Reena Arora

• Post graduation in Animal Biotechnology from ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, Bareilly in 1993 and Ph.D in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from GBPUAT, Pantnagar in 2002.

• Principal Scientist at ICAR-NBAGR since 2011
• Senior Scientist at ICAR-NBAGR from 2005 to 2011
• Scientist (SS) at ICAR-NBAGR from 2002 to 2005
• Scientist at ICAR-NBAGR from 1996 to 2002

• Phylogenetics and functional genomics of Indian livestock breeds.

• Developed quantitative diversity indicators for32 indigenous populations/breeds of sheep of Indian sheep using neutral, mitochondrial and candidate gene
• Classification of ecotypes of Deccani sheep using phenotypic as well as genetic parameters.
• Identified differentially expressed highly connected genes in longissimus thoracis muscles of Bandur sheep using transcriptomics.
• Developed PCR-SSCP basedGenotyping assay developed for identification of variation in the 13 gene associated with wool fibre staple length in sheep breeds.
• Developed Tetra-primer ARMS-PCR assay for genotyping SNPS in ovine GDF8gene associated with mutton traits in sheep.
• Evaluated milk fat as an alternative source of RNA from buffalo milk.
• Patents filed for

(i) High density chip of Capra hircus vide Application No. 202011057422; Dt. 31.12.2020 (Inventors: RK Vijh, U Sharma, P Kapoor, M Raheja, R Arora and S Ahlawat)

(ii) High density SNP chip of indigenous backyard poultry breeds vide Application No. 202011057421; Dt.31.12.2020 (Inventors: RK Vijh, U Sharma, P Kapoor, M Raheja, R Arora and S Ahlawat)

(iii) Medium density SNP chip of Bactrian and Dromedarian camel  vide Application No.202111002886; 21.01.2021(Inventors: RK Vijh, U Sharma, P Kapoor, M Raheja, R Arora, S Ahlawat and R Sharma).

• Awarded JRF by Department of Biotechnology during M.Sc at IVRI, Izatnagar
• SRF  & NET by ICAR
• BOYSCASTFellowship 2007-2008
• Nominated as Member (External Expert Representative) of Under Graduate Board of Studies (U.G.B.O.S) in Biotechnology, at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, in 2016.
• Nominated as Member of Task Force on Animal Biotechnology-1 (Animal Production, Nutrition, Genomics, Animal by products), Department of Biotechnology in 2017.
• Recipient of awards for best oral and poster presentations at different fora.

1. Arora R*,  Siddaraju NK, Manjunatha SS,Sudarshan S, Mohamed NF, Kumar A, Chhabra P, Kaur M, Sreesujatha RM, Ahlawat S, Vijh RK. 2021.  Muscle transcriptome provides the first insight into the dynamics of gene expression with progression of age in sheep. Scientific Reports. 11, 22360 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01848-5
2. Kumar A, Kaur M, Ahlawat S, Sharma U, Singh MK, Singh KV, Chhabra P, Vijh RK,  Yadav A and Arora R*. 2021. Transcriptomic diversity in longissimus thoracismuscles of Barbari and Changthangi goat breeds of India. Genomics. 113, (4), 1639-1646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.04.019
3. Arora R, Naveen Kumar S, Sudarshan S, Fairoze MN, Kaur M, Sharma A, Girdhar Y, Sreesujatha RM, Devatkal SK, Ahlawat S, Vijh RK and Manjunatha SS. 2019.Transcriptome profiling of longissimus thoracis muscles identifies highly connected differentially expressed genes in meat type sheep of India. PLoS ONE14(6): e0217461. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217461.
4. Arora R, Sharma A, Sharma U, Girdhar Y, Kaur M, Kapoor P, Ahlawat S and Vijh RK. 2019. Buffalo milk transcriptome: A comparative analysis of early, mid and late lactation. Scientific Reports. 9, Article number: 5993. org/10.1038/s41598-019-42513-2.
5. Hua Gong, Huitong Zhou, Grant W. McKenzie, Zhidong Yu, Stefan Clerens, Jolon M. Dyer, Jeffrey E. Plowman, Mathew W. Wright, Reena Arora, C. Simon Bawden, Yulin Chen, Jinquan Li, Jonathan G. H. Hickford. 2012. An Updated Nomenclature for Keratin-Associated Proteins (KAPs). International Journal of Biological Sciences 8(2):258-264. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.3278
6. Arora R, Bhatia S and Mishra BP. 2011. Genetic variation and relationship of six Indian sheep breeds adapted to the northwestern arid zone of Rajasthan. Biochemical Genetics. 49 (7-8 ): 449-457, DOI:1007/s10528-011-9421-0.
7. Arora R, Bhatia S, Mishra BP and Joshi BK. 2011. Population structure in Indian sheep ascertained using microsatellite information. Animal Genetics42 (3): 242-250 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02147.x.
8. Arora R, Bhatia S, Mishra BP, Sharma R, Pandey AK, Prakash B,and Jain A. 2010. Genetic polymorphism of the β-lactoglobulin gene in native sheep from India Biochemical Genetics. 48:304–311 DOI 10.1007/s10528-009-9323-6.
9. Arora R, Bhatia S, Sehrawat A,  Pandey AK, Sharma R, Mishra BP, Jain A and Prakash B. 2008. Genetic Polymorphism of Type 1 Intermediate Filament Wool Keratin Gene in Native Indian Sheep Breeds. Biochemical Genetics. 46:549-556 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-008-9169-3.
10. Arora R, Lakhchaura BD, Prasad RB, Tantia MS and Vijh RK. 2004. Genetic diversity of two buffalo populations of Northern India using microsatellite markers. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 121, 111-118.