HIMANSHI AGARWAL

Focused, and performance-driven professional with 8 years of experience in scientific writing (manuscripts, posters, grants, and reports) and research in oncology; interested in pursuing career in a challenging, stimulating, and fast-paced collaborative team environment in scientific and medical writing.

Proven success in conceptualizing, developing and writing content that engages readers and builds interest. Detail-oriented, perceptive and systematic in reviewing text and updating content. Strong problem-solving abilities.

• P53 International meeting, Rehovot, Israel, 2022
• Li Fraumeni Syndrome Symposium, 2021
• Bangalore Microscopy Course, NCBS, Bangalore, India, 2017; 1 out of 24 participants selected from all over the world
• Visualizing Science workshop by Nature at NII, New Delhi, India, 2017
• Product optimization training at Radico Khaitan Limited, Rampur, India, 2009
• Bioinformatics: an in-silico approach to biology, 2008

BioCareers (April 2024-present)

• Research and write scientific articles, blogs and features, for life science researchers and science communicators
• Edit and proofread scientific articles and blogs

Onco-this-week (OTW) (Jan 2024-present)

• Summarize newsletter for the relevant audience
• Tagging all the companies and institutions involved in the mentioned research
• Communicate effectively to all stakeholders including senior management and content developers
• Monitor SEO and web traffic metrics

Multiple Nature and Springer Publishing group journals

• P53 International Meeting, Israel, 2022
• NCR cluster meeting, New Delhi, 2018
• National Science Day, NII, New Delhi, 2018
• Bangalore Microscopy Course, NCBS, Bangalore, 2017

• Tripathi, V., Agarwal, H., Priya, S. et al. MRN complex-dependent recruitment of ubiquitylated BLM helicase to DSBs negatively regulates DNA repair pathways. Nat Commun 9, 1016 (2018)
• Hussain M, Mohammed A, Agarwal H et al. 2021 MITOL-dependent ubiquitylation negatively regulates the entry of PolyA into mitochondria. PLoS Biol 19(3): e3001139
• Priya S, Kaur E, Kulshrestha S, Agarwal H, et al. CDX2 inducible microRNAs sustain colon cancer by targeting multiple DNA damage response pathway factors. J Cell Sci. 2021 Aug 1;134(15): jcs258601.
• Light N, Layeghifard M, Agarwal H, et al. Germline TP53 mutations undergo copy number gain years prior to tumor diagnosis. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 5;14(1):77.
• Agarwal H, Tal P et al. Mutant p53 reactivation restricts the protumorigenic consequences of wild type p53 loss of heterozygosity in Li-Fraumeni syndrome patient-derived fibroblasts. Cell Death Differ (2024)

Title: SCIENTIFIC WRITER

• English
• Hindi

• VATAT fellowship to outstanding Indian students by Israeli Government, 2020
• CSIR UGC NET JRF All India Rank 47, 2013
• NII DBT funding for research and fellowship, 2013
• Distinction merit certificates in numerous subjects and among top five students in Delhi University, 2008-11
• Best student award in BSc (Hons) Microbiology, 2010
• Merit certificate in Mathematics Olympiad, 2003