Miss Asmita Sen
Masters Student
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Monash University
asmita30.sen@gmail.com
Research Activities
Passaged influenza viruses and assessed their growth propertiesExplored publicly available data in GISAID and FluSurver that describes influenza viruses and surveillance.
Analysed data using MS-Excel and GraphPad Prism.
Enhanced my knowledge about flu vaccines and influenza virus through academic research
Worked in research and development field of discovery biology. Worked on probiotics and heat killed probiotics.
Method validation of different probiotics
Primer design, PCR, Gel electrophoresis, DNA extraction etc Used MS excel to enter and analyse data
Techniques/Expertise
Genomic DNA extractionPolymerase chain reaction (PCR) Gel electrophoresis
Hemagglutination assay
Serial dilution, plating & streaking
Passaging influenza viruses