Isha Kalra

My main interest is understanding microbial photosynthesis in extreme environment and the metabolic changes associated with it. My work focuses on understanding the photosynthetic adaptive strategies of polyextremophilic Antarctic green algae with a focus on alternative electron transport around Photosystem I. I routinely use fluorescence spectroscopy, organelle and protein complex isolation using density gradients, shot-gun proteomics and molecular biology tools to answer my research questions.