Mrinalini Hoon

EDUCATION

College / University

Presidency College, University of Calcutta

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science (honours)

Major Subjects

Physiology

Country

India

Lab Experience

Biochemistry, histology, experimental physiology, microbiology, work physiology, human genetic studies (PCR, genotyping, primer designing, linkage analysis).

Projects / Research

June - Aug 2005: Molecular Genetic Study of Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss (NSHL) related to CDH23. Dr. Anuranjan Anand, Human Genetic Lab, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Nov 2004: Survey and analysis of the social and physiological conditions - cardiovascular, haematological and anthropometric parameters of isolated tribal inhabitants (Bachelor final year project)

Scholarships / Awards

2005 – 2006:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2005:	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Summer research fellowship

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My key area of interest lies in the field of neuronal or synaptic plasticity leading to permanent conditioning and behavioral changes. I would like to find out how human beings classify significance and importance of experiences via altering the strength of neuronally processed memory traces. I would also like to explore into the inheritance of behavior and emotions in order to assess the neurophysiological and genetic contributions to the varied behavioral patterns.