Soumi Mondal
**** ***** ********** ******, ********* # 405, Chicago, IL 60615
acb7d5@r.postjobfree.com 312-***-****
EDUCATION
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Microbiology August 2012
Bangalore University, Bangaluru, Karnataka, India
Key Projects: Bioinformatics and its application
Measuring the flow of ozone meter in a bakery industry
Hands on tools and techniques of molecular biology
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Microbiology, Minor in Chemistry July 2010
University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Volunteer Sept. 2013 - Dec. 2013
Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Preparation and characterization of viral RNA polymerase deletion mutant N4 virions.
Research Trainee April 2013 - May 2013
SHRM, Madyamgram, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Isolated plasmid DNA, Genomic DNA, C-DNA, and plant DNA using C-TAB extraction method
and RNA from bacterial cell.
Conducted qualitative and quantitative estimation of DNA.
SKILLS
Instrumentation: Proficient in handling Simple & Compound microscope, UV-Vis, NMR, pH
meter, Homogenizer, Haemocytometer, Thermo cycler, Transluminator, and Nanodrop
spectrophotometer, Refractometer.
Microbiological Techniques: Skilled in different types of pathogenic-nonpathogenic bacterial,
fungal and algal staining techniques, antibiotic assay technique, biological & chemical oxygen
demand of water, isolation & culture of different pathogenic microbial culture, plaque assay of
viruses & isolation of different organisms from different natural sources, isolation of different pure
culture from different non clinical specimens, and different agglutination tests for detection.
Biochemical Techniques: Experienced in several biochemical techniques such as Enzyme assay,
Analysis of Ash, Brix Test, methods of estimation of biomolecules, Agarose & Polyacrylamide Gel
Electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, Thin Layer Chromatography, and Blood groups detection.
Molecular Biological Techniques: Experienced with a wide range of molecular biological
techniques such as Immunoelectrophoresis, DOT ELISA, Rocket electrophoresis, Protein
separation, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Southern blotting, and Electrotransformation.
Computer Skills: Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Mac OS X.
Scientific Software: Experienced with RasMol, RASWIN, Python, HEX.
Languages: Fluent in English, Bengali and Hindi.