Avika Chopra
EDUCATION
College / University
Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Subjects
Cell Biology, proteins, enzymes, metabolism of: carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and nucleotides, bioenergetics, hormone biochemistry, human physiology, molecular biology, concepts in genetics, gene exptression and regulation, genetic engineering and biotechnology, immunology
Country
India
Lab Experience
Qualitative analysis assays of metabolites using spectrophotometry, thin layer chromatography, protein purification techniques, sub-cellular fractionation, visualization of biological samples under microscope, preparation of polytene chromosome slides, ion-exchange chromatography, SDS-page, estimation of enzyme activity, estimation of blood glucose, glucose tolerance test, hematological tests, isolation of chromosomal DNA, total RNA and plasmid DNA, UV absorption spectra of DNA & RNA, culturing Drosophila melanogaster mutant species to study genetic variations, PCR, ELISA, Western Blot, transformation & blue-white-selection, Ouchterlony double diffusion, Mancini radial immunodiffusion, active and passive agglutination reactions, Widal Test, bioinformatics toolks and techniques; sequence retrieval, alignment and protein structure prediction
Projects / Research
- 2018: Internship at AIIMS, New Delhi: “Role of hyperglycemia on macrophage effectors function in tubercolosis”
- Bioinformatics project at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi: “Immunoinformatic studies of Par h1 Parthenium allergen for epitope identification and mapping”
- Project at Sir Venkateswara College, University of Delhi: “To assess the effects of smoking on respiratory and cardiovascular system in young adult population”
- Poster presentation at Jaypee Institute, Noida: “Immunotherapy the new generation cancer treatment”
- Participated in Mindspar at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi: “Using mycobacterial fingerprint as a rapid, non-invasive diagnostic test for tubercolosis”
Scholarships / Awards
2019 – 2020: | Stipend by International Max Planck Research School |