Kameswari Himaja Tallapragada
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IGM Biosciences, Inc.
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United States
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Biotechnology
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Research Associate
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Jul 2022 - Present
Mountain View, California, United States
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RAIII Downstream Process Development
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May 2021 - Feb 2023
Mountain View, California, United States
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Genentech
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineer 1
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Apr 2020 - May 2021
Vacaville, California, United States • Developing and executing logistics for analytical which are supportive of purification technical studies in coordination with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, and Quality Control. • Provide daily management and coordination support for successful completion of multi-product purification related technical packages. • Thorough understanding and application of cGMP, particularly as they relate to the Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and data integrity. • Experience/ Skills:… Show more • Developing and executing logistics for analytical which are supportive of purification technical studies in coordination with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, and Quality Control. • Provide daily management and coordination support for successful completion of multi-product purification related technical packages. • Thorough understanding and application of cGMP, particularly as they relate to the Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and data integrity. • Experience/ Skills: Labware LIMS, JMP statistical software, OSIsoft PI System, writing process validation study deviations, technical reports and other purification process-related technical documentation, working in GMP regulated environment following SOP’s, cGMP compliance documentation. Show less
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineer
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Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
Novato, California, United States • Working in a global engineering team and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support design and maintenance of process equipment for GMP lab expansion project. • Serving as a single point of contact to Engineering and Facilities teams for process equipment system’s data entry and management in CMMS. • Proven ability to consistently meet aggressive deadlines while juggling multiple competing priorities. • Experience/ Skills: CMMS database entry and management, knowledge… Show more • Working in a global engineering team and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support design and maintenance of process equipment for GMP lab expansion project. • Serving as a single point of contact to Engineering and Facilities teams for process equipment system’s data entry and management in CMMS. • Proven ability to consistently meet aggressive deadlines while juggling multiple competing priorities. • Experience/ Skills: CMMS database entry and management, knowledge of lab process equipment design, effectively handling technical data entry of more than 100 systems. Show less
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Genentech
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Manufacturing Technical Specialist
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Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
• Worked in purification process engineering team and collaborated with other cross-functional teams to support process validation studies. • Performed data integrity review, analysis of data for technical reports, process characterization, and process validation studies using JMP statistical software. • Supported non-routine sampling activities and coordinated testing with other analytical groups. • Knowledge of purification operations such as chromatography, viral filtration… Show more • Worked in purification process engineering team and collaborated with other cross-functional teams to support process validation studies. • Performed data integrity review, analysis of data for technical reports, process characterization, and process validation studies using JMP statistical software. • Supported non-routine sampling activities and coordinated testing with other analytical groups. • Knowledge of purification operations such as chromatography, viral filtration, ultrafiltration and diafiltration. • Experience/ Skills: Labware LIMS, JMP statistical software, OSIsoft PI System, writing process validation study deviations, working in GMP regulated environment following SOP’s, cGMP compliance documentation. Show less
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Master Thesis Project
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Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
Nottingham, United Kingdom Dissertation Title: “Bioluminescent NanoLuc reporters for pathogenic and beneficial Clostridium species.” • Responsible for developing a novel bacterial reporter system for the analysis of gene expression in anaerobic bacteria mainly clostridium species. • Experience/ Skills: Bacterial culturing, DNA isolation, PCR, RFLP, electroporation, chemical transformation, cloning, gel electrophoresis, plasmid construction using Ugene software, bioluminescence assays, Tecan/ Luminometer… Show more Dissertation Title: “Bioluminescent NanoLuc reporters for pathogenic and beneficial Clostridium species.” • Responsible for developing a novel bacterial reporter system for the analysis of gene expression in anaerobic bacteria mainly clostridium species. • Experience/ Skills: Bacterial culturing, DNA isolation, PCR, RFLP, electroporation, chemical transformation, cloning, gel electrophoresis, plasmid construction using Ugene software, bioluminescence assays, Tecan/ Luminometer, anaerobic cabinet. Show less
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Internship Trainee
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Jan 2014 - Aug 2014
Hyderabad Area, India Dissertation Title: “Status Of Polymorphisms A→T In Exon 11 Of Kinase Insert Domain And G→C In Exon 8 Of Estrogen Receptor Beta Genes In Women With Ovarian Failure In The Regional Population Of South India”. • Responsible for developing molecular methods for detection of polymorphisms in KID receptor gene and ER beta gene and their significance in patients with premature ovarian failure. • Collected and organized data pertaining to cases and control cohorts. • Supported mentoring… Show more Dissertation Title: “Status Of Polymorphisms A→T In Exon 11 Of Kinase Insert Domain And G→C In Exon 8 Of Estrogen Receptor Beta Genes In Women With Ovarian Failure In The Regional Population Of South India”. • Responsible for developing molecular methods for detection of polymorphisms in KID receptor gene and ER beta gene and their significance in patients with premature ovarian failure. • Collected and organized data pertaining to cases and control cohorts. • Supported mentoring program for interns. • Skills: Sample collection, sample processing, DNA extraction, PCR, q-PCR, RFLP, gel electrophoresis, sample and controls data management. Show less
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Chaitanya Bharathi Institute Of Technology
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India
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Bachelor Thesis
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Mar 2012 - Apr 2013
Hyderabad Area, India Dissertation Title: “Study of Synergistic Effect of Pomegranate Extract on Multidrug Resistant Pathogenic Clinical Isolates”. • Analyzed the antimicrobial activity of pomegranate waste extract against multidrug resistant pathogenic clinical isolates. • Experience with handling Bio-safety level-2 pathogenic strains. • Built and maintained collaborations with private diagnostic lab. • Commonly used techniques include media preparation, bacterial culturing, solvent extraction, disk… Show more Dissertation Title: “Study of Synergistic Effect of Pomegranate Extract on Multidrug Resistant Pathogenic Clinical Isolates”. • Analyzed the antimicrobial activity of pomegranate waste extract against multidrug resistant pathogenic clinical isolates. • Experience with handling Bio-safety level-2 pathogenic strains. • Built and maintained collaborations with private diagnostic lab. • Commonly used techniques include media preparation, bacterial culturing, solvent extraction, disk diffusion test. Show less
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Virchow Biotech Pvt Ltd - India
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India
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Airlines and Aviation
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200 - 300 Employee
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Intenship Trainee
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Jun 2011 - Jul 2011
Hyderabad Area, India Worked as Internship trainee at Virchow Biotech Pvt Ltd and was involved with work related to Cloning, Expression and Purification of Recombinant molecules
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Education
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University of Nottingham
Master of Science - MS, Molecular Genetics and Diagnostics -
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute Of Technology
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Biotechnology