B.Sc. Agriculture (1989) Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University, Jabalpur,
India
M.Sc. Biotechnology (1991)(With distinction) Devi Ahilya University,
Indore (M.P) India
Ph.D. Biochemistry (1998) Plant Molecular Biology Unit, National Chemical
Lab., Pune, India
Professional Experience
2004 onwards Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
2003 – 2004 Plant Genomics Laboratory-URGV, Evry, France
2002 – 2003 Postdoctoral Scientist, INRA, Montpellier, France
1999-2002 Senior Scientist, Microbiology Division, DRDE ,Gwalior, India
1998-1999 Research Associate, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune India
1996-1998 Visiting Scholar, USDA- ARS, Washington State Univ., Pullman,
USA
1993 Visiting Scientist (Six Months), University of Laval, Quebec, Canada
1992-1996 Research Scholar, National Chemical. Laboratory, Pune, India
Awards and Scholarships
1. Post Doctorate Fellowship, INRA, France (2002-2004)
2. Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR), New Delhi, India (1999)
3. Mcknight Foundation Research Fellowship, (1996-1998) Washington State
University, Pullman, USA
4. Visiting Scientist Fellowship (1993) University of Laval, Quebec,
Canada
5. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Fellowship, India
(1992-1996)
6. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, (GATE Fellowship) 1991
Research:
Comparative analysis of legume genome evolution.
Comparative sequence analysis to identify patterns of gene rearrangement
associated with both old (15 mya) and recent (<50 kya) polyploidy events
in the Glycine genus. 1 megabasepair interval from eight legume taxa, plus
the duplicated regions in the polyploid members is being sequenced. The
genomic interval chosen contains several commercially important disease
resistance (R) genes in soybean, and contains both rapidly rearranging and
relatively stable chromosomal blocks. Total 8 Mbp sequence is being
generated from other accession of soybean and its wild species. Sequence
analysis will help in understanding the genome evolution and gene
rearrangement in this region.
Fine and physical mapping of disease resistance genes in grapevine.
Positional cloning of disease resistance gene cluster associated with
powdery and downy mildew resistance in grapevine.
Genome mapping in chickpea, development of linkage map and finding markers
associated with disease resistance.
Application of DNA markers in the chickpea genome analysis, QTL mapping
and in linkage map construction.. Markers linked to the fusarium wilt and
aschochyta blight resistance were identified. Integrated chickpea linkage
map based on STMS, ISSR, ALFP, isozyme, cDNA and morphological markers was
established.
Molecular characterization of pigeonpea and its wild relatives:
Genetic diversity among pigeonpea accession, wild species and their
phylogenetic relationships was established.. Accession belonging to
species Cajanus, Rhyncosia, Flemingia were characterized. This study
helped in identification genus and species specific markers.
Microbial genome analysis:
Development of molecular and immuno-diagnostics systems for human
pathogens mainly leptospira and Bacillus sp.
Publications
(1) Genetic and physical mapping of the grapevine powdery mildew
resistance gene, Run1, using a bacterial artificial chromosome
library.(2005) C. L. Barker, T. Donald, J. Pauquet, M. B. Ratnaparkhe, A.
Bouquet, A.-F. Adam-Blondon, M. R. Thomas and I. Dry. Theoretical and
Applied Genetics, 111: 370-377.
(2) A linkage map of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genome based on
recombinant inbred lines from a C. arietinum X C. reticulatum cross:
localization of resistance genes for fusarium wilt races 4 and 5 (2000) P.
Winter, Ana- Maria Benko-Iseppon, B. Huttel, M. Ratnaparkhe, A. Tullu, G.
Sonnante, T Pfaff, M. Tekaeglu, D. Santra, V. Sant, P. Rajesh, G. Khal
F.J.Muehlbauer Theoretical and Applied Genetics 101: 1155-1163
(3) Inter-simple sequence repeat polymorphisms for identification of
saprophytic leptospira. (2001) J. Shukla, U. Tuteja, M. B. Ratnaparkhe,
H.V. Batra. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 17 (5)
p.433-544
(4) QTL mapping of aschochyta blight disease resistance genes in
chickpea.(2000) D.K.Santra, M. Tekaeglu, M.B.Ratnaparkhe,Walter Kaiser,
F.J.Muehlbauer.Crop Science 40 (6)1606-1611.
(5) Inheritance of inter simple sequence repeat polymorphisms and their
linkage with fusarium wilt resistance gene in chickpea (1998).
M.B.Ratnaparkhe, D.K.Santra, A. Tullu, F.J.Muehlbauer. Theoretical and
Applied Genetics,Vol. 96, 348-353.
(6) Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) polymorphisms are useful for
finding markers linked to the cluster of the disease resistance genes
(1998) M.B.Ratnaparkhe, M. Tekeoglu, F.J.Muehlbauer Theoretical and
Applied Genetics, Vol. 97, 515-515
(7) Genetic fingerprinting of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) and
its wild relatives using RAPD markers (1995) M.B. Ratnaparkhe, V.S. Gupta,
M. R. Ven Murthy, P.K. Ranjekar). Theoretical and Applied Genetics
91:893-898.
Research work presented at Conferences and Meetings
• Physical mapping of Rpg1-b region in soybean molecular linkage group
F (2006) M. Ratnaparkhe et al . Plant Genome Conference, San-Diego, USA
• Comparative Analysis Of Legume Genome Evolution In The Vicinity Of The
Rpg1-b Disease Resistance Gene.(2006) Tom Ashfield et al Plant Genome
Conference, San-Diego, USA
• Comparative Analysis Of The Chromosomal Region Around Rsv1 Gene In Two
Soybean Cultivars. Milind B. Ratnaparkhe et al. Plant and Animal Genomes
XIII Conference 2005, San-Diego, California, USA),
• Insights in The Grape Genome Structure. ADAM-BLONDON A.F., AUBOURG S.,
GUICHARD C., PAILLARD S., RATNAPARKHE M., TUAL S., DOSSAT C., WINCKER P.,
WEISSENBACH J. (2005) - In : Plant and Animal Genomes XIII Conference
International Grape Genome Project, Poster W.182.
• Positional cloning of a dominant powdery mildew resistance gene from the
wild American grapevine, Muscadinia rotundifolia, (2005) Barker, C.L.,
Donald, T., Pauquet, J., Ratnaparkhe M., Bouquet, A., Adam-Blondon, A.-F.,
Thomas, M. and Dry, I. Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology Conference
• Tagging of Fusarium wilt resistance genes for race 4 and 5 in chickpea
McKnight Foundation International Conference` Lake Tahoe, USA (1999)
• Development of AFLPs in chickpea and their association with the fusarium
wilt and aschochyta blight disease resistance genes. M.B. Ratnaparkhe, A.
Tullu, M. Tekaeglu, C. Coyne, F.J.Muehlbauer , Plant & Animal Genome VI
(1998) San Diego, USA
• Cloning and expression of edema factor gene: Biotechnology conference,
New Delhi
• Detection of QTLs for Tolerance to Aphanomyces Root Rot in Pea C. Coyne,
F.J. Muehlbauer, Rebecca McGee, John J, Kraft, M.B. Ratnaparkhe Plant &
Animal Genome V (1997) San Diego, USA
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