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OBJECTIVE

&#•••••; Looking for a Research Associate position in the Biotechnology/Molecular Biology R&D labs in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry

EDUCATION

Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA Masters degree ••••• - ••••• Biotechnology - Molecular biology - DNA repair (GPA - •••••)
Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore, India Masters degree ••••• Biochemistry (GPA - ••••• (••••••••••
Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore, India Bachelors degree ••••• Biotechnology and Biochemistry (GPA - •••••
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EXPERTISE AND SKILLS

&#•••••; Hands-on research experience for over 3 yrs in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology with expert domain knowledge in the Biology of DNA repair
&#•••••; Extensively performed PCRs, molecular cloning procedures, electrophoretic techniques for resolving DNA and proteins, radiolabeling and phosphorimaging
&#•••••; Experienced in purifying HIS-tagged and MBP-fusion recombinant proteins from ••••• expression hosts using various chromatographic procedures
&#•••••; Created various genomic knock-out lines of ••••• by P1 transduction procedure, and performed genetic complementation experiments by assaying cell survival
&#•••••; Remarkable troubleshooting experience in the laboratory
&#•••••; Skilled in designing primers, synthetic oligonucleotide substrates with desired modifications, making electronic constructs and drawing plasmid maps using software applications online
&#•••••; Very comfortable with the application of Bioinformatics for data analysis, DNA and protein multiple sequence alignments, literature search and research design
&#•••••; Broad knowledge base on various disciplines in the Life Sciences, particularly Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology and Cell Biology
&#•••••; Excellent documenting skills with impeccable attention to detail
&#•••••; A regular reader of all types of scientific literature
&#•••••; Participated in poster presentation and oral presentation sessions of the Annual Phi Sigma Research Symposium of Illinois State University, and in several symposia in India

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Phi Sigma Biological Honors Society Beta Lambda chapter
Society of Biological Chemists India Coimbatore chapter

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE & POSITIONS

Aug ••••• May ••••• - Graduate student and Teaching Assistant, Illinois State University, Normal, IL - Research project: Identification of human Endonuclease V PI: Dr. Erik D. Larson. Acquired experience in various types of molecular cloning, recombinant protein expression and purification from •••••, Affinity, SEC and Ion-exchange chromatography techniques, Agarose and Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for resolving DNA and proteins, Western Blots and Southern Blots. Gained experience in writing and editing grant proposals, manuscripts/research communications for publication (fellowships have been awarded for 2 grant proposals that I wrote for my lab and for my own research project).

Jan •••••May••••• - Lab Assistant and Master Tutor (Math & Science), Heartland Community College, Normal, IL - Prep Asst. for Biol. ••••• and •••••, and Biol. ••••• and provided academic support to students of all Biology, Chemistry and Math courses at HCC through the Academic Support Center

Feb •••••Sep ••••• - Senior Research Fellow in Biochemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India Biochemical analysis of nutritional characteristics and phytochemical properties in Arecanut and Turmeric samples during different stages of post-harvest processing and comparison of 3 proposed methods of processing in terms of retention of desired properties and characteristics PI: Dr. John Gunasekaran.

Jun •••••May ••••• - ••••• Research (Thesis), Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore, India - Evaluation of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant levels in the flowers of Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Swartz. PI: Dr. P.R. Padma

Summer ••••• - Summer Research Fellow, National Center for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore, India - Cloning and expression of the human Folate Binding Receptor in ••••• and CHO Fibroblast cell lines PI: Dr. Satyajit Mayor

Summer ••••• - Undergraduate intern, Pharmaceutical Research & Development Center, Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd., Mumbai, India - sterile microbiological techniques, plasmid minipreps, electrophoresis of DNA and proteins

Summer ••••• - Undergraduate intern, Medserve Clinical Laboratory and Research Center, Coimbatore, India ELISA, fluorimetric and spectrophotometric analyses of healthy and pathologic blood and urine samples for various clinical parameters.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATIONS

••••• Technical Writing for the Medical Professional (University of Ohio)

••••• Requirements gathering in business (Heartland Community College, Normal, IL)

AWARDS AND HONORS

••••• - Mockford-Thompson Research Fellowship Grant

••••• •••••el Research Fellowship Grant

••••• - Academic proficiency Award in Biochemistry (Rank 2 out of ••••• students in the Masters degree program) awarded by Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore, India.

••••• - Summer Research Fellowship awarded by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India (1 out of ••••• recipients in the country)

••••• - Academic proficiency Award in Biotechnology (Rank 1 out of ••••• students in the Bachelors degree program) awarded by Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore, India.

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

••••• Dr. Erik D. Larson
Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences,
Illinois State University
Phone: •••••
E-mail: •••••

••••• Dr. Laura A. Vogel
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences,
Illinois State University
Phone: •••••
E-mail: •••••