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Karthika Rajan

Senior Research Fellow, Venomics Labs, School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri

Qualification: MSc
karthikarajan@am.amrita.edu
Research Interest: Enzymology, Phage Display Systems and Methods, Snake Venom Proteomics

Bio Publications Earlier Affiliation Research Experience Ongoing Research Projects Awards/Honor
Bio

Ms. Karthika Rajan currently serves as Senior Research Fellow at the School of Biotechnology. She is a post graduate in Biotechnology from Amrita school of Biotechnology, Amritapuri. She developed a special interest in snake venom toxins during her graduate studies. She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in Biotechnology at Venomics Lab.

ALMA MATER

  • Msc Biotechnology from Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2010)
  • Bsc. Biotechnology from Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2008).

 

 

Publications

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2017

Proteomic investigation of Trimeresurus malabaricus venom and its comparative functional analysis using Daboia Russelii venom, SnakeSymp-Snake venom research and snakebite therapy

Cite this Research Publication : Muralidharan Vanuopadath, Aswathy Alangode, Karthika Rajan, Nithin Sajeev, Dileepkumar Raveendran, Martein Reick, Margaret Reick, Bipin Gopalakrishnan Nair, Sudarslal Sadasivan Nair, Proteomic investigation of Trimeresurus malabaricus venom and its comparative functional analysis using Daboia Russelii venom, SnakeSymp-Snake venom research and snakebite therapy, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, December 1-3, 2017.

Earlier Affiliation
  • Senior Research Fellow, Amrita School of Biotechnology
  • Junior Research Fellow , Amrita School of Biotechnology  (Present)
  • Research Assistant, Biotechnology Virtual labs, Amrita School of Biotechnology (28/07/10-30/05/12)
Research Experience
  • Worked as content developer for Biotechnology virtual labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
  • Project titled ‘Partial purification and Characterization of Snake venom Proteins in Preparation for Development of Peptide Inhibitors’ was carried out under the guidance of Dr. Martin Reick, Associate professor, Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri

 

Ongoing Research Projects
  • Developing inhibitory peptides against toxic components present in Russell’s viper venom
Awards/Honor
  • Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 2010.
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