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Dr. JINAL THAKKAR
Product Specialist-Gujarat
Ahmedabad
Summary
“An enthusiastic scientific mind driving business with result-oriented personality”
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Product Specialist-Gujarat
Medsource Ozone Biomedicals Pvt. Ltd.
1 2023 - Current
Autoimmune and Molecular diagnostics division:
- Minimum 50% growth in sales (2023-2024)
- Key Accounts conversions
- Hosted CME (2023-2024) with 100+ attendees with majorly of Key Customers (3500+ Post impressions)
- Helping sales team to achieve target numbers by customer visits, customer interactions, demonstrations and negotiations.
- Discussing and solving technical matters.
- Identifying and building scientific relations with key customers.
- Discussing SOPs and training client’s technical staff as per their scientific needs.
- Marketing activities like demonstrations, Workshops and Conferences.
Research Scientist
DSIR NRDC DPVAPP Project
06.2021 - 04.2022
"Development of rapid and cost effective biosensors for the detection of Covid-19"
- Developed electrochemical chip for the detection of SARS-CoV2
- Established a biosensor lab
- Strategic Research Planning & its implementation
- Report & Research paper writing
Education
Ph.D. - Biochemistry
The M. S. University of Baroda
Vadodara, IndiaM.Sc. Integrated Biotechnology -
Sardar Patel University
Vallabh Vidyanagar, India 04.2001 - 04.2014
Gujarat State Higher Secondary Board -
Class 12
Gandhinagar, India 04.2001 -
Gujarat State Secondary Board -
Class 10
Gandhinagar, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Product Promotions
Negotiations
Sales operationsExcellent communication skillsPublic SpeakingMS officeScientific strategy makingResearch grants & Manuscript writing: MendeleyScientific research skills: Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Electrochemistry, Biochemistry, Immunology, Cell Biology
Life Member
Society of Biological Chemists (SBC) - India
Software
Prism7
Origin 85
Graphpad
NCBI, BLAST, PRIMER
Mendeley
Publications
- Thakkar, J.B., Gupta, S., Prabha, C.R., 2019. Acetylcholine esterase enzyme doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes for the detection of organophosphorus pesticide using cyclic voltammetry.International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.06.162 (Impact Factor 8.05)
- Thakkar, J.B., Aghera, D.J., Trivedi, B., Prabha C.R., 2023. Design and characterization of a biosensor with Lipase immobilized nanoparticles in polymer film for the detection of triglycerides. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.12.281 (Impact Factor 8.05)
Workshops
- Science Communication Workshop, The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, March 2016, Vadodara, Gujarat
- Digital Microfluidics: Design and Applications, MNIT Jaipur, India, December 2019, Jaipur, Rajasthan
International Presentations
- ACS Publications symposium: Innovation in material science and technology, Singapore, November 2019, Poster
- Conference on advances in catalysis for energy and environment (CACEE 2018), TIFR, Mumbai, India, January 2018, Poster
National Conferences
- Symposium on "Omics…to structural basis of Diseases", Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-Gujarat, October 2016
- Trends in Biochemistry and Inauguration of Prof. L. J. Parekh Memorial Lecture Series", Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-Gujarat, September 2016
- Symposium on "Advances in molecular biology", Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-Gujarat, January 2017
- Recent advances in cell biology", Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-Gujarat, January 2018
E Symposium
- Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications in Engineering (EFAE20), Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, October 2020
- EMBL Conference: Microfluidics: Designing the Next Wave of Biological Inquiry, Heidelberg, Germany, July 2020
- Physics meets Biology for COVID19 Management, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, June 2020
- Electrochemical Biosensor Webinar-Covid19 detection, Sinsil International Pvt. Ltd., June 2020
- Mitochondrial Copper in Human Disease, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, May 2020
- Loss of GSK-3Beta Kinase Mediated Phosphorylation in an HtrA2 Variant Contributes to Parkinsonian Phenotype, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, May 2020
Timeline
Research Scientist
DSIR NRDC DPVAPP Project
06.2021 - 04.2022
M.Sc. Integrated Biotechnology -
Sardar Patel University
04.2001 - 04.2014
Gujarat State Higher Secondary Board -
Class 12
04.2001 -
Gujarat State Secondary Board -
Class 10
04.2001 -
Product Specialist-Gujarat
Medsource Ozone Biomedicals Pvt. Ltd.
1 2023 - Current
Ph.D. - Biochemistry
The M. S. University of Baroda