Rochishnu Dutta
Summer Trainee
1st February 2009: | Indian Statistical Institute, KolkataPublication: Dutta R., Brahmachary R.L. (2010). Natural Nanoparticles: An Overview. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. Techniques Learnt: Dynamic Light Scattering Spectrometry, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy |
Student Trainee
1st October 2009: | National Centre for Biological Sciences, BangaloreProject: Snow Leopard Genetics and Phylogeography Techniques Learnt: Extraction of Snow Leopard DNA from non-invasively collected scats from the field and zoos, standardizing designed primers and using them in multiplex PCR. Sequence data troubleshooting and analysis. Softwares Used: Mega, Chromas lite. |
Research Affiliate
1st October 2009: | Nature Conservation Foundation, MysoreProject: Standardisation of genetic markers for Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia ) I joined the multinational conservation genetics project on the charismatic and yet endangered big cat, Snow Leopard Uncia uncia. My job particularly was to extract DNA from the field collected faeces, amplifying neutral mitochondrial DNA markers through polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) and finally Sanger sequencing the amplified product. I edited the DNA sequences myself and then tried to understand their phylogenetics and phylogeography by reconstructing phylogenetic trees. |
Project Trainee
1st August 2010: | Indian Institute of Science, BangaloreProject: Phonotactic behaviour in Mecopoda elongata |