MAP Kinase signaling cascade in plant stress biology; Plant-microbe interaction
Selected Publications
INDETERMINATE-DOMAIN 4 (IDD4) coordinates immune responses with plant-growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Völz R , Kim SK, Mi J, Rawat A, Veluchamy A, Mariappan K, Rayapuram N, Daviere JM, Achard P, Blilou I, Al-Babili S, Benhamed M, Hirt H. PLOS Pathogen, (2019)
The Physcomitrella patens exocyst subunit EXO70.3d has distinct roles in growth and development, and is essential for completion of the moss life cycle. Rawat A, Brejsková L, Hála M, Cvrčková F and Žárský V . New Phytologist, (2017)
Microtubule-dependent targeting of the exocyst complex is necessary for xylem development in Arabidopsis. Vukašinović N, Oda Y, Pejchar P, Synek L, Pečenková T, Rawat A, Sekereš J, Potocký M and Žárský V. New Phytologist, (2016)
Evolution of the land plant exocyst complexes. Cvrčková F, Grunt M, Bezvoda R, Hála M, Kulich I, Rawat A and Žárský V. Frontiers in Plant Science, (2012)
Education
Ph.D., Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017
Professional Profile
2018-present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Awards
2017 - VSRP fellowship, KAUST
2011 - Marie-Curie Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Fellowship. Project entitled “PLANTORIGINS”, Charles University, Prague, Czech Repbulic.
KAUST Affiliations
Prof. Heribert Hirt's Group
CDA - Center for Desert Agriculture
BESE - Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division
