Meerah Vijeyakumaran
Associate Scientist I at CCRM- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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CCRM
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Biotechnology Research
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100 - 200 Employee
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Associate Scientist I
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Mar 2022 - Present
• Provided scientific guidance/support for new product introduction (NPI) designs and testing • Performed optimization and automation of immunotherapy workflows using bioprocessing hardware (CliniMACS, Sepax, VIA thaw, VIA freeze, Xuri Cell Expansion Sytem, GREX Bioreactor, CytoFLEX Flow Cytometer) • Lead downstream isolation, activation, expansion of T-cells from fresh and frozen leukapheresis as well as downstream harvest, volume reduction, buffer exchange, cryopreservation processing and workflows associated with immune cell populations (B-cells and T-cells) as well as process development for CAR-T cell therapy • Evaluated the phenotype of different cell types using Flow Cytometry and STR analysis • Troubleshooted and developed Flow Cytometry panels for phenotypic readouts of PBMC, T-cells and B-cells • Experience in presenting data, reports on weekly conference calls to collaborators world-wide
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Toronto General Hospital
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Canada
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Medical Practices
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Research Technician
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Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
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Sinai Health
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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200 - 300 Employee
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Laboratory Technician
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Nov 2019 - Nov 2020
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
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Canada
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Medical Practices
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400 - 500 Employee
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Clinical Research Coordinator
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Apr 2019 - Nov 2019
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Western University
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Technician
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Aug 2018 - Apr 2019
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Education
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Western University
Master of Science - MS, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -
The Michener Institute of Education at UHN
Virtual Learning Program in Laboratory Medicine Program – Anatomical Pathology -
Western University
Diploma in Clinical Trial Management, Clinical Trial Management -
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Science - BS, Double Major in Human Biology and Health Studies