Ajay Prasad

Developing Excel VBA applications for data analysis, risk management and data management optimization. Proactively interacting with internal customers to comprehend their requirements . Supporting and training users on new and existing software applications. Preparing software verification and validation documents. Testing software applications to identify and resolve issues from an end user perspective. Writing and executing test cases in HPQC according to product requirements

•Developed methodologies for large-scale bioinformatics analysis of gene expression data and annotations. •Applied various statistical methods for analyzing high-throughput microarray data. •Utilized programming skills (R and Perl) for parsing, modeling, visualizing and analyzing the data. •Successfully developed strategies to discover the global architecture and conservation of tissue-specific expression in mammalian species.

•Developed software pipelines for retrieving, processing and analyzing scientific information. •Developed SQL queries to integrate real-time data on a web server through an automated update of the database.

•Retrieved, prepared and processed datasets for phylogenetic and functional assessment of orthologs. •Developed SQL queries and Perl scripts to integrate data on an automated webserver.

•Applied statistical models such as Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Random Forests for classification and prediction of defensins (anti-microbial peptides). •Designed and developed a database for defensins with an integrated tool to classify them.

•Performed in-silico modeling and docking analysis to design a drug molecule.