CURRICULUM VITAE

Name :                   Prakash Daniel Nallathamby

Contact Email :     [email protected] or [email protected]

Date of Birth :             20^th October 1981

College: Centre for Biotechnology (CBT)- AC.Tech- Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India -600025

      Projects/Training:

1. Worked for two months (Jul-Aug, 2000) under Dr.P.Gautam (Asst.Prof, Centre for Biotechnology-Anna University) and W.Richard Thilagaraj (research scholar, Centre for Biotechnology-Anna University) on various Experimental Techniques used in a Bio-Organic chemistry lab.

2. I did a short-term research project  between May-July, 2001 under Dr.R.Jayakumar (Head, Dept of Bio-Organic Chemistry, C.L.R.I-Chennai) and Dr.C.Muralidharan (Tannery,C.L.R.I-Chennai) on the project titled “Using Basic lipase to stabilize the Collagen matrix? 

3. I did a short-term training, between May11-June30 of 2002 under Dr. G.V.Shivashankar( Lab 6, NCBS-TIFR,Bangalore) on the "Principle, components and operation of an AFM." This used a quadrant position detector to detect deflections of the AFM tip. 

                  Seminars* Presented in College:

1. Importance of Secondary structure of proteins *

2. Non-Mendelian genetics and Inheritance - prions *

3. Ethical concerns related to GM food crops*

4. Transcriptional gene silencing: a review of the paper titled,"Methyltransferase Recruitment and DNA hypermethylation of Target Promoters by an Oncogenic Transcription Factor" by Di Croce et al, Science 2002 February 8.*

Assignments^{?#060;/sup> Presented in College:}  

1. Bio-ethics of Xeno-transplantation^?#060;/sup>

2. Bio-ethics of embryonic stem cell research^?#060;/sup>

3. Normal  Prion proteins apparent function in the brain^?#060;/sup>

4. Pathogenesis of Schistosoma^?#060;/sup>          

5. A brief overview of the structural and functional aspects of.Mannitol permease^?#060;/sup>

                  Computers :  

                  Familiar with,

              Responsible posts held:

                  Outstanding performances academic and sports: 

    Extra-curricular activities:

1. I represented my school, and came first, in a state level science quiz conducted by the Tamil Nadu State Science Forum. This is an organization funded by the state government to create scientific awareness throughout the state.  

2. I was a cadet in the National Cadet Corps ( Division- Army, Platoon-signals) in my first year of college and I attended a 12 day Combined Annual Training Camp (CATC) in April-2000,as a requirement for honorable discharge. This was part of our one year compulsory personality and character development course.

3. I was a  co-quizmaster in the quiz held during National Science day celebrations held in- Feb-2001.This function is conducted jointly by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and our department. The DBT is a Govt. of India  undertaking responsible for funding biotechnology related projects in India.  

4. Worked as a resource person for a "Workshop on Bioinformatics " organized between Dec13-16, 2001.This was organised by Dr.P.Gautam in  CBT-Anna university.

5. Worked as an organizer for Biotechcellence-2002, a national level students symposium, for students doing their bachelor's degree or masters degree.

6. I represent  both A.C.Tech and Anna university  in their soccer team.

Future Plans:

To do my doctoral studies in structural biology with a concentration in Biophysics and biochemistry. I am especially interested in the field of single molecule biophysics.

Reference:

Dr.P.Gautam - Asst.Professor, Centre For Biotechnology, Anna University.

Dr.Geetha Muthukumaran - Visiting faculty, Centre For Biotechnology, Anna University.

Dr.L.Tarcius Jones Doss - Asst.Professor,  School of Matheeematics, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University