Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Postdoctoral Researcher with extensive experience in hematological and cardiovascular research. Currently working to determine mechanisms of cardiac recovery in human heart failure patients on mechanical circulatory devices. Expertise in working with human heart specimens as well as developing/ studying in vivo mouse models of heart failure. Skilled in several molecular biology and biochemical techniques including DNA/RNA/protein extraction, PCR, qPCR, SDS-PAGE, Western Blotting, flow cytometry. Apt knowledge of large data analysis such as RNA sequencing and metabolomics. Proficient in manuscript and grant writing. Recipient of prestigious American Heart Association post-doctoral fellowship.
o Studying mechanisms for recovery in heart failure patients upon LVAD-induced mechanical unloading. o Performed RNA sequencing, metabolomics and SDS-PAGE/ western blot on human heart failure patient samples. o Performed echocardiograms, survival surgeries to induce heart failure, cardiomyocytes isolation using mouse as a model. o Mentored under-graduate students on projects titled “glucose metabolism in heart failure patients on LVAD devices” and “role of mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 1 (MPC1) in heart”. o Reviewed multiple grants and manuscripts.