Deepali S. Mitra - Research Associate

Deepali Mitra joined Nanoprobes in Summer 2005 as a Research Associate to develop new technologies for biomedical imaging. She holds a B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, and a M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Pune, India. Before joining Nanoprobes, her experience included work as a Research Support Specialist in the Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a Biology Associate in the Biology Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York. She has also worked as a Research Associate at the Mount Albert Research Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, as a Senior Research Assistant in the Department of Paediatrics in the "Starship Children's Hospital," University of Auckland, New Zealand, and as a Junior Scientific Officer at the Vasantdada Sugar Institute (Pune, India).

E-mail Ms. Mitra at dmitra@nanoprobes.com.

Publications

1. Mitra, D., and Kootstra, A.: Isolation of RNA from apple skin (Commentary). Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 11(4), 326 - 331 (1993).

2. Kootstra, A.; Dong, Y. H., and Mitra, D., Apple skin colours, a feast for consumer eyes. The Orchardist of New Zealand, 67(2), 40 - 43 (1994).

3. Dong, Y. H.; Mitra, D.; Lister, C.; Lancaster, J., and Kootstra, A.: Postharvest stimulation of skin colour in Royal Gala apple. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci., 120(1), (1994).

4. Dong, Y. H.; Beuning, L.; Davies, K.; Mitra, D.; Morris B., and Kootstra, A.: Expression of pigmentation genes and photo-regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis in developing Royal Gala apple flowers. Aust. J. Plant Physiol., 25, 245-252 (1998).
   
   • Abstract (courtesy of Functional Plant Biology, formerly the Australian Journal of Plant Physiology).
     

5. Gleave, A. P.; Mitra, D. S.; Markwick, N. P.; Morris, B. A. M., and Beuning, L. L.: Enhanced expression of the Bacillus thuringiensis cry9Aa2 gene in transgenic plants by nucleotide sequence modification confers resistance to potato tuber moth. Molecular Breeding, 4, 459 - 472 (1998).
   
   • Molecular Breeding).

6. Gleave, A. P.; Mitra, D. S.; Mudge, S. R., and Morris, B. A. M.: Selectable marker free transgenic plants without sexual crossing: transient expression of cre recombinase and use of a conditional lethal dominant gene. Plant Molecular Biology, 40, 223- 235 (1999).
   
   • Abstract (courtesy of Plant Molecular Biology).

7. Markwick, N. P.; Docherty, L. C.; Phung, M. M.; Lester, M. T.; Murray, C.; Yao, J. L.; Mitra, D. S.; Cohen, D.; Beuning, L. L.; Kutty-Amma, S., and Christeller J. T.: Transgenic tobacco and apple plants expressing biotin-binding proteins are resistant to two cosmopolitan insect pests, potato tuber moth and lightbrown apple moth, respectively. Transgenic Res., 12(6), 671 - 81 (2003).
   
   • Abstract (courtesy of Transgenic Research).