User:Diveena Vijayendran

Contact Info



 * Diveena Vijayendran
 * I worked as a research assistant under the supervision of Dr. Tilahun Abebe at The University of Northern Iowa (May 2007 - December 2008)
 * Email me through diveena.v@gmail.com

Education

 * Currently pursuing PhD in genetics at ISU
 * Senior, BS Biotechnology (Honors) Research
 * South Australian Matriculation in Biological Sciences

Current Project & Research interests
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 * In UNI, I worked towards identifying small RNAs in the reproductive structures of drought stressed barley.
 * I am very much interested in RNA interference and the applications of it in the medical industry.
 * As part of my class project in Recombinant DNA Techniques, me and my group members worked towards engineering light sensitive E.coli to produce vanillin.