Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University and Faculty Hospital in Olomouc, Puškinova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic Mobile: +420-774678369, Office: +420-58-585-4773, Fax: +420-58-585-2527 Email:
CURRENT POSITION: Currently I am a PhD student at University of Palacky v Olomouc, Czech Republic, working on the mechanism of resistance of tumour cells to various anticancer compounds.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: 2005 - 2006 Masters Degree in Biotechnology, University of Abertay Dundee (Dundee, Scotland) Grade: B 2000 - 2002 MSc Biotechnology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India Division: First (74.5 %) 1997 – 2000 BSc: Botany, Zoology and Chemistry V.R.College (Sri Venkateswara University, India) Division: First (71.6 %)
WORK EXPERIENCES:
Job Title: Research Assistant, Duration: 2006 March – 2007 May, Organisation: Cyclacel Ltd.
Project Duration: September 2005 – February 2006, Project Title: “Characterisation of Compounds that Display a Mitotic Effect Phenotype On Cells: Potency, Selectivity & Mechanism of Action studies” Organisation: CYCLACEL Ltd (www.cyclacel.com)
Job Title: Microbiologist, Duration: 2003 January – 2004 October (One year ten months), Organisation: Aurobindo Pharma Ltd (www.aurobindo.com), job Description: Worked in Aurobindo Pharma limited, as an executive Quality Control. Familiar with GLP guidelines
Project Duration: April 2002 – June 2002, Project Title: “Molecular Marker Based Diversity Study in Agriculturally important plants”, Organisation: M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Madras, India
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Regulation and mechanism of Apoptosis in cancer cells
Mechanism of resistance of tumour cells to anticancer compounds at molecular level.
Predicting the mode of action of new potential anticancer compounds
Mass Spectrometry applications to study resistance of cancer cells
Seminars Participated:
Presented a poster on the “Future of the Gene Therapy and its implications” organised on the National Science Day (November 7th 2001) at Sri Krishnadevaraya University (India).
Carried out the presentation about the “Importance of qX174 virus and its molecular biology