Team Member
Arindam Ghatak, M. Tech PhD
Summer term 2026
Summer term 2025
Pazhamala, L., Pandey, M., Deveshwar, P., Ghatak, A., Weckwerth, W., Chaturvedi, P., & Giri, J. (2025). Network-based multiomics and transgenic validation reveal that OsPHR3 modulates phosphate-carbon metabolic trade-offs during rice seed development. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 231, 110981. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2025.110981
Ghatak, A., Kanellopoulos, A. E., López-Hidalgo, C., Malits, A., Meng, Y., Schindler, F., Zhang, S., Li, J., Waldherr, S., Ribeiro, H., Kerou, M., Hodgskiss, L. H., Dreer, M., Mir, R. R., Sharma, S., Bachmann, G., Karpouzas, D. G., Schleper, C., Papadopoulou, E. S., ... Weckwerth, W. (2025). Natural variation of the wheat root exudate metabolome and its influence on biological nitrification inhibition activity. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 23(11), 4755-4772. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70248
Jha, U. C., Warburton, M. L., Nayyar, H., Chatti, D., Ghatak, A., Siddique, K. H. M., & Prasad, P. V. V. (2025). Heat stress-induced metabolomic shifts in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) flowers insights from contrasting genotypes. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 34821. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-21697-w
Weckwerth, W., Chaturvedi, P., Ghatak, A., Kerou, M., Garg, V., Bohra, A., Subbarao, G. V., Stein, L., Schleper, C., Varshney, R. K., & Snapp, S. (2025). Natural variation of the holobiont for sustainable agroecosystems. Trends in Plant Science, 30(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.05.006
Ghatak, A., Pierides, I., Singh, R. K., Srivastava, R. K., Varshney, R. K., Prasad, M., Chaturvedi, P., & Weckwerth, W. (2025). Millets for a sustainable future. Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(6), 1534-1545. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae507
Zagorščak, M., Abdelhakim, L., Rodriguez-Granados, N. Y., Široká, J., Ghatak, A., Bleker, C., Blejec, A., Zrimec, J., Novák, O., Pěnčík, A., Baebler, Š., Perez Borroto, L., Schuy, C., Županič, A., Afjehi-Sadat, L., Wurzinger, B., Weckwerth, W., Pompe Novak, M., Knight, M. R., ... Teige, M. (2025). Integration of multi-omics data and deep phenotyping provides insights into responses to single and combined abiotic stress in potato. Plant Physiology, 197(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf126
Chaturvedi, P., Ghatak, A., López-Hidalgo, C., & Weckwerth, W. (2025). Protein Extraction Protocol for Legumes Compatible with Detergent: Gel Fractionation and Mass Spectrometry. In M. Jain, & R. Garg (Eds.), Legume Genomics: Methods and Protocols (Second Edition ed., pp. 153-165). Humana Press, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4820-9_11
Routray, D., Ghatak, A., Chaturvedi, P., Petijová, L., Weckwerth, W., Ručová, D., Bačkor, M., Lang, I., & Goga, M. (2024). Comparative analysis of geotypic variations in the proteome of Nostoc commune. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 19(1), Article 2370719. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2024.2370719
Chaturvedi, P., Pierides, I., López-Hidalgo, C., Garg, V., Zhang, S., Barmukh, R., Bellaire, A., Li, J., Bachmann, G., Valledor, L., Varshney, R. K., Ghatak, A., & Weckwerth, W. (2024). Natural variation in the chickpea metabolome under drought stress. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 22(12), 3278-3294. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14447
Roychowdhury, R., Ghatak, A., Kumar, M., Samantara, K., Weckwerth, W., & Chaturvedi, P. (2024). Accelerating wheat improvement through trait characterization: advances and perspectives. Physiologia Plantarum, 176(5), e14544. Article e14544. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14544
Zhang, S., Ghatak, A., Mohammad Bazargani, M., Kramml, H., Zang, F., Gao, S., Ramšak, Ž., Gruden, K., Varshney, R. K., Jiang, D., Chaturvedi, P., & Weckwerth, W. (2024). Cell-type proteomic and metabolomic resolution of early and late grain filling stages of wheat endosperm. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 22(3), 555-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14203
Kudapa, H., Ghatak, A., Barmukh, R., Chaturvedi, P., Khan, A., Kale, S., Fragner, L., Chitikineni, A., Weckwerth, W., & Varshney, R. K. (2024). Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals drought stress response mechanism in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Plant Genome, 17(1), Article e20337. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20337
Chaturvedi, P., Pierides, I., Zhang, S., Schwarzerová, J., Ghatak, A., & Weckwerth, W. (2024). Multiomics for Crop Improvement. In M. K. Pandey, A. Bentley, H. Desmae, M. Roorkiwal, & R. K. Varshney (Eds.), Frontier Technologies for Crop Improvement: Sustainability Sciences in Asia and Africa(). (pp. 107). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4673-0_6
Zwander, S., Chaturvedi, P., Ghatak, A., Weckwerth, W., Marko, D., & Castejon Caballero, N. (2024). Integrating eco-friendly approaches to produce protein extracts and hydrolysates with antioxidant properties from Microchloropsis gaditana. Algal Research, 77, Article 103368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103368
Shanmugam, T., Chaturvedi, P., Streit, D., Ghatak, A., Bergelt, T., Simm, S., Weckwerth, W., & Schleiff, E. (2024). Low dose ribosomal DNA P-loop mutation affects development and enforces autophagy in Arabidopsis. RNA Biology, 21(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15476286.2023.2298532
Kitashova, A., Brodsky, V., Chaturvedi, P., Pierides, I., Ghatak, A., Weckwerth, W., & Nägele, T. (2023). Quantifying the impact of dynamic plant-environment interactions on metabolic regulation. Journal of Plant Physiology, 290, Article 154116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154116
Carbó, M., Chaturvedi, P., Álvarez, A., Pineda-Cevallos, D., Ghatak, A., González, P. R., Cañal, M. J., Weckwerth, W., & Valledor, L. (2023). Ferroptosis is the key cellular process mediating Bisphenol A responses in Chlamydomonas and a promising target for enhancing microalgae-based bioremediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 448, Article 130997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.130997
Kumar, R., Ghatak, A., Goyal, I., Sarkar, N. K., Weckwerth, W., Grover, A., & Chaturvedi, P. (2023). Heat-induced proteomic changes in anthers of contrasting rice genotypes under variable stress regimes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Article 1083971. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1083971
Ghatak, A., Chaturvedi, P., Waldherr, S., Subbarao, G. V., & Weckwerth, W. (2023). PANOMICS at the interface of root-soil microbiome and BNI. Trends in Plant Science, 28(1), 106-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.08.016
Jan, N., Rather, A. M.-U.-D., John, R., Chaturvedi, P., Ghatak, A., Weckwerth, W., Zargar, S. M., Mir, R. A., Khan, M. A., & Mir, R. R. (2023). Proteomics for abiotic stresses in legumes: present status and future directions. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 43(2), 171-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2021.2025033