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Protein engineer, Smart Protein Biomanufacturing, 10+ years experience in Protein Expression, Purification & Stability

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Creative Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation
Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Technology Scouting, Gap Analysis
Consulting Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Manufacturing Consulting
Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Data Visualization, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Insights
Product Development Formulation, Recipe Development, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Reverse Engineering
Work Experience

Founder and Indepedent Analyst

Agricortex

January 2026 - Present

Postdoctoral scientist

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

January 2022 - Present

Postdoctoral Scientist

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

January 2022 - September 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher

John Innes Centre

June 2018 - November 2021

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Delhi - South Campus

March 2017 - 2018

Project Associate

University of Delhi - South Campus

January 2010 - December 2010

Education

Ph.D (Department of Genetics)

University of Delhi - South Campus

January 2011 - January 2017

Msc. (Department of Biochemistry)

University of Delhi - South Campus

June 2007 - May 2009

Bsc (H) (Department of Biochemistry)

University of Delhi

June 2004 - May 2007

Certifications
Publications
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Nitika Mukhi, Hee-Kyung Ahn, Guanghao Guo, Jan Skłenar, Shania Pin Yin Keh, Sung Un Huh, Michelle T. Hulin, Hayden Burdett, Maria Sindalovskaya, Jihyeon Choi, et al. (2025). Recognition-dependent activation of the RRS1-R/RPS4 immune receptor complex .
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nitika Mukhi, Hannah Brown, Danylo Gorenkin, Pingtao Ding, Adam R. Bentham, Clare E. M. Stevenson, Jonathan D. G. Jones, Mark J. Banfield(2021). Perception of structurally distinct effectors by the integrated WRKY domain of a plant immune receptor . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118. (50). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nitika Mukhi, Suman Kundu, Jagreet Kaur(2020). Coping with stress: role of Arabidopsis phytoglobins in defence against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum . Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 29. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 804--815. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Nitika Mukhi, Adam R. Bentham, Juan Carlos De la Concepcion, Rafał Zdrzałek, Markus Draeger, Danylo Gorenkin, Richard K. Hughes, Mark J. Banfield (2020). A molecular roadmap to the plant immune system . Journal of Biological Chemistry.
(2020). A molecular roadmap to the plant immune system . Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Nitika Mukhi, Danylo Gorenkin, Mark J. Banfield (2020). Exploring folds, evolution and host interactions: understanding effector structure/function in disease and immunity . New Phytologist.
(2020). Exploring folds, evolution and host interactions: understanding effector structure/function in disease and immunity . New Phytologist.
(2019). BjuWRR1, a CC-NB-LRR gene identified in Brassica juncea, confers resistance to white rust caused by Albugo candida . Theoretical and Applied Genetics.
Mukhi N, Kundu S, Kaur J(2017). NO dioxygenase- and peroxidase-like activity of Arabidopsis phytoglobin 3 and its role in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum defense . Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry.
Uppal S, Kumar A, Shandilya M, Mukhi N, Singh AK, Kateriya S, Kaur J, Kundu S(2016). Penta- and hexa-coordinate ferric hemoglobins display distinct pH titration profiles measured by Soret peak shifts . Analytical biochemistry.
Mukhi N, Dhindwal S, Uppal S, Kapoor A, Arya R, Kumar P, Kaur J, Kundu S(2016). Structural and Functional Significance of the N- and C-Terminal Appendages in Arabidopsis Truncated Hemoglobin . Biochemistry.
Uppal S, Salhotra S, Mukhi N, Zaidi FK, Seal M, Dey SG, Bhat R, Kundu S(2015). Significantly enhanced heme retention ability of myoglobin engineered to mimic the third covalent linkage by nonaxial histidine to heme (vinyl) in synechocystis hemoglobin . The Journal of biological chemistry.
Mukhi N, Dhindwal S, Uppal S, Kumar P, Kaur J, Kundu S(2013). X-ray crystallographic structural characteristics of Arabidopsis hemoglobin I and their functional implications . Biochimica et biophysica acta.
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N Mukhi, H Brown, D Gorenkin, P Ding, AR Bentham, JDG Jones, MJ Banfield(2021). Perception of structurally distinct effectors by the integrated WRKY domain of a plant immune receptor . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Nitika Mukhi, R. Sivasubramanian, Jagreet Kaur(2015). Arabidopsis thaliana: A Model for Plant Research . Plant Biology and Biotechnology. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1--26. Springer India