Last Name: Janga

First Name: Sarath Chandra

Sex: Male

Nationality: Indian

Date of Birth: 2nd Dec 1979

Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Hindi and Telugu

Address : 1206 W. Gregory Drive, MC-195

Institute for Genomic Biology, UIUC

Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Telephone: +1-217-244-5404

Mobile : +1-217-417-7868

Fax: +1-217-333-0508

Email: sarath at igb.uiuc.edu or scj35 at cam.ac.uk

Web: http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/genomes/sarath/

2010-

Independent research fellow at

Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Illinois, USA

Mining microbial genomes for novel antibiotics & application of systems and network-based approaches in drug discovery settings

- Submitted 8 manuscripts

- Editorial Board member of 3 jounals (Frontiers in Systems Biology, Network Biology, Asia Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine)

2007-2010

Phd in Molecular & Systems Biology at

MRC- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Darwin College, University of Cambridge, UK

Understanding transcriptional, post-transcriptional, signaling and genome architecture in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms & its application to drug discovery

- Published 15 research manuscripts

- Organizing committee member of three conferences

10/2003-10/2007

Full time Researcher

Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM, Mexico

Understanding the structure, organization and evolution of transcriptional regulation in bacterial genomes

- Published over 15 research manuscripts

- Invited Visiting Scholar to MRC Lab of Molecular Biology,

Cambridge, UK; University of KLeuven, Leuven, Belgium ; Banting and Best Dept. of Medical Research, CCBR, U. Toronto, Canada ; Dept. of Biology, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

05/2002-

08/2002

Fully funded Summer Internship

Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM, Mexico

Research Project to understand the gene regulation in bacteria

- Published a work in Nucleic Acids Research as an undergraduate and was subsequently offered a researcher position

05/2001-08/2001 &

08/2003-

10/2003

Fully funded Summer Internship Decodon GmbH, Germany

Full time Computational Biologist

Decodon GmbH, Germany

Developed a java based platform by integrating genomic and 2D gel experimental data for large scale analysis

- Immediately offered a full time job based on performance during internship

1998-2003

Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

Bachelors and Masters in Technology, Bio-chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

CGPA : 6.857 Relative GPA: 8.26

- Full fellowship from Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India for Masters degree based on GATE score

- ICGEB funding for undergraduate research

- CCMB funding for a research project (one month)

- Rated as the best project for Masters research thesis

and won the best poster award in the National Conference for

Biochemical Engineers and Biotechnologists.

1998

Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE)

Admission into IIT for engineering studies. Only the top 1% of students from over 200,000 applicants all over India are selected

1998

Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh, India

Awarded distinction securing 100% marks in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.

- Ranked #32 and #16 in the state (of ~8000 candidates) in the Maths and Chemistry Talent Search Exam