RIYA BEN PATEL
Houston,TX
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Research Assistant I
Baylor College of Medicine
06.2023 - Current
- Involved in preparing 96 DNA/cDNA libraries for Exome, Total RNA, and Whole Genome Sequencing using manual and automated protocols (Biomek Automated Workstation).
- Involved in the preparation and quality control of 192 protein libraries (serum and plasma samples) for their qualitative and quantitative detection using Illumina sequencing (OLINK Explore HT).
- Involved in maintaining the inventory and documentation for the lab.
- Involved in the weekly and monthly maintenance of the laboratory instruments.
Molecular Biology Intern
OmiX Research and Diagnostics Laboratories Private Limited
07.2022 - 11.2022
- Worked on the research project involving the designing of primer and diagnostic kit production for the infectious agents such as SARS-CoV-2 virus, influenza virus, and tuberculosis bacteria.
- Involved in performing the molecular and bioinformatics techniques including DNA/RNA extraction, singleplex and multiplex qPCR, RT-PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, NCBI primer BLAST, PrimerQuest Tool, and LAMP technique.
Bioinformatics Analyst Intern
Eminent Biosciences
07.2021 - 09.2021
- Learned various tools and software for gene sequence analysis, whole genome analysis, protein sequence analysis, protein3D structure analysis, and drug designing.
- Involved in analyzing biological data using the R programming language.
Scientific Writing Intern
Medlish Communications
04.2021 - 07.2021
- Involved in manuscript editing and referencing using tools such as Mendeley and EndNote.
Education
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India07.2022
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India04.2019
Skills
MICROBIOLOGICAL SKILLS
- Preparation of culture media for bacteria and fungi
- Isolation of bacteria from soil, water and air
- Gram’s Staining
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY SKILLS
- NGS library preparation
- Protein library preparation
- Extraction and quantification of DNA/RNA
- Mammalian cell culture
- Reverse transcriptase and quantitative PCR
- LAMP technique
- Analysis of cell characteristics and activity using flow cytometry
- MTT assay
- Agarose gel electrophoresis
- Western blotting
- Lonza flashgel Automation
- Bioanalyzer automated electrophoresis
BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY SKILLS
- Primer designing
- NCBI
- Cytoscape Software
- Bioedit Software
- BLAST
- R programming
- Drug designing
- Protein modelling
- Protein3D structure prediction
- Gene sequence analysis
- LIMS
- Biomek Automated Workstation
- SPT Labtech (Mosquito LV, FAST liquid handler, and Dragonfly discovery3 head)
BIOCHEMISTRY SKILLS
- Buffer preparation
- Thin layer chromatography
- Estimation of proteins, total sugar, serum cholesterol, creatinine, and amount of blood urea
PUBLICATIONS
- Patel, R. B., Barnwal, S. K., Saleh, A. M., & Francis, D. (2024). Leveraging nuclear receptor mediated transcriptional signaling for drug discovery: Historical insights and current advances.
- Patel, R. B., Bajpai, A. K., & Thirumurugan, K. (2023). Differential Expression of MicroRNAs and Predicted Drug Target in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 73(6), 375-390.
- Gattupalli, M., Dey, P., Poovizhi, S., Patel, R. B., Mishra, D., & Banerjee, S. (2023). The Prospects of RNAs and Common Significant Pathways in Cancer Therapy and Regenerative Medicine. In Regenerative Medicine: Emerging Techniques to Translation Approaches (pp. 331-390). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
Certification
- Hands-on training in basics of animal cell culture, MTT assay and flow cytometry techniques (January 2023).
- Biostatistics certification by Doane University, USA completed via edX (November 2021).
- Hands-on training in mutation analysis, primer designing and gene expression analysis, genomic data analysis, and molecular docking and drug designing (December 2020).
- DELF A1: French studies diploma level A1 (March 2018).
LANGUAGES
- English
- Hindi
- Gujarati
- French (Beginners)
Timeline
Research Assistant I
Baylor College of Medicine
06.2023 - Current
Molecular Biology Intern
OmiX Research and Diagnostics Laboratories Private Limited
07.2022 - 11.2022
Bioinformatics Analyst Intern
Eminent Biosciences
07.2021 - 09.2021
Scientific Writing Intern
Medlish Communications
04.2021 - 07.2021
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Vellore Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
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