Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Ritu Chaudhary

Ritu Chaudhary
National Cancer Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, USA

Biography

Postdoctoral fellow National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA Project – “Role of p53-regulated long non-coding RNAs in Colorectal Cancer”. Jan 2014-Sep 2014 Research Assistant University of California, Riverside 2008-2013 University of California, Riverside, CA Department of Nematology/Program of Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics PhD degree in Genetics: March, 2014 Thesis/Dissertation title: “Functional characterization of aphid salivary proteins and their role in modulating plant defense”. 2005-2007 CCS Haryana Agricultural University, India. College of Basic Sciences and Humanities MS in Bioinformatics: July, 2007  Project: Virtual Screening for Inhibitors against NS3 Protease of Dengue Virus. 2002-2005 Delhi University, New Delhi, India. BS in Microbiology (Honors): July, 2005

Research Interest

Genome editing tools – CRISPR mediated gene knockout.
Human cell culture and flow cytometry.
Molecular cloning, recombinant DNA technology and site directed mutagenesis.
Protein expression and purification of recombinant proteins using bacteria, human, plant and yeast. Protein-protein interactions.
Gene silencing-RNAi in both plants cells and human cells.
Semi quantitative and qRT-PCR.
Developing transgenic human cell lines and their molecular characterization. Experience with experimental planning. Manuscript and grant writing. Data presentation in both local and international meetings.