Editor Profile

Dr Pranav Kumar Prabhakar

University/Organization: Lovely Professional University Punjab

Country: India

 Biography

Keenly interested to work on cellular signaling pathways • Elucidate molecular mechanism and strategies for oral insulin delivery • Mimic the signaling pathways in metabolic disorders (diabetes) with natural products Professional Experiences • Working as Assistant Professor at Lovely Professional University, Punjab Since 01st August 2011 • Research coordinator for the School at LPU • Actively involved in the curriculum design for MSc Clinical Biochemistry and Microbiology and reviewing syllabus, question bank preparation, and evaluation of theory as well as practical Education PhD IIT Madras 2006-2011 7.7 Biotechnology MSc PU, Patna 2001-2004 64.6 Biochemistry BSc LNMU Darbhanga 1996-1999 67.3 Chemistry Intermediate BIEC, Patna 1994-1996 50.3 Phy, Chem, Bio Matric BSEB, Patna 1993-1994 67.7 Scientific Skills • Animal Expertise (Handling and Surgery)  Efficient in animal handling (especially Wistar rats) • Animal tissue culture techniques  Proficiency in Mammalian Tissue culture for various types of normal (L6 myotube and 3T3-L1 adipocyte) and cancerous cell lines (HEK293, Hep G2 and HeLa) cell lines • Oxidative Stress Study  Proficiency in biochemical estimation of enzymatic (SGOT/SGPT, ALP, GGT, Catalase, SOD, GST, and GSH) and antioxidant assays • Molecular Biology Techniques  Isolation of genomic DNA and RNA, PCR, Purification of plasmid DNA by CsCl density gradient method, gel electrophoresis and RT-PCR • Microbiological Techniques  Experience on bacterial culture, pure culture isolation, and antibiotic susceptibility test • Biochemical Techniques  Quantitative and qualitative analysis of biomolecules and enzyme assay • Analytical Techniques  New enzymatic method developed for the glucose uptake in the cell lines  Spectroscopic techniques for analyses - UV-Vis, fluorescence, FTIR  Hands-on experience in handling HPLC, GPC, FTIR, Gel Dock, Elisa reader • Relevant Skills  Expert Level : ChemDraw, Hyperchem, Origin, Sigmaplot, SPSS, MS-Office  Beginner Level: Insight2, Matlab