Ranjay Jayadev Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

United States

• Worked with principal investigators David Sherwood and Rachel Lennon on a research plan and grant presentation for an eight-year Wellcome Trust Discovery Award that was successfully funded
• Performed genetic, molecular biology, imaging, and plate-level assays in a nine-member team to complete a study on tissue connection biology in C. elegans; analyzed and synthesized data; wrote manuscript
• Developed molecular constructs for high-throughput screening in collaboration with Deerfield Discovery &Development to create gene therapies for collagen diseases

• Coordinated a 22-member team study with Rachel Lennon (University of Manchester) to define the constitution of human basement membranes; collaborated on molecular, biochemical, and imaging assays in C. elegans.
• Planned experiments and acquired preliminary data, prepared figures, and edited research plan for an NIH R21 grant proposal with principal investigator David Sherwood, which was successfully awarded and renewed
• Worked in a nine-member team to visualize basement membrane proteins using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing

• Developed molecular, genetic, and live-imaging assays to investigate collagen IV incorporation into basement membranes in C. elegans and prepared manuscript of findings
• Wrote a review article on basement membranes with more than 100 citations in PubMed
• Administered a semester-long laboratory course “BIO201: Gateway to Molecular Biology” for 25 undergrads

• Produced and purified recombinant proteins and performed co-immunoprecipitation and live imaging assays to study endoplasmic reticulum morphogenesis in fission yeast S. pombe
• Prepared buffers and reagents and maintained inventory of laboratory supplies

• Developed biochemical and imaging assays to study alpha-actinin function in mammalian cell division, analyzed data, prepared figures, and wrote a manuscript of findings
• Purified recombinant proteins for in vitro biochemical assays
• Cultured and transfected mammalian cells for live imaging and immunofluorescence assays

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Cancer Biology

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Life Sciences (Cell And Molecular Biology)