Conferences

1. Mariet Jose, Dinesh Raj R., Varghese G. and Thomas G. Is Njavara (Oryza sativa), the ancient medicinal rice endemic to Kerala, India, a distinct gene pool: Evidence from microsatellite data. Paper presented at 3rd International Rice Congress, November 8-12, 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2. Dinesh Raj R and Thomas G. Collection and molecular characterization of traditional rice varieties of Kerala using RAPD markers. Paper presented at 97th Indian Science Congress, 3-7 January, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
3. Deena T.K., Sajeevan R S., Rajesh Kumar T., Geethu E. T., Rajamanickam R., Sabu M and Thomas G. Development of DNA barcode targets in Zingiberaceae family. Paper presented at 97th Indian Science Congress, 3-7 January, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
4. Mariet. J., Dinesh Raj R., Varghese G. and Thomas G. Genetic resources of medicinal rice (Oryza sativa) in Kerala. Paper presented at the seminar on ‘Ethnobotany, the plant friendly practices on medicinal plants’ , Department of Botany, St. Teresa’s college, Ernakulam, Kerala, India, October 6-7, 2009.
5. Thomas G. DNA taxonomy: recent advances: Invited talk at National Seminar on ‘Advances in Biology’ organized by Department of Botany and Biotechnology, Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, March 04, 2009.
6. Deena T.K., Sajeevan R S., Rajesh Kumar T., Geethu E. T., Rajamanickam R., Sabu M and Thomas G. Development of DNA barcode for medicinally important species in family Zingiberaceae. Paper presented at the National Seminar on “Molcules to drugs – Frontiers of genetic diversity on herbs for better health care” Department of Botany, Mar Athanasius Collge, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India, January 21-22, 2009 (Merit award to Deena, T.K for the best oral presentation)
7. Thomas G., Aswati Nair R., Kavitha P. G and Kiran A.G. Gene discovery for genetic improvement: a ginger experience. Invited talk at National Seminar on ‘Molecule to drugs- frontiers of genetic diversity on herbs for better health care’ organized by Department of Botany, Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India, January 21-22, 2009.
8. Thomas G. DNA barcoding in plant-Utilities and prospects. Invited talk at ICAR short course on “In vitro Techniques in plantation crops” organized by Central Plantation crops Research Institute, Kasaragod, Kerala, India, January 15-24, 2009.
9. Thomas G and Kiran A. G. Resistance genes in plants-Molecular organization and function. Invited talk at ICAR winter school on ‘Identification and cloning of defense genes in plants organized by Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Kerala, India, January 8-28, 2009.
10. Thomas G. DNA barcoding: A new tool for identifying biological specimens. Invited talk at National Seminar on ‘Genomics and transgenics- Challenges and Prospects’ organized by Department of Biotechnology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India, November 14, 2008.
11. Dinesh Raj R., Kiran A. G., Hari kumar V. S. and Thomas G. Genetic diversity and population structure of natural populations of Oryza rufipogaon Griff. from Kerala, India. Paper presented at the National Seminar on “From chromosomes to genomes’, Department of Botany, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, March 26-28, 2008.
12. Sajeevan R. S., Rajesh Kumar P., Sabu M and Thomas G. DNA barcoding of selected species of family Zingiberaceae. Paper presented at the National Seminar on “From chromosomes to genomes’, Department of Botany, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, March 26-28, 2008 (Merit award to Sajeevan, R.S for the oral presentation).
13. Thomas G., Sreejayan and Dinesh Raj R. Njavara the most used medicinal rice in the world: Genetic structure, varietal discrimination and phylogenetic affinity. Paper presented at the ‘2nd International Rice Congress’, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi ,October 9-13, 2006.
14. Kavitha P. G. and Thomas G. Biotechnological approaches towards developing ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) cultivars with improved resistance to soft-rot disease. Poster presented at ‘ABIC 2006 conference’ Melbourne, Australia August 6 – 9, 2006.
15. Aswati Nair R and Thomas G. Isolation, characterization, diversity analysis and expression studies of resistance gene candidates (RGCs) from Zingiber spp. Paper presented at the ‘4th International Symposium on the Family Zingiberaceae’, Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore, July 3 – 6, 2006.
16. Kavitha P.G. and Thomas G. Zingiber zerumbet,a potential donor for soft-rot resistance in ginger: genetics structure and functional genomics In extended abstracts of 18th Kerala Science Congress, Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala, India, pp. 169-171, 2006. (Young Scientist Award to Kavitha, P.G., Under Biotechnology)