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Senthil Velan Bhoopalan 000-000-0000
www.senthilprime.com
College Park, MD 20740
USA

Education University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

PhD in Molecular Genetics at the College of Computer, Mathematical & Natural Sciences. 2009-
Present
The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical Univerity, Chennai, In-
dia
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), 2003-2009

Research Doctoral Student

Working on how the differences in the surface lipooligosaccharide molecule between pathogens
and commensals help them to interact with the host immune system differently using Neisseria
as the model system. (Advisor: Daniel Stein)

Experience Teaching Assistant

Independently managed and taught lab courses for BSCI 105 (Introduction to Molecular Biology)
and BSCI 223 (General Microbiology) for 2 years at the Univerity of Maryland.(2009-2011)
Research Internships
Summer internship at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.(2006)
Summer internship at Cancer Institute, Chennai on Cytogenetics and Electron Microscopy.(2005)
Worked part-time at the Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai for 6
months.(2006)
Minimal genome project at J.Craig Venter Institute, MD in Dr.John Glass’ lab.(Jan-Feb 2010)
Others
President of Science Club in high school.(2002-2003)
Assistant Editor of the college journal K2K and annual college magazine Synapse.(2006-2007)
Duty physician at DRJ Hospital, Chennai.(2009)
Clinical intern at Kilpauk Medical College.(2008-2009)
Member-Reviewer, Student British Medical Journal.(2011-present)

Awards Academic Achievements

Honors Certificate in Biochemistry & Pathology.(2003-2009)
Gold Medal in Inter-Medical School Surgery Examination.(2007-2008)
Research Fellowship
Awarded the annual KVPY Research Fellowship given by Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt.
of India.(2004) Was given research support for 4 years.
Best Quizzer
Won the Fujio Cup Quiz, a prestigious annual stem cell quiz, in 2007.
Awarded Best Quizzer and Best Student as part of Science Week Celebrations.(2002-2003)

Publications Bagyalakshmi R, Senthilvelan B, Therese KL, Murugusundram S, Madhavan HN. Application of

polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR based restriction fragment length polymorphism for
detection and identification of dermatophytes from dermatological specimens. Indian J Dermatol
2008;53:15-20

Stein DC, Miller CJ, Bhoopalan SV, Sommer DD, 2011 Sequence-Based Predictions of
Lipooligosaccharide Diversity in the Neisseriaceae and Their Implication in Pathogenicity. PLoS
ONE 6(4): e18923. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018923

Other skills Adequate knowledge of UNIX, Linux, R, Perl and common bioinformatics tools.
Blogging, quizzing and general organizational skills.