Improving the in vitro ecosystem for plant tissue culture using growth boosting bioreactors and automated dissecting machine

• Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the tissue culture laboratory.• Working with cross-functional operational and R&D teams of Flemings Nurseries Australia to deliver high quality plants on time and on budget.• Planning and executing mass scale tissue culture production for a wide range of plants including fruit tree rootstocks such as apple, pear, quince, cherries, almonds, citrus; landscape plants such as maples, birches, red buds, platanus, hydrangeas, lagerstroemia, and phormiums; Australian native trees such as eucalyptus, corymbias, and angophora.• Designing and conducting experiments involving plant tissue culture— initiation, upscaling, mass production, de-flasking, growing, and acclimatization.• Hiring, training, and supervising team members from hood operator to media makers.• Monitoring lab HSES, establishing SOPs, ordering chemicals and consumables, managing inventory, and maintaining lab equipment.• Designing and equipping TC lab, acclimatization-, and grow-on spaces.• Designing trays, cells, and potting mix for TC products.• Managing acclimatization spaces and greenhouse facilities.

Established a plant tissue culture lab for R&D initiatives. Initiated and developed protocols for in vitro culture of several fruit trees such as guava, papaya, banana, limes; medicinal plants. Modelled the affecting factors on protoplast and tissue culture of guava using complex Mixture-Amount Design.Optimized factors affecting In vitro grafting (STG).Employed tissue culture platform for identifying the performance of mycoplasma affected citrus.