Ruchi Modgekar
EDUCATION
College / University
Sophia College (Autonomous), Mumbai
Highest Degree
Master of Science
Major Subjects
Neurobiology, Life Sciences
Country
India
Lab Experience
Wet lab: Drosophila husbandry, C. elegans maintenance, handling bacterial and fungal cultures, Drosophila brain dissection, fly histology and behavioral assays (olfactory, visual and motor), Immunohistochemistry, Polymerase Chain Reaction, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, Bacterial cloning, ELISA, Fluorescence imaging.
Dry lab: Analysis in Leica FOTOS and ImageJ, molecular drug docking using Chimera and PyRx.
Projects / Research
- 06/2021-07/2022: Localization of Cellular Homeostasis Processes-Autophagy, Apoptosis, Cell Proliferation in the Malpighian tubules of Drosophila melanogaster park13 mutants (Master’s thesis). Dept. of Life Sciences, Sophia College (Autonomous), Mumbai
- 09/2019-10/2020: Characterizing Phenotypic and Behavioral Defects in Native NSPGeo fly (Bachelor’s thesis). Dept. of Biotechnology, Elphinstone College, Fort, Mumbai
- 10/2018- 03/2020: Behavioral and molecular assessment of Drosophila melanogaster park13 mutant as a model system to study Parkinson’s disease (student researcher). Collaboratively Understanding Biology education (CUBE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
Scholarships / Awards
| 2023 – 2024: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |