Manju C Abraham, MSc
Manju C Abraham is a PhD scholar at Amrita Centre for Nanosciences. She has pursued her MSc in General Biotechnology. She is the recipient of NET JRF from the UGC, Government of India (2012). Her research focus on gene silencing of cancer stem cells in glioblastoma.
Education
2006-2008 M.Sc General Biotechnology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Percentage: 75.04%. Thesis:“A preliminary investigation of the regulatory role of cks1 in human cdc2 using oral cancer cells” under the guidance of Dr.S.Asha Nair, Translational laboratory, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
2003-2006 B.Sc (Biotechnology, Zoology, and Chemistry – Triple major), RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. Percentage:65%. Thesis:“Antimicrobial activity of different plant extracts on specific strains of Bacteria” under the guidance of Dr.Avinash Upadhyay, Hislop School of Biotechnology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Awards and Fellowships
Skills
Education
2006-2008 M.Sc General Biotechnology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Percentage: 75.04%. Thesis:“A preliminary investigation of the regulatory role of cks1 in human cdc2 using oral cancer cells” under the guidance of Dr.S.Asha Nair, Translational laboratory, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
2003-2006 B.Sc (Biotechnology, Zoology, and Chemistry – Triple major), RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. Percentage:65%. Thesis:“Antimicrobial activity of different plant extracts on specific strains of Bacteria” under the guidance of Dr.Avinash Upadhyay, Hislop School of Biotechnology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Awards and Fellowships
- Msc General biotechnology, calicut university - second Rank
- UGC-CSIR NET/JRF qualified
- Best poster award at International conference BITERM 2016
Skills
- Restriction digestion of DNA
- Ligation and transformation
- Western blotting, Southern blotting, Northern blotting
- Cell lysate preparation and protein isolation
- SDS PAGE
- Protein detection by electrochemical luminescence.
- PCR
- Immunoflourescence
- Biochemical analysis of enzyme activity (Catalase, Peroxidase, Superoxide dismutase etc.)