Graduate Research Assistant

Gaurav Sureka

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Objective: To leverage and further advance my skills and knowledge within the biotechnology industry.

Education:

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Master of Science in Bioinformatics Expected: December 2013

Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology August 2008 - 2012

Professional Experience:

January 2013- Present

Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Focus: Unusual RNA secondary structure database

Developing perl scripts to:-

• Automate the whole process of generating the data by using pipelines.

• Format the RNA structure format(Eg:- bpseq to ct and vice-versa).

• Analyze the p-num of ensemble of structures.

Present Work:

Januray 2013 - Present

In collaboration with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)

Working on the next generation sequencing data sets for prediction of genes.

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Setting up a genome browser by using GMOD utilities.

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April 2012 – July 2012

Galaxy Concepts Private Limited, Kolkata(India)

Focus: Genomic and proteomic analysis for proper understanding of N2 fixing

gene in Cyanobacteria.

• Analysis of CpG island, motifs etc. for Gene Identification.

• Prediction and validation of protein structure.

June 2011 - July 2011

West Bengal University Of Technology, Kolkata(India)

Focus: Study of Bio-molecular Structure

• Study of the secondary structures (eg:- beta sheets, alpha-helices etc) in various

proteins and their importance.

Relevant Graduate Projects:

Database Project:- A 3 phased group initiative to develop an online university system

• Design of the Entity Relationship (ER) Model.

• Mapping of the ER Model to a relational database schema.

• Constructing SQL queries for proper functioning of the Graphical User Interface (GUI). The GUI was

developed in python.

Technical Skills and Relevant Course Work

Proficient in Perl, SQL, Linux/Unix operating systems, R, Microsoft office suite

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Computational Genomics, Programming for Bioinformatics, CS for Bioinformatics, Introduction to

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probability and statistics.

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