TRAINEE

Mohammad Sarfaraz Nawaz



PhD student
PI: Dr. Charlotte Kilstrup-Nielsen
Laboratory of Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression
Department of Structural and Functional Biology
Via A.da Giussano 12
21052 Busto Arsizio (VA), Italy
Tel: +39-3451296186 - Fax: +39-0331-339-459
Email: sarfarazn73@gmail.com

Project Title
Characterisation of the role in vivo of CDKL5 as an MeCP2 modifier gene.

Research experience
2010 - 2013: Marie Curie Initial Training Network DisChrom – PhD student in Neurobiology at University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
2008 – 2010: Research Assistant at National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Manesar, Gurgaon, Hrayana, India.
Supervisor: Dr. Shyamala Mani
Project:
1. Effect of maternal malnutrition in the development of brain and cognition in f1 progeny.
2. Iron deficiency- memory impairment, hippocampus development and defects.

Education
2007: Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, Masters of Science in Biotechnology, Faculty of Science. Dissertation at Centre for Transgenic Plant and Development, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.
Supervisor: Prof. M. Z. Abdin
Project: RAPD profiling for detecting somaclonal variation in medicinal plants.
2004: Lalit Narayan Mithila University (LNMU), Darbhanga, Bihar, India. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (Hons.).

Training
Summer training (2 months) at Institute of Genomic and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi, India.
Supervisor: Dr. Yogendra Singh
Project: Cellular localization of PKn1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its Expression in heterologous system.