Experience

Amgen Foundation

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 2023 Amgen Scholar

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  •Earned a highly competitive position among 23 students selected from across Asia to participate in the prestigious Amgen Scholars Program •Acquired extensive hands-on experience in conducting research focused on the characterization of sterol transporter Osh2 in fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe •Earned a highly competitive position among 23 students selected from across Asia to participate in the prestigious Amgen Scholars Program •Acquired extensive hands-on experience in conducting research focused on the characterization of sterol transporter Osh2 in fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe



Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

• Qatar
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  •Focused on exploring the role of miRNAs in fibroblast activation •Evaluated expression of microRNA-21 (miR-21) and miR-26b in HCT116 and HFF cell lines to study how it might reflect the state of cellular differentiation of fibroblasts, specifically its reprogramming into cancer-associated fibroblasts•Utilized real-time qPCR to perform relative miRNA quantification using SYBR Green and Taqman probes

• Outreach Assistant

  • Oct 2022 - May 2023

  •Organized and coordinated outreach events, engaging students from local schools in hands-on wet lab experiments and computational analysis to introduce them to the Biological Sciences Program •Assisted in the recruitment and training of volunteers, ensuring their understanding of event objectives and tasks•Provided guidance and shared personal experiences with students, fostering their interest and enthusiasm

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Aug 2022 - May 2023

  •Examined the effect of Site-directed Mutagenesis on the Lytic Activity of Endolysin•Performed computational analysis using AutoDock tools, PyMOL and Ligplot to determine protein-substrate interactions and design mutagenic oligonucleotide primers•Utilized site-directed mutagenesis system to mutate active site sequence of pRSET-C600Mlysin to increase enzyme’s lytic activity•Examined wild-type and mutant endolysin activity and expression using turbidity reduction assay and SDS-page Show less



Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

• Qatar
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader

  • Jan 2022 - May 2022

  •Planned and conducted a full 60-minute weekly SI session covering course material throughout the semester •Facilitated and led out-of-class interactive study sessions to help students learn course concepts •Planned and conducted a full 60-minute weekly SI session covering course material throughout the semester •Facilitated and led out-of-class interactive study sessions to help students learn course concepts



Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

• Qatar
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  •Explored and evaluated thymidylate kinase enzyme inhibitors as potential anti-fungal drug agents •Modeled 3D structures of Thymidylate kinase (TMPK) of two fungal pathogens, Candida auris, and Cryptococcus gattii, based on known human TMPK protein structure using SWISS-MODEL and visualization on PyMOL •Analyzed sequence alignment of two pathogens and human TMPK using BLAST and interpreted results on PyMOL •Assessed the quality of binding of fungal pathogens with three inhibitors, testing them on computational docking and molecular dynamics software, AutoDock Vina and NAMD Show less