Chandan S

Experience

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  Project directorate on aninal disease monitoring and surveillance (PD_ADMAS)

  Jun 2007 - Mar 2010

  PGRA

  Research Assistant at Biotechnology Laboratory Project: Development of Molecular Diagnostics for selected diseases of Ruminants – Leptospirosis, Brucellosis.Work profile  Isolation of bacteria from clinical samples Diagnosis of Animal diseases through PCR assay and cloning and expression of the outer membrane lipoproteins.Research Assistant at Virology Laboratory Work profile  Isolation of viruses ( Bovine Herpes Virus- 1 (BoHV-1) and Classical Swine Fever Virus  (CSFV)) from clinical samples  Propagation of viruses in mammalian cell cultures,  Purification of viruses for antigen preparation for ELISA  Diagnosis of Animal diseases through ELISA (A-B, Competitive)  Phylogenetic characterization of Virus isolates by PCR amplification of genes  Cloning and Expression (Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic) Achievements  Optimized PCR protocols and Protein expression and purification procedure for the NS3 gene of the Classical Swine Fever Virus  Worked on the optimization of expression of the cloned gB glycoprotein of BoHV-1 in MDBK cell line by Lipofection  Worked on, and contributed to the standardization of the ELISA as a diagnostic test for Classical Swine Fever Virus Infections.Research Assistant at Biotechnology Laboratory Project: All India Network Project on Bluetongue Virus (BTV) Work Profile  Maintenance and propagation of BHK-21 cell line.  Isolation of BTV from field isolates by chick embryonated egg inoculation and infection to cell cultures.  Optimization of PCR as a diagnostic test for BTV infection. Show less

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  UGC, University of Mysore

  May 2010 - May 2011

  Project Fellow

  Worked as Project Fellow under UGC-MRP sponsored Development of PCR-SSCP technique for specific diagnosis of bacterial spot and bacterial wilt pathogens in tomato

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  ICMR

  May 2011 - Dec 2013

  Senior Research Fellow

  1. Collection of Leptospira samples from both animal and plant sources. 2. Isolation and characterization of Leptospira from collected samples.3. Development of molecular diagnostics for the specific detection of Leptospira.4. Bioprospecting of medicinal plants against Leptospira species.5. Genetic typing of recent Leptospira isolates from India.I have gained experience in isolation of Leptospira, characterization of the bacteria, molecular detection of the disease.

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  JSS University (Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara University),Mysore

  Nov 2013 - Nov 2022

  Course Coordinator, Deparment of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics
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  JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH,Mysore

  Dec 2013 - Nov 2022

  Assistant Professor

  Working as Asst.Professor and course coordinator for MSc- Bioinformatics and UG- Biotechnology. Guiding PhD students.

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  JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research

  Sept 2022 - now

  • Deputy Dean - Research and Asscoiate Professor

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Associate Professor

    Sept 2022 - now