Ramya Ravi Prakash Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca, Usa

As a consultant based in India, I assisted senior Molecular biologists in contract projects involving Gene annotation, US patent searches, publication searches for drug discovery processes etc.

Bangalore, India

The company focuses on the development of `Phage Therapy’ against emerging multi-drug-resistantbacterial infections, especially Staphylococcal infections.- Closely studied the host-pathogen-phage interactions- Trained in phage isolation, enrichment and characterization (phage typing, restriction pattern,protein profile, plaque morphology etc).- Purification and separation of phage particles by gradient/differential centrifugation, immunologicalmethods, use of alcohols… Show more The company focuses on the development of `Phage Therapy’ against emerging multi-drug-resistantbacterial infections, especially Staphylococcal infections.- Closely studied the host-pathogen-phage interactions- Trained in phage isolation, enrichment and characterization (phage typing, restriction pattern,protein profile, plaque morphology etc).- Purification and separation of phage particles by gradient/differential centrifugation, immunologicalmethods, use of alcohols etc.- Studied the effect of chelators and other chemical compounds on phage particles and their activity.- Trained in developing and standardizing novel tailor-made assay methods/conditions for separation of impurities in DNA/protein samples. Some of the techniques used were ELISA, Immuno-blotting,SDS_PAGE, Southern blotting techniques etc. Show less

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Data mining, curation, QC of scientific articles; Involved in the development of Biomarker database, Drug database etc.

Phd Dropout, Department Of Biochemistry

Masters, Microbiology, Distinction

Vocational Projects : R&D Dept. of AstraZeneca India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore. June-Aug 2002 Worked on a Research Project in Biomedical.