Divya Nandakumar
Location
Zürich
Field of Study
Biochemistry
Expertise
Molecular Biology, Virology
About
Biochemist, Virologist
I am a scientist with a PhD in biochemistry and several years of training in biochemistry, molecular biology and virology. Experienced scientific communicator with multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences. I am looking for an opportunity to apply the skills I have acquired over these last 10+ years to develop therapeutics or in diagnostics.
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Skills
ChIP-seq
Chromatography
DNA Sequencing
Lentivirus
Mammalian Cell Culture
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular Cloning
Protein Characterization
RNA Isolation
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)
Transduction
Transfection
Open for
fulltime
parttime
internship
Work Experience
University of California, Berkeley
2016-06 - 2020-12
Postdoctoral Associate
California, USA
fulltime
Developed and executed various molecular and cell biology assays including NGS to understand the mechanism of gene expression regulation during infection by an oncogenic virus.
Emory University
2015-06 - 2016-04
Data Analysis Intern
Georgia, USA
internship
Contributed to building of weighted co-expression networks of brain proteomics data from Alzheimer's patients. Analyzed the developed networks for cell type specificity, ontology and GWAS target enrichment using Python and R, which led to a co-author publication.
Academic Experience
Rutgers University, NJ, USA -
2008.09 - 2015.05
Philosophical Doctorate, PhD in Biochemistry
Anna University -
2004.07 - 2008.05
Bachelor of Engineering, BE in Industrial Biotechnology