MSc Researcher in Biotechnology | Tel Aviv University
Exploring RNA biology, transcriptomics & gene regulation
- Developing species-independent rRNA depletion methods
- Mapping RBP–RNA interactions using RBProximity-CLIP
- Studying mitochondrial RBP C8orf82 and its role in translation
Wet Lab: Protein expression & purification · Mammalian cell culture · RNA extraction
Computational: RNA-seq & CLIP-seq · K-mer enrichment · RNA structure modeling
Tools: BEDTools · STAR · Cufflinks · IGV · PyMOL · ChimeraX
Programming: Python · Bash
- Shmunis Excellence Award, Tel Aviv University (2025)
- Fully Funded MSc Scholarship, TAU
- Academic Excellence Awards, Thapar Institute (2020–2023)
mahekkaur04@gmail.com
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Driven by curiosity. Focused on RNA regulation and molecular mechanisms.