Jayeeta Basu

EDUCATION

College / University

Presidency College, University of Calcutta

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Major Subjects

Physiology

Country

India

Lab Experience

Histology ; biochemistry ; experimental physiology (nerve muscle studies, perfusion experiments on cardiac and smooth muscle); work physiology (physical fitness indices); microbiology; recombinant DNA technology (plasmid isolation, PCR, subcloning,transformation, site directed mutagenesis)

Projects / Research

11/2001: BSc final year project: Survey and analysis of the social and physiological conditions - cardiovascular, haematological and anthropometric parameters of coal miners; isolated tribal inhabitants
06/2002 – 08/2002: Rohit Mittal Lab, Dept. of Biological Sciences,Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India: Modulation of G-protein mediated signal transduction: Cloning of GED domain & tyrosine residue mutagenesis of Dynamin

Scholarships / Awards

2002 – 2003:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2002 – 2003:	Industrial Stipend Award Vossius & Partner, Munich

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I would like to gain an indepth knowledge and understanding of all aspects of neurosciences especially neurophysiology and molecular neurobiology. My current scientific interests include mechanisms of cell signalling -synaptic transmission & signal transduction. I want to investigate how the brain "creates" the mind - physiological, psychological and molecular basis of cognition, perception, learning and memory.