Nisarg Shah
Union City,NJ
Summary
Detail-oriented Senior Research Assistant with hands-on experience performing animal and laboratory work to advance cancer research goals. Drives team success with expertise in data review, reporting and specimen handling.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Research Assistant
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
04.2015 - Current
- As experienced team member, I work both independently and collaboratively in fast-paced laboratory environment to identify new treatment areas for lung cancer.
- My work extensively focuses on both in vivo and in vitro experiments and have been an integral part in designing and executing them. They includes tumor injections, drug treatments, tumor and organ collections with Imaging & molecular biology experiments including CRISPR-Cas9 models for direct genome editing with the help of Flow Assisted Cell Sorting.
- Lead efforts to organize and strengthen lab's Patient derived xenograft library by carefully expanding and performing genetic testing, including SNP genotyping and IMPACT analysis
- Assisted in production of research reports and articles for peer-reviewed journals.
- As point person for our lab, updated and verified regulatory compliance and protocol adherence through comprehensive inspections.
Senior Research Technician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
06.2013 - 03.2015
- As active member of small research team, I worked on projects studying relationship between LDH-A, Lactate and metastases in various tumor models using shRNA knockdown
- Assisted with training junior team members in laboratory techniques and operation of equipment.
Associate Research Technician
NYU Lagone Medical Center
New York, NY
06.2011 - 06.2013
- Awarded for outstanding performance, I collaborated with our research team to study the contribution of non-targeted and targeted effects in high ionizing radiation induced cancer.
Research Volunteer
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY
10.2010 - 04.2011
- Under direct supervision conducted a research study to characterize low dose ionizing radiation induced centrosome aberrations.
Education
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Brooklyn, NYBachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Anand Pharmacy College
Gujarat, IndiaData Analytics
Cornell University
OnlineSkills
Molecular biology techniques
- Cell culture and Western blotting
- DNA extraction and genotyping
- Cell based assays and Flow cytometry
- Primary cell culture and Transfection assay
In vivo techniques
- Tumor cells injection and collection
- Drug treatments and organ collections
- Mice bleeding and Imaging
- Trained in subrenal capsule & Intracranial Injections
Accomplishments
- Awarded with "The Outstanding Performer Of The Year" award for my contribution in the field of Radiation Oncology at NYU Langone Medical Center
Additional Information
- Earned "Outstanding Performer Of The Year" Award for my work in Radiation Oncology at NYU Langone Medical Center.
- "Review Editor" for Molecular and Cellular Oncology for Frontiers.
- "Reviewer" for Cellular Oncology.
Timeline
Senior Research Assistant
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
04.2015 - Current
Senior Research Technician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
06.2013 - 03.2015
Associate Research Technician
NYU Lagone Medical Center
06.2011 - 06.2013
Research Volunteer
NYU Langone Medical Center
10.2010 - 04.2011
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Anand Pharmacy College
Data Analytics
Cornell University
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