International Journal of Genetic Engineering

International Journal of Genetic Engineering is devoted to the rapid publication of fundamental research papers on all phases of genetic engineering. All contributions shall be rigorously refereed and selected on the basis of quality and originality of the work as well as the breadth of interest to readers.

Mallesham Bulle

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Genetic Engineering

Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA., USA

Research Areas

Plant transformation and regeneration,Nitric oxide Signaling in Plants,De novo induction of gene-edited meristems,Plastid engineering,Molecular and cellular basis of plant responses to abiotic stresses

Education

2004-2007B.Sc BiochemistrySrikrishnadevaraya University, India
2007-2009M.Sc-BiotechnologyKakatiya University, India
2010-2015P.hD-BiotechnologyKakatiya University, India

Experience

10/2022- present Postdoc Research Associate, IGCAST, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
04/2021-08/2022Research Scientist , Agri Biotech Foundation, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, India.
04/2019-04/2021National Postdoctoral Fellow,National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), India.
10/2018-04/2019Research Associate-III, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, India.
10/2015-10/2018UGC-Dr D S Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Hyderabad, India.
08/2013-08/2014YGGDRASIL Fellow , University of Stavanger, Norway.

Academic Achievement

2022: International Travel Grant Support (ITS) SERB, to attend GRC Conference at Southbridge, MA, USA
2019: National Postdoctoral Fellow (N-PDF) SERB-DST, India
2016: International Travel Grant Support (ITS) SERB to visit Les Diablerets, Switzerland
2015: Dr D S Kothari Postdoctoral fellowship, UGC, India
2014: State Eligibility Test (SET-TS & AP-2014), OU, TS, India
2013: YGGDRASIL Fellowship, Research Council of Norway, Norway
2012: Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR, India
2010: Research Fellowship, Special Assistance Programme, UGC-SAP, India

Membership

American Journal of Plant Biology (AJPB), Science Publishing Group
Member: American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)
Reviewer: Scientific Reports, Invitro cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, Physiology, and molecular biology
of plants, Plos One, PeerJ, Froentiers in Plant Science

Publications: Journals

[1]  Lokesh V, Manjunatha G, Hegde NS, Bulle M, Puthusseri B, Gupta KJ, Neelwarne B. Polyamine induction in postharvest banana fruits in response to NO donor SNP occurs via L-arginine mediated pathway and not via competitive diversion of S-adenosyl-l-methionine. Antioxidants. 2019 Sep 1;8(9):358.
[2]  Vishwakarma A, Wany A, Pandey S, Bulle M, Kumari A, Kishorekumar R, Igamberdiev AU, Mur LA, Gupta KJ. Current approaches to measure nitric oxide in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2019 Aug 29;70(17):4333-43.
[3]  Kumari A, Pathak PK, Bulle M, Igamberdiev AU, Gupta KJ. Alternative oxidase is an important player in the regulation of nitric oxide levels under normoxic and hypoxic conditions in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2019 Aug 29;70(17):4345-54.
[4]  Yarra R, Bulle M, Mushke R, Murthy EN. In vitro conservation and genetic homogeneity assessment of Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. Var. lutea (Witt.) Maheshwari—A potential pharmaceutical legume tree. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. 2016 Dec 1;3(4):195-9.
[5]  Mushke R, Yarra R, Bulle M. Efficient in vitro direct shoot organogenesis from seedling derived split node explants of maize (Zea mays L.). Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. 2016 Jun 1;14(1):49-53.
[6]  Bulle M, Yarra R, Abbagani S. Enhanced salinity stress tolerance in transgenic chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) plants overexpressing the wheat antiporter (TaNHX2) gene. Molecular Breeding. 2016 Apr;36:1-2.
[7]  Bulle M, Rathakatla D, Lakkam R, Kokkirala VR, Aileni M, Peng Z, Abbagani S. Agrobacterium tumefaciens–Mediated transformation of Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. 2015 Dec 1;13(2):201-7.
[8]  Tippani R, Yarra R, Bulle M, Porika M, Abbagani S, Thammidala C. In vitro plantlet regeneration and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation of Indian Kino tree (Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.). Acta physiologiae plantarum. 2013 Dec;35:3437-46.
[9]  Yarra R, He SJ, Abbagani S, Ma B, Bulle M, Zhang WK. Overexpression of a wheat Na+/H+ antiporter gene (TaNHX2) enhances tolerance to salt stress in transgenic tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC). 2012 Oct;111:49-57.
[10]  Bulle M, Kota S, Rathakatla D, Aileni M, Kokkirala VR, Gadidasu KK, Abbagani S. An efficient in vitro leaf-based regeneration and evaluation of genetic Fidelity using ISSR markers in Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz. Journal of herbs, spices & medicinal plants. 2012 Apr 1;18(2):178-90.
[11]  Kokkirala VR, Kota S, Yarra R, Bulle M, Aileni M, Gadidasu KK, da Silva JA, Abbagani S. Micropropagation via Nodal Explants of Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz. Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Science and Biotechnology. 2012;6(1):50-3.
[12]  Mahender A, Mallesham B, Srinivas K, Kranthi Kumar G, Venugopal Rao K, Rajesh Y, Zhang P, Sadanandam A. A rapid and efficient method for in vitro shoot organogenesis and production of transgenic Bacopa monnieri L. mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant. 2012 Apr;48:153-9.