To pursue a multidisciplinary career dedicated to advancing human health through innovative research and data-driven solutions. Enthusiastic about precision health, genetic engineering, genomics, healthcare data analysis, and molecular biology.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Application Scientist
Strand Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
Bangalore, India
08.2023 - 08.2024
Interpreted variants in the genes causing cancer, cardiovascular & metabolic disorders, and carrier risk screening, using StrandOmics, a bioinformatics tool
Identified genetic variations that may affect drug efficacy or safety using pharmacogenomics (PGx) reports
Interpreted copy number variations using tools such as Decipher genome browser and UCSC genome browser
Analyzed and interpreted inflammatory bowel diseases and infertility data sourced from hospitals and research centers
Identified and used publicly available datasets and resources relevant to PGx and cardio related curation
Intern
Healthseq Precision Medicine
Bangalore, India
03.2023 - 06.2023
Company Overview: A precision medicine and health systems company, incubated at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
Responsibilities included antibody design and determining affinity maturation
Used Rosetta to design antibodies that have the best efficiency in binding to a particular antigen
Used Visual Studio to view the changes in the amino acids of the native and the newly designed antibody
Presented the findings to the management
Intern
Syngene International Limited
Bangalore, Karnataka
05.2022 - 06.2022
Took part in library preparation and amplification involved in NGS, cloning, real time PCR, gel electrophoresis, mutagenesis
Education
Master of Science - Precision Health (Data Science Concentration)
University of Chicago (UChicago)
Chicago, IL
08-2025
Bachelor of Engineering - Biotechnology
BMS College of Engineering (BMSCE)
Bangalore
07-2023
Skills
Python
R Basics
SQL Basics
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Regression Analysis
Data Manipulation
Data Visualization
StrandOmics
Rosetta
ClinVar
NCBI
OMIM
UALCAN
CBioPortal
Mastermind
Autodock
Hexdock
Rasmol/Pymol
Literature Review
Certification
Introduction to the Biology of Cancer, Johns Hopkins University
Understanding Cancer Metastasis, Johns Hopkins University
The Science of Stem Cells, American Museum of Natural History
Entrepreneurship 1: Laying the foundation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UG Academic Projects
Literature review on the topic 'Development of bio-based plastics and their conversion to useful products'
Development of Biosensors for the detection of food pathogens in solid food: Insilco work to identify the toxins released by different food spoilage-causing pathogens and determine their binding towards the bio receptor using Docking tools, Extraction of catechin (bioreceptor).
Insilico Analysis of Oral Microbiome with Periodontitis Condition: Identifying different targets and compounds that can be used to treat periodontitis condition, Identifying differentially expressed genes during periodontitis.
UG Seminars Presented
Microbial fuel cells and its applications
The Science of Stem Cells
Bacterial Imaging Techniques
Role of Prolactin and Growth Factor ligand-receptor interaction during childbirth - Conference on Advances in Materials, Ceramics and Engineering Sciences
Soft Skills
Teamwork
Time Management
Effective Communication
Critical Thinking
Adaptability
Timeline
Associate Application Scientist
Strand Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
08.2023 - 08.2024
Intern
Healthseq Precision Medicine
03.2023 - 06.2023
Intern
Syngene International Limited
05.2022 - 06.2022
Master of Science - Precision Health (Data Science Concentration)
University of Chicago (UChicago)
Bachelor of Engineering - Biotechnology
BMS College of Engineering (BMSCE)
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