Somika Bhatnagar
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Biography
Somika Bhatnagar has completed her PhD in 2003 from University of Delhi, South Campus, India and postdoctoral research at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratories, Singapore. She is currently HEAD of PLANT TRANSFORMATION and TISSUE CULTURE at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratories, Singapore. Her research work has been patented and published in many peer reviewed journals. It has also led to a spin-off company (Bioforest Private Limited, Singapore). Her interests include translational plant research areas like biotech crop development, forestry biotechnology, herbal medicine with special focus on conservation and large scale sustainable production of useful compounds both in vitro and in vivo.
Abstract
Abstract : Production of pharmacologically active compounds via plant tissue culture