MSc. Mansi Maheta

Biography

I have recently joined Gene Expression lab as a PhD student. During my PhD, I will focus on studying the role of glial cells in the progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) using Single cell expression profiling mainly RNA sequencing and RT-qPCR techniques. I have obtained MSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. I was focusing on the morphological behavior of microglia cells, brain macrophages under thermal stress. I have also obtained knowledge of expression of G- coupled protein receptors on retinal microglia cells using immunohistochemical analysis. Apart from this I enjoy traveling, dancing and sometimes painting.

Selected Publications

1. Chitin hoops obtained from Ommatoiulus sabulosus (Diplopoda, Julidae) used for bovine serum albumin adsorption. Šatkauskienė I, Jarusevičiūtė S, Baublys V, Maheta M, Tubelytė V. Int J Biol Macromol. 2017 Jan;94(Pt B):813-818.
2. DNA interaction, antitumor and antimicrobial activities of three-dimensional chitosan ring produced from the body segments of a diplopod. Kaya M, Akyuz B, Bulut E, Sargin I, Tan G, Erdonmez D, Maheta M, Satkauskas S, Mickevičius S. Carbohydr Polym. 2016 Aug 1;146:80-9.