Ms. Eram Mustafa will present her APS as per the detail:

Date: September 28, 2022

Time: 12:30-1400 and 1400 - 1530 hrs. 

Venue (Online): https://monash.zoom.us/j/81098482437?pwd=NVB6V2lSdXY2UFEwS01ocGxOcEduUT09 Or, go to https://monash.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 810 9848 2437 and passcode: 458187.

Offline: VC room, ground floor, Monash Academy.

Topic: Exploring the potential of plant-based bioactive peptides in food and non-food applications.

Guide: Prof. Amit Arora (IIT Bombay), Prof. Antonio Patti, Prof. Andrea Robinson (Monash University).

RPC Members: Prof. Ishita Sengupta, Prof. Parmeshwar Udmale (IIT Bombay) and Prof. Kellie Tuck (Monash University).

Abstract: 

Plants produce diverse peptides and proteins as a part of their innate defense system to fight pathogens and exhibit cell division control and reproductive mechanism. These peptides serve specific functions in plants and have the potential to be used as functional foods, therapeutics, antimicrobials, pesticides, and diagnostics. One such group of plant peptides is cyclotides which are plant cyclic peptides. These peptides and related peptides have been identified in several plant species in silico, but only some plant species have been explored for their presence. The aim of our research project is to explore the general plant species (used as food) and their byproducts for the presence of cyclotides. The identified peptides will be tested for bioactivities/ functional properties to find suitable food and non-food applications.