Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Cellular and molecular biologist with 7 years in translational research including 3 years of post doctoral experience at Harvard Medical School. • Performed pre-clinical research to support 6 different collaborative industry projects involving liver and kidney fibrosis and molecular imaging. • Extensive experience working with and maintaining multiple rodent models. • Skilled at generating rodent models of liver fibrosis, NASH and hepatocellular carcinoma. • Extensive background in in vitro research with cancer cell lines. • Excellent communication skills and ability to perform under varied environment developed through exposure to diverse cultures across the continents.
Worked as a Scientific Writer for Medical Communications at Cactus Global. - Developed high quality publication-ready scientific documents including abstracts, posters, factsheets, oral presentations, short communications, videos, etc for disease-state education or updating the scientific community on recent research and discoveries - Worked with international pharmaceutical clients, including authors and key opinion leaders on critical therapeutic areas such as rheumatology, anesthesiology, pulmonology, oncology, psychology etc. - Contributed to making cutting-edge research accessible to specific audiences - Delivered time-sensitive documents successfully while meeting industry, regulatory, internal, and client requirements
Surgical Oncology Laboratory of Dr. Bryan Fuchs o Study of biological mechanisms in liver and kidney fibrosis, with specific interest in using new models and imaging techniques to evaluate new drug therapies. o Maintain and develop animal models. o Administer drug treatments and perform rodent necropsies. o Perform all facets of tissue analysis from RT-qPCR to tissue processing and staining. o Generate SOPs for all protocols used. o Work in a team of academic and industry collaborators and present updates regularly. o Aided in transition of molecular MR imaging probes and drugs to the clinical phase.
Cancer Biology Laboratory of Dr. Barrie P Bode o Investigate biological role of GOLM1 protein in liver cancer. o Maintain and generate liver specific GOLM1 knockout mouse model, 14 different human liver cancer cell lines and GOLM1 knock-down and knock-in cell lines. o Plasmid DNA production and transfection of cell lines using lipofection and electroporation. o Radiotracer-based nutrient transporter assays and cell invasion assays. o DNA, RNA and protein isolation, PCR-based genotyping and Western blotting. o Provided insights into the potential role of GOLM1 in enhanced invasiveness.
Conducted lab sessions, graded lab reports, held office hours and administered exams.
Mentored 4 undergraduate students resulting in successful completion of research projects and poster presentations in the cancer biology lab.