Jaytry Mehta
History
- Member for
- 5 years 17 weeks
Professional information
- Own research projects
- Position in the lab
- PhD student
- Curriculum Vitae
I am from Mumbai, India. I did my schooling at Queen Mary School and then went to UK for further studies. After completing my International Baccalaureate exams, I got a place at the University of Warwick. I graduated in July 2004 with a BSc in Mathematics and Business Studies. However, I realised after my undergraduate studies that Mathematics alone wasn’t the subject for me and so decided to venture further. I then grabbed the opportunity to do an MSc in Mathematical Biology and Biophysical Chemistry which I found very interesting and challenging. I graduated from my masters course in July 2006. During my masters project in molecular biology I was sure that this was what I was looking for! That brought me here, to the Laboratory of Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology. Jigsaw puzzles have always fascinated me and found me occupied in my spare time. I have taken the same approach to unravel the mystery of aptamers and pollution. I am enrolled as a PhD student here at the University of Antwerp since October 2007 and ever since then I am trying to put the pieces together to get the real picture!
- Selected publications
Jaytry Mehta, Bieke Van Dorst, Elsa Rouah-Martin, Wouter Herrebout, Marie-Louise Scippo, Ronny Blust and Johan Robbens (2011). In vitro selection and characterization of DNA aptamers recognizing chloramphenicol. Journal of Biotechnology 155(4), 361-369.
Van Dorst Bieke, Mehta Jaytry, Rouah-Martin Elsa, Backeljau Jelke, De Coen Wim, Eeckhout Dominique, De Jaeger Geert, Blust Ronny and Robbens Johan. (2011). Selection of scFv phages specific for chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT), as alternatives for antibodies in CAT detection assays. Journal of applied toxicology (in press).
Bieke Van Dorst, Jaytry Mehta, Elsa Rouah-Martin, Wim De Coen, Valery Petrenko, Ronny Blust and Johan Robbens. (2011) Selection of PCB binding phages as potential biorecognition elements for food and environmental monitoring. Analytical methods 3(8): p. 1865-1871.
Jaytry Mehta, Bieke Van Dorst, Lisa Devriese, Elsa Rouah-Martin, Karen Bekaert, Klaartje Somers, Veerle Somers, Marie-Louise Scippo, Ronny Blust and Johan Robbens (2011). The Use of Phages and Aptamers as Alternatives to Antibodies in Medical and Food Diagnostics, Biomedical Engineering, Trends, Research and Technologies, Malgorzata Anna Komorowska and Sylwia Olsztynska-Janus (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-514-3, InTech, Available from: mers-as-alternatives-to-antibodies-in-medical-and-food-diagnostics...
Van Dorst Bieke, Mehta Jaytry, Rouah-Martin Elsa, Somers Veerle, De Coen Wim, Blust Ronny and Robbens Johan. 2010. cDNA phage display as a novel tool to screen for cellular targets of chemical compounds. Toxicology In Vitro 24, 1435-1440.
Van Dorst Bieke, Mehta Jaytry, Bekaert Karen, Rouah-Martin Elsa, De Coen Wim, Dubruel Peter, Blust Ronny and Robbens Johan. 2010. Recent advances in recognition elements of food and environmental biosensors: A Review. Biosensors and bioelectronics 26, 1178-1194.
Van Dorst Bieke, Mehta Jaytry, Rouah-Martin Elsa, De Coen Wim, Blust Ronny and Robbens Johan. 2011. Identification of cellular targets of 17? estradiol with T7 cDNA phage display. Toxicology In Vitro 25, 388-393
Martha R.J. Clokie, Andrew D. Millard, Jaytry Y. Mehta and Nicholas H. Mann (2006). Virus isolation studies suggest short-term variations in abundance in natural cyanophage populations of the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 86 (3), 499-505
- Selected presentations
Jaytry Mehta, Bieke Van Dorst, Elsa Rouah-Martin, Bert Maes, Wouter Herrebout, Marie-Louise Scippo, Ronny Blust and Johan Robbens. Selection and characterization of PCB-binding DNA aptamers as novel recognition elements for bioanalytical systems, DIOXIN2011, Brussels (Belgium), 21-25 August, 2011. Oral presentation
Bieke Van Dorst, Jaytry Mehta, Elsa Rouah-Martin, Wim De Coen, Valery Petrenko, Ronny Blust and Johan Robbens. Selection of PCB-binding phages as biorecognition elements for the development of a bioanalytical detection approach, DIOXIN2011, Brussels (Belgium), 21-25 August, 2011. Oral presentation
Mehta J, Rouah-Martin E, Van Dorst B, Scippo M, Blust R and Robbens. 2011. Detection of PCBs by DNA aptamers, as alternative biosensor recognition elements to antibodies. The 10th workshop on biosensors and bioanalytical microtechniques in environmental and clinical analysis, Weimar (Germany) 19 – 22 June, 2011. Poster presentation.
Mehta Jaytry, Rouah-Martin Elsa, Van Dorst Bieke, Scippo Marie-Louise, Blust Ronny and Robbens Johan, PCB-specific DNA aptamers as novel biosensor recognition elemens, Rapid methods Europe 2011, Noordwijkerhout (The Netherlands), 24-26 January 2011. Oral presentation
Mehta Jaytry, Van Dorst Bieke, Rouah-Martin Elsa, Blust Ronny and Robbens Johan. Detection of environmental toxins by aptamers, as alternative recognition elements to antibodies. BELTOX Annual Meeting: Recent advances in the ecotoxicology and toxicology of environmental contaminants, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 25 November 2010. Poster presentation
Rouah-Martin E, Mehta J, Van Dorst B, Goormaghtigh E, De Saeger S, Blust R, Robbens J. Selection of DNA aptamers for ergot alkaloids. BelTox Annual Scientific Meeting 2010, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, November 25th 2010. Oral Presentation
Van Dorst Bieke, Mehta Jaytry, Rouah-Martin Elsa, De Coen Wim, Blust Ronny and Robbens Johan. 2010. Landscape phages as alternatives for antibodies in biosensors for food and environmental monitoring. BELTOX Annual Meeting: Recent advances in the ecotoxicology and toxicology of environmental contaminants, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 25 November 2010. Poster presentation
Mehta J, Van Dorst B, Rouah-Martin E, De Coen W, Blust R, Robbens J. Selection of high-affinity aptamers for chloramphenicol.ESCPB 27th Annual Meeting, Allessandria (Italia) 5 - 9 September 2010. Poster presentation
Van Dorst B, Mehta J, Rouah-Martin E, De Coen W, Blust R, Robbens J. 2010. Screening for cellular targets of chemicals with cDNA phage display. ESCPB 27th Annual Meeting, Allessandria (Italia) 5 - 9 September 2010. Oral presentation
Van Dorst B, Mehta J, De Coen W, Blust R, Robbens J. 2010. Sensitive and specific detection of PCBs in the environment with the use of landscape phages. Biosensors 20th Annual Meeting, Glasgow (UK) 26-28 May 2010. Poster presentation
Van Dorst B, Mehta J, Somers V, De Coen W, Blust R, Robbens J. cDNA phage display as a powerful proteomics tool to screen for cellular targets of chemicals. SETAC Europe 20th Annual Meeting, Seville (Spain) 23-27 May 2010. Oral Presentation
Mehta J, Van Dorst B, De Coen W, Blust R, Robbens J. Development of a biosensor for the detection of chloramphenicol, using aptamers. The 9th workshop on biosensors and bioanalytical microtechniques in environmental and clinical analysis, Montréal, Canada, 14-17 June 2009. Poster presentation