Aakansha Kanojia

Aakansha Kanojia

Research Scientist
Bulgaria
English

About Me

Research scientist with a demonstrated history of working research industry. Skilled in Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Stress Physiology, Plant phenotyping, metabolomics, DNA and RNA sequencing data analysis. Strong rese…

Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology
Jan 2019 - Present · 7 years 5 months

Serve as a key person to analyze the protective mechanisms in commercial plants to enhance tolerance against abiotic stresses. Performing comprehensive multi-omics analysis to reveal the mechanisms mediated by biostimulants for improved crop performance.

Research scientist

Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, Bulgaria
Jan 2019 - Present · 7 years 6 months

Analyze the protective mechanisms in commercial plants to enhance tolerance against abiotic stresses.
Partnered with Enza Zaden in Bulgaria.
Led the team to test the biostimulant effect on crops ranging from tomato, eggplant, pepper, and cucumber.
Performed comprehensive multi-omics analysis to reveal the mechanisms mediated by biostimulants for improved crop performance.

Visiting research scientist in a company

BioAtlantis Ltd. Tralee, Ireland
Sep 2020 - Feb 2021 · 5 months

Worked independently on a RESIST project.
Assessed the potential of seaweed-based biostimulants to enhance the yield and quality of tomato fruits in severe drought conditions.

Visiting research scientist in a company

BioAtlantis Ltd. Tralee, Ireland
Jun 2019 - Nov 2019 · 5 months

Led the collaborative research on seaweed-based biostimulant-plant interactions.
Studied their role in protecting crops in abiotic stress conditions.

Lab demonstrator

Massey University, New Zealand
Feb 2017 - Oct 2017 · 8 months

Demonstrated labs for Biology of cells and Biochemistry of cells.

Visiting research scientist

University of Potsdam, Germany
Nov 2015 - Oct 2016 · 11 months

Accomplished physiological experiments aimed at assessing the response of stress-sensitive mutants.
Worked on genome editing and mapping techniques to identify the locus of the mutated gene.

Lab demonstrator

Massey University, New Zealand
Feb 2015 - Oct 2015 · 8 months

Demonstrated labs for Biology of cells and Plant Physiology.

Research Assistant

Grow Tips Biotech. India.
Dec 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 year

Developed protocols for initiating, maintaining and multiplying the medicinal plant Aloe Vera.

Skills

Biochemistry Molecular Biology Virology Cell Culture Bioinformatics Cell Biology Genetics Microscopy R Programming Language (R) Research Experience Research Laboratory Experience Spectroscopy Phenotyping Genotyping qRT PCR DNA-seq RNA-seq Genomic data analysis Transcriptomic data analysis Metabolomic data analysis Lipidomic data analysis Basic bioinformatics Greenhouse experiments Plant tissue culture Agrobacterium-mediated transformation RStudio Microsoft Office Mendeley ImageJ Genevestigator MetaboAnalyst Data mining Primer designing Galaxy Communication Leadership Project planning Teamwork Analytical skills Multitasking
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