Bhavna Chanana

EDUCATION

College / University

Ram Lal Anand College, University of Delhi
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi

Highest Degree

Master of Science

Major Subjects

Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences

Country

India

Lab Experience

Basic techniques in microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, protein expression and purification

Projects / Research

05/2002 – 07/2002: Expression and purification of MptpA (H37Rv2234) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the Department for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi
01/2003 – 07/2003: Study on the kinases and a phosphatase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

Scholarships / Awards

2003 – 2004:	Stipend International Max Planck Research School
2001 – 2003:	Fellowship awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I want to better understand the process of differential gene expression - how two clonogenic cells adopt different cell fates under identical conditions? I believe, yeast being a unicellular eukaryote is an ideal model system for undertaking this study to establish the fundamental molecular events involved. These can then be extrapolated to higher organisms for understanding the more intricate developmental processes.