Basanta Pravas Sahu

Over 10+ years of diverse experience in classical and molecular virology, metagenomics, epidemiology, phylodynamics, quantitative and population genetics. Professional experience in brood stock analysis and animal genetics prior to doctorate program. Key expertise includes mammalian cell culture, virus isolation characterization, cloning, transfection, southern blotting, western blotting, real time PCR, VSV reverse genetics for virus genome manipulation, confocal imaging, next generation sequencing, genotyping, genomic library construction.

Adequate knowledge in viral oncotherapy, transcriptomics, innate immunology.

Postdoc Fellow - The University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong

(2022-01)

Swire Institute of marine science

• Evaluation of Ostreid Herpesvirus interaction in Crassostrea hongkongensis
• Genome wide association study of Crassostrea hongkongensis
• Development and evaluation of SNP chip in Crassostrea hongkongensis to decipher quantitative trait loci

Project Fellow - Indian Institute of Technology Indore - India

(2021-01 - 2022-12)

Molecular virology lab

• Development of a Chikungunya candidate vaccine in Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) gene delivery platform
• Optimization of reverse genetics platform

Doctoral Student - Indian Institute of Technology Indore - India

(2015-01 - 2021-12)

Molecular virology lab. Projects: The animal-human interface and infectious viral diseases: Genomics and molecular epidemiological approaches in "One health" context.

• Orf virus epidemiology
• Avipox virus epidemiology
• Complete genome characterization of Orf virus, pigeon pox, and fowl pox
• Molecular marker development in viruses
• Cloning of Interferon resistance gene ORFV20, followed by construction of the mutants and evaluation of their expression through western blotting followed by real time PCR and confocal microscopy

Senior Research Fellow - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) - India

(2014-01 - 2015-12)

Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division

• Outreach activity on fish genetic stocks
• Molecular marker development in Indian major carp Catla catla through next generation sequencing
• Population genetics analysis of Indian major carp Labeo rohita utilizing nuclear and mitochondrial markers
• Molecular breeding and F1 mapping population generation for Catla catla

Junior Research Fellow - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) - India

(2010-01 - 2014-12)

Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division

• First generation linkage map in Labeo rohita (rohu): potential genomic resource for identification of trait associated genes
• Microsatellite marker development in Labeo rohita through genomic enriched library and next generation sequencing
• Evaluation of these markers utilizing mapping population and construction of first generation linkage map

Dissertation - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) - India

(2009-01 - 2010-12)

Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division

• Characterization of simple sequence repeats in Macrobrachium rosenbergii (DE-MAN)

Doctor of Philosophy - Molecular virology - Indian Institute of Technology (2015-01 - 2021-12)

Master of Science - Biotechnology - Berhampur University (2007-01 - 2009-12)

Bachelor of Science - Botany - Utkal University (2004-01 - 2007-12)