of INPPO's official launch in 2011 via its website () and publication of the 'Viewpoint paper' in a special issue of PROTEOMICS (May 2011). Here, we will be highlighting the progress achieved in the year 2011 and the future targets for the year 2012 and onwards. INPPO has achieved a successful administrative structure, the Core Committee (CC; composed of President, Vice-President, and General Secretaries), Executive Council (EC), and General Body (GB) to achieve INPPO objectives. Various committees and subcommittees are in the process of being functionalized via discussion amongst scientists around the globe. INPPO's primary aim to popularize the plant proteomics research in biological sciences has also been recognized by PROTEOMICS where a section dedicated to plant proteomics has been introduced starting January 2012, following the very first issue of this journal devoted to plant proteomics in May 2011. To disseminate organizational activities to the scientific community, INPPO has launched a biannual (in January and July) newsletter entitled 'INPPO Express: News & Views' with the first issue published in January 2012. INPPO is also planning to have several activities in 2012, including programs within the Education Outreach committee in different countries, and the development of research ideas and proposals with priority on crop and horticultural plants, while keeping tight interactions with proteomics programs on model plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, and Medicago truncatula. Altogether, the INPPO progress and upcoming activities are because of immense support, dedication, and hard work of all members of the INPPO community, and also due to the wide encouragement and support from the communities (scientific and non-scientific). © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Plant proteomics in India and Nepal: Current status and challenges ahead
(2013) Renu Deswal; Ravi Gupta; Vivek Dogra; Raksha Singh; Jasmeet Kaur Abat; Abhijit Sarkar; Yogesh Mishra; Vandana Rai; Yelam Sreenivasulu; Ramesh Sundar Amalraj; Manish Raorane; Ram Prasad Chaudhary; Ajay Kohli; Ashok Prabhakar Giri; Niranjan Chakraborty; Sajad Majeed Zargar; Vishwanath Prasad Agrawal; Ganesh Kumar Agrawal; Dominique Job; Jenny Renaut; Randeep Rakwal
Plant proteomics has made tremendous contributions in understanding the complex processes of plant biology. Here, its current status in India and Nepal is discussed. Gel-based proteomics is predominantly utilized on crops and non-crops to analyze majorly abiotic (49 %) and biotic (18 %) stress, development (11 %) and post-translational modifications (7 %). Rice is the most explored system (36 %) with major focus on abiotic mainly dehydration (36 %) stress. In spite of expensive proteomics setup and scarcity of trained workforce, output in form of publications is encouraging. To boost plant proteomics in India and Nepal, researchers have discussed ground level issues among themselves and with the International Plant Proteomics Organization (INPPO) to act in priority on concerns like food security. Active collaboration may help in translating this knowledge to fruitful applications. © 2013 Prof. H.S. Srivastava Foundation for Science and Society.