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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Manoj Majee
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| birth_place = [[West Bengal]], India
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| residence = [[New Delhi]], West Bengal, India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Molecular biology|Plant molecular biology]] | [[Biochemistry]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | National Institute of Plant Genome Research }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist|[[Burdwan University]] | [[Visva-Bharati University]] | [[Bose Institute]]|[[Jadavpur University]] | [[University of Kentucky]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on plant stress and seed biology
| awards = {{ublist| 2011 [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Young Scientist Medal | 2011 [[National Academy of Sciences, India|NASI]] Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award | 2017/18 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] }}
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'''Manoj Majee''' is an Indian plant molecular biologist, biochemist, inventor and a senior scientist at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi. He is known for his studies on the molecular and biochemical basis of seed vigor, longevity and seedling establishment.<ref name="National Institute of Plant Genome Research">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nipgr.res.in/research/dr_mmajee.php |title=National Institute of Plant Genome Research |date=2018-12-30 |website=www.nipgr.res.in |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref>

Majee graduated in Botany with honors from [[Burdwan University]] in 1995 and obtained an MSc from [[Visva-Bharati University]] in 1998.<ref name="Dr. Manoj Majee (Post-Doctoral Researcher)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticulture/downie/Team/index.php?id=4 |title=Dr. Manoj Majee (Post-Doctoral Researcher) |date=2018-12-30 |website=www.uky.edu |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> His doctoral research was at [[Bose Institute]] on [[plant biochemistry]] and [[molecular biology]] which earned him a PhD from [[Jadavpur University]] in 2005 after which he did his post--doctoral work at the [[University of Kentucky]]. On his return to India, he joined the National Institute of Plant Genome Research as a staff scientist<ref name="Manoj Majee —BIO-PROTOCOL">{{Cite web |url=https://bio-protocol.org/UserHome.aspx?id=1003589 |title=Manoj Majee —BIO-PROTOCOL |date=2018-12-30 |website=bio-protocol.org |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> where he holds the position of a Scientist Grade V.<ref name="National Institute of Plant Genome Research" />

Majee holds two patents,<ref name="A salt tolerant l-myo-inositol 1 phosphate synthase and the process of obtaining the same">{{Cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2004053132A8/en |title=A salt tolerant l-myo-inositol 1 phosphate synthase and the process of obtaining the same |date=2018-12-30 |website=Google Patents |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> and has published a number of articles,<ref name="Manoj Majee - Google Scholar Citations">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1UqyE3UAAAAJ&hl=en |title=Manoj Majee - Google Scholar Citations |date=2018-12-30 |website=scholar.google.com |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 49 of them.<ref name="Manoj Majee - National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manoj_Majee |title=Manoj Majee - National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi |date=2018-12-30 |website=ResearchGate |language=en |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref><ref name="Manoj Majee - National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi - NIPGR - Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manoj_Majee2 |title=Manoj Majee - National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi - NIPGR - Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology |date=2018-12-30 |website=ResearchGate |language=en |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2017/18.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the Young Scientist Medal of the [[Indian National Science Academy]]<ref name="INSA :: AWARDS RECIPIENTS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/youngmedal.php |title=INSA :: AWARDS RECIPIENTS |date=2018-12-30 |website=www.insaindia.res.in |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> and the Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]], both in 2011.<ref name="The National Academy of Sciences, India - Activities">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/yspja.htm |title=The National Academy of Sciences, India - Activities |date=2018-12-30 |website=www.nasi.org.in |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
[[File:Bose Institute - Kolkata 7354.JPG|thumb|235px|Bose Institute]]
* {{Cite journal |last1=Downie |first1=A. Bruce |last2=Huq |first2=Enamul |last3=Vierstra |first3=Richard |last4=Hunt |first4=Arthur G. |last5=Chappell |first5=Joseph |last6=Zhu |first6=Ling |last7=Lloyd |first7=Taylor D. |last8=Dirk |first8=Lynnette M. A. |last9=Goodin |first9=Michael |date=2018-04-24 |title=KELCH F-BOX protein positively influences Arabidopsis seed germination by targeting PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR1 |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=115 |issue=17 |pages=E4120–E4129 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1711919115 |issn=1091-6490 |pmc=5924874 |pmid=29632208}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Majee |first1=Manoj |last2=Ghosh |first2=Shraboni |last3=Rao |first3=Venkateswara |last4=Verma |first4=Pooja |last5=Kaur |first5=Harmeet |last6=Kamble |first6=Nitin Uttam |last7=Petla |first7=Bhanu Prakash |last8=Saxena |first8=Saurabh Chandra |last9=Salvi |first9=Prafull |date=2016-10-11 |title=Differentially expressed galactinol synthase(s) in chickpea are implicated in seed vigor and longevity by limiting the age induced ROS accumulation |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=6 |pages=35088 |doi=10.1038/srep35088 |issn=2045-2322 |pmc=5057127 |pmid=27725707|bibcode=2016NatSR...635088S }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Prakash |first1=Bhanu |last2=Kamble |first2=Nitin |last3=Majee |first3=Manoj |date=2015-09-21 |title=Protein L-Isoaspartyl (D-aspartyl) Methyltransferases (PIMTs) are differentially regulated during seed development in Rice and provide seed vigor and longevity |doi=10.13140/rg.2.2.29218.89287|url=http://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.2.29218.89287 |publisher=Unpublished }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Majee |first1=Manoj |last2=Saxena |first2=Saurabh C. |last3=Rao |first3=Venkateswara |last4=Petla |first4=Bhanu Prakash |last5=Kaur |first5=Harmeet |last6=Verma |first6=Pooja |date=2013-03-01 |title=PROTEIN l-ISOASPARTYL METHYLTRANSFERASE2 Is Differentially Expressed in Chickpea and Enhances Seed Vigor and Longevity by Reducing Abnormal Isoaspartyl Accumulation Predominantly in Seed Nuclear Proteins |journal=Plant Physiology |language=en |volume=161 |issue=3 |pages=1141–1157 |doi=10.1104/pp.112.206243 |issn=1532-2548 |pmc=3585586 |pmid=23284083}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Arora |first1=Sandeep |last2=Majee |first2=Manoj |last3=Dobriyal |first3=Anoop K. |last4=Jain |first4=Sourabh |last5=Saxena |first5=Saurabh C. |last6=Bhatt |first6=Deepesh |date=2013-02-01 |title=Cloning, expression and functional validation of drought inducible ascorbate peroxidase (Ec-apx1) from Eleusine coracana |journal=Molecular Biology Reports |language=en |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=1155–1165 |doi=10.1007/s11033-012-2157-z |pmid=23065288 |s2cid=17281561 |issn=1573-4978}}

== Patents ==
* {{Cite document |title=Seed Vigor Associated Polynucleotide Sequences From Chickpea And Uses |date=2018-12-30 }}
* {{Cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2004053132A8/en |title=A salt tolerant l-myo-inositol 1 phosphate synthase and the process of obtaining the same |date=2018-12-30 |website=Google Patents |access-date=2018-12-30}}

== See also ==
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* [[Plant stress measurement]]
* [[Polynucleotide]]
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{{portal|India||Biology}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9156-2951 |title=Majee on ORCID |date=2018-12-30 |website=orcid.org |access-date=2018-12-30}}

{{N-BIOS Laureates 2010–2019}}

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