Naintara Jain

EDUCATION

College / University

Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Metabolism, Physiology & Endocrinology, Immunology

Country

India

Lab Experience

Colorimetric and Spectrophotometric analysis of metabolites and biomolecules, Chromatography, Protein purification and assay, Gel Electrophoresis, Hematology and Clinical Biochemistry, Isolation and purification of total nucleic acid/DNA/RNA/plasmid, PCR, Transforming E. Coli cultures with recombinant plasmid, Western Blot, Primary and Secondary binding Immunological techniques, Sub-Cellular Fractionation, Visualization of biological samples under Microscope, Culturing and maintaining Drosophila and setting up genetic crosses, Dissecting D. melanogaster to isolate salivary glands and imaginal discs, Bioinformatics: data retrieval, sequence alignment, phylogenetic analysis, protein structure prediction

Projects / Research

12/2018: “Immunoinformatic studies of Par h1 allergen isolated from Parthenium hysterophus for epitope identification and mapping.” - Person-in-charge: Dr N. Latha, Bioinformatics Facility, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi
02/2018: Poster Presentation - “A novel approach to reduce air pollution using modified fog catchers” during Lab2Life - A Symposium on Translational Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi
07/2017 – 01/2018: “To develop novel FRET based tools to detect in vivo localisation and phosphorylation of M.tuberculosis signalling protein.” - Person-in-charge: Dr Vandana Malhotra, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi

Scholarships / Awards

2019 – 2020:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School.
2017 – 2019:	College rank holder (1st), Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi (South Campus) in Biochemistry for the year 2018–19.
2019:	University Medal for BSc (Hons) Biochemistry for achieving highest aggregate in BSc (Hons) Biochemistry 2016-19, University of Delhi.

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I want to focus on understanding the structural and dynamic vulnerabilities in the cell which can lead to degenerative disease conditions as well as the factors, which allow the activation of certain sets of genes to increase the disposition of an individual towards a certain set of diseases. My aim is to uncover the major regulation behind these changes in the cell to possibly prevent or even stall the onset of the disease if genetic markers can be identified. I hope that the experience and education that I will acquire during my graduate studies will enable me to work towards understanding not only disease mechanisms but also how to treat them while maintaining the maximum possible quality of life for the affected individuals.