Prateek Pandey

3rd year undergraduate student

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
http://www.iitk.ac.in
Sex: Male
DOB: October 22, 1983

Contact Details
Room No- C-109, Hall- 5
IIT Kanpur- 208016
Uttar Pradesh, India
Cell No: +91-9450346599
Email: prateekp@iitk.ac.in
prateek.iitk@gmail.com

Academic Qualifications
Degree
Major
Expected date of Graduation
Cumulative Performance Index

Bachelor of Technology
Biological Sciences and Bioengineering
May 2008
6.7 on scale of 10(at the end of 5
semesters)

Courses Undertaken
Departmental Courses

Protein Structure and Engineering

Crystal and Molecular Structure
Determination
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Lab
Molecules of Life (Basic Biochemistry)
Biochemical Engineering
Biochemistry and Biochemical Engineering
Lab
Information Processing in Biological Systems
(Basic Molecular Biology)
Human Molecular Genetics
Molecular Biology Lab
Biomechanics

Other Relevant Courses

Introduction to JAVA
Chemistry Lab
Physics Lab
General Chemistry
Mechanics and Electrodynamics
Linear Algebra
Differential Equations
Calculus

Scholastic Achievements

Ranked amongst top 0.3% of all students appearing in IIT JEE 2004 and
secured 1429 All India Rank in same.
Got Distinction in both Mathematics and Physics in class XIIth Examination.

Projects and Presentations

1. Purification, in vitro refolding and biochemical study of Yjda protein, a
proposed member of Dynamin Family :
Guided by:-Dr Balaji Prakash, IIT Kanpur
May 2006 to July 2006
In the project I was given to purify the protein, Yjda, a proposed member of bacterial
dynamin family. Previously this protein had shown insolubility with the His-Tag, so that
time GST-tagged Yjda cloned in E-coli was used. Protein had not been soluble with the
new tag also. After that in vitro refolding experiments were tried. In vitro refolding
experiments showed promising results in terms of amount of soluble protein. Amount of
soluble protein was also estimated using enzyme assay. Estimated amount was found to

be good for performing structural biology study. During my three months of project
besides my own project I was actively involved in other research activities of the lab.
2. Presentation on Ribosome and its interaction with antibiotics:
In the presentation structural and molecular basis of ribosome function and its
interaction with antibiotic was presented. This presentation was based on the paperFunctional insights from the structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit and its
interactions with antibiotics.
(Andrew P. Carter, William M. Clemons, Ditlev E. Brodersen, Robert J. Morgan-Warren,
Brian T. Wimberly & V. Ramakrishnan)
3. Poster Presentation on the work on Yjda protein:
I presented a poster on my work on Yjda in the department.
4. Presentation on Microbial growth:
This presentation dealt with the correlation of microbial growth to its physical and
chemical environment.
5. Fun Project:
In the fun project our group tried to cultivate paramecium from pond water using wheat
infusion broth.
6. NGOs in India:
Guided by: Dr T. Ravichandran and Dr Balaji Prakash, IIT Kanpur
In the project we studied about the NGOs in India with the field work in Kanpur.
Technical Skills
Programming Language:
Java, C.
Platforms:
MS Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP, Linux.
Other Software:
Bioinformatics tools
Hardware:
Laboratory Apparatus- chromatography machine, various centrifuge machines,
sonication machine, PCR machine and FLPC.

Extracurricular Activities

Member of NCC (National Cadet Corps), a semi military organization formed by

Government of India, for one year.
Coordinator of T-shirt cell in Techkriti 2006, technical festival of IIT Kanpur.
Participated in various events in the cultural and technical festivals of IIT Kanpur.

References
Dr Balaji Prakash,
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT-Kanpur
Contact Information:
Email: balaji@iitk.ac.in
Tel: (91) 512-259-4013
Fax: (91) 512-259-4010
Lab Web Page: http://www.iitk.ac.in/bsbe/Balaji.html