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Kuldeep Sharma

Kuldeep Sharma

Mumbai

Summary

Enthusiastic Research Associate motivated to advance knowledge by conducting investigations. Adept at conducting research projects and offering many years of experience in settings.

Work History

Research Associate

Bacterial pathogenesis laboratory, IIT Bombay
Mumbai
04.2024 - Current
  • Performed a variety of laboratory tests on samples including PCR, ELISA, DNA sequencing, cell culture, western blotting, qPCR assays and flow cytometry.
  • Prepared detailed reports summarizing experimental findings.
  • Provided technical support to other researchers in the lab.
  • Created presentations to explain research findings to colleagues and supervisors.
  • Designed new experiments based on previous work or existing literature reviews.
  • Actively participated in weekly meetings with the research team to discuss progress towards project goals.
  • Trained junior staff members on proper laboratory techniques and procedures.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify areas of improvement in existing processes.
  • Analyzed experimental results and determined whether results fit within standard procedures.

Education

Ph.D. - Microbiology And Molecular Biology

Department of BSBE
IIT Bombay
07-2024

Master of Science - Life Science

Department of Life Science
National Institute Of Technology Rourkela
05-2017

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

K L P College
Rewari (Haryana)
05-2012

Skills

  • Bacterial culture
  • Gene cloning
  • Recombinant DNA techniques ie, PCR, restriction digestion, DNA & RNA isolation, ligation etc
  • Molecular bacteriology (ie, cloning, mutagenesis, plasmid design and construction, genotypic and phenotypic assays, qPCR, etc)
  • In Vitro transcription/translation
  • Flow cytometry
  • Western blotting
  • Northern blotting
  • Infectious disease microbiology
  • Biophysical assays
  • Protein purification and characterisation
  • Genomics and bioinformatics

Languages

Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Affiliations

  • Worked as a teaching assistant (TA) in the course BB101 basic biology for engineers at IIT Bombay
  • TA for FACS facility in BSBE department, IIT Bombay
  • Participated in intradepartmental and institute-level sports i.e, Cricket, Hockey and athletics in NIT Rourkela and IIT Bombay

Accomplishments

  • Selected speaker at Gordon Research Conference (GRC) 2024 on 'Post-transcriptional gene regulation' at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine, USA
  • Best Poster Award at Chemical Biology Symposium 2024 organized by the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay
  • Presented poster at International Carbohydrate Conference (CARBO-XXXVI), Dec 5-7 2022 organized by the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay
  • Presented poster at International conference Biological Transactions: From Molecules to Organisms (January 18-21, 2023) organized by Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology (MCB), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
  • Presented poster at 92nd Annual Meet of The Society of Biological Chemists (18-20 December 2023) at BITS pilani Goa campus
  • Attended 3rd PSL chemical Biology symposium 2023 from January 12-13, 2023 in Paris at Institut Curie, France

Publications

Apte S, Bhutda S, Ghosh S, Sharma K, Barton TE, Dibyachintan S, Sahay O, Roy S, Sinha AR, Adicherla H, Rakshit J, Tang S, Datey A, Santra S, Joseph J, Sasidharan S, Hammerschmidt S, Chakravortty D, Oggioni MR, Santra MK, Neill DR, Banerjee A. An innate pathogen sensing strategy involving ubiquitination of bacterial surface proteins. Sci Adv. 2023 Mar 22;9(12):eade1851. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade1851. Epub 2023 Mar 22. PMID: 36947610; PMCID: PMC10032600.

Siddiquie RY, Sharma K, Banerjee A, Agrawal A, Joshi SS. Time-dependent plastic behavior of bacteria leading to rupture. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2023 Sep;145:106048. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106048. Epub 2023 Jul 27. PMID: 37523842.

Parveen S, Bhat CV, Aswathy CS, Aziz S, Arya J, Dutta A, Dutta S, Show S, Sharma K, Rakshit S, Johnson JB. Bacterial pore forming toxin pneumolysin drives pathogenicity through host extracellular vesicles released during infection. iScience. 2024 Jul 25.

Prince A, Tiwari A, Mandal T, Meher G, Sharma K, Sinha DK, Saleem M*.  Potent effects of bacterial membrane vesicles on host lipid membranes. (under review)

Timeline

Research Associate

Bacterial pathogenesis laboratory, IIT Bombay
04.2024 - Current

Ph.D. - Microbiology And Molecular Biology

Department of BSBE

Master of Science - Life Science

Department of Life Science

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

K L P College
Kuldeep Sharma