• Genomic Innovations for Climate-Smart Crop Development 

  Bhomkar, S.; Yadav, V. (Smart Crop Development: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change, Edi. by Vijay Gahlaut, Sachin Rustgi, Vandana Jaiswal. 2026; 1-21.)

  Climate change threatens global agricultural sustainability. Accelerating climatic shifts are already reducing crop yields, food availability, and ecological stability across many regions worldwide. This chapter emphasizes ...
• Structural and Functional Diversity of Noncoding RNA 

  Yadav, V. (Decoding Non-Coding RNA: Enhancing Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Edi. by Shalini Tiwari, Jose L Gonzalez-Hernandez, Charu Lata. 2025; 25-43.)

  Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) have emerged as critical regulators of gene expression, genome organization, and cellular homeostasis, challenging the earlier view of noncoding regions as "junk DNA." This chapter provides a ...
• Saltpan Bacillus licheniformis for development of a fermented cowpea powder 

  Naik, V.; Kerkar, S. (National Academy Science Letters. NYP; 2025; NYP.)

  Saltpans are a reservoir to microorganisms with proven biotechnological applications. Bacillus licheniformis has been reported in food fermentation and this bacterial isolate from Goan saltpan, fulfilling safety and probiotic ...
• Exploring the multifaceted applications of manganese dioxide nanoparticles: Antibacterial, antibiofilm, antioxidant, and hemolytic activities 

  Velho-Pereira, S.; Naik, S.R.; Naik, A.; Shekupa, R.; Palkar, V.; Shaikh, F.; Naik-Samant, S. (Materials Chemistry and Physics. 347; 2026; ArticleID_131474.)

  Phase-pure alpha-manganese dioxide (MnO sub(2)) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized using an environmentally benign wet chemical redox method and evaluated for their multifunctional biological activities. Antimicrobial ...
• Seasonal shifts in microplastics: Uncovering Goa's marine pollution patterns 

  Manerikar, V.V.; Mandrekar, V.K.; Nadkarni, V.S.; Kulkarni, M.S.; Ghadi, S.C. (Regional Studies in Marine Science. 83; 2025; ArticleID_104089.)

  This study systematically examines the spatiotemporal distribution of microplastic particles across Goa's 160 km coastal ecosystem during the pre-monsoon, monsoon, and post-monsoon seasons. It delivers the first dataset ...
• A multifaceted journey into higher-order chromatin organization: Insights from experimental and computational approaches 

  Yadav, V.; Jalmi, S.K. (International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 322(2); 2025; ArticleID_146721.)

  Chromatin organization in the nucleus is a nonrandom and highly organized process. This nonrandom chromatin arrangement in the nucleus is the crucial regulator of genome function and stability. Over the recent decades, the ...
• Nanoarchitectonics of La-Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles for Optical and Antibacterial Properties 

  Rajput, P.; Deshpande, M.P.; Bhoi, H.R.; Chaki, S.H.; Pandya, S.J.; Mishra, M.; Sathe, V.; Das, S.; Tiwari, D.K.; Bhatt, S.V. (Nano. 17(14); 2022; ArticleID_2250104.)

  Pure and La-doped titania nanoparticles are prepared by the chemical precipitation method. The stoichiometry of prepared samples is confirmed by EDAX whereas XRD analysis showed rutile tetragonal phase of synthesized pure ...
• Enhancement in dye removal by photocatalytic degradation using metal oxide nanoparticles embedded on activated carbon powder and study of their antibacterial activity 

  Suchak, N.M.; Mistry, H.M.; Bhoi, H.R.; Deshpande, M.P.; Pandya, S.J.; Chaki, S.H.; Tiwari, M.; Tiwari, D.K.; Bhatt, S.V. (Physica Scripta. 98(6); 2023; ArticleID_065013.)

  The synergetic effect of photocatalytic, adsorption and antibacterial properties of ZnO@ACP and CuO@ACP samples are investigated in this study. The synthesized samples are initially studied for their elemental composition, ...
• Photocatalytic and antibacterial activity of Yttrium doped TiO sub(2) nanostructure 

  Rajput, P.; Deshpande, M.P.; Bhoi, H.R.; Suchak, N.M.; Desai, P.H.; Chaki, S.H.; Pandya, S.J.; Mishra, M.; Bhatt, S.V.; Tiwari, D.K.; Sathe, V. (Chemical Physics Impact. 5; 2022; ArticleID_100101.)

  In this study, TiO sub(2) nanostructures were doped with Yttrium (Y) at various doping concentrations using a low-cost approach called chemical co-precipitation, and then used for photocatalysis and antibacterial activity ...
• Diagnosis of cancer using carbon nanomaterial-based biosensors 

  Das, S.; Saha, B.; Tiwari, M.; Tiwari, D.K. (Sensors & Diagnostics. 2(2); 2023; 268-289.)

  Cancer causes the death of a large population worldwide. Early-stage tumor detection is the major problem in treating cancer patients effectively. Nanomaterial-based biosensors have emerged as a great tool for diagnosis ...

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