Experience

Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery

• Australia
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • 2023 - Present

  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia



Griffith University

• Australia
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutor

  • 2014 - Present

  Brisbane, Australia

• PhD Student

  • Sep 2012 - 2017

  Brisbane, Australia Some of the focus areas of my research were performing functional assays on cells, studying protein expression, investigating effects of cellular stressors on different vesicular pathways and identification of cellular biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease. My project involved work that included molecular/cell biology techniques such as gene sequencing, cellular profiling using immunofluorescence and high content image analysis.

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2011 - Sep 2012

  Brisbane My work included: • DNA extraction from blood and saliva samples for populating the Queensland Parkinson’s Project DNA bank at Eskitis Institute. • Primer design, Gene amplification using PCR • Genotyping (Sanger sequencing) familial and sporadic Parkinson’s disease cases for detecting mutations in various PARK genes using Sanger sequencing. • DNA Cloning of plasmid vectors and expression of plasmid in mammalian cell lines



Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University

• Research Assistant

  • 2017 - May 2023

  Brisbane, Australia



Biocon

• India
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Project Assistant

  • Oct 2010 - Mar 2011

  Bengaluru Area, India Department: Bioassay Lab. • Completion of a project titled “Cell based bioassay to evaluate the mitogenicity of an insulin ana-logue” • Performing biological cell based assays to test the pharmacokinetic properties (metabolic and cytotoxic activity) of insulin and other antibodies on various cell lines. • Statistical data analysis of biological assay results using PLA 2 software. • Maintenance of cancerous and non-cancerous ell lines (media preparation, freezing, revival and… Show more Department: Bioassay Lab. • Completion of a project titled “Cell based bioassay to evaluate the mitogenicity of an insulin ana-logue” • Performing biological cell based assays to test the pharmacokinetic properties (metabolic and cytotoxic activity) of insulin and other antibodies on various cell lines. • Statistical data analysis of biological assay results using PLA 2 software. • Maintenance of cancerous and non-cancerous ell lines (media preparation, freezing, revival and cell counting). Expertise in operating Tecans ‘Freedom EVO’ a liquid handling robotic platform that can perform biological assays. • Preparation of reports for assay validation and preparation of SOPs for experiments. Reagent preparation, calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment. Show less



MS Swaminathan Research Foundation

• India
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Trainee

  • Jul 2010 - Sep 2010

  Chennai Area, India Department: Plant Molecular Biology • Extraction of phytochemicals and essential oils from endangered plant species using TLC sheets and its structural elucidation by GC-MS. • Preparation of a literature review report on “A Review on medicinal properties of Medicinal plants in India”. • Stock maintenance of supplies and reagents.