Vaishali Badgujar

Master of Science in Biology

• 2011-Present
• Texas A&M University - Kingsville
• In Progress

Advanced Diploma - Bioinformatics

• 2008-2009
• Bharati Vidyapeeth University - Pune, India
• 3.19 GPA

Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology

• 2004-2008
• Signhad College of Science - Pune, India
• 3.19 GPA

Laboratory Training

• October 2009 - December 2009
• Clinical pathology and Immunoassay - Nidan Diagnostics Center
• Bhusawal, India

Graduate Teaching Asistant
Texas A & M University - Kingsville Department of Biology
August 2011 - Present

Graduate Researcher
National Natural Toxins Research Center
Texas A & M University - Kingsville
February 2011 - Present

• PCR, DNA extraction and purification.
• Bacterial Transformation
• Molecular Cloning
• Recombinant DNA
• Animal handling experience includes mice and rabbits

Currently studying the anti-proliferation activity on human lung bronchus carcinoma (ChaGo-K-1) of two recombinant disintegrin cloned at the NNTRC called r-mojastin 1 and r-viridistatin 2, derived from Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus and Crotalus viridis viridis , respectively.

Pathology Technician
Nidan Diagnostics Center
NH, India
August 2009 - December 2010

• Prepared urine, blood and tissue specimens for analysis
• Various lab assays and procedures
• Experience with Immuno-assyas (ELISA), TB, ToRCH
• Worked with Biochemistry, Microbiology, Clinical pathology and Hematology
• Assisted with admisntrative work

Purchasing Manager
Dhanashree Plastics
NH, India
January 2006 - June 2007

• Responsible for performing all purchase transaction, including preparation of inquiries
• Commercial analysis of proposals and the issuance of purchase orders
• Supervised and directed project buyer's daily activities
• Coordinated efficient use of expediting efforts
• Communicated with accounting department to resolve discreapancies discovered during billing process for all projects

Presentations

• "Benefits of Stem Cell Technology and Hazards"


• "Basic Local Aligment Search Tool"


• Prediction of Complete Gene Structure in Human Genomic DNA"

Projects

• "Extraction of Oil and Plant Regernation from Rose Petal Callus"
  Sinhagad College of Science - Pune, India
  June 2007 - April 2008


• "Hetero Expression of Purified and Function Analysis of Venom Protein C"
  National Natural Toxins Research Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville
  February 2011-Present

• Able to sample, test and analyze results in both biological and life science environments
• Can carry out fundamental tests as part of a scientific team
• Can safely perform tests on bacteria, parasites, and other mirco-organisms
• Able to work under medical technologists or other senior scientists
• Proficient in creating reports for different lab tests
• Can use EBI-EMBL, Expasy, Sequence and Structure Analysis, NCBI BLAST, WU BLAST, Multiple Sequence Alignments, and Gene Annotation programs
• Experience with using MS Office, Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop, and Kodak Imaging ,