It is indeed a pleasure to write a letter of reference for xxxx in support of his application for post-doctoral position in your lab. I know him since last five years, while he was pursuing his doctoral research in my colleague Dr. xxx’s laboratory, in the department of xxx at xxx. xxxx completed his post-graduation in 1st class from Department of Biotechnology, xxx University, India, and qualified prestigious exam for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. In addition, he qualified a reputed national level exam of National Eligibility Test (NET) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India. He was registered in xxxxx University PhD program after successful completion of the course work in xxxx and has submitted his thesis on xxxx xxxx xxxx.
While pursuing his Ph.D. work on the topic “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”, he focused to evaluate the role of xxxx in breast cancer progression. He has worked intensely in the area of breast tumor immunology where he was involved in the molecular elucidation and evaluation of xxxx in in vitro and in vivo breast cancer models. In addition, he identified xxx new classes of compounds having marked anticancer potential. His contribution enabled him xxx first/equal first-authored original research articles, xxx review article, and xxx co-authored research articles in reputed journals.
While pursuing his Ph.D. thesis, he gained expertise in animal handling, dosing, and dissection, especially in rat and mouse models. He has experience in primary cell culture and maintenance of cell lines, transfection, western blotting, confocal microscopy, IHC and qPCR along with various molecular biology techniques. In addition to sound scientific knowledge he possesses a stable practical hand and can undertake any kind of research work in an extremely precise and systematic manner. He is gifted with fine analytical ability which enables him to resolve research problems and interpret experimental results which are evidenced from his publications in international journals as mentioned in his resume. I am impressed by his commitment to his work, keen interest to learn new techniques and the ability to plan and execute research objectives independently.
He has also regularly participated in conferences, workshops and seminars, which helped him mature as a good researcher. I found him to be a sincere and dedicated young worker eager to complete the tasks assigned to him to the best of his ability. He gets very well along with the other members of the lab and willingly participated in general chores of the division.
I believe that xxxxx has great prospects in research and with more exposure and experience he can attain more potential. Based on my experience, I strongly recommend his candidature for the research position in your group. I am sure that he can be an asset to the laboratory if given a chance.
I shall be pleased to answer any specific queries one may have on his research potential.
I wish him all success in his endeavors.
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