Associate Professor
0490 2347394
+91-9447151040
anua@kannuruniv.ac.in
Qualifications : M.Sc, Ph.D
Dr Anu Augustine joined as UGC -JRF for Ph.D. in Botany at the Indian Institute of Spices Research, ICAR, Calicut, soon after her M.Sc. Her doctoral work was on ‘Evaluation of selected genotypes, production of soma clones and their utilization in paprika (Capsicum annuum L.) She joined Kannur University in 2003 as Asst. Professor at the Dept. Biotechnology & Microbiology. Later she was awarded the BOYSCAST fellowship (DST, 2009-10) to pursue post-doctoral research at the ‘Scottish Crop Research Institute’ (James Hutton Institute), Dundee, UK in ‘Fine mapping of des 1 mutant in barley by highthrouput SNP genotyping’. She has successfully guided 7 Ph.Ds. to completion. She has published 20 research papers in reputed international journals, 7 book chapters, edited one book and presented over 25 conference papers during her tenure at Kannur University. She has also attracted external funding from KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala.
Salinity Stress Tolerance mechanisms of Plants- Ex. Rhizophora mucronata (Mangrove); Cashew; Hevea etc
We employ gene expression studies, transcriptomics, transgenic approach, and studies using miRNAs to study/ reveal the mechanisms involved in salinity tolerance of plants.
Dr Anu Augustine joined as UGC -JRF for Ph.D in Botany soon after her M.Sc, at the Indian Institute of Spices Research, ICAR, Calicut. Her doctoral work was on ‘Evaluation of selcted genotypes, production of somaclones and their utilization in paprika (Capsicum annuum L.) She joined Kannur University in 2003 as Asst. Professor at the Dept. Biotechnology & Microbiology. Later she was awarded the BOYSCAST fellowship (DST, 2009-10) to pursue post-doctoral research at the ‘Scottish Crop Research Institute’ (James Hutton Institute), Dundee, UK in ‘Fine mapping of des 1 mutant in barley by highthrouput SNP genotyping’.
She has successfully guided 7 Ph.Ds to completion (4 awarded and 3 under evaluation). She has published 20 research papers in reputed international journals, 7 book chapters, edited one book and presented over 25 conference papers during her tenure at Kannur University. She has also attracted external funding from KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala.
20. Anu A and Peter K V. Analysis of seed protein of 29 lines of Capsicum annuum L by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2003) 50: 239-243 (2013 IF: 1.482).
21. Anu A, Nirmal Babu K and Peter K V. Evaluation of paprika genotypes in Kerala, J. Plant Genetic Resources (2003) 15 (2): 93-99 (2013 IF: 1.057).
22. Anu A, Nirmal Babu K, John C Z and Peter K V. In vitro clonal multiplication of Acorus calamus. L. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2001) 10: 53-55 (2013 IF: 0.810).
23. Nirmal Babu K, Geetha S P, Minoo D, Benny D, Anu A and Peter K V. Tissue and Cell culture research in spices. Indian Spices (2001)24-27.
24. Nirmal Babu K, Anu A, Remashree A B and Praveen K. Micropropagation of curry leaf tree (Murrayakoenigii ). Plant cell Tissue and Organ Culture (2000) 61: 199-203 (2013 IF: 2.612).
25. Anu A and Peter K V. The chemistry of paprika. Capsicum and Egg plant News Letter (2000) 19: 18-22.
Papers presented in seminars
20. Siraj MVP & Anu Augustine March 15-17, 2012.Molecular characterization of Glyoxylase I from Hevea brasiliensis: Up regulation of methylglyoxal and glyoxylase I level under drought stress. International Conference on Advances in Biological Sciences, Kannur, Kerala, India.
21. Poster presentation 26th kerala science congress (28 to 31 jan 2014, Wayanad). Analysis of antioxidative and hydrolytic enzymes in Rhizophora mucronata L in response to salt stress. Anusha Sreeshan, Meera SP and Anu Augustine.
22. Anusha Sreeshan, Meera S.P. and Anu Augustine. Nov-1-3.2014 ‘Salt responsive genes in Rhizophora mucronata – a salt excluding mangrove species from Kerala’. Asian Plant Science Conference, Lumbhini, Nepal.
23. Meera SP, Anusha Sreeshan,and Anu Augustine Jan 2016 ‘ Isolation of total lipids from leaf tissues of Rhizophora mucronata L. And the lipid profile under salinity stress, Kerala Science Congress, Calicut .
24. Meera SP, Anusha Sreeshan and Anu Augustine (2017) A novel paired end transcript library of a facultative halophyte Rhizophora mucronata L. European Molecular Biology Organization Conference (EMBO), Trivandrum, Kerala Feb.1-4.
25. Siraj M.V.P. and Anu Augustine (2018) Up-regulation of Glyoxalase I expression in Hevea brasiliensis under varied stress conditions. Poster presentation Recent Advances in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (RAMBB-2018), March 14-16, 2018 Kannur, Kerala.
26. Anusha Sreeshan, Meera S.P & Anu Augustine (2018) Identification of salt tolerance gene candidates and phytochemical constituents of Rhizophora mucronata Lam. in Thalassery region of Kerala. Poster presentation Recent Advances in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (RAMBB-2018), March 14-16, 2018 Kannur, Kerala.
27. Meera S P, Anusha Sreeshan and Anu Augustine (2018) Molecular modeling of a novel mangrove Glyoxalase III coding sequence and it’s in silico cloning into myc tagged pBA002 plant expression vector. Poster presentation Recent Advances in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (RAMBB-2018), March 14-16, 2018 Kannur, Kerala.
28. MeghaValsaraj& Anu Augustine (2018) Identification and characterization of isoprenoids from the mangrove plant Rhizophora mucronata Lam. Poster presentation Recent Advances in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (RAMBB-2018), March 14-16, 2018 Kannur, Kerala.
29. Navaneetha S. and Anu Augustine (2018) An Efficient Protocol for the Extraction of RNA from leaves of Anacardium occidentale L. Poster presentation Recent Advances in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (RAMBB-2018), March 14-16, 2018 Kannur, Kerala.
30. Subi Mathew and Anu Augustine (2019) Physisco-Chemical Analysis of fresh and probioticated jack fruit juice with Pediococcuspentosauces. Oral presentatiion – Provectus Plantae 19 – International Conference on Exploring the Scope of Plant Genetic Resources May 22-24, 2019, Thiruvanathapuram, India.
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