Samyutha Rajendran

EDUCATION

College / University

Uppsala University, Sweden

Highest Degree

Master of Science

Major Subjects

Biomedicine

Country

India

Lab Experience

Basic wet lab techniques: RT-PCR, Western Blot, SDS page, cell culturing, gram staining, endospore staining, preparation of agar plates, pipetting and streaking; Computation tools: SIMCA P+, Maestro 9.1 (glide docking, Ligprep, Qikprop); Animal handling (rats): Quality control testing methods (HPLC, UV spectrometry).

Projects / Research

Mar - June 2010: Developing Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Cell Wall Permeability Models: A Multivariate Data Analysis Approach (post-graduation project)
Dec 2009 - May 2010: Effects of Natural products Punica granatum and Trigonella foenum-graecum on Wound Healing in Albino Rats (under-graduation project)

Scholarships / Awards

2011 – 2013:

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My area of interest is substance dependence, namely drug addiction or addiction to alcohol, and studying the addicted brain would be exciting. Finding the mechanism behind substances dependence and designing drugs (through computer aided drug designing techniques) to treat them is my chief goal.