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Nirav Thakkar

Nirav Thakkar

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About

Summary

A responsible, ambitious and highly motivated candidate with good experience in molecular biology and genetics looking forward towards a full time Doctoral position.

Positions

Project Fellow May 2015 -

Functional Genomics and Gene Silencing Lab, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India

Maintenance of Drosophila Stocks and Cultures, Drosophila Genetics, Drosophila Activity Monitoring, Immunofluorescence, RNA and DNA isolation, Microdissection of Drosophila tissues, Gel Electrophoresis, Semi q-PCR, RT-PCR.

Industrial Trainee Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

Biocare Research Pvt. Ltd.

Analysis of Clinical Samples, Microbial plating of Samples, Antibiotic Sensitivity test, Staining of Samples(Gram Staining, Acid Fast Staining), Glucose Estimation.

Dissertation Trainee Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission

Title: Isolation and Identification of Thermophiles from Tuwa hot water spring in Gujarat

Culturing of Thermophiles, DNA Isolation, Gel Electrophoresis, PCR, Primer designing, BLAST

Education

Gujarat University 2011 - 2013

Field of study: Life Science
Degree: M.Sc

Government Science College 2008 - 2011

Field of study: Biotechnology
Degree: B.Sc

Skills

RNA & DNA Isolation, cDNA synthesis, Semi q-PCR & Quantitative PCR, Immunohistochemistry, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Drosophila Genetics, Drosophila Activity Monitoring (DAM), Insect Cell culture, Bacterial Culturing, Clocklab & FaasX software, Basic Bioinformatics (Primer designing, Nucleotide and Protein BLAST, Phylogenetic tree)

Professional interests

Genetics, Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Chronobiology, Evolution, Ecology, Cell Biology, Neurogenetics, Behaviour

Languages

English, Hindi, Gujarati

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