Bhullar, Navreet Kaur, Dr.

EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010-ongoing
Group leader for Cereal Biotechnology research
For Research projects see here
2008- 2009
Postdoctoral Scientist at University of Zurich, Switzerland
2004- 2008
PhD in Plant Biology at University of Zurich, Switzerland

AWARDS

Gatersleben Research Award 2010, by Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Germany.

PUBLICATIONS

• Wang M., Gruissem W. and Bhullar N.K. (2013)
  Nicotianamine synthase overexpression positively modulates iron homeostasis-related genes in high iron rice
  Frontiers in Plant Science, 4, 156
   
• Bhullar N. K. and Gruissem W. (2013)
  Nutritional enhancement of rice for human health: The contribution of biotechnology
  Biotechnology Advances, 31, 50-57
   
• Bhullar N. K., Zhang Z., Wicker T. and Keller B. (2010)
  Wheat gene bank accessions as a source of new alleles of the powdery mildew resistance gene Pm3: a large scale allele mining project.
  BMC Plant Biology, 10, 88
   
• Bhullar N.K., Mackay M. and Keller B. (2010)
  Genetic Diversity of the Pm3 Powdery Mildew Resistance Alleles in Wheat Gene Bank Accessions as Assessed by Molecular Markers
  Diversity, 2, 768-786
   
• Bhullar G.S. and Bhullar N.K. (2009)
  Acceptance level of GMOs worldwide: a consumer and producer perspective
  Advances in Plant Biotechnology, 1, 279-297
   
• Bhullar N. K. and Keller B (2009)
  Virus induced gene silencing in wheat: a review
  Advances in Plant Biotechnology, 1, 185-203
   
• Bhullar N. K., Street K., Mackay M., Yahiaoui N. and Keller B (2009)
  Unlocking wheat genetic resources for the molecular identification of previously undescribed functional alleles at the Pm3 resistance locus
  The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the USA, 106, 9519-9524
   
• Yahiaoui N., Kaur N. and Keller B. (2009)
  Independent evolution of functional Pm3 resistance genes in wild tetraploid wheat and domesticated bread wheat.
  The Plant Journal, 57, 846-856
   
• Kaur N., Street K., Mackay M., Yahiaoui N. and Keller B (2008)
  Molecular approaches for characterization and use of natural disease resistance in wheat
  European Journal of Plant Pathology, 121, 387-397
   
• Kaur N., Street K., Mackay M., Yahiaoui N. and Keller B (2008)
  Allele mining and sequence diversity at the wheat powdery mildew resistance locus Pm3
  Proceedings of the 11th International wheat genetics symposium 2008, 1, 32-34
   
• Street K., Mackay M., Zuev E., Kaur N., El Bouhssini M., Konopka J. and Mitrofanova O (2008)
  Diving into the genepool: a rational system to access specific traits from large germplasm collections
  Proceedings of the 11th International wheat genetics symposium 2008, 1, 28-31