Aniket Ghosh

EDUCATION

College / University

Presidency College, University of Calcutta

Highest Degree

Master of Science

Major Subjects

Neuroscience, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology

Country

India

Lab Experience

Histology, experimental physiology (nerve muscle recordings, perfusion experiments on cardiac and smooth muscle), work physiology (measurement of physical fitness indices), DNA isolation, PCR, cloning, transformation, site-directed mutagenesis, DNA/protein gel electrophoresis.

Projects / Research

June - July 2006: Effect of REM sleep deprivation on Na-K-ATPase. Jawaharlal Nehru College
2004: Evaluating physiological parameters (cardiovascular, anthropometric, haematological, socio-economic, and nutritional) in a field survey of tribal inhabitants in the North-Eastern part of India

Scholarships / Awards

2007 – 2008:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2007:	qualified GATE
2000 / 2002:	merit certificate in National Scholarship Scheme

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My scientific interest is in the understanding of molecular mechanism of Alzheimer’s disease. I would like to work on the Reelin signaling pathway which is involved in Alzheimer’s disease as well as in the synaptic plasticity. Unraveling of this pathway in great details might correlate the amyloid deposition with tau hyperphosphorylation and ApoE4 polymorphism.