Application Form For Khorana Summer Research Khorana Scholars Program 2010

APPLICATION FORM FOR KHORANA SUMMER RESEARCH Khorana Scholars Program 2010

1. Name: First name PRIYADURGA Surname 2. Male

Middle name

BASKAR

Female 

3. Date of Birth (dd/mm/yy): 16.05.1988 4. Passport number: G1454296 5. Name of the University/Institution: BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY 6. Address: BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY, TRICHY- 24. Institution / University Address

BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY, TRICHY – 24

Telephone

190,KEELAVAZHACHERI, ATHIKKADAI(PO) – 613 702 THIRUVARUR(DT) Landline Number # Mobile # 04366-231841 +91-9786963165

E-mail

[email protected]

Residential Address

Skype id

7. Major field of study: MICROBIOLOGY 8. Degree program currently enrolled in (e.g., BS, MS, B.Tech., MBBS, M.Tech., Integrated BS/MS): M.Sc., MICROBIOLOGY 9. Cumulative Grade Point Average/Percentage: 8.35/ 83% 10. Expected date of Graduation (Completion of Degree): 20 .05.2010

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11. Academic Record: EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (10th Standard onwards) Examination/ Degree

University/ Board

Institute/ College/ School

10th standard

State Board

St.Joseph’s Hr.Sec.School

12th standard

State Board

St.Joseph’s Hr.Sec.School

B.Sc.,

CBCS

Sengamala Thayaar Educational Trust.

M.Sc.,

CBCS

Bharathidasan University

Duration (from mm/yy to mm/yy) June 2002 to April 2003 June 2004 to April 2005 June 2005 to May 2008 June 2008 to may 2010

Subjects studied/ Specialization

Maths, Science, Social science

88.4%

Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

76%

Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology

90%

Microbiology, Genetics, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology.

83%

12. Research interests, possible project ideas and what you hope to gain from this experience (Please restrict your response to the space given below)

I have more interest in the field of Immunology and Molecular Biology. I have interest to do work, related to cancer. How the cancerous cells proliferate and what are all the basic mechanisms behind that. i) Lentinus edodes, an edible mushroom, has anticancerous property. Some natural products also contain anticancer activity. Compare to chemical substances, it minimizing the side effects. Shall we more focus on natural products. ii) How introns interfere in the proliferation of cancer cells. How we reduce the effect of introns. To identify any specialised mechanism in our body for responding the introns and how it relates to the RNA interference. iii) Human microbiome Project, may lead a way to identify more pathogens. The Sigma factors (A, B, E, F & H) is essential for surveillance and growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis both in vitro & in vivo. These virulence 2

Percentage/ CGPA/ Rank

encoding genes are contributor of transcriptional regulator and changing lifestyle in response to environment. In σ Factor, σ A is the essential housekeeping and σ B are not essential for growth in a laboratory condition. It is required for a robust protective response to various environmental stresses. Based on the short approach, mutational strategy of sigma factors can alter the virulence nature, host parasite interaction and entire mechanism of M. tuberculosis and can be measured by DNA micro array methodology. So it will be used to identify several new potential targets for diagnosis and therapy. In the science era advanced techniques disseminate the finer resolutions, higher throughputs gave lot of insights toward research. The tools like Genetic engineering, RFLP, RAPD, PCR, Cloning and expression of gene, will give expected outcome of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and systems biology. Based on the short introduction I am interested to know about the various techniques to improve my skills and lead my career towards research.

13. Research experience, technical background, other internships, courses, lab work, techniques exposed to and past lab experience (Please restrict your response to the space given below)

In this academic period, I had presented self study review paper under the topic of “NANOPARTICLES USED FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS”. I was exposed to the recombinant DNA technologies like PCR, Transformation, Blotting techniques, Isolation of plasmid & Genomic DNA. I had been trained to animal tissue culture techniques under the guidance of Dr.Wilson Aruni, Associate Professor in Animal Biotechnology field, TANUVAS Chennai.

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14. References (One of the referees should be your teacher/tutor. In case you have completed a training/internship in any lab, a reference from your supervisor there would be preferred. The references should be provided on the official letter-heads of the Referees). REFERENCES (Please furnish details of persons who can provide an assessment of your suitability for this internship) Details

Reference 1

Reference 2

Name of Referee Organisation Designation Relationship with Applicant Email id Phone number #

15. Signed statement from Parent Institution—This should be given on the official letter-head of the parent institution/organization in the following format: STATEMENT FROM PARENT INSTITUTION This is to certify that this institution has no objection to the consideration of application for Khorana Program for Scholars from Mr./Ms ………………………..bonafide B.Tech./ M.Tech./ M.Sc. student in the ……………(name of the department/institute/ organization) to undertake research internship at University of Wisconsin–Madison for the duration of 10 weeks.

Place & date:

(Head of Institution/Organization)

16. Supporting Documentation check-list: Current transcript (Latest Marks sheet) 4

Two letters of recommendation from a faculty member, advisor or lab supervisor on their official letterhead Statement from Parent Institution (in the format provided in S.No. 14)

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