Pallavi Sinha Roy

Majoring in Genetics Development And Cell Biology (Las)
Iowa State University
From Kolkata West Bengal, India

I am a second year PhD student and I am interested in the mechanisms of microtubule-based diseases. I am currently investigating the function of specific tubulin isoform mutations in the formation of neurodevelopmental diseases such as lissencephaly, polymicrogyria, microcephaly and cortical fibrosis of extra-ocular muscles. I am also a HUGE GOT and FRIENDS fan and in my spare time, I love hanging out with my friends, listening to music, travelling to new places and making new connections with people! My favourite quote is: Let me give you some advice, *******. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour, and it can never be used to hurt you" -Tyrion Lannister

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Education

Iowa State University

Activities

Teaching

I am currently a TA for the Fundamental Human Physiology course - BIOL256L. I am responsible for attending weekly TA meetings, a weekly teaching of two sessions of three hours each and grading lab reports and assignments.

Spring 2018 - Iowa State University

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Work Experience

Teaching Assistant at Iowa State University

This Spring, I was a TA for the Fundamental Human Physiology course - BIOL256L. I was responsible for attending weekly TA meetings, a weekly teaching of two sessions of three hours each and grading lab reports and assignments.

January 2018 - Present

Research Assistant at Iowa State University

August 2016 - Present

Intern in quality control department at Dey's Medical Pvt. Ltd.

-Worked as an intern in quality control (Microbiology, Chemical and Pharmacological analysis) department.
-Learned to carry out various tests and assays such as sterility test, microbial test, antibiotic assay, vitamin
assay and amino acid assay
-Carried out many physical and chemical tests and thus learned how to use instruments like HPLC, Infrared
spectrometry, pH meter and filtration chromatography

June 2014 - July 2014

Projects + Publications

Is your CLOCK making you obese?

*Accepted by the editor; in press *Undergrad research project* Pallavi S. Roy, Dwaipayan Sen: Is Your Clock Making you Obese? In: Handbook of Coronary Artery Disease. (Ed.Gundu H R Rao), MacMillan Medical Communications, New Delhi, India

Publications

A comprehensive study on reducing toxicity of pollutants by microbial transformation

*Undergrad research project*

Research Projects

Mitotic exit due to loss of spindle stability induced by auxin

*Rotation project under the guidance of Dr. Mohan Gupta*

Research Projects

Retinoic Acid induced differentiation of trophoblast giant cells

*Rotation project under the guidance of Dr. Geetu Tuteja*

Research Projects

Utilization of CRISPR/Cas9 to study vertebrate retinal development in zebrafish

*Rotation project under the guidance of Dr. Jeff Trimarchi*

Research Projects

Regions of the non-motor tail mediate discrete cellular roles of the multifunctional kinesin-8 Kip3

*Submitted* Regions of the non-motor tail mediate discrete cellular roles of the multifunctional kinesin-8 Kip3 Sandeep Dave*, Samuel Anderson*, Pallavi Sinha Roy*, Emmanuel Nsamba*, Angela Bunning*, Yusuke Fukuda†, and Mohan L. Gupta, Jr

Publications

comparative study of microtubule dynamics as a result of different human tubulin isotype mutants that lead to the development of several distinct birth defects

*Ongoing project*

Research Projects