Priyanka Sankar
EDUCATION
College / University
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Anna University, Chennai
Highest Degree
Master's in Life Sciences
Major Subjects
Cell biology, Molecular biology, Biochemistry
Country
India
Lab Experience
Computational Biology: Java, Python, AutoDock, Pymol, MEGA
Analytical Techniques: Protein estimation assays, Spectrometric assays, Chromatography, Fluorescence microscopy, Flow cytometry, single-molecule RNA FISH, nanopore sequencing
Cell and Molecular Biology: Cell viability assays, Bacterial transformation, SDS PAGE, Western Blotting, Protein purification, PCR, q-PCR, RT-PCR, mammalian cell culture, lipofection and transfection, ELISA, and polysome profiling
Basic Training in mice handling and dissection
Projects / Research
- 2024 – 2025: Master’s Thesis Project, “Translation Repression: Exploring RGG Motif-Containing Proteins as Regulators and the Regulated”, Purusharth Rajyaguru Lab, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
- 2024: Research Intern, “Studying the effect of temperature on RNA structure and the biophysical properties of its condensates”, Amy Gladfelter Lab, Duke University, NC
- 2023: Bachelor’s Thesis Project, “Screening base modified mRNA for the delivery of factor VIII mRNA as treatment for hemophilia A”, Srujan Kumar Marepally Lab, Centre for Stem Cell Research, Vellore
- 2022 – 2023: “Identifying patterns in the intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of flavivirus capsids and their role in pathogenesis”, Sangita Venkataraman Lab, Anna University, Chennai
Scholarships / Awards
| 2025 – 2026: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2025: | Prof. Krothapalli Ravindranath Medal (Best MSc Student in Life Sciences) |
| 2024: | Khorana Program for Scholars (IUSSTF); funded internship at Amy Gladfelter's lab, Duke University |
| 2024: | Reliance Scholarship PG (awarded by merit to 100 Master’s students across India) |
| 2024: | Diwan Bahadur Narasimaya Endowment, Pennathur Gautam Endowment, Dhayaparan Devaraj Endowment Award (Top Scoring Student in B. Tech Industrial Biotechnology) |
| 2024: | University Gold Medal (First Rank in B. Tech Industrial Biotechnology) |