Ritu Bharti MS, MPhil

ads1qs@r.postjobfree.com • 919-***-**** • http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ritu-bharti/66/381/aab PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Currently enrolled in a Clinical Research course at Wake Tech Community College (complete in December 2022)

• Expertise in molecular biology techniques (extraction of DNA, RNA, proteins, DNA cloning, Plasmid DNA preparation, PCR, RT-PCR, quantitative qPCR)

• Expertise in agarose gel electrophoresis & SDS-PAGE (Southern, Northern & Western blot analysis)

• Experienced in Next-Gen DNA/RNA Illumina library prep & NGS sequencing on HiSeq platform

• Knowledgeable in primer design & sequence alignment/analysis using BLAST

• Lab management experience

• Ability to work effectively in a matrix environment under critical deadlines

• Strong skills: interpersonal, organizational, written & verbal communication

• Member (Board of Directors) & volunteer instructor for a non-profit organization “WeStrive”

(www.facebook.com/WeStrivertp) to create awareness on “life skills” within our community AWARD

• 2008-2009 Civil Service Outstanding Service Award, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

(A) Syngenta Seeds Research, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Research Scientist (September 2014 to January 2015)

• High-throughput NGS DNA & RNA Illumina library prep

• Molecular biology techniques (DNA & RNA isolation & analysis)

• High-throughput PCR

(B) BASF Plant Science, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Research Associate (May 2013 to December 2013)

• High-throughput NGS mRNA-Seq library prep (manual & robotic)

• Molecular biology techniques (RNA isolation & analysis)

(C) National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR), Santa Fe, NM 87505 Genome Center Team Member (Dec. 2009 to Dec. 2011)

• Operating Next-Gen sequencing machines (llumina GAIIX and HiSeq 2000)

• High throughput genotyping GoldenGate & Infinium (Illumina iScan)

• High throughput Next-Gen library prep: genomic DNA, mRNA (TruSeq and DSN: duplex-specific nuclease), target capture etc.

• Performing molecular biology techniques including handling DNA / RNA samples, quantitation & quality check using Qubit, Bioanalyzer, qPCR etc.

(D) USDA Agricultural Research Service, University of Minnesota (UMN), Saint Paul, MN 55108 Laboratory Scientist, Cereal Disease Laboratory, Lab of Les J. Szabo (Feb. 2008 to Aug. 2009) Ritu Bharti

• Molecular genetics of wheat rust fungi (Puccinia graminis)

• Genetic mapping of avirulence genes & generating SNP markers of the rust fungi

• Research related to the above topics enabled by molecular biology techniques

(E) Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, U of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Research Teaching Specialist, Department of Biochemistry, (Jan. 2004 to Feb. 2008)

• Understanding the role of Wnt signaling during vertebrate development and cancer

• Research related to the above topic enabled by molecular biology techniques (extraction of DNA, RNA

& protein, agarose & polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, western blotting, PCR, DNA cloning)

• Lab management

(F) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Waksman Institute, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Laboratory Researcher IV, Plant Biology & Pathology (Sep. 2002 – Jan. 2004)

• Molecular genetics involving suppressors & enhancers of kanadi1 mutants in Arabidopsis EDUCATION

• M.Phil. (Plant Molecular Biology), University of Delhi, New Delhi, India http://www.south.du.ac.in 2000

• M.S. (Biotechnology), Kurukshetra University, India (http://www.kuk.ac.in) 1998

• B.S. (Botany, Zoology, Chemistry), Choudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India (http://www.ccsuniversity.ac.in) 1996 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

• Liu W, Sato A, Khadka DK, Bharti R, Diaz H, Runnels LW & Habas R (2008) Mechanism of activation of the Formin protein Daam1. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105: 210-5.

• Sato A, Khadka DK, Liu W, Bharti R, Runnels LW, Dawid IB & Habas R (2006) Profilin is an effector for Daam1 in non-canonical Wnt signaling and is required for vertebrate gastrulation. Development 133: 4219-31.

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

• Qualified interview for Senior Research Fellowship by CSIR (Council for Scientific & Industrial Research), New Delhi, India 2001

WORK AUTHORIZATION IN US

• US citizen

REFERENCES

• Upon Request

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