Dr Mohan Sharma

Scientist

Email sharma@igzev.de ORCID 0000-0001-5594-5210

Programm area ADAPT Research group ADAPT 1

Unlike humans, plants are immobile, they do not have brain or antibodies and, therefore, they cannot escape from stressful situations. Nevertheless, they survived in harsh conditions and some trees even lived for thousands of years, for example the Bristlecone pine has lived for 5000 years. By using specialized organs and cells in meristems, plants maintain their growth for so long. Furthermore, increasing global warming has serious impacts on plant agriculture, but the primary mechanisms of temperature perception are not well understood. The purpose of my research is to understand how plant meristems sense temperature signals and how these signals are integrated into plant growth and development. The long-term goal of my research is to provide breeding solutions to produce environmentally friendly crops.

Main research interests

Publications

1. Sharma M, Friedrich T, Peruzzo F, Jha V, Pi L, Groot E P, Kornet N, Follo M, Aichinger E, and Laux T (2023). A coherent feedforward-loop in the Arabidopsis root stem cell organizer regulates auxin biosynthesis and columella stem cell maintenance (Research square preprint https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3738114/v1).

2. Sharma M, Sharma M, Jamsheer K M, Laxmi A (2022). A glucose–target of rapamycin signaling axis integrates environmental history of heat stress through maintenance of transcription-associated epigenetic memory in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73(20):7083–7102.

3. Agrawal R*, Sharma M*, Dwivedi N, Maji S, Thakur P, Junaid A, Fajkus J, Laxmi A, Thakur JK (2022). Mediator subunit MED17 facilitates crosstalk between MYC2 and PIF4 to regulate thermomorphogenesis. Plant Physiology. 189(4):2259-2280. (*equal first authors).

4. Jamsheer K M*, Jindal S*, Sharma M@, Prakhar Awasthi@ Sivaj S@, Sharma M, Sivaj S, Mannully C, Laxmi A (2022). ‘A negative feedback loop of the TOR signaling balances growth and stress-response trade-offs in plants. Cell Reports. 39(1):110631. (*equal first authors; @equal second authors).

5. Sharma M*, Sharma M*, Jamsheer K M, Laxmi A (2022). Jasmonic Acid coordinates with Light, Glucose and Auxin signalling in Regulating Branching Angle of Arabidopsis Lateral Roots. Plant, Cell & Environment. 45(5):1554-1572. (*equal first authors).

6. Sharma M, Jamsheer K M, Shukla BN, Sharma M, Awasthi P, Mahtha SK, Yadav G, Laxmi A (2021). Arabidopsis Target of Rapamycin Coordinates With Transcriptional and Epigenetic Machinery to Regulate Thermotolerance. Frontiers in Plant Sciences. 12:741965.

7. Sharma M, Banday ZZ, Shukla BN, Laxmi A (2019). Glucose-Regulated HLP1 Acts as a Key Molecule in Governing Thermomemory. Plant Physiology. 180(2):1081-1100.

8. Jamsheer K M, Singh D, Sharma M, Sharma M, Jindal S, Mannully CT, Shukla BN, Laxmi A (2019). The FCS-LIKE ZINC FINGER 6 and 10 are involved in regulating osmotic stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling & Behaviour. 14(6):1592535.

Orcid: 0000-0001-5594-5210

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