RESUME
Education
M. Tech in Biotechnology
Heritage Institute of Technology, West Bengal, India.
2015 - 2017, DGPA : 8.14 out of 10
Master’s thesis: “Molecular docking and virtual screening studies for potential inhibitors of Zika virus polymerase protein”
B. Tech in Biotechnology
Bengal Institute of Technology, West Bengal, India.
2011 - 2015, DGPA : 8.61 out of 10
Bachelor’s thesis: “Isolation of fungal laccase enzyme and docking studies for bioremediation”
Research Interests
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Neuroscience
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Bioinformatics
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Molecular Biology
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Genetics
Research
experience
Department of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, India – Under Supervision of Dr. Nandan Kumar Jana.
01/2020 - present
Synopsis: Structure prediction of contactin-associated proteins (caspr) associated with neural diseases.
Glial Pathology Lab, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, USA – Under Supervision of Dr. Stephen J. Crocker.
08/2019 - 10/2019
Synopsis: Role of microglia in Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy or Krabbe Disease.
Department of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, India – Under Supervision of Dr. Nandan Kumar Jana.
11/2017 - 06/2019
Synopsis: Computational investigation of potential drug targets for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease.
Supramolecular Chemistry Lab, Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, India – Under Supervision of Dr. Debapratim Das.
06/2014 - 07/2014
Synopsis: Synthesis and purification of cucurbituril analogues for biomedical applications.
Industrial Training, DSR Genome Technologies Private Ltd., Kolkata, India.
01/2014 - 02/2014
Synopsis: Hands-on training in Karyotyping and diagnosis of genetic and chromosomal disorders, PCR techniques, DNA sequencing and DNA fingerprinting.
Computer skills
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C language
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Data Structure
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DBMS / Oracle 9i
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R Basics
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Structural Bioinformatics
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Origin Plotting Software
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Microsoft Office
Languages Known
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English
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Hindi
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Bengali
Memberships
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Regular STUDENT member, American Chemical Society (ACS), USA.
Fellowships and Awards
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) - GATE 2015 in Biotechnology and received Postgraduate Scholarship from MHRD, Government of India to pursue Masters degree.
Technical
Skills
Molecular biology: Vector design: primers design, digestions, ligations, cloning, Transformation, DNA/plasmid extraction, PCR, DNA purification, DNA gel analysis, DNA fingerprinting, DNA Sequencing.
Neuroscience: Mouse dissection (brain), mixed microglia cell culture, Confocal microscopy.
Biochemistry: Southern Blot, Chemical estimation of DNA /RNA (by spectroscopy), enzymatic assays, SDS PAGE, Enzyme Kinetics, Chromatography.
Microbiology: Gram Staining, Light microscopy, Sterilization, Antibiotic Assay, Solid and liquid cultures, Bacterial Growth Curve, Biochemical Characterization of Bacteria.
Bioinformatics: Structure Prediction, Docking, Virtual Screening, gene prediction, R programming, Discovery Studio, AutoDock, Schrödinger, HEX, PyMOL.
Genetics: Karyotyping, Pedigree analysis, Study of chromosomal aberrations.
Immunology: Ouchterlony double immunodiffusion, ELISA.
Invited Reviewer
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SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research (Taylor & Francis).
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Medicinal Chemistry Research (Springer).