Assistant Technician

Paurvi Shinde

( **** Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX-77054 ( 806-***-****

*************@*****.***

Objective

A Biotechnologist, seeking for a position in a health care organization

that will purposefully utilize my competencies while offering an

opportunity to integrate personal enrichment with professional goals

Related Work Experience

Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor college of medicine

Houston, TX

Research Technician III

(Jan'11- Apr'11)

. Mice Breeding, Genotyping, PCR, Electrophoresis and Analysing the

results on gel, to elucidate the basic mechanisms that guide the

formation and maintenance of neural circuits in the mammalian brain.

Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas

Medical School at Houston Houston, TX

Research Assistant II

(Sept '10 - Dec'10)

. Cell culture of fibroblast cell lines,Bradford assay, Electrophoresis

and Western blotting to investigate the role of Cadherin 11 protein in

Scleroderma and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Department of Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, Texas Tech University

Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX

Research Assistant

(Mar'09 - Aug '10)

. Mice lung tissue culture, Protein Extraction, Western blotting,

Microscopy techniques to investigate the role of contractile proteins

in lung airways for better understanding of lung disease like Asthma.

Projects

Glenmark Research Centre, Research Project (B.Tech)

Navi Mumbai, India Apr'07 - June'07

. Detecting active pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) present in drug

samples and performing several qualitative/quantitative tests on drugs

before its formulation.

Piramal Diagnostics, Wellspring Hospital Diagnostics Lab (Observer's

Training) Mumbai, India Aug'06

. Carrying out tests on blood and body fluids to detect the presence of

Tuberculosis virus, HIV using techniques like "Fluorescent Activated

Cell Sorting" and "PCR" for DNA amplification.

Related Coursework

Nucleic Acids, Advanced Molecular Biology, Genetics and Evolution,

Biophysics, Biochemistry, Advanced Immunology, Advanced Analytical

Techniques, Bioethics.

Education

Texas Tech University, Center for Biotechnology and Genomics

Lubbock, TX Aug 08 - Aug 10

Master of Science, Biotechnology

GPA 3.78

Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil University, Institute for Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics Navi Mumbai, India Aug 03 - Aug 07

Bachelor of Technology, Biotechnology

GPA 3.77

Skill Set

Techniques: PCR, Electrophoresis, Western Blotting, Mice breeding and

dissection, Cell Culture, Phase Contrast Microscopy, Protein and DNA

extraction, Restriction digestion of DNA, Bradford Assay,

Office Tools: MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Origin

Software (Bioinformatics): Rasmol, Sequence Analysis and Microarray

Analysis Software, NCBI databases and BLAST

Honors

Biotechnology Departmental Scholarship for being class topper: Dr. D. Y.

Patil University, Dec 03 and July 04

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