Curriculum Vitae

Objective Enthusiastic, hardworking research fellow seeking to obtain a

challenging research position providing professional career growth in pharmaceutical/biotech industry.

Personal information

First name(s)/ Surname(s) Yesha Rajeshabhai Shah

Address 1091 Penn Circle,

Apt. G508, King of Prussia,

19406, PA,

USA.

Telephone(s) +1-215-***-****

Mobile +1-610-***-****

E-mail(s) acvu6h@r.postjobfree.com

Nationality Indian, US Green Card Holder

Date of Birth 15 Oct. 1988

Gender Female

Languages known English, Gujarati, Hindi

Work experience

Date January 5, 2014 – January 4, 2016

Designation/Position held Senior Research Fellow

Main activities and

responsibilities

Identification of Mammalia, Avian, Cordata, Insecta, Marine species through Barcoding; Submission of barcodes of different animal species in The Barcodes Of Life Database (BOLD); PCR and electrophoresis; purification of PCR product; cycle sequencing; Sequencing; Isolation of gDNA and RNA from Cancer tissues; Automated electrophoresis (QIAxcel) and quantification system

(QIAxpert, Qubit), Amplification of polymorphic microsatellite loci of panthera species, Sex determination in Vulture; Procurement of laboratory chemicals, consumables, Minor Equipment, Instrument and stock management, Maintenance of project expenditure, Event and Programmanagement Name of the organization Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Department of Science and technology, Government of Gujarat, Gujarat, India

Date February 6, 2013 – January 5, 2014

Designation/Position held Junior Research Fellow

Main activities and

responsibilities

gDNA & mtDNA isolation from whole blood, tissue, hair, feathers of Schedule-I endangered species; PCR reaction optimization for Hyper variable region 1 & 2 of the Lion Mitochondrial genome; Identification of Mammalia, Avian, Cordata, Insecta species through Barcoding; Submission of barcodes of different animal species in The Barcodes Of Life Database (BOLD); PCR and electrophoresis; purification of PCR product; cycle sequencing; Sequencing of Hyper variable region (NCBI Accession KC917264) & COI region of the Mitochondrial genome; Amplification of polymorphic microsatellite loci of panthera species, Analysis and validation of results using softwares, Procurement of laboratory chemicals, consumables and stock management Name of the organization Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Department of Science and technology, Government of Gujarat, Gujarat, India

Date March 13, 2012 – February 5, 2013

Designation/Position held Project Assistant

Main activities and

Responsibilities

Collection of plants based on economic and pharmaceutical important as well as conservation status; gDNA isolation from different plant samples; Identification of different plant samples through rbcL, matK & trnH-psbA primers; Submission of barcodes of different plant samples in The Barcodes Of Life Database (BOLD); Herbarium preparation; gDNA & mtDNA isolation from whole blood, tissue, hair, feathers of Schedule-I endangered species; PCR reaction optimization for Hyper variable region 1 & 2 of the Lion Mitochondrial genome; Identification of Mammalian & Avian species through Barcoding; PCR and electrophoresis; purification of PCR product; cycle sequencing; Sequencing of Hyper variable region & COI region of the Mitochondrial genome; Analysis and validation of results using online softwares, Procurement of laboratory chemicals, consumables and stock management

Name of the organization Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Department of Science and technology, Government of Gujarat, Gujarat, India

Training

Date August 1, 2011 – November 31, 2011

Title Industrial Biotechnology Training Program - 2011 Principal subjects Animal cell culture, Molecular biology Name of organization

providing training

Century Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., Halol, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Main activities and

responsibilities

Microbial techniques like media preparation, fumigation of microbiology lab, preparation of plates, Analytical techniques like preparation of different buffers, Gel electrophoresis and SDS – PAGE, different staining techniques, western blot, Basic Animal cell culture techniques like subculturing of different cell lines, cryopreservation, MTT and CTB Assay etc. Also we had learnt isolation, solubilisation and purification of a desired protein

Education

Date June 2009 - April 2011

Degree Master of Science

Principal subject Biotechnology

Name of organization Ashok & Rita Patel Institute of Integrated Study and Research in Biotechnology and Allied Sciences, Sardar Patel University, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India

Dissertation thesis The Effect of different Carbon sources on the production of Erythromycin

Name of organization

providing dissertation

Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Date June 2006 - April 2009

Degree Bachelor of Science

Principal subject Biotechnology

Name of organization Anand Mercantile College Of Science management and computer technology, Sardar Patel University, Anand, Gujarat, India Date June, 2005 – March, 2006

Degree H.S.C. (12th)

Principal subjects Science

Name of organization Sardar Vinay Mandir, Karelibaug, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Date June, 2003 – March, 2004

Degree S.S.C. (10th)

Name of organization Sardar Vinay Mandir, Karelibaug, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Organizational skills and competences

Team spirit; Good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained through school time, college time and work experience; Good sense of time management; Enjoy new challenges and self- confident to complete them; Ability to take any responsibility & work as team member or Leader; Inclination towards logical and analytical methods of solving problems; Alacrity towards any kind of work given under any circumstances; Hardworking Technical skills and competences

Good command on DNA isolation, PCR & Capillary Sequencing; Good knowledge of Molecular biology, Genomics and Procurement

Computer skills and competences

Operating System: Win XP, 7, 8 and 10, MS-Office, Internet Explorer, Sequence aligner softwares Other skills and competences

Sports, Music, Dancing, Travelling, Painting, Photography, Participated in State level Annual Quiz Championship; Participated in Group Discussion in CDC References

Dr. Snehal Bagatharia

Sector Specialist and Project Co-ordinator, Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Contact No. - +91 – 997-***-****; E-mail : acvu6h@r.postjobfree.com Dr. Sandeep Raj R

Research Associate, Gujarat Genomics Initiative, Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Contact No. - +91 – 972-***-****; E-mail: acvu6h@r.postjobfree.com Declaration

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