Amreena Suri
Lincolnwood,IL
Summary
Detail-oriented Laboratory Manager highly effective at keeping laboratories running smoothly and efficiently. Knowledgeable about managing supplies, equipment and facilities. Pursuing new professional challenges with the opportunity to make a positive impact on laboratory operations and research success.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Research Lab Manager
Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
01.2016 - Current
- Ensure quality management and performance improvement initiatives.
- Ensure the lab follows all accrediting regulations.
- Coordinate training objectives with a focus on individual, departmental and hospital-wide initiatives and team concepts.
- Guide the process of root cause analysis to identify, track and resolve adverse events encompassing the development, implementation and monitoring of a corrective action plans.
- Provide troubleshooting and information for physician Provide information for setting up laboratories.
- Interviewed, hired and trained lab technicians to perform experiments and analyze results.
- Set and oversaw quality assurance guidelines for laboratory work.
- Kept equipment maintained, facility clean and organized and inventory stocked to maximize performance.
- Resolved issues with product development from inception through post-commercialization processes.
- Received and processed stock into inventory management system.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
- Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
- Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic.
- Help initiate new processes that eliminate redundancies.
- Skillfully developed departmental goals, objectives, standards of performance, policies and procedures.
- Consistently complied with applicable laws and regulations and ensured facility adhered to OSHA, IACUC regulations.
- Interpreted and communicated new or revised policies to staff.
- Encouraged creative thinking, problem solving, and empowerment as part of the facility management group to improve morale and teamwork.
- Achieved high staff morale and retention through effective communication, prompt problem resolution, proactive supervisory practices and facilitating a proactive work environment.
- Identified process improvements in the day-to-day functioning of the department.
- Continually improved knowledge, skills and performance based on feedback and self-identified professional developmental needs.
Research Assistant
Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois
03.2003 - 04.2016
- Followed research objectives, independently design, plan, conduct and troubleshoot experiments
- Evaluated protocols and data obtained from groups of experiments and recommend changes to processes, procedures, and techniques to improve quality and validity of results based upon overall project objectives
- Using an advanced level of skill, completed the following activities:
- DNA, RNA, Protein isolation, purification, and expression
- Southern, Northern, Western blotting
- PCR
- Plasmid Preparation
- Cloning, Mapping, and sequencing of DNA
- Cell culture, cell isolation
- Transfection and Transformation
- Microscopy
- Animal (Mice): Dissections, Blood collection, IP, IV and ID injections and mouse colony management
- Recorded data and maintained source documentation following good documentation practices
- Co-author scientific papers
- Supervised undergraduate students working on research projects.
Education
Master of Public Health -
DePaul University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Northeastern Illinois University
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Sri Krishna Devaraya University
Skills
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), qPCR, cloning
- Protein expression, SDS gels, Western Blots, protein purification
- Enzyme characterization, cell-culture methods, blood-based assays, cellular assays, immunoassays
- RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis, RNAi, Immunology, ELISAs, Radiometric Assays
- Trained and certified in Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and SOP development
- Facilities oversight
- Quality controls
- Specimen collection
- Lab test analysis
- Medical research
- Equipment calibration
- Lab assistant training
- Microscopic techniques
- Decision-Making
- Multitasking Abilities
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- PPE Compliance
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Training and Development
- Active Listening
Certification
Environmental Health and Land Reuse (EHLR) Certified by ATSDR and NEHA, February 2022
Professional Publications
Poster Presentations:
• Bailey, A.W., Suri, A., Suzuki, M., Gross, J., Evans, S., Piper, D.R., Topczewski, J., Tomita, T., Sredni, S.T. A Functional Screening of the kinome identifies the Polo-like kinase 4 as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors, and Possibly, Other Embryonal Tumors of the Brain. In: Annual Research Scholar Day (2017) at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
• Bailey, A.W., Suri, A., Suzuki, M., Hashizume, R., Tomita, T., Sredni, S.T. Inhibiting PLK4: A New Therapeutic Option for Embryonal Brain Tumors. In: Annual Research Scholar Day (2018) at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. And the 14th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day (2018) at Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
• Bailey, A.W., Suri, A., Tavares, M.T., Roy, S.M., Gunoseoyo, H., Kozikowski, A.P., Tomita, T., Sredni, S.T. Pre-clinical Evaluation of Protein Kinase Inhibitors with PLK4 Cross-over Potential. In: Annual Research Scholar Day (2019) at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. And the 15th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day (2019) at Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
• Bailey, A.W., Suri, A., Roy, S.M., Watterson, D.M., Tomita, T., Sredni, S.T. Inhibition of the p38a MAPK pathway sensitizes malignant solid tumors, from both children and adults, to approved therapies: A proof-of-concept in vitro study. In: Annual Research Scholar Day (2020) at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago- Zoom poster session
• Suri, A., Watanabe, J., Ishi, Y., Abe, K., Hashizume, R. Development of Novel Histone Demethylase Inhibitor against DIPG. In: Annual Research Scholar Day (2022) at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
• Suri, A., Montagano, L., Husain, S. A Landscape Assessment of Mental health Resources Available to Youth in the Austin Community of Chicago. In: DePaul Graduate Forum (2022) at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Peer Reviewed Publications:
• Eksi, S., Suri, A., & Williamson, K. C. (2008). Sex- and stage-specific reporter gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 160(2), 148–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.04.005 PMID:18490066
• Eksi, S., Morahan, B. J., Haile, Y., Furuya, T., Jiang, H., Ali, O., Xu, H., Kiattibutr, K., Suri, A., Czesny, B., Adeyemo, A., Myers, T. G., Sattabongkot, J., Su, X. Z., & Williamson, K. C. (2012). Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte development 1 (Pfgdv1) and gametocytogenesis early gene identification and commitment to sexual development. PLoS pathogens, 8(10), e1002964. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002964. PMID:23093935
• Tanaka, T. Q., Deu, E., Molina-Cruz, A., Ashburne, M. J., Ali, O., Suri, A., Kortagere, S., Bogyo, M., & Williamson, K. C. (2013). Plasmodium dipeptidyl aminopeptidases as malaria transmission-blocking drug targets. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 57(10), 4645–4652. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02495-12. PMID:23836185
• Sredni, S. T., Bailey, A. W., Suri, A., Hashizume, R., He, X., Louis, N., Gokirmak, T., Piper, D. R., Watterson, D. M., & Tomita, T. (2017). Inhibition of polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4): a new therapeutic option for rhabdoid tumors and pediatric medulloblastoma. Oncotarget, 8(67), 111190–111212. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.22704. PMID:29340047
• Bailey, A. W., Suri, A., Chou, P. M., Pundy, T., Gadd, S., Raimondi, S. L., Tomita, T., & Sredni, S. T. (2018). Polo-Like Kinase 4 (PLK4) Is Overexpressed in Central Nervous System Neuroblastoma (CNS-NB). Bioengineering, 5(4), 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering5040096. PMID:30400339
• Suri, A., Bailey, A. W., Tavares, M. T., Gunosewoyo, H., Dyer, C. P., Grupenmacher, A. T., Piper, D. R., Horton, R. A., Tomita, T., Kozikowski, A. P., Roy, S. M., & Sredni, S. T. (2019). Evaluation of Protein Kinase Inhibitors with PLK4 Cross-Over Potential in a Pre-Clinical Model of Cancer. International journal of molecular sciences, 20(9), 2112. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092112. PMID:31035676
• Alsayed, S., Suri, A., Bailey, A. W., Lane, S., Werry, E. L., Huang, C. C., Yu, L. F., Kassiou, M., Sredni, S. T., & Gunosewoyo, H. (2021). Synthesis and antitumour evaluation of indole-2-carboxamides against paediatric brain cancer cells. RSC medicinal chemistry, 12(11), 1910–1925. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1md00065a
• Ishi, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, A., Sasaki, T., Piunti, A., Suri, A., Watanabe, J., Abe, K., He, X., Katagi, H., Bhalla, P., Natsumeda, M., Zou, L., Shilatifard, A., & Hashizume, R. (2022). Therapeutic Targeting of EZH2 and BET BRD4 in Pediatric Rhabdoid Tumor. Molecular cancer therapeutics, molcanther.MCT-21-0646-A.2021. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-21-0646
Timeline
Research Lab Manager
Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
01.2016 - Current
Research Assistant
Loyola University
03.2003 - 04.2016
Master of Public Health -
DePaul University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Northeastern Illinois University
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Sri Krishna Devaraya University
Environmental Health and Land Reuse (EHLR) Certified by ATSDR and NEHA, February 2022
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