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Sheetal Agarwal

Sheetal Agarwal

Researcher in physics (culture-activity visa) seeking PhD positions

Tokyo, Japan
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Joined March 2026
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Summary

Actively seeking PhD positions; currently working under a culture-activity visa in a physics department with a contract through March 2026.
Former PhD researcher at Tokyo Metropolitan University (2019–2024) with a focus on experimental evolutionary genomics and temperature adaptation in Drosophila albomicans; regularly presented work within the department and at society meetings. ac+2
Contributed as a co-author to multi-institutional environmental microbiology research on arsenic volatilization, demonstrating involvement in wet-lab microbiology and collaborative publications. nih+1
Skilled in computational genomics workflows (Salmon, StringTie, IsoformSwitchAnalyzeR) and engages with open-source developer communities to troubleshoot analysis issues. github
Has a mixed background of academic research and applied laboratory experience, including a project assistant role at CSIR-IITR and prior internships and course-dissertation work during MSc and B.Tech studies. nih+1

Work

Education

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Writing

Isolation of a Stenotrophomonas strain and identification of methyltransferase genes conferring the high arsenic volatilizing ability

May 1, 2025

Study reporting isolation of a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain with high arsenic metabolism and volatilization; genome sequencing identified arsenic-resistance and methyltransferase genes (ArsM) and demonstrated heterologous expression in E. coli leading to arsenic volatilization — a potential bioremediation tool.

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Assessment of As removal (protocol)

January 1, 2025

Protocol describing experimental procedures used to evaluate arsenic removal by isolates at an environmentally relevant dose, including sample processing and atomic fluorescence spectroscopy measurement steps.

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As volatilization using recombinant E. coli (protocol)

January 1, 2025

Protocol describing conditions and procedures for expressing arsenic methyltransferase genes in E. coli and measuring arsenic volatilization trapped on membranes and quantified by atomic fluorescence spectroscopy.

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