Experience

Editas Medicine

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Scientist I, Screening and Automation

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Lead guide design, screening and selection of lead guide (editing and functional potency assays). Implementation of an automated LNP screening platform. Assist with RNP complexation and QC (DSF and verification of potency in cells). Leverage automation expertise to implement LNP formulation process and total RNA quantification using ribogreen and other QC. Screening of different lipid configurations, guide RNA, and mRNA in LNP-based screening program. Expand automation and establish new methods… Show more Lead guide design, screening and selection of lead guide (editing and functional potency assays). Implementation of an automated LNP screening platform. Assist with RNP complexation and QC (DSF and verification of potency in cells). Leverage automation expertise to implement LNP formulation process and total RNA quantification using ribogreen and other QC. Screening of different lipid configurations, guide RNA, and mRNA in LNP-based screening program. Expand automation and establish new methods through development of programing skills and training.

• Senior Research Associate, Screening and Automation

  • Aug 2021 - Jul 2023

  Experience working with various cell types including immortalized and primary cells. Independently design and run screening experiments, extract DNA, submit samples for sequencing, analyze and present data. Perform functional potency assays to look at protein knockdown/knockout using flow cytometry or western blots.



University of Illinois College of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• General Office Assistant

  • Sep 2019 - May 2021

  Represented Medical Biotechnology program of University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) across various universities in India.

• General Laboratory Assistant

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2020

  Organized lab sessions along with research technician. Maintenance of laboratories, equipments, chemical inventory and log books. Reagent preparation, autoclaving as well as calibration and reagent change for various lab equipments.



Cognizant

• Uzbekistan
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programming Analyst

  • Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  Managing and Analyzing insights from data received from clinical trials conducted for evaluating the safety and efficacy of drugs. Managing and Analyzing insights from data received from clinical trials conducted for evaluating the safety and efficacy of drugs.



Genewin Biotech

• India
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tissue Culture Technician

  • Nov 2015 - Jan 2016

  Hands-on experience in plant tissue culture techniques used for mass propagation of elite and high yielding mother plant which gives disease free, genetically pure and highly potential plants in large scale in the shortest period of time. Hands-on experience in plant tissue culture techniques used for mass propagation of elite and high yielding mother plant which gives disease free, genetically pure and highly potential plants in large scale in the shortest period of time.