Samiksha Venkateswaran
Knoxville,PA
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Lab Intern
CocoRoco
Knoxville, TN
08.2023 - 08.2025
- I Followed laboratory protocols and did multiple bioassays testing how bacteria responded to different pressures.
- I cleaned and sanitized all surfaces to reduce contamination from the environment
- I used statistical tools like T-Tests and Anova to help write the results for the findings ina the paper.
- made Reagents and pathways to determine bacterial sample from the environment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Knoxville
Knoxville05-2025
Skills
- I Can work with Sanger sequencing and all Next generation sequencing methods, which I learned in Genomics
- I Can Use Raw read Dna from single celled organisms and run it through isaac using Batch to Trim adapters and low quality reads then assemble the data using multiple software's such and Spades and the run either homology based annotation or HMER
- I Can stain Bacteria to figure out what enzymes it has, what fermentation it does and what family it is in Can do Capsule stains, Endospore stains , and flagella stains
- I can write theoretical research papers with using data form other papers and making unique hypothesis
- I Can use Rstudio to run linear regression, multiple linear regression, t-tests, Anovo, and nonparametric after determining what type of test is best suitable to the data
- I Can Use proper Aseptic techniques and do serial dilutions and make spread plates, pour plates, and pour plates
Timeline
Lab Intern
CocoRoco
08.2023 - 08.2025
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Knoxville