Khushboo Jain
EDUCATION
College / University
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
Highest Degree
Master of Science
Major Subjects
Biology (Cell Biology, Genetics, Epigenetics, Immunology, Microbiology, Biochemistry)
Country
India
Lab Experience
Mammalian cell culture, bacterial culture, plasmid isolation, gel electrophoresis, DNA and RNA isolation, transfection, immunofluorescence assay, soft matrices preparation, RT-PCR, confocal microscopy, image analysis, use of reverse genetics to construct an Influenza recombinant expressing a sensor, engineering RFP expressing Influenza, flow cytometry, plaque assay, lentiviral transduction, viral infection, cloning, PCR, SDS-PAGE, Western blot, protein modelling, molecular docking, sequence alignment, protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis, Python.
Projects / Research
- 06/2022 – 04/2023 : Cellular redox modulation upon Influenza A virus infection - Master’s thesis project at Emerging Viral Pathogens Lab, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
- 11/2021 – 05/2022 : Effect of SARS-CoV-2 protein overexpression on nucleoporin dynamics – Semester project at Chromosome Biology Lab, IISER, Pune
- 02/2021 – 11/2021 : Role of Epstein Barr virus and other Herpesviruses in neurodegeneration and their plausible contribution towards Multiple Sclerosis neuropathology – Internship project at Infection Bioengineering lab, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore
Scholarships / Awards
| 2023 – 2024: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2018 – 2023: | Recipient of Kishore Vaigyanic Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship, funded by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India |