Fuke Hako | Biological Sciences | Research Excellence Award

Mr. Fuke Hako | Biological Sciences | Research Excellence Award

Master Student at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University | Papua New Guinea

Mr. Fuke Hako is an emerging researcher in microbiology and agricultural biotechnology, specializing in lactic acid bacteria and their applications in silage fermentation systems. His work focuses on improving forage preservation, nutrient quality, and animal productivity through microbiome-based approaches, integrating microbial isolation, fermentation analysis, and genome-level insights. His research explores interactions between bacteria and fungi, silage additives, and optimized ensiling strategies for sustainable agriculture. With early-stage publications in fermentation science, his academic impact is developing, with initial indexing in Google Scholar and Scopus, reflecting growing citations, document contributions, and an emerging h-index in silage microbiology research.

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Mr. Ikram Ullah | Biological Sciences | Research Excellence Award

Mr. Ikram Ullah | Biological Sciences | Research Excellence Award

Northwest A&F University | China

Mr. Ikram Ullah is an emerging life science researcher specializing in plant genomics, molecular biology, and stress physiology, with a particular focus on horticultural crops. His research centers on genome-wide identification, characterization, and functional analysis of key gene and transcription factor families that regulate plant growth, defense pathways, and stress responses. He has contributed significantly to understanding bHLH, CRK, YABBY, callose enzyme, and Tubby-Like Protein gene families, providing new insights into their structural diversity, expression dynamics, and regulatory roles under biotic and abiotic stresses. His work extends to plant–pathogen interactions, root microbiota, cold stress management, heat stress mitigation, and hormonal modulation in economically important crops such as rose, cucumber, wheat, pepper, Brassica species, and tuberose. He is skilled in advanced molecular techniques, gene expression profiling, microbial metagenomics, and bioinformatics tools that support integrative genomic analyses. His research contributions are reflected in his citation metrics, with notable visibility across global indexing platforms. According to Scopus, his work has received around 1,900 citations from approximately 1,606 documents with an h-index of 23. His broader academic footprint on Google Scholar further highlights his growing impact within plant sciences and biotechnology. Mr. Ullah’s research continues to advance molecular breeding, stress-resilience strategies, and genomic understanding essential for sustainable horticulture and crop improvement.

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Ullah, I., Yuan, W., Uzair, M., Li, S., Rehman, O., Nanda, S., & Wu, H. (2022). Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the RcYABBYs reveals their potential functions in rose under Botrytis cinerea infection. Horticulturae, 8, 989.

Ullah, I., Ponsalven, A., Abbas, A., Hussain, S., & Nanda, S. (2022). Molecular characterization of bHLH transcription factor family in rose under Botrytis cinerea infection.

Ullah, I., et al. (2025). Molecular mechanisms and genomic strategies for enhancing stress resilience in pepper crop. Scientia Horticulturae, 352, 114403.

Tang, Y., Wu, J., Zhao, M., Guo, Y., Ullah, I., & Wu, H. (2020). Complete genome sequence of begonia flower breaking virus, a novel member of the genus Potyvirus. Archives of Virology, 165, 1915–1918.

Nanda, S., Rout, P., Ullah, I., Swapna, R., Velagala, V. R., Ritesh, K., & Wu, H. (2023). Genome-wide identification and molecular characterization of CRK gene family in cucumber under cold stress and sclerotium rolfsii infection. BMC Genomics, 24, 219.