Ajaybabu Pobbati Venkatesan

EDUCATION

College / University

Bharathidasan University

Highest Degree

Master of Science

Major Subjects

Lifesciences, biotechnology

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Country

India

Lab Experience

Histochemistry, Tuberculosis Research Center, Chennai, India; basic techniques in molecular biology, University of Delhi South Campus, India

Projects / Research

  • Project elucidating the specificity of the interaction between G-quadruplex and growth factors using Bio sym InsightII package, University of Madras, India.
  • Masters degree project "Studies on the function of cis acting motifs of plants in gene expression in Escherichia coli and identification of novel GATA binding repressor", National Botanical Research Institute, India

Scholarships / Awards

2001 – 2002: DeveloGen Stipend

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I am very much interested in exploiting the medicinal compounds in plants. I would also like to use biochemical and molecular biological techniques to decipher the compound´s mode of action.