Akshata Naik earned a PhD in Molecular Physiology from Wayne State University, following her MSc in Life Sciences with a focus on Biological Macromolecules from the University of Mumbai. She is now an Assistant Professor at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.

Articles by Akshata Naik

stem-loop real-time PCR

From Revolution to Evolution: Stem-loop Real-time PCR

Kary Mullis invented polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 1985 creating a revolution in molecular biology techniques. But it hasn’t stopped there. PCR has greatly evolved over the years. Today, we stand at a point, where we can clone micro RNAs (miRNAs) in real time! Due to miRNA size (about 18-21 nucleotides long) and varied expression levels,…