News: Dr Biyani's work accepted to participate in MicroTAS 2009 to be held on Nov 1-5, 2009 in Jeju, Korea ------- Dr Biyani's work accepted to publish in Nucleic Acids Research, Oxford Journal (May 2009) ------- Dr Biyani hosts a Indo-Japan symposium on "Nanotechnology and Health-care" in Biyani Girls College, India on Sept 20-22, 2009 ------- Dr Biyani wins bursary and travel grant from DST, India to attend XX International Congress of Genetics in Berlin (July, 2008)

Academic:

  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Saitama University, Japan (2004)
  • M.Sc. in Genetics Engineering, Saitama University, Japan (2001)
  • Graduate in Pharmacy, Rajasthan University, India (1998)
  • B.Sc. in Biology, Rajasthan University, India (1994)

Professional:

  • Research Scientist, University of Tokyo, Japan (Oct 2007 ~ present).
  • Research Director, BISMA (Biyani Institute of Science and Management), Biyani Girls College,
                India (May 2006 ~ present)

Post-doctoral Training:

  • Post-doctoral research fellow, NanoBio device Lab, University of Tokyo,
                Japan (Oct 2007 ~ Sept 2008).
  • Post-doctoral research fellow, CREATE, Japan Science & Technology Agency,
                Japan (April 2004 ~ Sept 2007).

Teaching & Mentoring Experience:

  • Teaching graduate students at University of Tokyo in Japan and at Biyani Girls College in India
                 (May 2006 ~ present).
  • Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students
  • Mr. Daisuke Kawamata, MS student, Saitama University           
  • Ms. Murakami Marina, MS student, Saitama University
  • Mr. Yosuke Hosoi, MS student, University of Tokyo
  • Mr. Junqi Liu, MS student, University of Tokyo
  • Mr. Terutsune Osawa, MS student, University of Tokyo
  • Mr. Susumu Tsuda, BS student, University of Tokyo
  • Mr. Kimura, BS student, Saitama University
  • Ms. Abhiniti, PhD student, University of Rajasthan

Professional Scientific Societies

  • Biophysical Society of America, Member
  • Biophysical Society of Japan, Member
  • Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Member
  • The Indian Science Congress Association, Member

Professional Scientific Services

  • Executive member & Chapter President, ISAJ, Indian Scientist Association in Japan, (2006 ~ present)
  • Chair and Chief committee member, BISMA-Biotech Conference (2006 ~ present)
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Biophysical Journal, HighWire Press (2005 ~ present)
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Analytical Biochemistry, Academic Press (2005 ~ present)
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Electrophoresis, Wiley Press (2005 ~ present)
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Biopolymer, Wiley Press (2007 ~ present)
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Nucleic Acids Res., Oxford Press (2008 ~ present)
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Chemistry Letters, CSJ Press (2008 ~ present)
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (2009 ~ present)

Awards & Honors

  • July 2008: Travel Grant fellowship from Department of Science and Technology,
        Government of India to participate in the XX International Congress of Genetics in Berlin, Germany.
  • Jan 2008: Invited as chairperson and speaker in 8th International symposium on Biomimetic
        Materials Processing, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Dec 2007: Invited as speaker in 18th Materials Research Society Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Aug 2007: Listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering (10th anniversary 2009-09  edition),        which lists biography of world’s most accomplished men and women in the field of science and       engineering.
  • April 2007: Invited speaker in Cambridge Health tech Institute’s seven annual conference
        on Genomic and Proteomic sample preparation and third annual G.O.T. Summit, Boston, USA.
  • March 2007: Selected and invited speaker by Biophysical Society, USA for presenting a talk
         in 51st Annual meeting in Baltimore, USA.
  • Nov 2006: Honored by Glen Research Corporation to include in Glen Research Literature Highlights     archive.
  • June 2006: JB OUP Prize for the best poster presentation of exceptional value at the 10th IUBMB
        International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and 11th FAOBMB Congress.
  • Jan 2006: Invited speaker in 93rd Indian Science Congress (ISC2006), Hyderabad, India.
  • Dec 2005: Invited speaker in International symposium on Strategies of Life: a self-sustaining
        network of molecular information, Hayashibara Forum 2005, Okayama, Japan.
  • Dec 2005: Selected speaker by Molecular Biology Society, Japan for presenting a talk in 28th Annual     Meeting in Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Sept 2004: Two of published papers in International Journal (Electrophoresis 2003 and Chemistry Letter     2001) have been selected to abstracted in Analytical WebBase from The Royal Society of Chemistry     (RSC), the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences.
  • Oct 1998 to March 2004: Awarded for Japanese Govt. Scholarship (Monbusho) from Ministry of     Education, Japan.
  • July 2003: Bursary from International Genetics Federation to participate in the XIX International     Congress of Genetics in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Jan 2001: Pioneered techniques for the fabrication of miniaturized version of Gel Electrophoresis (µGE,     Micro Gel Electrophoresis; µTGGE, Micro Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis mmTGGE,
        multi micro Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis) with 100-fold or more
        productivity of Genome analysis.
  • Aug 2000: Invited as a visiting scientist to attend a seminar in Washington University, School of     Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
  • July 1998: Outstanding academic award for getting first rank during Pharmacy course from
        pharmacy medical association of Rajasthan, India.Biophysical Society of Japan, Member

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