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Nishant KT
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Prof Nishant KT

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Professor | School of Biology
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
Expertise: Genetics and Heredity
ORCID 0000-0002-4342-7501 Scopus 12777072200 Google Scholar gqHmHswAAAAJ
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33 Publications
2 Projects
677 Scopus Citations
810 CrossRef
15 Years 8 Months Total Experience
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33 Total
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Professional Recognition

Wellcome Trust-DBT Intermediate Fellow 2012-2017
2012
Wellcome Trust-DBT
Guest Editor for the journal Yeast
2020
John Wiley & Sons Ltd, USA

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Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
2005
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Master of Surgery
2000
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Bachelor of Science
1997
N/A
Professor
Dec 2022 – Present
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram | School of Biology
Associate Professor
Jan 2017 – Dec 2022
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram | School of Biology
Assistant Professor
Jan 2011 – Dec 2017
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram | School of Biology
Medical and Health Sciences
Genetics and Heredity

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Scholarly Work

Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC
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Agency: Department of Secondary and Higher Education Role: Other Grant: SPARC/2018-2019/58/SL (IN
Amount: ₹2,784
Duration: 2019 – Ongoing
Mechanism of meiotic crossing over through the Msh4-Msh5 dependent pathway
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Role: Other
Amount: ₹364
Duration: 2018 – Ongoing

Role of the Msh4/5 complex in crossing over in budding yeast meiosis

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2018
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Genome Dynamics in a Hybrid Yeast Model

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2019
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Effect of Variation in Meotic Crossover Frequency on Chromosome Segregation

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2019
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High Through-put Analysis of Genomic Instability in the budding Yeast

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2021
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Regulation of Msh5 Binding during Meiosis in Budding Yeast

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2022
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Effect of Genomic Heterozygosity on Msh5 Binding to Meiotic Chromosomes in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2024
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Role of Irc20 in regulating genetic recombination in budding yeast

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2026
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Ubiquitous environmental conditions shape LOH signatures in yeast

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Year 2026
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Scholarly Publications

HUMHOT: a database of human meiotic recombination hot spots.

Open Access
Journal Article
Nucleic Acids Research. Year: 2006. Volume: 34 , Issue: Database issue , Pages: D25-28 .
Authors: K. T. Nishant
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkj009 Crossref Crossref: 8 Scopus Scopus: 7

The ATPase activity of yeast chromosome axis protein Hop1 affects the frequency of meiotic crossovers

Open Access
Journal Article
Nucleic Acids Research. Year: 2025. Volume: 53 , Issue: 3 D .
Authors: Kshitiza M Dhyani; Suman Dash; Sameer Joshi; Aditi Garg; Debnath Pal; Koodali T Nishant; Kalappa Muniyappa
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkae1264 Crossref Crossref: 1 Scopus Scopus: 1

Segmental duplications and supernumerary chromosomes drive antifungal drug resistance in Candida auris

Open Access
Journal Article
Nature Communications. Year: 2026. Volume: 17 , Issue: 1 .
Authors: Aswathy Narayanan; Sameer Joshi; Ritika Harchand; Rajendra Prasad; Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy; Koodali T. Nishant; Kaustuv Sanyal
DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-75437-3 Crossref Crossref: 1

The dynamic pool of Rec8-cohesin is crucial for meiotic recombination and transcription regulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Open Access
Journal Article
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. Year: 2026. Volume: 302 , Issue: 6 .
Authors: Sheetal Paliwal; Partha Dey; Akriti Kumari; Kirithika Sadasivam; Sameer Joshi; Ritika Raghuvanshi; Rohit Goyal; Kaustuv Sanyal; K.T. Nishant; Akira Shinohara; Gunjan Mehta
DOI 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.113064

Mms4 chromosomal association reveals functional relationships between meiotic crossover pathways in budding yeast

Open Access
Journal Article
PLOS Genetics. Year: 2026. Volume: 22 , Issue: 3 , Pages: 1-24 .
Authors: Amamah Farzlin Farnaz; Sameer Joshi; Praseetha Sarath; Girija Jogwar; Koodali T. Nishant
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012097

Loss of Heterozygosity associated with ubiquitous environments in yeast

Open Access
Journal Article
PLOS Genetics. Year: 2025. Volume: 21 , Issue: 5 May .
Authors: Nikilesh Vijayan; Sameer Joshi; Praseetha Sarath; Koodali T. Nishant
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011692 Crossref Crossref: 8 Scopus Scopus: 5

Irc20 modulates LOH frequency and distribution in S. cerevisiae

Journal Article
DNA Repair. Year: 2024. Volume: 141 .
Authors: Sameer Joshi; Suman Dash; Nikilesh Vijayan; Koodali T. Nishant
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2024.103727 Crossref Crossref: 1 Scopus Scopus: 1

Heterozygosity alters Msh5 binding to meiotic chromosomes in the baker's yeast

Journal Article
Genetics. Year: 2024. Volume: 226 , Issue: 3 .
Authors: Suman Dash; Sameer Joshi; Ajith V Pankajam; Akira Shinohara; Koodali T Nishant
DOI 10.1093/genetics/iyad214 Crossref Crossref: 7 Scopus Scopus: 5
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