Lohit Jagarapu

Experience

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  Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Summer Researcher

  • Trained in cell culture and tissue culture methods• Introduced and worked with molecular biological laboratory methods and equipments• Prepared reagent of plasmid with regions from HIV-C gag protein

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  Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Researched the ARC protein and similarities to HIV GAG protein• Trained in plasmid editing and insertion methods, as well as DNA extraction from eukaryotic cells• Attended presentations on HIV molecular biology as well as advanced laboratory technology • Investigated the ARC protein, a capsule protein expressed in nerves, for its similarity to HIV GAG protein• Completed an excision of two regions on the ARC gene also present in HIV GAG• These regions increase viral transmissibility in HIV, investigated if similar effect found in ARC

  • Summer Researcher

    Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  • ARC Protein Restriction Analysis

    Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
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  Career and Technical Education Center, Collin County

  Aug 2019 - Feb 2020

  Laboratory Aide

  Worked as a laboratory aide for Michelle P. Kelly's class Medical Microbiology at the Frisco ISD CTE center.

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  The University of Texas at Austin

  Sept 2021 - now

  Grading weekly homework assignments for Introduction to Number theory class • Compiled a detailed catalogue of a Perceptron, the building block of neural networks, with uses and limitations• Additional focus on deep learning and Neural Network architecture• Utilized Pytorch and Numpy libraries for basic neural net development

  • Mathematics Grader

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Undergraduate

    Aug 2020 - now

  • Machine Learning Directed Reading Program

    Sept 2021 - now