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Chhavi Chauhan **** Hatfield Ct, Apt #***, Frederick, Maryland-21703

Phone: 708-***-**** abg3vp@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Post Doctoral Research (February 2010- present)

National Cancer Institute (NCI),

National Institutes of Health (NIH),

Frederick, MD

Ph.D. Molecular Biology (August 2003- 2009)

Loyola University Chicago- Stritch School of Medicine,

Chicago, IL

M.S. Bio-technology (August 1999- 2001)

Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda, India

B.S. Chemistry (With high honor) (August 1996- 1999)

Hansraj College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India

Research Experience

Post Doctoral Research (February 2010-present)

National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick, MD

Research topic: Adult stem cell regulation in Drosophila and mouse kidneys and the role of stem

cells in renal cancers

Doctoral Research (August 2003- 2009)

Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Research topic: Identification and characterization of Drosophila cara mitad (cmi), a conserved

nuclear receptor co-activator essential for hormone dependent development.

Research Technician (August 2001- 2002)

International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,

New Delhi, India

Masters Research (July 1999- 2001)

Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda, India

Research Topic: Functional assay of Cry-IA(c) binding protein from the mid-gut of Helicoverpa

armigera.

Teaching Experience

Instructor (June 2002- 2003)

Served as a Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) at Modern School, New Delhi, India.

Teaching profile consisted of designing coursework, preparing lectures and conducting laboratory

courses for juniors and seniors in high school. At Modern School, I also got the unique

opportunity of establishing a fully functional bio-technology laboratory.

Mentoring (June- August 2008)

I designed a research project for a senior student from Naperville High School whom I mentored.

My responsibilities included making sure the student understood the concepts and goals of the

project, understood and performed the appropriate laboratory techniques, and was able to

synthesize the results into an understanding of the biology.

Publications

Peer Review

Singh S.R., Burnicka-Turek, O., Chauhan C. Spermetagonial stem cells, infertility and stem cell

cancer. (Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, October 2010)

Zeng X., Chauhan C., and Hou S.X. Characterization of mid-gut stem cell- and enteroblast-

specific Gal4 lines in Drosophila. (Genesis, August 2010)

Chauhan C., Zraly C., and Dingwall A.K. cara mitad is a conserved nuclear receptor coactivator

essential for ecdysone dependent development in Drosophila. (Manuscript in preparation)

Chauhan C., and Dingwall A.K. Regulation of dpp by cara mitad determines wing vein

patterning in Drosophila. (Manuscript in preparation)

Chauhan C., Boddapati V., Dingwall A.K., and Diaz M.O. MLL-family histone

methyltransferases in insects and other metazoans. (Manuscript in preparation)

Book Chapters

Chauhan C., Histone posttranslational modification and cancer epigenomics. (Signaling, Gene

Regulation and Cancer) (Chapter accepted, book under review)

Singh SR., Chauhan C., and Mishra MK., Cell transplantation in chronic kidney disease. (Cell

transplantation: New Research) (Chapter accepted, book under review)

Oral and Poster Presentations

* Presenter

Characterization of Drosophila cara mitad, a conserved nuclear receptor co-activator essential for

hormone dependent development, presented at: 50th Annual Drosophila Research Conference,

Chicago, IL, March 2009. Chauhan C.*, Zraly, C., Boddapati, V., Diaz, M., Dingwall, A.K.

Characterization of Drosophila cara mitad, a conserved nuclear receptor co-activator essential for

hormone dependent development, presented at: Annual Molecular Biology Retreat, Chicago, IL,

March 2009. Chauhan C.*, Zraly, C., Boddapati, V., Diaz, M., Dingwall, A.K. (Awarded best

presentation)

Characterization of cara mitad (cmi): a putative nuclear receptor co-regulator, Platform session

presentation at: 49th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA, April 2008.

Chauhan C.*, Zraly, C., Diaz, M.O., and Dingwall, A.K.

Nuclear receptors, coactivators and chromatin remodeling in cancer and development, presented

at: Mid-west Drosophila Meeting, Allerton, IL, October 2007. Chauhan C.*, Zraly C., Diaz, M.,

and Dingwall, A.K.

Committees and Study Sections

Judging Committee at the Spring Research Festival at the NCI, NIH (2011)

Study Section: Stem Cells, for FARE (The Fellows Award for Research Excellence) 2011

Award at the NIH

Extra-curricular/ Team Activities

Member Graduate Student Council at Loyola University of Chicago (2003-2006)

Elected President of the Graduate Student Council at Loyola University of Chicago

(2004-05)

Member, Steering Committee for the Post Doctoral Fellows at the National Institutes of

Health (2010-present)

Editor and contributing writer for “Fellows and Young Investigators Newsletter” at the

National Institutes of Health (2010-present)

References

Available upon request

Work authorization

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