RESUME
Name : R. Karthik
Education : M.Tech Biotechnology
Address :
(Permanent) No: 19, Moahideen Beig Street,
Polur. Thirvannamalai District.
Tamilnadu. India. Pin code: 606803.
(Correspondence) : No: 2, 4th Cross Street,
Govindarajapuram, Nandivaram,
Guduvanchery. Kancheepuram District.
Tamilnadu. India. Pin code: 603202.
E-Mail : lsqkoo@r.postjobfree.com
lsqkoo@r.postjobfree.com
Telephone : +91-999*******
Passport No : F7472515
Date of Birth : 08.11.1981
Sex : Male
Nationality : Indian
Career objective
Desire to work and contribute with focus, in a scientific environment that makes use of my skill set, while continuously updating and enriching scientific knowledge and skills that I have gained so far.
Academic profile:
First class in Master’s of Technology in Biotechnology, VIT University during July 2009–May 2011, Vellore. Tamilnadu.
First class in Master’s Degree in Biochemistry, University of Madras during July 2002–May2004, Chennai. Tamilnadu.
(Dissertation: “AtelloCollagen for Protein and Gene Delivery” at University of Madras, 1st May 2004).
First class in Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry (Ancillary: Zoology and Basic Chemistry) during July1999–March2002, Adiparasakthi College of Science, Kalavai. Tamilnadu.
First class in Higher Secondary level (HSC-Subject Pure Science) during March 1997–April 1999, Mount Saint Joseph Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Thiruvannamalai. Tamilnadu.
First class in Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exam conducted during April 1997, Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Polur. Tamilnadu.
Computer literacy: Ability to work fastly with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and having little knowledge on programming languages such as C, C++, JAVA, and HTML.
Research Experience:
Summer Training at CLRI
Worked under Dr. Vijaya Ramesh (Scientist E), Department of Bioproduct, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), where I had hand-on training on Basic biochemical techniques and worked upon 2 month summer project, titled “Preparation of Collagen based implants for Biomedical Applications” during May 2003–July 2003.
Six month Project work at CLRI:
Worked under Dr. Vijaya Ramesh (Scientist E), Department of Bioproduct, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), upon 6 month project work, titled “Collagen-Chitosan composites for Biomedical Applications” during January 2004–April 2004.
Nine month Project work at Piramal Life Science:
Worked under Dr. Giridharan Periyasamy (Group Leader), High Throughput Screening Department, Piramal Life Sciences Pvt Ltd., Mumbai upon 9 month project work, titled “Discovery of novel anti-cancer compounds with multiple target activity potential using High Throughput in vitro cell based screening” during September 2010–April 2011.
Paper Presentation
• Gave a paper presentation on “DNA mutation and its effect upon the human growth” during January 2001.
• Participated in Inter-departmental seminar competition, University of Madras, during March 2004.
• Submitted a Literature Review on “AtelloCollagen for Protein and Gene Delivery” at University of Madras (as a part of M.Sc curriculum) on 1st May 2004.
Seminars attended:
• Participated in “Neurobiology symposium 2003” at National Centre for Biological Science, TIFR, Bangalore, during 3–6 Jan 2003.
• Attended the One Day Orientation Cum Training Programme for Programme Officer/Peer Educator on AIDS control among college students at the University of Madras, Chennai on 30th July 2003.
• Attended international symposium on “Gene to Vials 2010” concept for biotechnology based health care molecules. VIT University, Vellore, during 7-10 Feb 2010.
• Participated in two-day workshop on “Drug discovery research to preclinical and clinical developments”, CBST, VIT University, during 5-6August 2010.
Areas of Interest:
• Cancer Biology
• Protein Engineering
• Genetic Engineering
• Molecular biology
• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
Practical knowledge:
Cell culture
Cell line maintenance, preservation.
Cell based assays. (Proliferation assay, cytotoxicity assay)
Cell seeding for drug analysis, etc
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Molecular Biology
Western blotting.
Extraction of Nucleic acid and proteins from cells and tissues.
SDS-PAGE and agarose gel electrophoresis, PCR, RT-PCR
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Biochemistry
Enzyme substrate assays
ELISA.
Protein quantitation, DNA, RNA estimation.
Basic quantitative analysis
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Genetic Engineering
Plasmid DNA isolation and restriction digestion
Cloning, RNA, DNA extraction
Recombination technology
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Bio-Informatics
Retrieval of biological sequence
Pair wise alignment using Dot plot analysis, and dynamic programming
Multiple sequence alignment using Clustalw
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Immunology
Immunodiffusion
Immunoelectrophoresis
Immuno-blot
Quantitative precipitin assay
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Bioseparation Technology
Precipitation methods
Dialysis
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• Perform assay for anticancer compounds
• Knowledge and experience on High Throughput Screening methods and analyse various compounds to identify the novel compounds.
• Perform immunoassay to determine the molecular pathway for target identification.
Work Experience:
Position : Assistant Editor
Years : 2 years
Name of Employer : Scientific Publishing Services Pvt Ltd, Chennai.
Location : Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Declaration:
I hereby declare that the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge.
Place: Polur
Date: (R. Karthik)