Data Project

Tulsi Patel

Current Address: Phone:

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5971

Cherry Hill Email:

New Jersey -08003

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Objective: To attain position that explores the Bioinformatics field, gain

experience in the same and utilize skills simultaneously to achieve the

goals of the organization.

Education:

Masters in Bioinformatics 2008-2009

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP)

GPA: 3.3

Relevant courses:

. Advanced system analysis and Design

. Advanced algorithms

. Advanced probability: Classical Statistical Analysis ANOVA, Machine

Classifiers, Survival Analysis, and Correlation Analysis.

. Molecular evolution & Phylogeny

. Proteomics,

. Cancer Biology,

. Advanced Immunobiology

Post Graduation Diploma (Bioinformatics) 2006

Sikkim Manipal University, India

GPA: 3.2

Relevant courses:

. Computational Methods for Sequence Analysis

. Biological Systems & Bioinformatics

. Database for Bio-Information and Computing

Bachelors of Science in Bioinformatics 2005

Sardar Patel University, India

GPA: 3.0

Relevant courses:

. Molecular Biology, Genetics & Immunology, Genetic Engineering and

Bioinformatics Applications.

. Bio DataBases : Nucleotide Sequence Database - Gene Bank, DNA Data

Bank Of Japan

. Bio Statistics

Work Experience:

. Skilled at sequence analysis. Protein domains and protein family

classification for protein and DNA sequences.

. Experienced in visualizing, analyzing, manipulating, and/or

interpreting data.

. Experience in protein sequencing and analysis using BLAST, genefinder,

ORFfinder.

. Intern, Oncology Department at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA

19104 (June 2008 - Dec 2008)

. Experience with bioinformatics tools and databases, such as from NCBI,

EBI and EMBL.

Worked on a project "A survey of copy neutral LOHs existing in the

human genomes"

o Organizing the data sets into a manageable format for

processing for their computational cluster.

o Validating the consistency of the results by comparing

results with visual plots of genotyping.

o Correction of a relatively large amount of sample ID mix-ups.

o Data stored in a MySQL database, queered for result

examination.

o Developing Perl Scripts intended for subsequent analysis of

this data.

. Assisted in processing data for a paper on "Autism" and "Attention-

Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)".

o Identification of the probes from parents

(Insertion/Deletion/Duplications).

o Processing data using software Bead studio.

Technical Skills:

Proficiency Over:

. Operating Systems : Windows XP, UNIX, Linux

. Programming Languages : C, C++, SQL, Unix Shell Scripting, Perl,

PHP, HTML, XML, R

. Database Applications : Oracle 8/9i, MS SQL, MS-Access,

Triggers, Stored Procedures

. Other : MS Office, Visual Basic

Biology Skills:

Proficiency Over:

. Biological Tools: BLAST, CLUSTALX, CLUSTALW, FASTA, BEAD STUDIO,

PLINK.

. Wet LAB- Estimation of Proteins, DNA, Media preparation, Gel

Electrophoresis, PCR

Research Projects:

. Worked on a project at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

(CHOP) on "A survey of copy neutral LOHs existing in the human

genomes".

. Nucleic acid modeling using the software Paradise.(University of

the sciences in Philadelphia)

o Experiences to construct RNA 3D model using assemble

software.

o Used S2S [Sequence to structure] to construct RNA structural

alignment.

Research Papers:

. Proteomics and Bioinformatics Strategies to Design Countermeasures

against Infectious Threat Agents

. Evaluation of clustering algorithms for Gene Expression Data.

. The Consensus Coding Sequences of Human Breast and Colorectal

Cancers.

. Sequential ABL kinase inhibitor therapy selects for compound drug-

resistant BCR-ABL mutations with altered oncogenic potency.

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