Veenothini S. Sinthadurai

PhD researcher in Plant Molecular Biology with expertise in molecular cloning, recombinant protein expression and purification, enzyme characterization, plant transformation, plant tissue culture, confocal microscopy, and functional genomics. Strong background in phenylpropanoid biology, protein biochemistry, gene function analysis, and interpretation of transcriptomic and metabolomics datasets.

PhD Researcher at CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory (2021 – Present)

• Characterized 4CL isoforms from Ocimum kilimandscharicum.
• Performed cloning, recombinant expression in E. coli, purification and enzyme assays.
• Generated transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis thaliana plants.
• Performed tissue preparation, paraffin embedding, microtomy, histological staining and confocal microscopy.

Junior Research Fellow at ICMR–NIRRH

DBT Project: Identification of new male infertility genes in obstructive azoospermic men with congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens.

• DNA extraction and quality assessment from human blood samples
• Blood fractionation
• ELISA
• Clinical sample processing and documentation

Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biotechnology – National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR) (2021)

Master of Science in Botany – The Institute of Science (University of Mumbai) (2016 – 2018)

Bachelor of Science in Botany, Chemistry, and Zoology – Patkar Varde College (University of Mumbai) (2013 – 2016)