Aesha Upadhyay
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Pragna Patel
I have known Aesha since she first enrolled in the MS Degree Program in our Department at USC. She was a student in a course that I direct in the first semester that required working in groups to solve problems related to the lectures on methods used for research in our discipline. Aesha was a conscientious student who was immersed in the assignments, got along with any students that she was placed in a group with and sought and responded well to any feedback she was given about her performance. I have met her several times during her tenure at USC and sought her feedback on courses that followed mine. Her insights and critique have helped to improve our curriculum. Her excellent work ethic, communication skills, ease with working groups and networking abilities will be a great asset to any employer.
Pragna Patel
I have known Aesha since she first enrolled in the MS Degree Program in our Department at USC. She was a student in a course that I direct in the first semester that required working in groups to solve problems related to the lectures on methods used for research in our discipline. Aesha was a conscientious student who was immersed in the assignments, got along with any students that she was placed in a group with and sought and responded well to any feedback she was given about her performance. I have met her several times during her tenure at USC and sought her feedback on courses that followed mine. Her insights and critique have helped to improve our curriculum. Her excellent work ethic, communication skills, ease with working groups and networking abilities will be a great asset to any employer.
Pragna Patel
I have known Aesha since she first enrolled in the MS Degree Program in our Department at USC. She was a student in a course that I direct in the first semester that required working in groups to solve problems related to the lectures on methods used for research in our discipline. Aesha was a conscientious student who was immersed in the assignments, got along with any students that she was placed in a group with and sought and responded well to any feedback she was given about her performance. I have met her several times during her tenure at USC and sought her feedback on courses that followed mine. Her insights and critique have helped to improve our curriculum. Her excellent work ethic, communication skills, ease with working groups and networking abilities will be a great asset to any employer.
Pragna Patel
I have known Aesha since she first enrolled in the MS Degree Program in our Department at USC. She was a student in a course that I direct in the first semester that required working in groups to solve problems related to the lectures on methods used for research in our discipline. Aesha was a conscientious student who was immersed in the assignments, got along with any students that she was placed in a group with and sought and responded well to any feedback she was given about her performance. I have met her several times during her tenure at USC and sought her feedback on courses that followed mine. Her insights and critique have helped to improve our curriculum. Her excellent work ethic, communication skills, ease with working groups and networking abilities will be a great asset to any employer.
Credentials
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Master of Science
University of Southern CaliforniaAug, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Grant Writing for Education
LinkedInApr, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
AALAS Animal Training
AALASMar, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Laboratory Safety Training
Office Of Environmental Health & Safety, USCAug, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
American Red Cross Training ServicesJan, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Sonata Therapeutics
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Scientist
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Oct 2022 - Present
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1910 Genetics
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Associate II - Translational Biochemistry & Pharmacology
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Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
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Research Associate I - Translational Biochemistry & Pharmacology
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Oct 2020 - Jan 2022
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Intern - Translational Biochemistry & Pharmacology
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Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
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Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Student Researcher
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Nov 2018 - Aug 2020
◾ Worked on master's thesis in Dr. Jian Xu's lab at the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology ◾ Project Title: Investigating the role of cardiac fibroblasts in modulating angiogenesis in an injured heart - Mouse handling & restraining, Colony maintenance, Ear tagging, Subcutaneous injection, Osmotic pump implant surgery - Tissue harvest and processing, Tissue embedding, Frozen tissue sectioning, Immuno and histochemical staining, Fluorescence microscopy… Show more ◾ Worked on master's thesis in Dr. Jian Xu's lab at the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology ◾ Project Title: Investigating the role of cardiac fibroblasts in modulating angiogenesis in an injured heart - Mouse handling & restraining, Colony maintenance, Ear tagging, Subcutaneous injection, Osmotic pump implant surgery - Tissue harvest and processing, Tissue embedding, Frozen tissue sectioning, Immuno and histochemical staining, Fluorescence microscopy, ImageJ software - Mammalian cell culture, Primary cell isolation from whole mouse heart, 3D cell co-culture - Genotyping, PCR Show less ◾ Worked on master's thesis in Dr. Jian Xu's lab at the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology ◾ Project Title: Investigating the role of cardiac fibroblasts in modulating angiogenesis in an injured heart - Mouse handling & restraining, Colony maintenance, Ear tagging, Subcutaneous injection, Osmotic pump implant surgery - Tissue harvest and processing, Tissue embedding, Frozen tissue sectioning, Immuno and histochemical staining, Fluorescence microscopy… Show more ◾ Worked on master's thesis in Dr. Jian Xu's lab at the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology ◾ Project Title: Investigating the role of cardiac fibroblasts in modulating angiogenesis in an injured heart - Mouse handling & restraining, Colony maintenance, Ear tagging, Subcutaneous injection, Osmotic pump implant surgery - Tissue harvest and processing, Tissue embedding, Frozen tissue sectioning, Immuno and histochemical staining, Fluorescence microscopy, ImageJ software - Mammalian cell culture, Primary cell isolation from whole mouse heart, 3D cell co-culture - Genotyping, PCR Show less
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Vellore Institute of Technology
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India
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Undergraduate Researcher
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Nov 2017 - Apr 2018
◾ Worked in Dr. Everette Nelson's lab at the Department of Integrated Biology ◾ Role in determining the efficiency of guide RNAs to establish stable knock-out THP1 cell line using CRISPR-Cas9 - Bacterial culture, Competent cell preparation, DNA Extraction - Mammalian (adherent and suspension) cell culture, Transfection, Lentiviral vector production - Flow cytometry sample preparation, FACS analysis ◾ Worked in Dr. Everette Nelson's lab at the Department of Integrated Biology ◾ Role in determining the efficiency of guide RNAs to establish stable knock-out THP1 cell line using CRISPR-Cas9 - Bacterial culture, Competent cell preparation, DNA Extraction - Mammalian (adherent and suspension) cell culture, Transfection, Lentiviral vector production - Flow cytometry sample preparation, FACS analysis
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Comed Chemicals Limited
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India
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Intern
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Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
◾ Worked at Pharma Quality Control & Drug Formulation Department - Assisted in Microbiological assays - Gained Documentation skills ◾ Worked at Pharma Quality Control & Drug Formulation Department - Assisted in Microbiological assays - Gained Documentation skills
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Creativity Club, VIT
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Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Secretary
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May 2016 - May 2017
Organized and coordinated several on-campus events Organized and coordinated several on-campus events
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Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.
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India
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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In-plant trainee
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Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
◾ The company specializes in manufacturing biological products like vaccines using genetic and cell-based technologies. ◾ Quality Control and Production Department - involved purity and stability testing of company products and large scale manufacturing. - Gained knowledge of various recombinant and quality control techniques involved. I also got a chance to monitor the process of Erythropoietin production and to understand the production process of vaccines at an industrial level. ◾ The company specializes in manufacturing biological products like vaccines using genetic and cell-based technologies. ◾ Quality Control and Production Department - involved purity and stability testing of company products and large scale manufacturing. - Gained knowledge of various recombinant and quality control techniques involved. I also got a chance to monitor the process of Erythropoietin production and to understand the production process of vaccines at an industrial level.
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Education
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2018 - 2020
USC Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Master of Science - MS, 4.0/4.0 -
2014 - 2018
Vellore Institute of Technology
Bachelor's in Technology, Biotechnology -
Convent of Jesus And Mary, Vadodara, India
High School, Science
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