Patil Lab

Our lab integrates genome engineering and genomics tools to discover novel traits to improve disease resistance, nutrient uptake, and seed composition and develop high-throughput technologies to improve genetic transformation and gene-editing platforms in recalcitrant crop species.

 

Research Scientists

Kaushik Ghose
Genome engineering
kaushik.ghose@ttu.edu

 

Wuzi Xie
Wuzi.Xie@ttu.edu

 

Vikas Devkar
Plant Molecular Biology, Genome Editing
vdevkar@ttu.edu

 

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Arjun Ojha Kshetry
Molecular Crop Improvement
arjun.ojha@ttu.edu

 

Ramkumar Thakku Rajaram
Plant Metabolic Pathway Engineering
rthakkur@ttu.edu

 

Ph.D. Students

Leonidas d'Agostino
ldagosti@ttu.edu

 

Micayla Lamb
Optimizing root system architecture of cotton cultivars for improving adaptive response to water-deficit stress
miclamb@ttu.edu

 

Pallavi
Understanding the molecular mechanism of sugarcane aphid resistance in Sorghum
padhiman@ttu.edu

 

M.S. Student

Vaishnavi Vilasrao Deshmukh
Genome Editing in Sorghum bicolor
vaishdes@ttu.edu

 

Student Assistant

William Searfass
wsearfas@ttu.edu