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Hire Dr. Sonali B.

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Freelance Researcher & Writer | Specialized in Plant molecular biology, Genomics, Bioinformatics | 2+ yrs of experience

Profile Summary

Specialization in plant biotechnology, genomics (doctoral research work), and about 2.6 years of research experience on gene expression studies in rice NUE and Zinc/Iron biofortification. Have good knowledge in designing and executing experiments, interpretation of results, statistical analysis, and manuscript writing.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biology/Life Sciences
• ★ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ★ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Plant Breeding & Genetics
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Comparative Genomics
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Peer Review

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing

Research Market Research, User Research, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Work Experience

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology

SDMVM College of Agricultural Biotechnology

July 2022 - Present

Senior Research Fellow

Indian Institute of Rice Research

January 2018 - July 2020

Education

PhD (Biotechnology)

Visva-Bharati

October 2012 - September 2017

Certifications

• Bioinformatics Methods I

  coursera

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/certificate/B7HB48SNERSW

  June 2021 - Present

• Writing Articles

  LinkedIn

  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/writing-articles-2

  May 2021 - Present

• Introduction to Data Science

  LinkedIn

  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/introduction-to-data-science-2

  May 2021 - Present

• Certified Peer Review Course

  ELSEVIER

  March 2021 - Present

• Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production

  NPTEL

  January 2021 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sonali Bej, Wilfredo B. Barrera, Suman K, Malathi Surapaneni, R. M. Sundaram, C. N. Neeraja (2022). Promising rice genotypes with enhanced root growth and HMA transporter gene expression under zinc deficient conditions . Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

Sonali Bej, K. Suman, C. N. Neeraja, P. Madhubabu, Santosha Rathod, K. P. Jadhav, J. Aravind Kumar, U. Chaitanya, Smita C. Pawar, Surekha H. Rani, et al. (2021). Identification of Promising RILs for High Grain Zinc Through Genotype × Environment Analysis and Stable Grain Zinc QTL Using SSRs and SNPs in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) . Frontiers in Plant Science.

Sonali Bej, C. N. Neeraja, Kalyani M. Barbadikar, T. Krishnakanth, I. Subhakara Rao, B. Srikanth, D. Sanjeeva Rao, D. Subrahmanyam, P. Raghuveer Rao, S. R. Voleti (2021). Down regulation of transcripts involved in selective metabolic pathways as an acclimation strategy in nitrogen use efficient genotypes of rice under low nitrogen . 3 Biotech.

Sonali Bej, CN Neeraja, T Krishna Kanth, K Suman, Kalyani M Barbadikar, SR Voleti(2020). Correlation of expressional pattern of Ubiquitin activating gene with grain Fe content in rice . Oryza-An International Journal on Rice. 57. (3). p. 251--259. Association of Rice Research Workers

Sonali Bej, Jolly Basak(2014). MicroRNAs: The Potential Biomarkers in Plant Stress Response . American Journal of Plant Sciences. 05. (05). p. 748--759. Scientific Research Publishing, Inc.

OTHER

Sonali Bej, Chirravuri N. Neeraja, Sitapati R. Voleti, Subrahmanyam Desiraju, Surekha Kuchi, Krishnakanth Talapanti, Raghuveer R. Puskur(2021). Molecular Breeding for Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rice: Progress and Perspectives . Molecular Breeding for Rice Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Quality. p. 234--248. Wiley

Sonali Bej, Jolly Basak(2017). Abiotic Stress Induced Epigenetic Modifications in Plants: How Much Do We Know? . Plant Epigenetics. p. 493--512. Springer International Publishing