Divya Katikaneni

Support lab members by running ELISA, Flow cytometry, FlowJo analysis; collect samples such as lungs, spleen, blood and BAL fluid from mice; assist with writing manuscripts, SOPs and animal protocols; oversee timely orders of supplies; audit expenses within approved budget parameters and ensure lab operates in a cost effective manner; manage mouse colonies, monitor export/import of animals by coordinating with Institutional Animal Facility

Worked in Dr. Kate MacNamara’s lab helping the graduate student and post-doc with maintaining mouse colonies, genotyping, RT-PCR/gene expression, ELISA and processing cells and tissues for Flow cytometry.

I was part of Dr. Kouacou Konan's team working mainly on Hepatitis C virus, its replication and the host factors HCV associates with to replicate inside a host body. I was involved in generating recombinant DNA constructs, generating stable knockdown cells, western blotting, analysis and presentation of data in weekly lab meetings. In addition to experiments on bench, I was responsible for keeping track of lab budget and maintaining lab health and safety plan, conducting lab surveys among other duties.

Biotechnology, Microbiology, Chemistry