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Detroit Metropolitan Area

Greater Detroit Area

Greater New York City Area

Project 1: Focusing on cardiovascular diseases, especially CAD, the goal of research is to use multi-modal big data analysis to create reliable network models of human biology and disease, to predict disease risk, identify new therapeutic targets, and to monitor molecular effects of treatments. (Bjorkegren Lab)Project 2: Developing therapeutics that target mechanisms involved in filovirus immune evasion andreplication and testing their function in different host species. (Basler Lab)Project 3: Identifying new antivirals for influenza virus as well as host proteins that are required by the virus and therefore may serve as novel drug targets. Another interest is the host antiviral response andspecifically the mechanisms that viruses use to block this response. (Shaw Lab)

Greater New York City Area

Developing assays to stabilize the trimer form of env protein by biochemical crosslinking methods to design a vaccine against HIV that will generate an immune response to neutralize the infectious virion and overcome the current limitation of env based HIV vaccines.

Greenville, North Carolina Area

Research focused on understanding stem cell- myocyte cell interactions as a measure for therapeutics in myocardial infractions in rat model.Perform Flow Cytometry, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, PCR, Western blot.Isolate cardiac cells from neonatal rats.Maintain and culture mammalian cells and mesenchymal stem cells.Maintain and manage live cell imaging by time lapse for recording cell- cell interactions.Schedule and order animals and monitor animal inventory.Maintain documentation for lab.Operate and maintain routinely used and new equipments.Perform literature / database review and searches.Provide routine data analysis and statistical support.Train undergraduate and graduate students in the laboratory.

Melbourne, Florida Area

Studies focused on looking at origin of replication “oriC” in E.coli and protein assembly at oriC and how it affects the cell cycle.

- Teaching assistant for “Microbiology” course work which involved teaching of basic microbiology procedures like staining of bacterial cells, use of microscope, isolation and identification of unknown culture, aseptic transfer of bacterial cells, observation and identification of viral and fungal strains, use of spectrophotometer, antibiotic susceptibility testing.• Help address student questions and concerns in person and through written correspondence.•Conducted exams and presentations for students•Received consistently positive feedback on course evaluations.

trained in different sections of hospital such as blood bank which included blood collection, separation of blood contents, testing the blood samples for various test. Microbiology department which involved testing samples such as sputum, blood, urine, CSF on differential media,isolating colonies, gram staining, fluorescent microscopy ELISA testing, Vitex. Biochemistry department having automated test for all sugars and glucose, thrombin prothrombin time.

Masters, Biotechnology

Activities and Societies: Member of ISA Choreograph and dance in INDIA Fest '09 n International Fest '09

Masters, Microbiology

Bachelors, Microbiology

Activities and Societies: Active member of National Social Service • Actively participated in the 10 day residential camp arranged.