Burzin J Chavda

68 Liberty Pl, Weehawken, NJ 07086

Research

Merck
Senior Scientist
California Institute For Biomedical Research (Calibr) Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
Research Associate
The Commonwealth Medical College Oct 2013 - Jan 2017
Postdoctoral Researcher
Binghamton University 2006 - 2012
Phd Candidate and Graduate Researcher
Binghamton University 2007 - 2011
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Binghamton University 2006 - 2012
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry University of Mumbai 2004 - 2006
Master of Science, Masters, Biochemistry University of Mumbai 2001 - 2004
Bachelors, Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry

Protein Purification
Protein Chemistry
Enzyme Assays
Biochemistry
Chromatography
Biacore
Molecular Biology
Gel Electrophoresis
Mammalian Cell Culture
Protein Expression
Western Blotting
Affinity Chromatography
Enzyme Kinetics
Pcr
Molecular Cloning
Iec
Southern Blotting
Zymography
Protein Identification By Lc Ms/Ms and Maldi Tof
Restriction Mapping
Bacterial Transformation
Imac
Immunoprecipitation
Assay Development
Sub Cellular Fractionation
Peptide Enrichment
Hplc
Octet
Mass Spectrometry
Elisa

Laboratory of Dr. Karl A. Wilson, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
Sep 2006 to Dec 2012
Graduate Researcher / Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
Jan 2007 to Jun 2011
Teaching Assistant

State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
2006 to 2013
Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Mumbai
Mumbai, Maharashtra
2004 to 2006
M.Sc. in Biochemistry
University of Mumbai
Mumbai, Maharashtra
2001 to 2004
B.Sc. in Life Sciences & Biochemistry

PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY: Ion Exchange (IEC), Size Exclusion (SEC), Affinity, Hydrophobic Interaction (HIC), and Covalent Chromatographies HPLC Various Extraction, Pre-fractionation, Dialysis, and Concentration techniques Ultrafiltration Gel-based and Colorimetric Enzyme Assays Enzyme Kinetics Quantitative (protein) Assays Zymography and Electrophoretic Transfer Protein Zymography Protein Identification by LC-MS/MS and MALDI-TOF Sample prep for MS Protein Conjugation / Labeling Activity-based probes. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: Bacterial Transformation Restriction Mapping Plasmid and Genomic DNA Isolation Cloning into Plasmid Vectors PCR. OTHER: PAGE and Agarose Gel Electrophoresis Western and Southern Blotting MS-Office Suite; SigmaPlot; Image analysis (Quantity One - BioRad, Kodak 1D); Web-based Protein ID tools (MS-Fit, MASCOT) Basic Microbiology techniques