Manti Guha

Research Assistant Professor

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Location:

Philadelphia, PA

Industry:

Research

Work:

Education:

University of Pennsylvania
Jadavpur University, India
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy

Skills:

Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Cell Culture
Fluorescence Microscopy
Western Blotting
Biochemistry
Transfection
Rt Pcr
Protein Expression
Cancer Research
Confocal Microscopy
3D Mammosphere Cultures
Grant Writing
Public Speaking
Assay Development
In Vitro Invasion
Promoter Analysis
Mitochondrial Dna Analysis
Scientific Writing
Protein Purification
Cancer Stem Cells
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
Chip Seq
Immunocytochemistry
Dna Damage Response
Telomere Regulation
Cellular Respiration
Immunostaining and Imaging 3D Spheroids
Real Time Imaging of Cellular Migration
Gene Transcription
Q Telomere Repeat Amplification Protocol
Telomerase
Mitochondrial Parameters and Functions
Reporter Studies
Alternative Splicing
Rna Fish
Real Time Pcr
Northern Blotting
Southern Hybridization
Subcellular Isolation
Receptor Binding Assays
Histone and Protein Acetylation Assays
Scientific Presentation
Research Laboratory Management
Scientific Review
Biotech Consulting
Generating Primary Cell Lines
3D Organoids
Mouse Models of Mitohondrial Defects
Mouse Tumor Induction

Interests:

Children
Education
Science and Technology
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
Health

Languages:

English
Hindi

Certifications:

Course In College Teaching
Research Commercialization :Understanding Patents and the Patent Application Process For Engineers and Scientists
Citi Course In the Responsible Conduct of Research
Environmental Health and Radiation Safety- Radioactive Materials Handling
Handling and Shipping of Biohazardous Materials
Occupational Health and Safety Lab Animal Handlers Training
Citi Protection of Human Subjects Research Training
University of Pennsylvania
The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (Ncet2)
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
Ehrs, Penn
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Iacuc), Penn

Senior Research Investigator, Upenn

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Position:

Senior Research Investigator at University of Pennsylvania

Location:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Industry:

Research

Work:

Education:

Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India 1998 - 2003
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, Signal Transduction Government Institue of Science, Maharastra, India 1996 - 1998
M.S., Microbiology University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral, Mitochondrial retrograde signaling in cancer

Skills:

Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Immunofluorescence
Fluorescence Microscopy
RT-PCR
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
ChIP-seq
Immunocytochemistry
DNA damage response
telomere regulation
cellular respiration
in vitro invasion
3D mammosphere cultures
Immunostaining and imaging 3D spheroids
real time imaging of cellular migration
mitochondrial DNA analysis
gene transcription
promoter analysis
Biochemistry
Western Blotting
Q-telomere repeat amplification protocol (Q-TRAP)
telomerase
mitochondrial parameters and functions
reporter studies
alternative splicing
RNA-FISH
Real time- PCR
Northern Blotting
Southern Hybridization
Western immunoblotting
subcellular isolation
Receptor Binding Assays
histone and protein acetylation assays
Grant Writing
Scientific Writing
Scientific Presentation
research laboratory management
Scientific Review
Public Speaking
Biotech Consulting
Confocal Microscopy
Immunoprecipitation
Protein Expression
Molecular Cloning
Protein Purification
Transfection
Cell Culture
Cancer Research
Cancer Stem Cells

Interests:

Professional: research affinity groups and symposia, scientific meetings, networking, public speaking, raising awareness for medical research Personal: photography, volunteering, fiction, poetry, painting.

Awards:

National Merit Scholarship
Govt of India
Centennial Meeting Travel Award
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Selected as one of the top five abstracts submitted for the Centennial Meeting at San Francisco,CA
Invited Speaker : Nuclear Receptors and Coactivators
Abcam
Invited Speaker: Epithelial Plasticity and Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
Keystone Symposia at Vancouver
Award for Doctoral Research in Medical Sciences
Indian Council for Medical Research
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Mitochondrion (Journal)
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Cell Research (journal)

Certifications:

Research Commercialization :Understanding Patents and the Patent Application Process for Engineers and Scientists, The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)
CITI Course in the Responsible Conduct of Research, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
Environmental Health and Radiation Safety- Radioactive materials handling, EHRS, PENN
Handling and Shipping of Biohazardous materials, EHRS, PENN
Occupational Health and Safety Lab animal handlers training, The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), PENN