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POORNA KANNAN

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

SUNY Stony Brook, New York

720-***-**** ******.******@**********.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/poorna-kannan-ba626294 EDUCATION

Master of Science in Biochemistry and Cell Biology Dec 2016 Stony Brook University, New York

Gpa 3.3

Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) in Biotechnology Jun 2015 Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, UP, India Gpa 3.2

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Centers for Molecular Medicine, Stony Brook University Feb 2016 - Present Graduate Student Researcher

• Thesis research on Lon protease and substrate specificity under Dr Wali Karzai

• Protein purification techniques- Nickel Affinity Chromatography, Phosphocellulose chromatography, Ion exchange chromatography and Gel filtration chromatography

• In vitro proteolytic assays- degradation assays and ATPase assays

• Different cloning techniques

• Antibody purification and Western blotting.

• Maintenance of laboratory buffers, chemicals and reagents Department of Neuroscience, Stony Brook University Sep 2015 – Dec 2015 Graduate Student Researcher

• Worked on different structural modifications that are observed in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)

• Studying different stage of Alzheimer’s disease in a mouse model

• Circular Dichroism spectroscopy

Amity University, Noida, UP, India Jan 2015 – May 2015 Amity Institute of Biotechnology: Thesis research

Research Trainee

• Project involved the study of anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties of natural extracts

• Preparation of hand-sanitizer using only natural products such as orange peels and rose petals. Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India May 2014-Jul 2014 Research Trainee

• Routinely carried out extraction of DNA from blood

• Mainly focusing on patients with pancreatic cancer May 2013-Jul 2013

Research trainee, Department of microbiology, Medanta-the Medcity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India Research Trainee

• Worked on a project involving detection of tuberculosis in patients

• Conducted basic microbiological assays like streaking, plating and screening for bacterial growth/ contamination in patient urine, blood, CSF and stool samples

• Microscopy and gram staining to confirm bacterial specimen and diagnostics on antibiotic resistance and specificity of positive cultures.

• Basic lab safety training

• Catalogued and managed patient data entry and analysis Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook University

Summer Term- Biochemistry I Undergrad

Fall Term- Biochemistry I Undergrad

Spring Term- Biology Undergrad

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Organized Aphesia-rock band competition in Amity University, Noida. The responsibilities included getting funding for the entire festival as well as judges.

Marketing for cultural fests

Assisted in HelpAge India 2005-2006

Internship at Apollo Hospital

Amity University, Youth Festival Core Coordinator - Cultural Affairs 2014-15

Amity University, Literary Club Coordinator

Vice President of theatre group

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Well versed in MS Office Suite

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

• English- fluent, native

• Hindi- fluent, native

• French- basic/conversational

• Tamil- basic/ conversational

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