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I am researcher with more than 10 years of experience:  experimental biology: Molecular biology - DNA/RNA isolation, cloning, mutagenesis and library construction, next generation sequencing (NGS) library construction, RNA editing Biochemistry - purification of proteins and peptides, ribosomal profiling, enzyme kinetics, assay development, click chemistry-based assays, phosphoprotein analysis Biophysics – circular dichroism, fluorescence Bioinformatics - nucleic acid analysis, NGS analysis pipeline development, Pymol, Python programming Systems - bacterial, mammalian cell lines, Xenopus oocytes, squid neurons  applied to fields of: Virology, Neurobiology  Research methodology - literature survey, planning and executing experiments independently and in collaborations, analyzing data, writing reports and manuscripts, and data presentations – powerpoint and posters. I am detail-oriented and time-conscious person.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Separation & Purification
• ☆ Peptide Synthesis
• ☆ Virology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Genetic Engineering
• ☆ Protein/Enzyme Engineering
• ☆ English Language
• ☆ Science Education
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Senior Domain Expert - MANAV project

Indian Institute of Science Education Research Pune

2019 - Present

Post-doctoral researcher

National Institutes of Health

2013 - 2018

Visiting Scientist (periodic visits)

Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, University of Santiago, Montemar, Chile

April 2013 - September 2017

Whitman Center Associate Scientist

Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA

July 2016 - September 2016

Visiting Scientist (periodic visits)

Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, India

October 2008 - September 2011

Exchange program (Researcher)

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

May 2008 - September 2008

Education

Ph.D. (Department of Biochemistry)

Indian Institute of Science

2005 - 2012

Bacherlor of Science (Department of Biochemistry)

University of Delhi

2000 - 2003

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2018). Demonstration of ion channel synthesis by isolated squid giant axon provides functional evidence for localized axonal membrane protein translation . Scientific reports.

(2013). The N-terminal region containing the zinc finger domain of tobacco streak virus coat protein is essential for the formation of virus-like particles . Archives of virology.

(2012). Novel ATPase activity of the polyprotein intermediate, Viral Protein genome-linked-Nuclear Inclusion-a protease, of Pepper vein banding potyvirus . Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

(2011). Functional regulation of PVBV Nuclear Inclusion protein-a protease activity upon interaction with Viral Protein genome-linked and phosphorylation . Virology.

CONFERENCE POSTER

(2016). Functional evidence for protein translation in squid giant axons. Gordon Research Conference - Cell Biology of the Neuron (New Hampshire, USA).

(2011). Natively unfolded Viral Protein genome-linked (VPg) of Pepper Vein Banding Virus (PVBV) gains structure and function upon interaction with globular protease domain (NIa-Pro). International Union of Microbiological Societies 2011 Congress ( Sapporo, Japan).

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

(2012). Functional reciprocity between disordered and ordered protein domains: An example from Picorna-like virus superfamily. Gordon Research Conference – Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (Vermont, USA).

(2011). The evolving role of natively unfolded proteins in plant virus. National University of Singapore-IISc Joint Symposium (IISc, Bangalore, India).

CONFERENCE PAPER

(2008). TRendys meeting report 2008. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics Volume 45, Issue 6, December 2008, Pages 430-432.