Research Interest
Drug design, protein-ligand interaction, molecular docking, protein structure
Education:
2019 – 2021: M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Expression, purification and characterization of novel CCL5 mutants generated from CCL5 5p12 5m to attempt an affinity increase towards CCR5
2015 – 2019: B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Effect of gravity in inhibition Metastatic Cancer Cell lines using Date Pits Carbon Nanodots
Work experience:
November 2021 – April 2022: Technical Sales Representative, Zalma, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Providing technical support and assistance to customers, including troubleshooting and answering technical questions about the ThermoFisher Scientific products or services. Conducting product demonstrations and presentations to potential customers. Assisting with product installations and setup at customer sites. Providing technical training to customers to ensure that they were able to use the products effectively. Optimizing protocols and design experiments.
Specialized products: Capillary electrophoresis series, RT-PCR Quantstudio series, NGS platforms Ion Genestudio S5 series, Microarray GeneChip Scanner, and other general use laboratory products such as: Gel Scanners, Fluorescent plate readers, thermal cyclers, centrifuges
Jan 2021 – Nov 2021: Research assistant, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Assisting with the development of research protocols and plans which involves working with the research team to design and plan experiments, and identifying the necessary resources and materials. Performing protein expression experiment. Responsible for carrying out experiments using techniques such as cell culture, transfection, and Western blot analysis to study protein expression. Analyzing protein expression levels and identifying trends and patterns, and using statistical software to analyze data.
Specialized techniques: Cell culture, bacterial culture, transfection and transformation, Western-blot analysis, PCR, DNA sequencing (Sanger sequencing), isolation and purification of proteins, nucleic acid electrophoresis, molecular cloning, primer design, protein design with structural computation.
Modern Biology I Laboratory
Modern Biology II Laboratory