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Hire Dr. ARAVIND S.

India

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Passionate researcher | Freelance science communicator and scientific editor | Microbiologist with 7+ years experience

Profile Summary

I am an enthusiastic microbiologist with over 7 years of experience in the fields of Bacteriology, Molecular diagnostics, Genetic engineering, Immunology, and Vaccinology. During this period, I have gained substantial proficiency in design, experimentation, data analysis, scientific and grant proposal writing. My notable accolades in scientific communication include 4 research articles in renowned microbiology and immunology journals including the Journal of Immunological methods, LWT, International Immunopharmacology, and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and the best oral presentation prize from ‘Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)’. Scientific expertise: - Bacterial pathogenesis - Microbial diagnostics - Genomics - Candidate vaccine design - Molecular cloning and gene editing - Recombinant protein production in bacterial, yeast, and mammalian expression system - Administration/Immunization and mice models - Immunological characterization of candidate vaccines Key strengths - using mind maps to simplify aspects to be covered in manuscript writing - writing a scientifically compelling story with a convincing word flow interlinking major aspects of the manuscript including: the problem statement, knowledge gap, prior approaches, scope, the novelty of proposed approach, methodology used, key results, the implication of results, key findings and relevance to the field, future prospects, etc. - Working experience with reference manager tools like Mendeley and Endnote for various journal-style reference modifications. Prior assignments: - Mentoring students on academic reading and writing - Creating scientific illustrations for publications and presentations - Providing scientific writing, proofreading, editing, and rebuttal writing assistance on research manuscripts for their acceptance in high-quality peer-reviewed journals My scientific experience and interests within these fields have uniquely bestowed me with the versatility to confidently handle a wide range of projects. Looking forward to working on various challenging projects as per the client’s need.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ★ Science Communication
• ★ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Immunoassay
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Renewable Energy
• ☆ Biologic & Biosimilar Development
• ☆ Vaccine Development
• ☆ Gene Therapy

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Postdoctoral fellow

VIT University

February 2020 - December 2020

Research Fellow

DRDO Defense Food Research Laboratory

January 2012 - August 2018

Education

Ph.D. Microbiology (Microbiology)

Bharathiar University

January 2013 - December 2019

M.Sc. Biotechnology (School of Biosciences and Technology)

VIT University

July 2010 - June 2012

B.Sc. (Hons) Biosciences (Biosciences)

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

June 2007 - March 2010

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2018). Intranasal co-administration of recombinant active fragment of Zonula occludens toxin and truncated recombinant EspB triggers potent systemic, mucosal immune responses and reduces span of E. coli O157:H7 fecal shedding in BALB/c mice . Medical Microbiology and Immunology.

(2018). Intranasal immunization of cocktail/fusion protein containing Tir along with ΔG active fragment of Zot as mucosal adjuvant confers enhanced immunogenicity and reduces E. coli O157:H7 shedding in mice . International Immunopharmacology.

(2017). Selective and concurrent detection of viable Salmonella spp., E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli O157:H7, and Shigella spp., in low moisture food products by PMA-mPCR assay with internal amplification control . LWT.

(2013). Evaluation of IgY capture ELISA for sensitive detection of Alpha hemolysin of Staphylococcus aureus without staphylococcal protein A interference . Journal of Immunological Methods.