Bidiepta Saha

Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, specializing in Microbial Systems, and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. My research interests span across Cell Biology, Infection Biology, and Molecular Microbiology, with specialized training in the latter. I have enhanced my skills through hands-on experience, including a master's thesis focused on virology. I pride myself on having an innovative approach to my research questions and active communication with my team. I am committed to learning new skills and expanding my knowledge in various fields. Actively seeking opportunities to contribute and establish myself as an independent researcher.

• Date of Birth: 12/25/99
• Gender: Female
• Nationality: Indian

• Lab rotation 1 - AG Reinhold - Hurek (Department of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction)- The project titled 'Establishing and testing an oxygen-independent reporter system in Azoarcus olearius BH72'. Using various molecular cloning techniques I tagged the bacterium with some novel reporter proteins that did not depend on oxygen and compared them to other common oxygen-dependent reporter proteins like eGFP using microscopy and microtiter assay. Results indicated that the novel reporter proteins were unsuitable for our model bacterium
• Lab Rotation 2 - AG Dotzauer - Culturing cell lines and testing the quality of media to ensure the growth of healthy cell lines.
• Masters Thesis - AG Dotzauer (Department of Virology)- My project titled - 'Studying the effect of co-expression of 2B protein and 3ABC intermediate of Hepatitis A virus in cell lines' aimed to compare the single expression of the proteins to their co-expression and determine their interactive functions. Using cell line transfection and indirect immunofluorescence assay I studied the viral proteins interactive function concerning certain cell organelles under confocal microscopy. The results indicated differences in the functions of the viral proteins when they are individually expressed to when they are co-expressed. A hypothesis regarding the polyprotein processing of HAV could be formulated from the results obtained.

• Hands-on Training in laboratory skills
  Company: SHRM Biotechnologies Pvt. Ltd.
  Field(s) of study: Essential Skills of Molecular Biology
  Skills learnt: PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, cloning, bioinformatics, thin layer chromatography.
• Online Internship in Research Associate Role in Life Sciences
  Company: Biolim Centre for Science and Technology
  Field(s) of study: Cell and Molecular Biology
  Final grade: 90.75%
  Skills learnt: Scientific writing, literature research, citation and budget planning.

• One-day extension Seminar: Scottish Church College, Kolkata, Participation in Seminar on `Microbes and Environment` organized by Scottish Church College.
• One-day extension Seminar: Scottish Church College, Kolkata, Participation in Seminar on `New Dimensions in Forensic Sciences` organized by Scottish Church College.

• 2nd Runner up in Inter-college Science Exhibition: St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, Team Project on 'Cleaning water using Nanoparticles.'
• Winner in Inter-college Science Exhibition: St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, Team project on 'Bioairfilter and Bioremediation.'

• Group leader of Virology
  Name: Prof. Dr. Andreas Dotzauer
  Phone number: (+49) 42121863396
  Email: dotzauer@uni-bremen.de
  Supervisor for 2nd Lab rotation and Master thesis.
• Chairperson of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB)
  Name: Prof. Dr. Barbara-Reinhold-Hurek
  Phone number: (+49) 42121862860
  Group leader of the Department of Molecular Plant-Microbial Interactions, Supervisor in 1st Lab rotation.
• Senior Scientific Associate
  Name: Dr. Andrea Krause
  Phone number: (+49) 42121862895
  Email: akrause@uni-bremen.de
  Senior Scientific Associate in the Department of Molecular Plant-Microbial Interactions, Supervisor of 1st Lab Rotation.