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Meena Sreeram

Brief Profile

- M Tech in Molecular Biology and Human Genetics

- B.Tech in Biotechnology

- Research experience :

a. 15 months at the Department of Nanoscience - Amrita Institute of

Medical Sciences and Research Center, AIMS Kochi, Kerala.

b. 5 months at Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB,

Hyderabad)

- Industrial training : 1 month at Sai Bioscience Research Institute,

Chennai; 1 month at Jain Institute of Vacational and Advanced

Studies JIVAS Bangalore and 1 month at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic

Research - IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu.

- Qualified in GATE 2011 Biotechnology

- Worked in Tata Consultancy services for 1 year as Assistant Systems

Engineer -- Trainee.

Objective: To pursue research in Biotechnology with applications in

medicine and pharmacology. I also enjoy teaching Biotechnology/Biology and

related subjects.

.Education

M.Tech - Molecular Biology & Human Genetics (2009- 2011)

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

CGPA: 5.62 / 6.00 (93.66 % - first class with distinction)

B.Tech - Biotechnology (2004-2008)

Vellore Institute of Technology (VITU), Vellore. CGPA: 8.17 / 10, first

class

Higher Secondary Examination (92.50%)

Group - Biology- Physics- Chemistry- Maths

Rosary Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai, March 2004

Matriculation Examination - 10th Standard (91.36 % - ranked first in

school)

M.C.T.M Chidambaram Chetteyar MHSS, Chennai, March 2002

Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering - GATE 2011

(Biotechnology) Marks :( 87.65 percentile)

Project work

M.Tech - Project Dec 2010-April 2011

Studies on Phylogenetics of Himalayan musk deer at Centre for Cellular and

molecular Biology - Laboratory for conservation of endangered species (CCMB-

LaCONES), Hyderabad, India.

Techniques learnt : DNA isolation by phenol-chloroform method, primer

designing, PCR, agarose-gel electrophoresis, gel-elution, Big-dye

terminator gene sequencing, sequence alignment using s/w, NCBI-BLAST,

construction of phylogenetic tree using neighbourhood- joining method.

B.Tech- project [Dec 2007- May 2008]

Isolation and Characterization of Anti -Microbial proteins from Mung Bean

Seeds (Legumes) at Vellore Institute of Technology- VIT, Vellore.

[Guide Dr. G Jayaraman]

Techniques used: Protein expression and purification: SDS-PAGE, Protein

estimation by Lowry and Bradford assay, dialysis, salt precipitation, Gel

filtration chromatography, lyophilization, anti-microbial assay

Industrial Training Programs

1. Functional genomics (Bioinformatics) at Sai bioscience research

institute, Chennai for four weeks. ( Dec 2005-Jan 2006 )

2. Techniques of Molecular Biology (Isolation of genomic DNA from

plant

and bacteria, Isolation of Plasmid DNA from Bacteria,

Agarose gel

Electrophoresis), Clinical Biochemistry (Estimation of Blood

Glucose,

Blood Hemoglobin, Cholesterol and quantitative analysis of

urine) and

RDNA Technology (PCR, ligation, Restriction digestion, elution)

at Jivas

Institute, Bangalore for four weeks. (May 2006-June 2006)

3. Cytogenetic techniques for Radiation Biological dosimetry at IGCAR

(Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) kalpakkam. (6 weeks)

carried out chromosome aberration assay (Karyotyping) after

exposing

blood sample to Radiation (radon gas). (May 2010 - June 2010)

Work experience

# 1

Worked as Teaching Assistant for 15 months [Feb 2012 - May 2013] in - The

Department of Nanoscience, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and

Research Center, AIMS Kochi, Kerala

In this role, I was working in a project titled "Evaluation of a biohybrid

artificial pancreas for the reversal of diabetes in a chemically induced

diabetic animal model " . I was required to make a nanoporous semipermeable

membrane (by using different techniques) which could be employed in

pancreatic islet cell transplantation, thereby eliminating the need for

immune suppressive drugs.

Techniques learnt : Electrospinning, Protein diffusion studies,

Anodization, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Thermal

gravitometric analysis and Differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), SEM,

cell culture (handled L929 mouse fibroblast cell line and MiaPaca

pancreatic cancer cell line for cytotoxicity studies; isolated pancreatic

islet cells from rat), contact angle measurements for testing

hydrophilicity and tensile strength measurement of polymeric scaffolds.

# 2

Worked in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as Assistant Systems

Engineer - Trainee (2008 - 2009). In this role, I was trained in s/w

coding using powerbuilder and Oracle SQL/PLSQL.

Conference: Attended International conference - NanoBio 2012

Organised by Amrita Institute of Medical

Sciences and

Research Center, Kochi, Kerala. [Feb 21-

23rd 2012]

Attended Endocrinology, Diabetes and

Diabetic Foot

International Conference 2012

[Sept 14-16 2012]

Organised by Amrita Institute of Medical

Sciences and

Research Center, Kochi, Kerala.

Languages known English, Hindi and Tamil. I can understand Malayalam

Date of birth : 28-06-1986

Address for communication : Flat no 5, May villa, Kulathunkal apartments,

Koovappally P.O,

Kanjirappally 686518, Kerala

Permanent Address : 1A, Auroville Homes, Krishnammal street -1st

cross,

K.K. Pudur, Sai-baba Colony,

Coimbatore-641038

References :

1. Dr. R. Seshadri

Scientific Officer

Jonaki, Regional Centre, Board of Radiation and Isotope

Technology

Department of Atomic Energy (Govt of India)

CCMB campus, Uppal Road, Hyderabad -500007.

Email : acp1h1@r.postjobfree.com, Phn : (off) 040- 27192851,

2. Dr. K. Sasikala

Professor and Head,

Dept of Zoology (School of Life Sciences),

Bharathiar University,

Coimbatore- 641046

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3 Mr. H Sreeram

Assistant Professor - Department of Automobile engineering

Amal Jyothi College of Engineering - Kanjirappally

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