Ms. Priyanka Patel

Ms. Priyanka Patel is presently Center-Director, Rapture Biotech, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She has her masters in Biotechnology from Barkatullah University, Bhopal. She has 10 years of research experience in development of molecular diagnostics and cardiology research with leading institutes of India. She has worked with National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) of Indian Council of Agriculture Research, which is a premier BSL-3+ bio-containment facility institute of India for research on exotic and emerging pathogens of animals. She was involved in the project for the development of molecular diagnostics of Nipah virus. She has experience in Research and development of molecular diagnostics, recombinant DNA technology, Gene expression, Protein purification, molecular biology and cell culture. She has also worked with U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center (UNMICRC), Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. At UNMICRC, she has worked in Preventive Cardiology research projects aiming the study of risk factors for Myocardial infarction in young adults and its preventive measures. She has also worked in the projects for spreading social awareness regarding heart attack and its management. She has publications in journals of national and international repute.