User:Sunny Sharma
Contact Info
- Sunny Sharma
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Max-von-Laue Strasse-9, Campus Riedberg, Goethe University
- Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Email me through OpenWetWare
I am graduate student in Entian´s Lab at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.
Education
- Graduate student at Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany [1]
- 2007, MS (Molecular Biology & Biochemistry), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India [2]
- 2005, BS, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India [3]
Awards
DAAD (Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst) PhD scholarship (2010 - 2013) [4]
CEF (Excellence Cluster-Frankfurt am Main) PhD fellowship (2009 - 2010) [5]
ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) Junior Research Fellowship (2009 - 2010) [6]
Research interests
- Ribosome Biogenesis
- RNA modifications
- Immunology
- Gerontology
Publications
1)Identification of novel methyltransferases, Bmt5 and Bmt6, responsible for the m3U methylations of 25S rRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.[7]
2) Yeast Nop2 and Rcm1 methylate C2870 and C2278 of the 25S rRNA, respectively.[8]
3) Identification of a novel methyltransferase, Bmt2, responsible for the N-1-methyl-adenosine base modification of 25S rRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.[9]
4) Yeast Rrp8p, a novel methyltransferase responsible for m1A 645 base modification of 25S rRNA.[10]
5) Association of P2X7 receptor +1513 (A-->C) polymorphism with tuberculosis in a Punjabi population.[11]
Conferences/ Workshops
- Seminar at RNA club, 16th October 2013 [12]
- Plenary talk at Yeast Meeting, Frankfurt 2013 [13]
- Poster presentation at 18th Annual RNA meeting of the RNA society, Davos, Switzerland [14]
- Seminar at RNA club, 26th September 2012 [15]
- Poster presentation at 9th International Conference on Ribosome Synthesis, Banff, Canada [16]
