Prof. Debabrata Laha
- Please tell us about yourself and your research/institution.
I started my laboratory at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore during pandemic time, almost 5 years back. IISc is a premiere research institute of India and provides excellent platform for conducting multidisciplinary research. My lab investigates the contribution of inositol pyrophosphate messengers in controlling various aspects of physiology, growth and development and immunity in land plants.
- What motivated you to get into plant science?
Land plants are sessile, yet they must cope with countless stressors to survive. What are the molecular processes that plants have evolved to adapt to an ever-changing environment? Are these molecular mechanisms shared across different clades of land plants? We are very excited to explore the answers to some of these open questions.
- How have you used (Agrisera) antibodies in your research?
I have been using Agrisera antibodies since my PhD time at the University of Tübingen, Germany. I find them to be an excellent resource for the plant science community. In our laboratory, Agrisera antibodies are routinely employed in various experiments. For example, we have used the anti-RGA (DELLA) antibody to investigate the potential role of inositol pyrophosphate messengers in regulating DELLA protein levels in Arabidopsis thaliana (Rana et al., Nat Chem Biol 2025).
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