Madame Shobana SANKAR / PhD

Project Associate at an academic research institution

Contact details

shobana.sankar@univ-amu.fr

Professional contact details

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Professional experience

Jobs

Research : NON

Skills

writing and presentation

Techniques

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry: Immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy; Small RNA sequencing: Ago-APP and library preparation, RT-qPCR; in situ hybridisation; extraction and quantification of DNA, RNA, and protein, western blotting; Plasmid cloning and generating transgenics Bioinformatics and Biostatistics: RNA sequencing analysis: differential expression analysis, target prediction and gene ontology enrichment analysis; Image analysis using ImageJ plugins; Prediction of RNA-protein interaction, SPSS, admixture analysis, GWAS, pathway analysis Others: Maintaining and transfecting HEK293T and SH-SY5Y cell lines, Dissection of the mouse brain cortex, sectioning of fixed post-mortem mouse brain samples, handling and dissection of zebrafish

PhD

Title : SCIENCES DU VIVANT Biologie du Développement

First registration date : 1 April 2022 / 5A

Doctoral school : Sciences du Vivant

Thesis defense date : 2 April 2026

Subject : Description et analyse fonctionnelle des microARNs au cours de la maturation neuronale chez la drosophile

Thesis supervisor : MAURANGE Cédric

Thesis co-supervisor : NARBONNE-REVEAU Karine

Research unit : IBDM - Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille

Team : IBDM - Plasticité des cellules souches

Master's degree

Title : Master of Science

September 2020 - Université de Bordeaux

Mention : Bien

Publications

  • In vivo AGO-APP identifies a module of microRNAs cooperatively preserving neural progenitors
    PLOS Genetics, 2025
    Karine Narbonne-Reveau ,Andrea Erni ,Norbert Eichner,Shobana Sankar,Surbhi Kapoor,Gunter Meister,Harold Cremer ,Cédric Maurange ,Christophe Beclin
    https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011680
  • In vivo AGO-APP identifies a module of microRNAs cooperatively preserving neural progenitors
    PLoS Genetics, 2025
    Karine Narbonne-Reveau, Andrea Erni, Norbert Eichner, Shobana Sankar, Surbhi Kapoor, Gunter Meister, Harold Cremer, Cédric Maurange, Christophe Beclin
    https://hal.science/hal-05233636v1

Languages

Anglais : C2 - Courant

Hindi : C2 - Courant

Tamoul : C2 - Maternel