Resumé

Current Academic Affiliation

• PhD (Started in July 2021), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Educational Profile 

• Heritage Institute of Technology, MAKAUT, Kolkata (2017-21): B.Tech Biotechnology

• St. Paul's Mission School, ISC, Kolkata (2017)

• St. Paul's Mission School, ICSE, Kolkata (2015)

Research Experience

• Light sheet microscopy and whole mount confocal imaging 

• RNA in situ hybridization for target gene expression studies

• Functional studies in vetebrate embryos using electroporation

• Molecular biology techniques

• Undergraduate research project entitled “Computational study of salt stress and iron stress response proteins in selected plant groups”, under the supervision of Dr. Soma Banerjee, Department of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata.

• Undertook a project entitled "In silico docking studies to find potential inhibitors against Papain-like protease of SARS-COV2" during internship at Department of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, under the supervision of Dr. Nandan K Jana (May 2020). 

• Internship at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata under the supervision of Dr. Abhijit Chakraborty, Head of Genomics (Dec-Jan 2020). Studied lipid asymmetry and protein aggregation.

• Internship at Lab of Clinical Pathology, AMRI Hospital, Kolkata under the supervision of Dr. Sudipto Roy, Head of Pathology (June 2019). Studied diagnostic tools for disease detection- fluorescent microscopy, biofire, vitek and microbiology-based techniques.

Achievements

• Presented poster titled "Role of cell adhesion molecules CDON and BOC in forebrain roof plate invagination", at Frontiers in Genomic Engineering 2023 conference, BITS Pilani, Goa

• Presented paper titled "Mouse bone marrow stromal cells differentiate to neuron-like cells upon inhibition of BMP signaling", Saxena et al., at the National Conference on Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology (NCEIB-2022),  Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology for the Handicapped, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

• Offered the course "Introduction to Cell Biology" at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal

• Conducted PMRF-NPTEL sessions for the NPTEL course "Bioengineering: An interface with Biology and Medicine"

• Offered a course on "Biochemistry" at Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology for the Handicapped, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

• Conducted PMRF-NPTEL sessions for the NPTEL course "Introduction to Developmental Biology" 

• Taught a course on Physiology on Youtube as part of PMRF deliverables

• Gold medal awarded in B.Tech, Heritage Institute of Technology

•  Secured AIR 62 in GATE Biotechnology,2021

•  Selected first in 'Top 20 best entrepreneurial ideas' by Freeflow talent drive, “Desal Filter” (March 2020)

•  Stood third in Eureka event held in IIT KGP, “Un-reusable water bottle” (December 2018)

•  Editor of Bio-beo wall magazine of Department of Biotechnology, HITK (2018)

• ICSE award, St. Paul's Mission School, 2015