Prateek Tripathi, Ph.D.
Research Associate
[email protected]
Lab Tel: 1.858.784.8830
Education
2013 Ph.D., Biology (Molecular Biology) South Dakota State University, USA
2008 M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra, INDIA
2005 B.Sc. in Biotechnology CSJM University, Kanpur, INDIA
Post Doctoral Training
2013-2015
University of Southern California; Supervisor: Dr. Steve A Kay
2016-present The Scripps Research Institute; Supervisor: Dr. Steve A. Kay
Past Research Interests
 Systems-wide Identification of WRKY transcription factors regulating water-stress responses in soybean
(Glycinemax.) Ph.D. Dissertation, South Dakota State University, USA (Supervisor: Dr. Paul J Rushton)
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Stress biology of pea and Arabidopsis (Junior Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi, INDIA (Supervisor: Prof. B.C. Tripathy)
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Molecular physiology, energetics and regulations of primary metabolism in plants (Visiting scientist,
Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin, GERMANY (Supervisor:
Prof. Bernhard Grimm)
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Identification and characterization of EMS induced mutants in upland variety Nagina-‐22 using TILLIING
for functional genomics of rice (Senior Research Fellow, National Research Center for Plant Biotechnology,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, INDIA (Supervisor: Dr.R.P. Sharma/Dr. T. Mohapatra)
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Stress biology of rice (Junior research fellow, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi
South Campus, New Delhi, INDIA (Supervisor: Prof. Anil Grover)
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Molecular and physiological studies of drought in rice (Researcher, Department of Crop Physiology, N.D.
University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA (Supervisor: Prof. G.S. Chaturvedi)
Competitive Grant Award
 2011, “A Novel tobacco BY-system for the identification of drought responsive regulatory
elements” from Center of Excellence for Drought Tolerance Research, South Dakota State University.
Invited Talks
 Life Sciences Seminar Series on “Systems-wide identification of WRKY transcription factors regulating
water-stress responses in soybean (Glycine Max.)” Sponsored by Novartis and Agriculture Experiment
Station, November 9, 2012, South Dakota State University, USA
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Abiotic Stress Session on “Systems Biology of Drought Tolerance in Soybean”. International Conference
on Bio-resource and Stress Management (ICBSM-2013), February 6-9, 2013, Kolkata, INDIA
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Minisymposia- Drought “Comprehensive systems based analysis of water stress responses in soybean
(Glycine Max.)”. Plant Biology 2013, Annual meeting of American Society of Plant Biologists, July 20-24,
2013, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Publications
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Prateek Tripathi, Marcela Carvallo, Elizabeth E. Hamilton, Sasha Preuss, Steve A. Kay (2016).
Arabidopsis B-BOX 32 interacts with CONSTANS-LIKE 3 to regulate flowering. (Proceedings of
National Academy of Sciences, In Press)
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Roel C. Rabara*, Prateek Tripathi*, Paul J. Rushton (2016). Comparative metabolome profile between
tobacco and soybean grown under water-stressed conditions. *(Authors contributed equally) (BioMed
Research International, In Press)
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Prateek Tripathi*, Roel C. Rabara*, R. Neil Reese, Jai S. Rohila, Senthil Subramanian, Qingxi J. Shen,
Dominique Morandi, Heike Bucking, Vladimir Shulaev, Paul J. Rushton (2016). A toolbox of genes, proteins,
metabolites and promoters for improving drought tolerance in soybean includes the metabolite coumestrol
and stomatal development genes. BMC Genomics 17:102 *(Authors contributed equally)
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Prateek Tripathi, Roel C. Rabara, Vladimir Shulaev ,Qingxi J. Shen, Paul J. Rushton (2015). Understanding
water-stress responses in soybean using hydroponics system – A systems biology perspective. Frontiers in
Plant Sciences 6:1145
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Charles I. Rinerson, Nathan Palmer, Erin Scully, Roel C. Rabara, Prateek Tripathi, Qingxi J Shen, Jai S
Rohila, Gautam Sarath, and Paul J. Rushton (2015). The WRKY transcription family and senescence in
switchgrass. BMC Genomics 16:912
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Prateek Tripathi, Roel C Rabara, Qingxi J Shen, Paul J Rushton (2015) Transcriptomics analyses of soybean
leaves and roots sample during water-deficit. Genomics Data 5:164-166
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Roel C Rabara, Prateek Tripathi, Mani Kant Chaudhary, Michael P Timko, Qingxi J Shen, Paul J Rushton
(2015) Transcriptome profiling of tobacco under water deficit conditions. Genomics Data 5:61-63
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Roel C. Rabara*, Prateek Tripathi*, R. Neil Reese, Deena L. Rushton, Danny Alexander, Michael P. Timko,
Qingxi J Shen, Paul J. Rushton (2015). Tobacco drought stress responses reveal new targets for Solanaceae
crop improvement. (*Authors contributed equally) BMC Genomics 16:484
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Prateek Tripathi*, Roel C. Rabara*, Mani Kant Choudhary, Marissa A. Miller, Ying-Sheng Huang, Qingxi
J Shen, Paul J. Rushton (2015). The Interactome of soybean GmWRKY53 using yeast 2-hybrid library
screening to saturation. (*Authors contributed equally) Plant Signaling & Behavior 10 (7)
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Charles I. Rinerson, Roel C. Rabara, Prateek Tripathi Qingxi J Shen, and Paul J. Rushton (2015). The
evolution of WRKY transcription factors. BMC Plant Biology 15:66 (Highly Accessed)
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Charles I. Rinerson, Roel C. Rabara, Prateek Tripathi, Qingxi J Shen, Paul J. Rushton (2015). Structure and
evolution of WRKY transcription factors in Daniel H. Gonzalez (Ed)- Plant Transcription Factors:
Evolutionary, Structural and Functional Aspects, Elsevier p163-181. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-8008546.00011-7
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Prateek Tripathi, Aravind Galla, Roel C Rabara, Paul J Rushton (2014). Transcription Factors that regulate
defense responses and their uses in increasing disease resistance in David B Collinge (Ed)- Plant Pathogen
Resistance Biotechnology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p109-129. DOI: 10.1002/9781118867716.ch6
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Roel C. Rabara, Prateek Tripathi, Paul J. Rushton (2014). The potential of transcription factor-based genetic
engineering in improving crop tolerance to drought. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology 18(10): 601614. (Featured Article)
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Prateek Tripathi, Roel C Rabara, Paul J Rushton (2013). A systems biology perspective on the role of
WRKY transcription factors in drought responses in plants. Planta DOI:10.1007/s00425-013-1985-y
(Featured as Plant Stars)
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Prateek Tripathi*, Roel C Rabara*, Jun Lin, Paul J Rushton (2013). GmWRKY53, a water- and salt-inducible
soybean gene for rapid dissection of regulatory elements in BY-2 cell culture. Plant Signaling & Behavior
Mar 19;8(5). pii: e24097.*(authors contributed equally)
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Roel C Rabara*, Prateek Tripathi*, Jun Lin, Paul J Rushton (2012). Dehydration-induced WRKY genes
from tobacco and soybean respond to Jasmonic acid treatments in BY-2 cell culture. Biochemical and
Biophysical Research Communications doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.12.156. *(authors contributed equally)
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Prateek Tripathi, Roel C Rabara, Paul J Rushton (2012). Emergence of omics-approaches for crop
improvement during abiotic stress. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Vol.
1(2) 2012, pp. 125-128
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Maurice HT Ling, Roel C Rabara, Prateek Tripathi, Paul J Rushton, Xijin Ge (2012). Extending mapman
ontology to tobacco for visualization of gene expression. Dataset Papers of Biology Volume 2013 (2013),
Article ID 706465, 7 pages
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Prateek Tripathi, Roel C Rabara, Tanner J Langum, Ashley K Boken, Deena L Rushton, Darius D Boomsma,
Charles I Rinerson, Jennifer Rabara, R Neil Reese, Xianfeng Chen, Jai S Rohila, Paul J Rushton (2012). The
WRKY transcription factor family in Brachypodium distachyon , BMC Genomics, 13:270 doi:10.1186/14712164-13-270 (Highly Accessed)
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Deena Rushton, Prateek Tripathi, Roel C Rabara, Jun Lin, Patricia Ringler, Ashley K Boken, Tanner J
Langum, Lucas Smidt, Darius D. Boomsma, Nicholas J. Emme, Xiangfeng Chen, John J. finer, Qingxi J.
Shen, Paul J. Rushton (2011). WRKY Transcription factors: Key components in abscisic acid signalling.
Plant Biotechnology Journal, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00634.x.
Honors & Awards
 AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science (2013-2015)
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Associate Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
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ASPB Travel Grant for ASPB mid-western section Meeting 2012, Lincoln Nebraska
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Sigma Xi Graduate Research Student Award 2010, Sigma Xi Scientific Society SDSU Chapter
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Qualified ICAR’s SRF/All India Entrance exam to PhD programs -2008
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Gold Medal as University topper in B.Sc. Biotech