Varun Chopra Email & Phone Number

Netherlands

Amaral-Zettler Group (MMB) -Developing novel fish GIT organoids to study native fish gut microbiome interactions with the plastisphere

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Barakat Lab in the Department of Clinical Genetics.Neurodevelopmental disorders (SETD1B), various cloning projects, cell culture and neuronal differentiation. Introduced to in vivo biology in Zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Loskill Lab (MicroOrgano Lab), Department of Microphysiological Systems at EKUT. Working on OoC aspects ranging from chip fabrication, iPSC culturing practices, cell embedded hydrogels, and protocol optimization towards creating a novel brain-on-chip

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Rozen Lab in the microbiology cluster at the Institute of Biology at Leiden. Developed skills linked to bacterial cultures, phenotypic identification of mutants, colony dissections, and inter-species co-cultures. Focused on determining mutation frequencies in Streptomyces colonies

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Part of the Covid-19 testing facility set up at NCBS, PCR plate preparation

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sen Lab. Identified neurodevelopmental genes on recently sequenced Anopheles stephensi reference genome, thereafter designed a CRISPR-based construct to target neurons in developing mosquitos.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Trained in nucleic acid extractions and sample workflow from extraction, PCR, gel runs, and NGS as well as results analysis. Following training, independently performed wet-lab procedures for a metagenomics study.

Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Sen Lab at the CBCMT. Trained in using PCR to detect miRNA and data analysis as well as MSC culturing practices, and RNA extraction, isolation, and purification. Used skills learned as part of a project to determine anti-inflammatory factors found in exosomes derived from Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

Master Of Science - Msc, Biology: Molecular Genetics And Biotechnology, 8.04

Rozen Lab, Leiden: Mutation frequency in Streptomyces cervisae in response to environmental factors, synthetically produced antibiotics.

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Biotechnology

Sen Lab, Vellore Studying the anti-inflammatory activity of exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC)