Sangeeta Dhaubhadel, Ph.D.

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Research Scientist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1391 Sandford Street, London, Ontario

Current research and/or projects

  • Soybean Protein and Pathology: Genomic Approaches to Improving Soybeans for Canadian Growers
  •  Enhancing soybean sustainability through new approaches to control diseases
  • The best of both worlds: integrating mineral and microbial-based​ nutrition for improved nitrogen use efficiency in crop plants.
  • Soybean Cluster Activity #7A- Breeding of high yielding, disease resistant & value-added soybean using elite and exotic germplasm

Professional activities / interests

  • Vice-chair of Future Meeting Committee and General member, Phytochemical Society of North America                                     2018-to date                                                             
  • Executive committee member (Secretary and Academic and Industry Liaison), Canadian Association of Plant Biotechnology      2018-to date               
  • Board member, Plant Canada                                                                                                                                                        2019-to date
  • Education Committee member, Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists                                                                                           2009-2012

 

 

Education and awards

Ph. D. Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, Canada

 

Key publications

  1. Mainali, H.R., Vadivel, A.K.A., Li, X., Gijzen, M., Dhaubhadel, S. (2017). Soybean cyclophilin GmCYP1 interacts with an isoflavonoid regulator GmMYB176. Scientific Reports, [online] 7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39550

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  2. Dhaubhadel, S., Austin, R. S., Marsolais, F., Chen, L., Bett, K., Islam, N. S., and Mainali, H. R. (2016) Seed coat transcriptome analysis of two pinto bean cultivars that differ in post-harvest seed coat darkening identifies candidate slow darkening genes. 10th Canadian Pulse Research Workshop, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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  3. Dhaubhadel, S., Austin, R.S., Marsolais, F., Chen, L., Bett, K., Islam, N.S. and Mainali, H.R.M. (2016) Seed coat transcriptome analysis of two pinto bean cultivars that differ in post-harvest seed coat darkening identifies candidate slow darkening genes. 10th Canadian Pulse Research Workshop, Winnipeg, MB, Oct 25-28.

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  4. Dhaubhadel, S., Austin, R.S., Marsolais, F., Chen, L., Bett, K., Islam, N.S. and Mainali, H.R.M. (2016) Seed coat transcriptome analysis of two pinto bean cultivars that differ in post-harvest seed coat darkening identifies candidate slow darkening genes. 10th Canadian Pulse Research Workshop, Winnipeg, MB, Oct 25-28.

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  5. Anguraj Vadivel, A.K., Sukumaran, A., Li, X., and Dhaubhadel, S. (2015). "Soybean isoflavonoids: role of GmMYB176 interactome and 14-3-3 proteins.", Phytochemistry Reviews, 15(3), pp. 391-403. doi : 10.1007/s11101-015-9431-3

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  6. Dastmalchi, M., Bernards, M.A., Dhaubhadel, S. (2016). Twin anchors of the soybean isoflavonoid metabolon: Evidence for tethering of the complex to the endoplasmic reticulum by IFS and C4H. Plant Journal, [online] 85(6), 689-706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13137

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  7. Bett, K.E., Stonehouse, R.G., Miklas, P.N., Dhaubhadel, S., Austin, R.S., and Marsolais, F. (2015). "Is the slow-darkening gene another allele at P?", Bean Improvement Cooperatives 2015, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, November 1-4, 2015. (Abstract)

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  8. Lama, P., Anguraj Vadivel, A.K., and Dhaubhadel, S. (2015). "Functional characterization of GmMYB176 interacting protein kinases in soybean.", Botany 2015 Joint Conference: Science and plants for people, Shaw Convention Center, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 25-29, 2015. (Abstract)

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  9. Sukumaran, A. and Dhaubhadel, S. (2015). "Identification and characterization of Isoflavonoid-specific prenyltransferases in Soybean.", The Biology Graduate Research Forum, Western University, October 16, 2015. (Abstract)

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  10. Sepiol, C. and Dhaubhadel, S. (2015). "Root-specific chalcone reductases hold the secret to Phytophthora sojae resistance in soybean.", Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop 2015, Victoria, BC, Canada, August 10-13, 2015. (Abstract)

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  11. Anguraj Vadivel, A.K. and Dhaubhadel, S. (2015). "Identification of key regulatory factors involved in isoflavonoid biosynthesis in soybean.", Gordon Research Conference- Plant Metabolic Engineering, Waterville Valley, NH, USA, July 18-24, 2015. (Abstract)

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  12. Li, R., Jiang, X., Jin, D., Dhaubhadel, S., Bian, S., Li, X. (2015). Identification of 14-3-3 family in common bean and their response to abiotic stress. PLoS ONE, [online] 10(11), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143280

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  13. Duwadi, K., Chen, L., Menassa, R., Dhaubhadel, S. (2015). Identification, characterization and down-regulation of cysteine protease genes in tobacco for use in recombinant protein production. PLoS ONE, [online] 10(7), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130556

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  14. Dastmalchi, M. and Dhaubhadel, S. (2015). "Proteomic insights into synthesis of isoflavonoids in soybean seeds.", Proteomics, 15(10), pp. 1646-1657. doi : 10.1002/pmic.201400444

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  15. Dastmalchi, M., Dhaubhadel, S. (2015). Soybean chalcone isomerase: evolution of the fold, and the differential expression and localization of the gene family. Planta, [online] 241(2), 507-523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00425-014-2200-5

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  16. Lama, P., Anguraj Vadivel, A.K., and Dhaubhadel, S. (2014). "Identification of GmMYB176-specific protein kinase in soybean.", 2014 CSPB Eastern Regional Meeting, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, November 28-29, 2014.

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  17. Dastmalchi, M. and Dhaubhadel, S. (2014). "Soybean isoflavonoid biosynthesis – constituents and circumstance in the metabolon.", Banff Conference on Plant Metabolism, Banff, AB, Canada, June 26-30, 2014.

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  18. Dastmalchi, M. and Dhaubhadel, S. (2014). "Soybean seed isoflavonoids: Biosynthesis and regulation.", in Jetter, R. (ed.) - Recent Advances in Phytochemistry: Phytochemicals- Biosynthesis, Function and Application, Vol. 44, Springer, pp. 1-21.

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  19. Dhaubhadel, S., Austin, R.S., Marsolais, F., Mainali, H.R., P-Behnami, S., Pajak, A., and Chen, L. (2014). "Seed coat RNAseq analysis of two Pinto bean cultivars that differ in post-harvest seed coat darkening.", Joint conference of the 6th International Food Legumes Research Conference (IFLRC VI) and 7th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG VII), Saskatoon, SK, Canada, July 6-11, 2014.

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  20. Duwadi, K., Chen, L., Menassa, R., and Dhaubhadel, S. (2014). "Silencing of selected cysteine protease genes improves recombinant protein accumulation in transgenic tobacco plants.", 9th Canadian Plant Biotechnology Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, May12-15, 2014.

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Contact

Research facility

London Research and Development Centre
1391 Sandford Street
London, ON N5V 4T3
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Molecular genetics›Soybean

Affiliations

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario                2009 - to date
  • Special Graduate Faculty, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph    2015-2017
  • Editor, Crop Breeding, Genetics and Genomics                                                        2018-to date
  • Academic Editor, PLOS ONE                                                                                     2014-to date
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Life Sciences                                             2009-to date

Language

English