Varsha Seshadri

A highly motivated and hard-working Masters Molecular Life Science student, with a determination to learn, and passion to excel. Hands-on training in Microbiology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Genetic Engineering, Bioinformatics, Stem cell and Molecular Biology laboratory procedures. I am driven towards excelling in academia and deepening my knowledge. Motivated and determined to secure a PhD position to help contribute to ground-breaking research.

An all-rounder student, excelled in academics and sports.

Was awarded the Value-of-values Rolling Shield in 2018.

Have gained leadership and team skills by serving as the captain for the women's Table Tennis team in the school and university levels (2014-2022).

• Certificate of participation in BioSummit, A Biotechnology symposium (2018)
• Internship: 2 months Internship - Pharmagenie Compliance - Quality Control(2021)

Y.G.Parthasarathy Endowment Scholarship (2018): only student in 12th grade to receive it

Only Girl Child Award (2018): Cash Prize of INR 21000 

100% attendance in school

 Professional table tennis player

06/2008, 09/2022, Represented school and bachelor's university Table tennis team in various tournaments in the zonal, state and district level., Served as a Captain for the Women's Table Tennis team at the School and University Level (2014 - 2022), 

Certificate of Appreciation- Volunteer for Sports Committee in Riviera 2020,

 Certificate of Achievement, Table Tennis, VIT University (2020),

 Lotus House Leader (2012 - 2018)

• Travelling
• Reading
• Drawing and Painting
• Paper craft
• Playing sports

- Master thesis on the topic Identification of optimal genes for Streptococcus suis proliferation in human cerebrospinal fluid by Transposon sequencing. For this project, I used various techniques like ChP organoid culturing, and CRISPR Cas9 mediated knock-out of genes identified by transposon sequencing and growth curve analysis of the wild-type and mutant.

-Wrote a PhD proposal following the NWO guidelines for a Master study course on the topic "The role of vraSR in meningitis development and antibiotic resistance."

- Review on anti-cancer drugs(2020)- Studied and documented 50 anticancer drugs and did a comparative analysis using ADMET lab

- Suggestion of a Potential New Treatment Method for Hunter's Syndrome (2021) - Literature Survey to analyze the target site (EGFR) and find the lead molecule and identify isoflavones as potent drugs. Used AutoDock to check the binding of 5 isoflavones isolated from different plant sources. Used PyMol to analyze the binding sites. Studied if this can be a possible method to treat Hunter's Syndrome.

• Biochemistry
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Cell Biology and Genetics
• Genetic engineering
• Immunology and Immunotechnology
• Stem Cell Technology
• Proteomics
• Genomics
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• Protein Engineering and Design
• Bioinformatic
• Molecular Modelling and Drug Design
• Systems Biology