Rachna Balaji
EDUCATION
College / University
Anna University
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Technology
Major Subjects
Molecular Biology, Genetic engineering, Neurobiology and cognitive sciences, Bioprocess engineering, Tissue engineering, Bioinformatics
Country
India
Lab Experience
Wet laboratory skills: Cell culture handling, Animal handling, Maintenance and dissection of organs of mice, RT-PCR, Western blotting, DNA/RNA isolation, ELISA, Tissue preparation, Blood smear, Blood count analysis, tDCS-Transcranial direct current stimulation
Dry laboratory skills: Basic coding in MATLAB (Psychophysics tool box), C++, Arduino programming, LABVIEW, Autodock- Beginner, Advanced MS Office skills
Projects / Research
- Bachelor’s thesis: “Study of fingertip force distributions during thumb perturbation” (Dr.SKM. Varadhan) Neuromechanics laboratory, Dept. of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Madras, India
- Summer research internship 2018: “Influence of a 24hr consolidation period on generalization of motor skills”, Cognitive workspace, Division of Biological engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
- Summer training 2017: Molecular Biology techniques and fluorescence microscopy, Dr.Mahaboobkhan Rasool’s Lab, VIT University, Vellore
- Winter internship 2016: Haematology and Histopathology laboratory, Apollo Hospitals, Teynampet
- Winter training 2015: Immunological techniques, Dept. of Immunology, Dr.M.G.R Medical University, Tamil Nadu
Scholarships / Awards
| 2019 – 2020: | Stipend by International Max Planck Research School |
| 05/2018 – 07/2018 | Fellowship obtained through Summer Research Internship programme 2018, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar |