Hello, I'm Kavya
I recently graduated from Imperial College London with an MRes in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. I am an early-career researcher with my long-term career aspiration to understand the complexities of genetic regulation and how it ultimately leads to how we look, behave, feel and think. Using the molecular biology toolkit I have acquired over my academic career, I aim to solve real-world problems and discover how we can function better.
Check out my projects and past publications to know more about my work.
Education
2022-2023
MRes Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
Imperial College London
​My time at Imperial, strengthened my scientific inquiry and wet lab skills, with the advice from renowned scientists in the field, I was able to ask better questions and experience the trials and tribulations of working at a lab full-time. My coursework involved two independent 5-month research projects that covered a wide range of topics including genetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry providing me with a comprehensive understanding of academic research in the life sciences. Additionally, I had the opportunity to collaborate with various teams of scientists, present results at weekly lab meetings and explore different projects while still working on my own.
2018-2022
B Tech Biotechnology
National Institute of Technology Warangal
An undergraduate degree in engineering biotechnology, taught me industry practices, through a rigorous program that encouraged engineering thinking, problem solving and innovation. The syllabus covered basic engineering skills, computer programming, and natural sciences in the first year. Here, I was in a class full of multidisciplinary engineers which inspired collaboration in such an environment with various ways of thinking. My specialisation in biotechnology started from year 2, where the syllabus had shifted to biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology and genetics, bioprocess calculations, immunology, genetic engineering, engineering economics and accountancy, bioreaction engineering bioprocess instrumentation and control, downstream processing. Through these modules I discovered my interests in molecular biology and genetics research, so in my final year I elected for medical biotechnology, and omics technology, which introduced me to new frontiers of biotech research techniques.
Publications
Prince, K., Sasidharan, S., Nag, N., Tripathi, T., Saudagar, P. Integration of spectroscopic and computational data to analyse protein structure, function, folding, and dynamics. Advanced Spectroscopic Methods to Study Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 483–502, Elsevier, 2022.
Awards and Honors
2021
2021
2021
2020
Silver Medal
iGEM 2021
Fourth Place
New Gen Ideation Contest Hindustan Petroleum
Institute Merit Scholarship
NITW
Institute Merit Scholarship
NITW
Research Projects
Insect Population Control Technique Using CRISPR/Cas9
Mediterranean fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata) are invasive pests that destroy fruit crops. During my master's thesis project at Imperial College London, I investigated potential CRISPR/Cas9-mediated improvements to the existing population control techniques.
Changing Glycomic Profiles in Pregnancy
To gain a better understanding of urine protein glycosylation in human pregnancy, I studied the glycan profiles of samples collected at different stages of pregnancy. We aimed to find distinct profiles that could be associated with preterm birth, a major cause of neonatal mortality.