Interests

• Gene therapy

• Genetic engineering

• Biotechnology

• Genetics

• Microbiology

• Molecular Biology

Rohini Prakash

Research Coordinator & Research Scientist

Rohini is working as a research coordinator and scientist with the Slavcev Lab. She completed her M.Sc. Biology at the University of Waterloo in June 2023, where she worked on the construction and optimization of a ssDNA vector production system. She is currently working to produce ssDNA vectors for a gene therapy platform using a novel production method and producing a dsDNA miniphagemid vector for a gene therapy platform.

Education

• B.Sc. Microbiology and Biochemistry, St. Xavier’s College-Autonomous, University of Mumbai (2014)

• M.Sc. Microbiology, Wilson College, University of Mumbai (2016)

• M.Sc. Biology, University of Waterloo (2023)

Contact

• rohini.prakash@theraphage.bio

PUBLICATIONS:

• Prakash, R. (2023). Construction and optimization of a ssDNA vector production system for gene therapy platform. UWSpace.

• Prakash, R., & Aruna, K. (2018). Optimization studies on he production and activity of xylanase obtained from Paenibacillus lautus isolated from mangrove soil. World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, 4(5), 76-88.

Conferences:

• Wong, S, Prakash, R, Slavcev R, Construction and characterization of a hybrid phage targeted gene delivery platform, New Frontiers in Research Fund, iNeuron Annual Meeting, Toronto, 2023