Research Assistant
SIUC
Total years of experience :6 years, 11 Months
I have studied transcription and DNA repair in yeast, for my doctoral thesis.
Thesis Title: “A STUDY OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE TRANSCRIPTION AND DNA REPAIR”.
I have also been:
• Student Mentor
✓ Developed and executed rotation projects for graduate students in their first few years.
✓ Organized and provided scientific, technical training to Middle School and High School summer trainees: ✓ -Trained Illinois State fair "Illinois Junior Academy of Science" 2009 Gold Medal winner; Srinivas Panchmukhi.
✓ -Trained 2010 American Cancer Society Summer Research Fellow; Luke Stegmann.
And, I have expertise in the following techniques:
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
Nucleic acid isolation
PCR
Western blotting
Protein tagging
Transformation
Northern blotting
Gel electrophoresis
Cloning
Yeast growth & genetic analysis
In vivo & In vitro transcription
Spectrophotometry
Basic bioinformatics
RT-PCR
Protein Biochemistry - expression & protein purification
Microbiological techniques
I have about 10 peer-reviewed publications in International Journals.With 1 of my papers being selected for "Faculty of 1000"-biology; which chooses the top 2% of scientific contributions world-wide.
Also, I have presented 2posters at international scientific conferences:
• Poster presentation at Cold Spring Harbor Lab, New York - Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription 2011.
• Poster presentation at Research Town meeting, SIUC 2012.
I also have additional experience as:
-- Part-time faculty for TOEFL & call centre training at Orion Associates.
-- Administrative assistant and Counselor for George Edcare, India- centre for GRE & TOEFL Training.
-- Masters Training at National Institute of Virology, Pune, India
Masters Thesis Title: Monoclonal Antibody production of West Nile Virus.
-- Honors diploma in Web-centric computing; Academic Council of NIIT.
-- Summer Trainee- Biotechnology Central Institute of Cotton Research, Nagpur.
-- Summer Trainee- Biotechnology Orange City Hospital Research Institute Dept of Pathology - A+ grade.
I have an excellent academic record with one of my papers being chosen in the “Faculty of 1000” which recognizes the top 2% of scientific contributions in the field of biological science around the world.
I have experience in publishing papers in international journals and a familiarity with grant writing. I have also been fortunate to edit the papers that have been published from my lab. I am certain that with my background I will be able to contribute to jobs available in my field of science. And, I am confident that I will be a valuable addition to a place that is looking to hire motivated and quick learning individuals. I have demonstrated myself to be self-motivated, and have the commitment and determination to achieve my goals. I also have great organizational skills along with a firm sense of responsibility.
2007 - 2012: • Graduate Research Assistant
"A STUDY OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
TRANSCRIPTION AND DNA REPAIR"
• Selected for Faculty of 1000
• Graduate Research Assistant “A STUDY OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE TRANSCRIPTION AND DNA REPAIR”
2002-2004: Jiwaji University, India- Masters of Science, Biotechnology
1999-2002: Nagpur University, India- Bachelor of Science, Biotechnology