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Aditya Jeevannavar

Bioinformatician. Absurdist writer. Tech dilettante.

India
aditya@jeevannavar.com
https://www.jeevannavar.com

Skills

Python, R, HTML, CSS

Inkscape, Git, Shell scripting

TensorFlow2, PyTorch, ggplot2, Matplotlib, Tidyverse, pandas

VSEARCH, samtools, bcftools

About

I work in bioinformatics by trade and in writing by hobby.
For a printable curriculum vitae, click here.

Work Experience

Student Researcher

Initiative for Biological Systems Engineering, IIT Madras

  • Integrating multi-omics data using Graph Convolutional Networks and View Correlation Discovery Network
  • Utilizing pairwise interactions to iimprove performance and interpretability of hte graph convolution based model
  • Processing multi-omics and multi-tissue data

https://ibse.iitm.ac.in/

Teaching Assistant

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

  • Conducted introductory molecular biology classes and tutorials for a class of 20 students
  • Assembled resources repositories for course projects on Moodle
  • Created and graded assignments using Overleaf and Gradescope respectively

https://www.iitm.ac.in

Laboratory Assistant

Molecular Plant Biology Unit, University of Turku

  • Prepared various sterile glassware, media, broths, and stocks for microbial cultures and assays
  • Maintained photosynthetic microbial cultures, measured growth, and imaged them under a compund microscope
  • Ligated, inserted, and isolated plasmids, and performed gel electrophoreses

https://www.utu.fi

Bio Engineering summer Training Program Interm

Centre for BioSystems Science andn Engineering, Indian Institute of science

  • Created new S. pombe strains for study using random spore analysis and replica plating
  • Used fluorescent markers and confocal microscopy to visualize yeast mitochondrial proteins and nuclei
  • Analysed the microscopy data using FIJI and MATLAB

https://be.iisc.ac.in/BEST.html

iGEM Team Member

Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras

  • Started The Language Project, a bio-science communication project in Indian and foreign languages
  • Worked on ChassiDex, a unique resource for easy access and sharing of scientific protocols
  • Maintained cultures, ran growth assays, prepared ultra-competent cells, and performed cell transformation

https://2017.igem.org/Team:IIT-Madras

Education

BS-MS (Dual Degree) in Biological Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

https://www.iitm.ac.in

Student Exchange Program

University of Turku

https://www.utu.fi

Extracurricular Activities


Writer and Editor

The Fifth Estate (T5E)

Wrote and edited articles for T5E, IIT Madras' student media body

https://t5eiitm.org

Scriptwriter

IITMTV & Pod,da

Wrote stories and scripts for short films, musicals, and podcasts

https://www.youtube.com/user/IITMTV

Consultant

Vox Populi Vox Insti, the T5E Podcast

Consulted and created content for the podcast

https://t5epod.in