My fascination with biology dates back to my high school years. Reading about the remarkable discoveries ignited a passion for research within me, opening up new avenues for exploration and study.  

Work experience

Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology                       Jodhpur                                                                                                 

–  Carrying out project entitled “Understanding the role of Molecular Chaperone in protein aggregation” under the supervision of Dr. Neha Jain, Associate Professor and EMBO Global Investigator

–  Review Literature pertaining to research being conducted in the scientific area of Amyloidosis, [Protein Aggregation and Parkinson’s Disease.

–  Work involved utilizing Molecular Biology techniques – Media and Buffer Preparation, Protein Purification and Protein Aggregation Kinetics Assay

•    Junior Research Fellow                                                                                     August 2024  –November 2024

Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology                            Guwahati                                                                                                 

–  Carrying out project entitled “Inter-organelle communications: deciphering their physiological relevance in Parkinson’s disease model” under the supervision of Dr. Shirisha Nagotu, Assistant Professor

–  Review Literature pertaining to research being conducted in the scientific area of Inter-organelle Communication, Split GFP System and Parkinson’s Disease

–  Constructed a double deletion strain of cta1 and ctt1 for laboratory experimental procedures.

–  Work involved utilizing Molecular Biology techniques – Media and Buffer Preparation, Plasmid Isolation, Genomic DNA Isolation, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Restriction Digestion, Polymerase Chain Reaction and PCR-Cleanup and Yeast Transformation – Quick and Endogenous type

 •   Master's Thesis Trainee                                                                                                           August 2023  – June 2024

 Department of Zoology, Central University of Punjab

Bathinda                                                                                                                                                                            

–  Carried out project entitled “Mutational Analysis of DJ-1 and PLA2G6 Gene in early and late onset of Parkinson's disease patients” under the supervision of Dr. Balachandar Vellingiri, Associate Professor

–  Review Literature pertaining to research being conducted in the scientific area of Mutational Analysis, Ferroptosis, DJ-1, PLA2G6 and Parkinson’s Disease

–  Work involved utilizing Molecular Biology techniques – DNA Isolation from blood samples, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Designing Primer using PrimerBLAST, PCR and Sanger Sequencing data analysis using DNA Baser Software

 Education

Oct. 2022- June 2024     Masters of Science (Zoology) 

                                         Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India 

Aug. 2018- July 2021      Bachelors in Sciences (Life Sciences)

                                         Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) , New Delhi, India 

April 2017 - May 2018    Class XII 

                                         D.A.V Centenary Public School, Meerut, India

 Summer Research Experience

• Summer Lab Intern in the Bio Resolution Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Nitin Mohan at Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering , Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT) Kanpur.

• A two-week Summer Training Programme on the topic, “Current Diagnostic & Therapeutic Modalities for COVID-19”, organized by the Department of Zoology, Shivaji College, University of Delhi. Learnt about Reverse Vaccinology: Immunoinformatics tools like BepiPred 2.0, NetMHCpan-4.1 and PROSITE.

• Research intern at Bioinformatics Centre, Sri Venketeswara College, University of Delhi worked on the Breast Cancer Project.This project allowed me to develop bioinformatics skills including sequence annotation, using different databases like PDB, PubChem, NCBI, visualization tool- Rasmol, Molecular Docking - "Sanjeevni" software by IIT Delhi 

• The Online Summer Internship ‘COVID-19: Epidemiology & Impacts’ organized by Department of Zoology, Shivaji College under the aegis of DBT Star College Scheme. Learnt about Live Chart Making, Survey Making, Research Paper Reading and Bioinformatics Tools - NCBI ORFFinder, ClusterOmega, PubChem,BLAST 

Academic Distinctions

•    Biomedical Research Eligibility Test (BRET) 2024 DHR-ICMR JRF Rank 18 

•    Graduate Aptitude Test - Biotechnology (GAT-B) 2021

          All India Rank (AIR) - 149 among 10, 000 Candidates

•     Merit Certificate Subject School Topper Biology 2021

          DAV Centenary Public School, Meerut 

Technical Skills

Molecular Biology    : Nucleic Acid Isolation, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, Western Blotting*, Polymerase Chain Reaction and qRT-PCR 

Biochemical Techniques : Buffer Preparation, Protein Purification and Estimation

Immunology Techniques : Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay*, Immunohistochemistry 

Microbiology : Culturing and isolation of bacteria; bacterial staining 

Genetic Engineering : Plasmid Isolation, Restriction Digestion and Ligation, Molecular Cloning, primer designing using PRIMER BLAST and PCR Amplification 

Animal Handling : Culturing of Planaria, isolation of nucleic acid from planaria, Zebrafish handling and Microinjection in Zebrafish embryos, Hydra culturing, C.elegans maintenance

Bioinformatics  : Protein structure visualization using PyMOL, Rasmol, Docking using AutoDock, alignment using NCBI BLAST and ClustalW

Analytical Techniques* : Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence Microscopy and FPLC       *Elementary Proficiency