RESUME

Saumya Kantibhai Patel

#6, Purvi Flats, e-mail :

Near C.N. Vidyalaya,

Ambawadi – 380006 Mobile : +91-9904522800, 7802099714

Ahmedabad,

Gujarat, India.

Objective

To be a part of organization, where my knowledge and skills are best utilized and provide scope for development in profession and life in best interest of the organization.

Self Assessment

  • An articulate speaker with good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Adaptable to changes and Challenges

Areas of Interest

  • Bioinformatics,Parasitology, NGS analysis, Computer aided drug design

Academic Profile

  • Ph.D. Bioinformatics(Thesis Submitted) from Department of Bioinformatics, Applied Botany Center, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat in October-2014.

Title: Dual in silico prediction and in vitro analysis for the evaluation of natural and potential anti malarial drugs

  • M.Sc. Bioinformatics from Department of Botany, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat with 74.11% in 2009.
  • B.Sc. Biochemistry with (vocational) Biotechnology from M.G. Science Institute, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat with 56.47% in 2007.
  • Higher Secondary Examination in Science Stream from Sheth C. N. Vidyalaya, Gujarat State Education Board, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat with 63.54% in 2004.
  • Secondary School Examination from Sheth C.L High School, Gujarat State Education Board, Ahmedabad with 92.29% in 2002.

Experience (5.10 years)

  • Working as Teaching Assistant (M.Sc. Bioinformatics course) in Department of Bioinformatics, Applied Botany Center, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (01/04/2014 to till date)
  • Worked as Senior Research Fellow (GSBTM-DST, Govt. of Gujarat funded research project) titled "Dual in silico prediction and in vitro analysis for the evaluation of potential anti malarial drugs" in Department of Zoology, Biomedical Technology and Human Genetics, Gujarat University and visiting faculty (M.Sc.- Bioinformatics course) in Applied Botany Centre, University school of sciences,Gujarat University,Ahmedabad(14/07/2011 to 31/03/2014)
  • Worked as Research Fellow in Applied Botany Center, Department of Botany, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (01/07/2009 to 30/06/2011)
  • Working as Visiting faculty in K.K. shah Jarodwala Maninagar Science college, Ahmedabad (Certificate/Diploma Bioinformatics-Since June 2011)
  • M.Sc. Dissertation guided - 08 students

Publications

1.SaumyaK. Patel, S. Prasanth Kumar, Yogesh. T. Jasrai, Himanshu A. Pandya and Rakesh. M. Rawal, 2011. Computational analysis of naturally occurring marine compounds (NOMC) targeting gap junctions and cell adhesive molecules for the identification of anticancer drug targets,The Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics 4(2): 161-171.

2.S. Prasanth Kumar, P. Srinivasan, Saumya K. Patel, Ravi Kapopara and Yogesh T. Jasrai, 2011. In silico development of inhibitors against pantothenate synthetase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis,Journalof Advanced Bioinformatics and Research 2(2): 142-148.

3.Saumya K. Patel, S. Prasanth Kumar, Himanshu A. Pandya, Yogesh T. Jasrai and Mehul I. Patni, 2011. 2D-QSAR analysis of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) inhibitors with activity in Toxoplasma gondii andLactobacillus casei. Journal of Advanced Bioinformatics and Research,2(2):161-166.

4.Ravi Kapopara, S. Prasanth Kumar, Saumya K. Patel, Dhananjay K.Sadhu, Yogesh T. Jasrai, Himanshu A. Pandya and Rakesh M. Rawal, 2011. Virtual screening of natural bioactives in combating cancer through epigenetic modulation. South Asian Journal of Experimental Biology, 1(5-S1):12-16.

5.Pappu Srinivasan, Sivakumar Prasanth Kumar, Muthusamy Karthikeyan, Jeyaram Jeyakanthan, Yogesh T. Jasrai, Himanshu A. Pandya, Rakesh M. Rawal and Saumya K. Patel, 2011. Epitope-based immunoinformatics and molecular docking studies of nucleocapsid protein and ovarian tumor domain of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus,Frontiers in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2(72):1-9 (PMID: 22303367; PMC3268625.)

6. S. Prasanth Kumar, Ravi G. Kapopara, Saumya K. Patel, Mehul I. Patni, Yogesh T. Jasrai, Himanshu A. Pandya and Rakesh M. Rawal, 2011. Molecular descriptor enhancement of a common structure towards the development of α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitors for post-prandial hyperglycemia (PPHG),Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1(3): 01-12.

7. Saumya K. Patel, Yogesh T. Jasrai, Linz-buoy George and Hyacinth N. Highland, 2012. Virtual Screening of Xanthones in Combating Malaria Targeting Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1(PfEMP1). Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1(6): 01-05.

8.S. Prasanth Kumar, Ravi G. Kapopara, Saumya K. Patel, Himanshu A. Pandya and Yogesh T. Jasrai, 2012. Conformational Ensemble of Digoxin and Digitoxin and its Interamolecular Energy in Torsional Space. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences, 2(2): 57-66.

9.S. Prasanth Kumar, Ravi G. Kapopara, Mehul I. Patni, Himanshu A. Pandya, Yogesh T. Jasrai and Saumya K. Patel,2012. Exploring the Polymerase Activity of Chikungunya Viral non structural Protein 4 (nsP4) using Molecular Modeling, e-Pharmacophore and Docking Studies. International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences, 3(6): 1752- 1765.

10.S. Prasanth Kumar, Saumya K. Patel, Yogesh T. Jasrai, Himanshu A. Pandya and P. Srinivasan, 2012. Biocomputational analysis of citrullinated fillagrin sequence repeats for rheumatoid arthritis. Electronic Journal of Biology, 8(2):29-33.

11.S. Prasanth Kumar, Saumya K. Patel, Ravi G. Kapopara, Yogesh T. Jasrai andHimanshu A. Pandya, 2012. Evolutionary and molecular aspects of Indian tomato leaf curl virus coat protein. International Journal of Plant Genomics(PMID: 23304121, PMCID: PMC3529866)

12. S. Prasanth Kumar, Yogesh T. Jasrai, Himanshu A. Pandya., Linz-Buoy George andSaumya K. Patel, 2013. Structural insights into the theoretical model of Plasmodium falciparum NADH dehydrogenase and its interaction with artemisinin and derivatives: towards global health therapeutics. OMICS, (5):231-41, (PMID: 23638880)

13. Saumya K. Patel,Linz-Buoy George,S. Prasanth Kumar,Hyacinth N.Highland,Yogesh T. Jasrai, Himanshu A. Pandya,andKetaki R. Desai, 2013. A Computational Approach towards the Understanding ofPlasmodium falciparumMultidrug Resistance Protein 1 ISRN Bioinformatics,Vol.2013, Article ID437168, doi:10.1155/2013/437168

14.Hiral Suthar, R.J. Verma, Saumya K. Patel, Y. T. Jasrai, 2014 Green Tea Potentially Ameliorates Bisphenol A - Induced Oxidative Stress: An In Vitro and In Silico Study, Biochemistry Research International, vol. 2014, Article ID 259763, 9 pages. doi:10.1155/2014/259763 (PMID: 25180096, PMCID: PMC4142388)

15. Saumya K. Patel, Linz-Buoy George, Vijay M. Khedkar, Mohsin Y. Lone, Prakash C. Jha, Yogesh T. Jasrai, Himanshu A. Pandya and Hyacinth N. Highland, 2014. Metaphorical Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (2D & 3D-QSAR) analysis of tylophorine derivatives as efficacious in antimalarial drug design, International Journal of Pharmaceutical sciences and Research,5(10): 4325-38

16.Saumya K. Patel, Linz-Buoy George, Vijay M. Khedkar, Prakash C. Jha, Yogesh T. Jasrai, Himanshu A. Pandya, Hyacinth N. Highland and Adam Skelton (2015) Molecular interaction of selected phytochemicals under the charged environment of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine (CQ) resistance transporter (PfCRT) model, Journal of Biomolecular structure and dynamics, 18:1-30 (PMID:25783783, doi- 10.1080/ 07391102.2015.1028449)

17. Kumari Rashmi, Saumya K. Patel, Devarshi U. Gajjar, S. Prasanth Kumar, Himanshu A. Pandya and Yogesh T. Jasrai (2015), Sequence-Based Identification and Evolutionary Studies of Keratitis Causing Fungal Pathogens. Journal of Computational Biology and Chemistry (Under review)

18. Saumya K. Patel, S. Prasanth Kumar, Ravi G. Kapopara, Yogesh T. Jasrai and Himanshu A. Pandya (2013) Plant Bioactive Driven Fragment-based Drug Designing and Epitope- based Immunoinformatics Study of EspC protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (IN PRESS- proceedings of National Symposium“Evolving Paradigm to Improve Productivity from Dynamic Management and Value Addition for Plant Genetic Resources”)

Books

1.Saumya Patel, S. Prasanth Kumar and Mehul Patni, 2012. Statistical and Biocomputational Studies on Spondyloarthritis. Tatiana Melnic(Ed), LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Saarbrűcken, Germany, ISBN:978-3-659-14306- 9.

2.S. Prasanth Kumar, Saumya K. Patel and Himanshu A. Pandya, 2012. Normal and binding mode analysis of breast cancer resistance protein. Alina Covali (Ed), LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Saarbrűcken, Germany, ISBN:978-3-659-15312- 9.

3.Saumya Patel, Prasanth Kumar and Yogesh T. Jasrai, 2012.Molecular Optimization of Calcineurin Inhibitors for Prion Disease: A Pharmacophore Study. Tatiana Melnic (Ed), LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Saarbrűcken, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-659-15895-7.

Sequence submitted at NCBI

GenBank accession number(s) : JQ910152-64(13 sequences of fungal pathogens )

Authors : Gajjar,D.U., Pal,A.K., Kumari,R., Vasavada,A., Ghodadra,B.K. andPatel,S.K.

Project/ M.Sc.dissertation

Project work as a part of M.Sc. dissertation in the subject of Bioinformatics under the guidance of Dr.Kaid Johar atIladevi Cataract and IOL Research Centre,Gurukul road, Memnagar, Ahmedabad -380052 Gujarat,India.

Title: “Bioinformatic Analysis of Gap Junctions and Related Signaling in Animal Cells”.

Training/Workshop

  1. Training on Various Biochemical, Biotechnological, Analytical techniques and relevantInstrumentation at National Institute of Occupational Health (Indian Council of Medical Research) Meghaninagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (May 2005)
  2. Training on “Study about Genetics and Various techniques based on Genetics" at Foundation for Research in Genetics and Endocrinology, Genetics Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (May-June 2006).
  3. Training Cum workshop Programme on “Algorithms in Bioinformatics” Organized by BirlaInstitute of Scientific Research, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (Nov 2007).
  4. Training on “Agricultural Microbes Bioinformatics” Conducted by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad and American Society for Microbiology (ASM) as part of Indo-US Professorship Programme.(June 2009).
  5. Workshop Programme on “Computational Methods in Molecular Biology” Organized by Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (Jan-2011)
  6. Training in identification, in vitro cultivation and drug sensitivity testing of malaria parasite at National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi (June 2012)
  7. Workshop on Advances in Computer Aided Drug Design and discovery Conducted by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. (Feb 2013)
  8. Training on Next Generation sequencing methods andtools at IBioAnalysis Private Limited,Ahmedabad (Dec 2013)
  9. Workshop on "Next Generation sequencing data analysis of Microbial genomes and metagenomes" Organized by Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), Gandhinagar,India (Nov-2014)

Prizes/Awards

  1. 1st Prize in Poster Presentation Competition in Science Excellence-2009 Organized by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Jan 2009)
  2. 2nd Prize in Poster Presentation Competition in state level seminar on “Bioinformatics and Data Mining” Organized by BIT Virtual centre on Bioinformatics, Navsari Agricultural University (March 8-9, 2010)
  3. 1st Prize in Poster Presentation Competition in Vignan Parishad-2011 Organized by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Jan 2011)
  4. 2nd Prize in Poster Presentation Competition in state level seminar on “Innovative Approaches to Biological Sciences: Recent Perspectives” organized by J & J College of science, Nadiad.(Jan 2011)
  5. Best Poster Award Prize in Poster Presentation Competition in 25th Gujarat Science Congress Organized by Gujarat Science Academy at Science City, Ahmedabad (Feb 26-27,2011) .
  6. Cash Prize in Poster Presentation Competition in state level seminar on “Current laboratory techniques in stem cell research” organized by Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa.(Feb 2011).
  7. Fifth prize in “4th Seminar on Modern Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Biology” held on February 28th, 2011. Organized By Indian Association for Cancer Research – Gujarat Chapter, The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, The Gujarat Cancer Society.
  8. Best prize for poster in National Symposium on “ Evolving Paradigm to Improve Productivity from Dynamic Management and Value Addition for Plant Genetic Resources” organized by Department of Botany, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad during 13th to 15th October -2011.
  9. Best Poster Prize in National Seminar on “Bioinformatics in High-throughput Era” Bioinfo Conclave-2012, held on 31st March, 2012 at GCRI, Ahmedabad, Organized by BitVirtual Bioinformatics Node (GCRI), The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute.
  10. Best Poster Award (Third) in One Day Seminar on Cancer:From Biologist’s Perspective “My Dreams to Conquer Cancer” as part of National Science Day Celebrations -2013, organized at The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad on February 28,2013.
  11. 1st Prize in Poster Presentation Competition in Science Excellence-2014 Organized by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Jan 2014)
  12. Young Scientist Award in National Seminar on “Strategies to understand sustainable utilization of plant wealth” organized by Department of Botany, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 29-30, September-2014.
  13. Best Poster Award Prize in Poster Presentation Competition in 29th Gujarat Science Congress Organized by Gujarat Science Academy at Science City, Ahmedabad (Feb 28-March 1,2015) .

Conference/Symposium/Seminar (Attended/Presented)

International:03

National: 07

State: 11

  1. Participated in Poster Presentation at 2nd National Level Symposium Organized by Christ College, Rajkot, Gujarat (Jan 2006).
  2. Attended State Level seminar on “Current trends in Molecular Biology and Clinical Trials” conducted by The Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad(Oct 2007).
  3. Participated in Poster Presentation at Science Excellence-2008 Organized by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Jan 2008).
  4. Attended State Level seminar on Bioinformatics: Leads in Gujarat-2008(BLG-2008) Organized by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (March 2008).
  5. Participated in Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights Organized by GUJCOST-IPR Cell, Gujarat University and Gujarat University Botanical Society (GUBS). Held on Saturday, (December-2008)
  6. Participated in Poster Presentation at Science Excellence-2009 Organized by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Jan 2009).
  7. Participated in state level seminar on “Bioinformatics and Data Mining” Organized by BIT Virtual centre on Bioinformatics, Navsari Agricultural University(March,2010)
  8. Participated in Seminar on “Java Programming” at Department of Computer Science, Rollwala Computer Centre, Gujarat University , Ahmedabad.(September 2010)
  9. Participated and Presented Poster in National conference on "Metabolomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics” organized by BCS-In Silico Biology Lab, Sanjay Gandhi Post graduate institute of Medical sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,India(Jan 2011).
  10. Participated and Presented Poster in National Symposium on “Status, Challenges & Opportunities in Life-Sciences” Jointly organized by Department of Microbiology & Department of Integrated Biotechnology, Ashok & Rita Institute of Integrated Study and Research in Biotechnolgy and Allied Sciences (September 2011)
  11. Participated in Workshop on : “Intellectual Property Rights Awareness-2011 (WIPRA-2011)” organized by IPR Cell, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, On Thursday(June -2011)
  12. Participated and Presented Poster in Three Days National Level Workshop on “ Training and Hands on Molecular Biotechnology Tools & TechniquesOrganized by Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, S.K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Eduction & Research, Ganpat University.(September 2012)
  13. Participated in National Seminar on “Bioinformatics in Microbial Diversity” organized by Department of Microbiology and Biotechnolgy, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad on March 4,2012 Sponsored by GSBTM.
  14. Participated and Presented Poster in the International Symposium on Recent Advances in Cancer Research: Therapeutics to Chemoprevention held at School of Life Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India on February 8-9,2012.
  15. Participated and presented poster in the International Conference on “Supermolecules and Nanomaterials Research and Applications” Organized by Department of Chemistry, Gujarat University & GUJCOST – Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat,India, held on 6-8th February, 2012
  16. Participated and Presented Poster in “XXVII Gujarat Science Congress” organized by Charotar University Science and Technology and Gujarat Science Academy, 24th February 2013.
  17. Participated and Presented Poster in “International Conference On Biomolecular Forms and Functions” organized by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 8-11 January 2013.
  18. Awarded Certificate for active Participation as Invited faculty in workshop on molecular biology training organized by Bhishma Agri-Research Biotech,Ahmedabad (August 2012)
  19. Participated in one day Seminar on “Cancer: From Biologist’s Perspective” as part of National Science Day Celebrations-2013, organized at The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, February 28,2013.
  20. Participated in National Seminar on “MD Simulation & QSAR in Drug Design” Bioinfo Conclave 2013, held on 29th March, 2013 at GCRI, Ahmedabad, Organized by BitVirtual Bioinformatics Node (GCRI) Dept. of Cancer Biology, The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute.
  21. Participated in two day workshop on “Research 2 Rupees”- A Technology & Research Management Programme, Organized by Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of Gujarat, GVFL Ltd. In association withg SkyQuest Technology Consulting Pvt. LTD as Knowledge Partner held on 25-26 March 2013.
  • Paper accepted for Young Sciemtists speaker programme in International Conference- ALBANY-2015, organized by Department of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, State University of Newyork, Albany, NY which will be held on 9-13 June, 2015.

Biotechnology Skills:

  • in vitro animal cell culture techniques and drug sensitivity tests (mainly Parasitology, Cancer biology)
  • Basic Microbiological and Immunological Methods.
  • Biochemical estimations.
  • Efficiently skilled in Chromatographic methods like HPLC, HP-TLC, Column and Paper Chromatography.
  • Molecular Biology techniques- isolation of nucleic acids, AGE, PAGE and other techniques.

Bioinformatics Skills:

  • Biological database search – Sequence and structure databases, Genome and Organism Specific databases, file formats associated with databases.
  • Sequence alignment algorithms, Scoring matrices
  • Sequence analysis
  • Protein Sequence Analysis
  • Primary Sequence Analysis
  • Similarity Search – BLAST, PSI BLAST, PHI BLAST, FASTA,VISTA
  • Multiple Sequence Alignment – Clustal W, Clustal X
  • Phylogenetic Analysis – PHYLIP, MEGA 4
  • Protein Interaction Databases-PIR,DIP
  • Protein Structure Prediction
  • Structural Classification databases – CATH
  • Protein structure prediction – PROTPARAM,GOR4,RASMOL
  • Homology Modeling tools : SWISS model,Yasara
  • Structure validation tools – WATIF Server
  • Genome Analysis
  • In depth knowledge on Genome databases – KEGG, COG’S
  • Gene prediction and Annotation – Genscan,Genome Scan
  • Genome Annotation –RNA Secondary Structure Prediction - RNA fold
  • Comparative Genomics tools – Blast 2 seq., Mummer, Genomic BLAST
  • Microarray technology and Functional Genomics
  • Next Generation sequencing tools:

Assembly tools: NGS QC Toolkit,TopHat, Minia,Cufflink,Bowtie, CLC workbench

Annotation: web BLAST, Stand-alone BLAST

  • Drug designing and Pharmacogenomics
  • Docking - Molegro, Shrodinger,Biosuite, Discovery studio
  • Molecular dynamics studies – Yasara,Gromacs
  • QSAR studies - VlifeMDS

ComputerSkills

Operating System/ Packages:Windows OS, Linux / Unix, MS-Office

Computer Languages:C, C++, Java, Python

Databases :Oracle 10g

Other Activities:

  • Won Prizes in Various Competitions like Essay Writing and Dancing.
  • Given stage performances and got prizes in singing and dancing competitions.
  • Participated in various activities of Indian Red Cross Society,Gujarat State Branch, India
  • Member of Gujarat University Botanical Society (GUBS), Applied Botany Centre, Gujarat University and participated in various activities organized by GUBS.

Personal Profile:

Father’s Name:Kantibhai Bhulabhai Patel

Gender:Male

DOB:5thJune, 1987

Marital Status:Married

Nationality:Indian – Hindu

Languages known:English, Hindi, Gujarati

REFERENCES:

Dr. Linz-Buoy George Dr. Rakesh M. Rawal Dr. C. R. Pillai

Associate Professor, Head, MCPG Emeritus Medical Scientist

Zoology Department Dept. of Cancer Biology, National Institute of Malaria

School of Sciences, Civil Hospital Campus, Research (NIMR)-ICMR

Gujarat University, Meghaninagar, Sector 8,

Ahmedabad – 380009 Ahmedabad – 380009 Dwarka, Delhi-110077

rakeshmrawal @gmail.com

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the above mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above mentioned particulars.

Place: Ahmedabad

Date: 30-04-2015(SaumyaKantibhai Patel)