Dr Banashree Saikia, DST-Women Scientist (WISE-PDF), BSTD, for receiving the 'Young Scientist Award' at the Agri Vision 2026-8th International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security, January 28-30, 2026, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She delivered an invited talk on 'CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing for crop improvement' and represented CSIR-NEIST Jorhat, which was applauded by the entire scientific community for its novel work.
Glimpses from ISWCPC-2023: International Seminar & Workshop on CRISPR/Cas-based Plant Functional Genomics and Computational Biology, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat (17–21 January 2023).
Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh, Chairperson of the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB), Department of Agricultural Research and Education, New Delhi visited our plant genome editing facility at CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat Campus (02–Sept 2025).
Addressing participants at ISWCPC-2023 on CRISPR/Cas applications in plant genome editing for crop improvement, with a focus on abiotic and biotic stress resistance in rice and tomato.
Prof. G. Narahari Sastry, Former Director, CSIR-NEIST, inaugurated the glasshouse facility for genome editing research
Student achievement: Dr. Banashree Saikia awarded DST-WISE, Post-Doctoral Fellowship for research on CRISPR/Cas genome editing and functional genomics for plant biotic stress management
Research facilities at a glance
Molecular Biology Lab
Gene Gun Facility
LAF Units
Flow cytometry
Confocal Microscopy
Ultra Microtome
HPLC Facility
Sanger sequencing
Plant Tissue Culture Unit
Plant Tissue culture chamber
Greenhouse Facility
Experimental Field