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Assistant Professor
POTION Lab, Crop Sciences, #384 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory, 1201 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Illinois, USA
Tel: (+1) 2173334378
E-mail: amitrai9@illinois.edu
Website: https://experts.illinois.edu/en/persons/amit-rai
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=_PyqG7MAAAAJ&hl=ja
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amit_Rai23
Lab website: https://publish.illinois.edu/potion-lab/home/
Area of expertise: Functional genomics, metabolomics, plant genome analysis, functional genomics, specialized metabolites biosynthesis, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics
Speciality Area:Metabolism and Biochemistry
Selected Publications:
Baruah C, Rai A, Sarma A, Gogoi G, Konwar U, Dutta U, Khanna S, Singh SP, and Barah P. (2026). Untargeted serum metabolomics reveals differential signatures in gallstone-associated and gallstone-free gallbladder cancer variants. J. Proteome Res. 25: 589-606.
Rai, M., Dutta, M., Saito, K., and Rai, A. (2025). A deep dive into plant metabolomics: milestones, technologies, and translational impact. Plant Physiol. 199: kiaf408.
Rai, M., Rai, A., Yokosaka, T., Mori, T., Nakabayashi, R., Nakamura, M., Suzuki, H., Saito, K., and Yamazaki, M. (2025). Multi-Omics Analysis Decodes Biosynthesis of Specialized Metabolites Constituting the Therapeutic Terrains of Magnolia obovata. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 26: 1068.
Rai, M., Rai, A., Mori, T., Nakabayashi, R., Nakamura, M., Kojoma, M., Suzuki, H., Saito, K., and Yamazaki, M. (2025). Multi-omics analysis reveals tissue-specific biosynthesis and accumulation of diterpene alkaloids in Aconitum japonicum. J. Nat. Med. 79: 499–516.
Rai, A., Hirakawa, H., Rai, M., Shimizu, Y., Shirasawa, K., Kikuchi, S., Seki, H., Nakabayashi, R., Saito, K., and Yamazaki, M. (2022). Chromosome-scale genome assembly of Glycyrrhiza uralensis revealed metabolic gene cluster-centred specialized metabolite biosynthesis. DNA Res. 29: dsac043.
Rai, M., Rai, A., Mori, T., Nakabayashi, R., Yamamoto, M., Nakamura, M., Suzuki, H., Saito, K., and Yamazaki, M. (2021). Gene-Metabolite Network Analysis Revealed Tissue-Specific Accumulation of Therapeutic Metabolites in Mallotus japonicus. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22: 8835.
Tsugawa, H., Rai, A., Saito, K., and Nakabayashi R. (2021). Metabolomics and complementary techniques to investigate the plant phytochemical cosmos. Nat. Pro. Rep. 38: 1729–1759.
Rai, A., Hirakawa, H., Nakabayashi, R., Kikuchi, S., Hayashi, K., Rai, M., Tsugawa, H,, Nakaya, T., Mori, T., Nagasaki, H., Fukushi, R., Kusuya, Y., Takahashi, H., Uchiyama, H., Toyoda, A., Hikosaka, S., Goto, E., Saito, K., and Yamazaki, M. (2021). Multi-scaffolding driven chromosome-level Ophiorrhiza genome revealed gene cluster centered evolution of camptothecin biosynthesis. Nat. Commun. 12: 405.
Tsugawa H, Nakabayashi R, Mori T, Yamada Y, Takahashi M, Rai A, Sugiyama R, Yamamoto H, Nakaya T, Yamazaki M, Kooke R, Bac-Molenaar JA, Oztolan-Erol N, Keurentjes JJB, Arita M, Saito K. (2019). A cheminformatics approach to characterize metabolomes in stable-isotope-labeled organisms. Nat. Methods 16: 295–298.
Shimizu, Y., Rai, A., Okawa, Y., Tomatsu, H., Sato, M., Kera, K., Suzuki, H., Saito, K., and Yamazaki, M. (2019). Metabolic diversification of nitrogen-containing metabolites by expression of a heterologous lysine decarboxylase gene in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 100: 505-521.
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