TEAM
Prajwal Bharadwaj
Junior Research Fellow
prajwal4bharadwaj[at]gmail[dot]com
Research Topic
My work focuses on studying the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria under the constraints of predation. We aim to see how multiple selection pressures together shape the evolutionary trajectory of a bacteria using genomic, metabolic and ecological analysis.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Master of Science in Biological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (2017-2022)
Research Experience
Master's Thesis Project - Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Biology (April 2020 - July 2022)
Project - Understanding movement dynamics of REPIN Transposable Elements in Pseudomonas genomes
Supervisor - Dr. Frederic Bertels
Summer Internship - Indian Institute of Science (May - July 2019)
Project - Characterization of the natural history of a pentatomid fig bug camouflaging on the fig syconium
Supervisor - Dr. Renee Borges
iGEM Project - Team iGEM IISER Bhopal (January - October 2019)
Project - Synthetic Modification of E coli to have optimal growth at 4C
Supervisor - Dr. Apurba Lal Koner and Dr. Lavanya Bhagavatula
Bio
Brought up in cheerful and welcoming South Bengaluru, I grew up loving to play cricket, exploring the imaginative islands that spanned my home and reading books until I ran out of them.
I spent all of my 13 years of Education at my second home, the Kumaran Group of Institutions. For the most part, Kumarans really shaped much of what I am today. Joining IISER to study Science, really, in many ways, began the next chapter of my life.
When I'm not writing code to understand evolution of selfish genetic elements or planning experiments to study evolving bacteria, I like to test my courage and face kobolds and kraken while playing Dungeons and Dragons or I try to go for walks outdoors listening to podcasts. I definitely recommend listening to 'This Week in Evolution'(TWiEVO) a podcast hosted by Dr. Nels Elde and Prof. Vincent Racaniello.