Ramesh Raina . Associate Professor Genetic and molecular mechanisms regulating plant-pest interactions; Functional genomics of cell signaling in plants. raraina@syr.edu Office: 464 Life Sciences Complex (LSC) Phone: 315-443-4546, Lab 315-443-4750 / fax: 315-443-2012 Education: • Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 1991 • Postdoc, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, 1992-1995 Courses: • BIO 462/662: Molecular Genetics • BIO 465/665: Molecular Biology Lab • BIO 400/600: Modern Concepts in Biology • BIO 787: Functional Genomics Interdisciplinary Programs: • Faculty member, SU SB3 Program

RESEARCH

Raina Lab at Syracuse University: http://rainalab.syr.edu

Funding:
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Biological Input-Output Systems
• National Science Foundation: Arabidopsis 2010

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Sheng, H., Mehrotra, K., Mohan, C., and R. Raina. (2007). HAMMER algorithm: Hashing with arithmetic modulo-4 for motif extraction of regulatory elements. Bioinformatics and Bioengineering. 753-758.

Jagadeeswaran G., S. Raina, B.R. Acharya, S. B. Maqbool, S.L. Mosher, H. M. Appel, J. C. Schultz, D.F. Klessig and R. Raina (2007). Arabidopsis GH3-LIKE DEFENSE GENE 1 is required for accumulation of salicylic acid, activation of defense responses and resistance to Pseudomonas syringae. Plant J. 51: 234-46.

Acharya, B. R., S. Raina, S. B. Maqbool, G. Jagadeeswaran, S. L. Mosher, H. M. Appel, J. C. Schultz, D. F. Klessig and R. Raina (2007). Overexpression of CRK13, an Arabidopsis cysteine-rich receptor-like kinase, results in enhanced resistance to Pseudomonas syringae. Plant J. 50: 488-49.

Mahalingam, R., A. M. Gomez-Buitrago, N. Eckardt, N. Shah, A. Guevara-Garcia, P. Day, R. Raina* and N. Fedoroff* (2003). Characterizing the stress/defense transcriptome of Arabidopsis. Genome Biology 4:R20 (*corresponding authors). [PDF]

Devadas, S. K., A. Enyedi and R. Raina (2002). The Arabidopsis hrl1 mutation reveals novel overlapping roles for salicylic acid, jasmonic acid and ethylene signalling in cell death and defence against pathogens. Plant J. 30: 467-480. [PDF]

Devadas, S. K. and R. Raina (2002). Preexisting systemic acquired resistance suppresses hypersensitive response-associated cell death in Arabidopsis hrl1mutant. Plant Physiol. 128:1234-1244. [PDF]

Pilloff, R. K., S. K. Devadas, A. Enyedi, and R. Raina (2002). The Arabidopsis gain-of-function mutant dll1 spontaneously develops lesions mimicking cell death associated with disease. Plant J. 30:61-70. [PDF]