Deepthi Matta Biography

  • Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology from Sree Vidyanikeethan Engineering College, Tirupathi, affliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India.

  • Undergraduate Projects:
    1) Worked on isolation, purification and characterization of Cyclooxygenase-1(COX -1) from RAM seminal vescicles and expression of Cyclooxygenase(COX2)in SF9 cell lines.
    2) Effect of Cancer drugs on Cyclooxygenase enzymes - Activity and inhibition profile of enzymes.
    3) In silico approach towards the discovery of effective drug for breast cancer.

  • Research experience:
    Worked in projects related to Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics that comprises of gene sequence analysis, protein sequence analysis and drug design at BIOMED(Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics Training, Research and Development Center),MEDWIN hospitals.

  • RA for Dr. Leung: Prediction of O-Glycosilation sites on protein sequences.