Kishore Vishwanathan

My research is focussed on understanding the highly beneficial feather moss-cyanobacteria symbiosis in the boreal forests. The nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria are hosted by these non-vascular plants to meet their nitrogen demands. My role is targeted towards deciphering and characterizing the biochemical, genetic cues which underlie the communication between these symbionts.

2020 - Present: Postdoctoral researcher at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management (Umeå, Sweden)

2016 -2019: Visiting doctoral researcher at The University of British Columbia, Michael Smith Laboratories (Vancouver, Canada)

2016 - 2019: Doctoral degree in Biology at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology (Göttingen, Germany)

2013 - 2015: Master of Science in International Horticulture at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Department of Genetics and Molecular Plant Breeding (Hannover, Germany)

2008 - 2012: Bachelor of Technology with Honors in Industrial Biotechnology, SASTRA University, School of Chemical and Biotechnology (Thanjavur, India)

Vishwanathan K, Zienkiewicz K, Liu Y, Janz D, Feussner I, Polle A, Haney CH. Ectomycorrhizal fungi induce systemic resistance against insects on a nonmycorrhizal plant in a CERK1-dependent manner. New Phytol. 2020 Oct;228(2):728-740. doi: 10.1111/nph.16715. 

Kishore V, Yarla NS, Bishayee A, Putta S, Malla R, Neelapu NR, Challa S, Das S, Shiralgi Y, Hegde G, Dhananjaya BL. Multi-targeting Andrographolide and its Natural Analogs as Potential Therapeutic Agents. Curr Top Med Chem. 2017;17(8):845-857. doi: 10.2174/1568026616666160927150452. 

Kishore V, Yarla NS, Zameer F, Nagendra Prasad MN, Santosh MS, More SS, Rao DG, Dhananjaya BL. Inhibition of Group IIA Secretory Phospholipase A2 and its Inflammatory Reactions in Mice by Ethanolic Extract of Andrographis paniculata, a Well-known Medicinal Food. Pharmacognosy Res. 2016 Jul-Sep;8(3):213-6. doi: 10.4103/0974-8490.182916. 

Twitter: @kishvish2503