Smita Agrawal
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Experience
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ConcertAI
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Executive Director
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Apr 2022 - Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Senior Director - Clinical Genomics Solutions
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Jan 2021 - Mar 2022
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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SymphonyAI
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Sr. Director of Product Management
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Jul 2018 - Dec 2020
Bengaluru Area, India
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Strand Life Sciences
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India
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Biotechnology Research
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400 - 500 Employee
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Director - Bioinformatics
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Oct 2016 - Jun 2018
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Senior Application Scientist IV
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Apr 2015 - Sep 2016
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Senior Scientist II
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May 2013 - Mar 2015
- Head the clinical data analysis team: Responsible for analysis of DNA-Sequencing data generated in Strand's clinical genomics labs. This includes data from somatic cancer as well as various inherited diseases and whole exome panels. - Guide the product design for StrandOmics, Strand's clinical interpretation and reporting software. - Involved in collaborative research projects in personal genomics with various hospitals/research institutions.
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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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Senior Research Associate
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Nov 2010 - Mar 2013
- Performed a collaborative basic research study involving extensive experimental as well as computational efforts. This led to the identification of a novel DNA element and a binding partner involved in recruitment of a key transcription factor to regulatory sequences in the context of T-helper cell differentiation. - Leading a project in collaboration with Constellation Inc. (epigenetics based drug discovery company headquartered in Boston, MA) to discover novel drug targets for… Show more - Performed a collaborative basic research study involving extensive experimental as well as computational efforts. This led to the identification of a novel DNA element and a binding partner involved in recruitment of a key transcription factor to regulatory sequences in the context of T-helper cell differentiation. - Leading a project in collaboration with Constellation Inc. (epigenetics based drug discovery company headquartered in Boston, MA) to discover novel drug targets for auto-immune disorders like Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) etc. – Collaborating on other projects within the group to analyze and build testable hypotheses from large scale biological datasets including ChIPseq, microarray and RNAseq data. Show less
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University of Minnesota
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Post-doctoral Researcher
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Jan 2008 - Oct 2010
– Studied the role of alternative splicing in disease onset and progression leading to cerebellar neurodegeneration in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1).
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University of California, Berkeley
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Aug 2001 - Jun 2007
– Experimentally elucidated the role of the Notch and Wnt signaling pathways in regulating cell fate decisions of hippocampal adult neural stem cells. – Computationally analyzed the Notch signaling network using deterministic and stochastic models to predict key components of the signaling pathway involved in cell fate switch determination.
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Education
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University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering -
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
B.Tech, Chemical Engineering