Samik Bhattacharya

This study uses spatial transcriptomics and TRAP-seq to analyze gene expression dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, revealing spatiotemporal regulation of nutrient exchange and defense responses.

This study shows that two fungal lineages lost DNA polymerase complexes, leading to increased genetic variation and suggesting alternative DNA replication mechanisms in endosymbiotic fungi.

This study uses multiplexed in situ hybridization to show distinct lineage identities for major and minor vein initiation in maize leaves, suggesting both lineage- and position-based mechanisms in venation patterning.

The paper identifies transit amplifying cells in maize meristems using spatial transcriptomics and shows their growth and differentiation are independently controlled.

This study identifies the WIP6 transcription factor TML as specifying vein rank in maize and rice, with implications for C4 photosynthesis engineering in rice.