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PERSONAL INFORMATION George Augustine C/o, Dr.Purusharth Rajyaguru, FE-16, Dept.of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of science (IISc), 560012, Bangalore (India) +918220700294, +919972779832 [email protected] Skype sangeo47 Sex Male | Date of birth 23/07/1987 | Nationality Indian POSITION Junior research fellow WORK EXPERIENCE Project Assistant 12/01/2014– 30/10/2014 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India) mRNA translation repression mediated by arginine methylation of RGG motif containing proteins. 03/11/2012–03/11/2013 Project Assistant CSIR - Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi (India) DNA methylation and its associated changes in cardiomyopathy patients. 01/08/2011–30/06/2012 Masters Dissertation Project Trainee Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai (India) Bioprospecting of marine cyanobacteria and Genetic engineering of Synechocystis PCC 6803 for increasing polyhydroxy butyrate EDUCATION AND TRAINING 01/08/2010–30/06/2012 Master of Science in Microbial Gene Technology EQF level 7 Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai (India) - 80% Bachelor of Science in Plant Biology and Biotechnology 01/08/2007–30/06/2010 ACADEMIC ACHEIVEMENTS/AWARDS EQF level 6 Loyola College, Chennai (India) – 86% Qualified in GATE-2012 (Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers) with 88.49 percentile conducted by Indian Institute of Technology -Delhi. Won the special award”Prof.C.R.Babujee Endowment lecture and medal‟ for outstanding performance in plant biology and biotechnology. Graduated with second rank at the undergraduate level and stood first rank in the department in three of six semesters. PERSONAL SKILLS Participated in Rapinat 2008, Oratorical competition organized by Department of Plant biology and Biotechnology, Loyola College and got the certificate of merit on 2008 November. Got first prize in Elocution competition conducted by English literary association at St.Thomas Higher Secondary School, Veerapandiapattinam on 24th January 2004. Communication skills English Qualified in English proficiency test conducted by Department of English, University of Bangalore, India Secured Over all bands score 5.5 in International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Organizational / managerial skills JOB RELATED SKILL During Undergraduate study, did community service through the Outreach Department of Loyola College by teaching English, Maths and Science to eighth graders at a community school in Chennai. Molecular biology: Cloning methods, PCR technique, Q-PCR, Quick change PCR (Site directed mutagenesis), western blot, southern blot, DNA and RNA isolations, SDS and agarose gel electrophoresis, transformation, transduction, and Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) etc. Microbiology: Staining, preservation and enumeration of bacteria, phage titration and biochemical tests for identification of bacteria. Biochemistry: Estimation and quantification of proteins (Lowry and Bradford’s method), carbohydrates and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), chromatography (GC, TLC, and paper), Nile red staining of neutral lipids and PHB. Culture & Handling: Saccharomyces cerevisae (Deletion libraries), Synechococcus PCC 7002, Synechococcus PCC7942, Synechocystis PCC 6803, Nostoc sp, Tolypothrix MKU, Spirullina, Cyanothecae,Simploca,Oscillatoria,Anabena ,cyanobacterial genetic transformation by natural &electroporation methods. Immunology: Immuno-precipitation, blood grouping, immuno-electrophoresis. Computer skills Bioinformatics: Auto-docking, homology modelling, 3Dvisualization of proteins using Chimera, SwissPDB viewer, PyMOL, Primer and Probe Designing, multiple sequence alignments, BLAST. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION References Dr.Purusharth Rajyaguru Assistant professor FE-16, Department of Biochemistry New biological science building Indian institute of science (IISc) Bangalore-560012, India [email protected] Dr. Suguna Shanmugasundaram Asst. Prof. & Head in charge, Dept. of Microbial Technology School of Biological Science, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India [email protected] Dr.Shantanu Sengupta Scientist-E1 Room No 201 CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative biology Sukhdev Vihar, Mathura Road. New Delhi-110020, India [email protected] .