Contributions by role
Contributions by subject area
Sharmistha Mitra
Summary
Biochemistry Biophysics Biotechnology Cell Biology Genetics Genomics Microbiology Molecular Biology Neuroscience Pediatrics
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas
July 2017
Pediatrics Neurology
o Demonstrated first time, tissue specific expression and function of a ubiquitin ligase using a unique animal model system
o Developed biochemical assays first time to visualize a ubiquitin ligase interacting protein after 10 years of its discovery
o Collaborating on multiple projects both within UT Southwestern as well as scientists from Hospital for Sickkids, Toronto, Canada
o Co-authored one peer-reviewed article in Nature Reviews Neurology
o Mentored multiple rotation graduate students and Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF)
o Secured travel award for a local career expo
Baylor College of Medicine
June 2013
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February 2015
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
o Contributed towards structural-functional characterization of bacterial membrane proteins which resulted in a peer-reviewed publication
o Shared first co-authorship in a second peer-reviewed journal paper from a project aimed to characterize prostate cancer biomarker
o Collaborated project with scientists from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Indian Institute of Science
July 2015
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December 2016
Molecular Biophysics
o Performed numerous structural and biochemical assays to study protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions which resulted in a peer-reviewed journal publication
o Successfully wrote and obtained a postdoc grant from Department of Science and Technology, India
o Reviewed papers for journals including Nature
o Mentored graduate and undergraduate students in developing their projects
o Instructed a workshop on membrane protein crystallography with ~30 graduate students