Tejas Shaji Nair

EDUCATION

College / University

SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Chennai, India

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Technology

Major Subjects

Genetic Engineering, Human Physiology, Human Genetics, Recombinant DNA Technology

Country

India

Lab Experience

PCR, SDS PAGE, Liquid Chromatography, Plasmid Transfection, Molecular Cloning, DNA & RNA Isolation, Gene Expression Techniques, Basic handling of SH-SY5Y cell lines and Oxycarenus laetus species; ImageJ, Illastik, Python, Bioinformatics, Widefield Fluorescent Microscope, Light Microscope and Live-Cell Imaging

Projects / Research

2020: “Comparison of Dopamine Transporter (DAT) Trafficking under varying concentrations of methylphenidate and amphetamine in neuroblastoma cell lines”, Dr. Edna Grünblatt, University of Zurich
2019: “Gut Metagenomic Profiling of Gossypol Induced Oxycarenus laetus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) Gossypol Tolerating Bacterial Species”, Dr. SKM Habeeb. SRMIST
2018: Clinical Pathologists Intern at Poona Hospital and Research Center, Pune, India

Scholarships / Awards

2021 – 2022:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2020:	Student Researcher Stipend by the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich
2017 – 2019:	Three Merit-based performance scholarships by SRMIST

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

As a geneticist, I have always been intrigued by the mere basic and intrinsic mechanisms of the nature of biological machines. The topic of synaptic plasticity in the field of neuroscience keeps me highly interested and raises curiosity alike. I maintain the understanding of the operations underlying plasticity can hold key applications in comprehending recovery pathways in the brain. Since not a great deal of consensus has been formed on the underlying mechanism of the molecular network giving rise to plasticity, it gives a young researcher like me a great platform of opportunity to understand and research the subject in depth.