Deepa Sekhar

I am driven to establish a career in Reproductive Sciences with the goal of making a meaningful impact on both scientific advancements and society as a whole. As an embryologist, my aspiration is to be fully involved in every aspect of the organization and utilize my abilities to effectively contribute to the treatment of patients.

• Sleeve Gastrectomy: Mechanisms of weight loss and diabetes improvements, P. K Chelikani and D. Sekhar
• Calorie Restriction Modulates Reproductive Development and Energy Balance in Pre-Pubertal Male Rats, Rizzoto G, Sekhar D, Thundathil JC, Chelikani PK, Kastelic JP, 08/23/2019
• MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism and the risk of breast cancer: evidence from an original study and pooled data for 26465 cases and 30248 controls, Pooja S, Carlus J, Sekhar D, Francis A, Gupta N, Konwar R, Kumar S, Kumar S, Thangaraj K, Rajender S, 2015
• RAD51 135G>C substitution increases the risk of breast cancer in an ethnic specific manner: meta-analysis on 21236 cases and 19407 controls, Deepa Sekhar, Singh Pooja, Sandeep Kumar, Singh Rajender, 2015

• DNA/RNA isolation methods
• Quantitative PCR and Amplification PCR
• Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• Sanger sequencing
• R statistical software

• Research Assistant, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 2016-2017
• Research Assistant, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 2013-2016

• WHAT CLINICIANS OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT LAB INCUBATORS, Laboratory incubation an enigma by Shivani Scientific, Varanasi, India, March 2020
• IMPACT OF LIFESTYLE FACTORS ON SEMEN QUALITY, 15th National Annual Conference - Fertivision, Gurugram, New Delhi, December 2019
• RISK MANAGEMENT IN CRYOPRESERVATION IN ART, IFS-Cryobiology in Assisted Reproduction CME, Lucknow, India, September 2018

• Date of Birth: 02/01/1987
• Nationality: Indian

• Dr. Daniel Rychlik, Medical Director, Empower Fertility, drychlik@empowerfertilityclinic.com
• Lizeth Barrientos, Associate Lab Director, Empower Fertility, lbarrientos@empowerfertilityclinic.com
• Dr. Gábor Vajta, University Professor, Consultant in Embryology, gabor.vajta@hotmail.com
• Dr. Pradip Goswami, Founder and Director of Fetomat Wellness Pvt. Ltd., pkg@fetomat.com
• Dr. Sarabpreet Singh, Consultant Clinical Embryologist, drsarabpreet@gmail.com
• Kari Elo, University Professor, University of Helsinki, kari.elo@helsinki.fi
• Dr. Rajender Singh, Senior Scientist, Division of Endocrinology, CSIR-CDRI, rajender_singh@cdri.res.in

• Embryology Training, Merck Center of Excellence in Clinical Embryology, Kasturba Medical College, MAHE, Manipal, India

• 23rd ANNUAL CONGRESS INDIAN SOCIETY OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION (ISAR-2018)
• INDIAN FERTILITY SOCIETY- FERTVISION 2018
• 8th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ACADEMY OF CLINICAL EMBRYOLOGISTS, INDIA (ACE-2019)
• INDIAN FERTILITY SOCIETY- FERTVISION 2019
• Southern California Assisted Reproductive Biologists & Northern California Association of Reproductive Biologists Joint Meeting, 2024