POONAM YADAV

Accomplished Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Miami School of Medicine with expertise in statistical analysis and project management. Developed innovative statistical methods for large datasets, significantly improving research outcomes. Strong communication skills have fostered collaboration and successful evaluations, driving ongoing enhancements in research initiatives. Committed to leveraging data-driven insights to advance scientific knowledge.

- Institute Research Award, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (April 2022)

- Best Poster Award at the 8th International Translational Cancer Research
Conference (2020)

· Teaching assistant for the Cancer Biology Module from January-May 2017, 2018, and 2019 at the

   Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.

.  Mentored multiple project interns during my Ph.D. work

· AACR (American Association for Cancer Research)   Virtual Annual Meeting 2020, April 27th-28th, 

  June 22nd-24th 2020.

· 8th International Translational Cancer Research   Conference – “Role of Inflammation and Immune 

  System for Cancer Prevention   and Treatment,” Feb 13th-16th, 2020, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,   India.

· Workshop on “Basic Research Flow Cytometry  Course” scheduled to be conducted from Jan 29th – 1st

   Feb 2019 at C-CAMP   Bangalore

· 7th International Conference on Translational Cancer   Research, Feb 8th-11th 2018, IIT Madras, 

   Chennai, India. Organizing   team of IIT Madras

· 3rd International Conference on Cancer Personalized   Medicine through Molecular Tumor Board, Feb 

   1st – 3rd, 2018, IIT Madras,   Chennai, India. Organizing team of IIT Madras

· Workshop on “IPR and related Issues: Present and   future needs” scheduled to be conducted from 

   March 27 – March 28, 2015,   at UPCAR Lucknow.

· National Seminar on “Stress Development and   Adaptation: Biochemical Basis and 

   Biotechnological     Approach” March 15th   -16th, 2013 in the Department of Biochemistry,

   University of Lucknow,   Lucknow.

· National Seminar on “Reactive Oxygen Species-Role in   Animal and Plant Biology” Dec 23rd -

    24th, 2011,Department of   Biochemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow.

· Yadav, P., Sharma, P., Sundaram, S.,   Venkatraman, G., Bera, A. K., & Karunagaran, D. (2021). SLC7A11/xCT is a   target of miR-5096, and its restoration partially rescues miR-5096-mediated   ferroptosis and anti-tumor effects in human breast cancer cells. Cancer   letters, 522, 211-224.

Yadav, P., Sharma, P., Chetlangia N.,   Mayalagu P., Bera, A. K., & Karunagaran, D. (2022). Upregulation of   miR-22-3p contributes to plumbagin-mediated inhibition of Wnt signaling in   human colorectal cancer cells. Chemi-Biol Interact,368, 110224.

· Sharma, P*., Yadav, P*., Jain, R. P.,   Bera, A. K., & Karunagaran, D. (2022). miR-142-3p simultaneously targets   HMGA1, HMGA2, HMGB1, and HMGB3 and inhibits tumorigenic properties and   in-vivo metastatic potential of human cervical cancer cells. Life Sciences,   291, 120268. (*- Equal First author)

· Sharma, P., Yadav, P., Sundaram, S.,   Venkatraman, G., Bera, A. K., & Karunagaran, D (2022). HMGB3 inhibition   by miR-142-3p/sh-RNA modulates autophagy and induces apoptosis via ROS   accumulation and mitochondrial dysfunction and reduces the tumorigenic   potential of human breast cancer cells. Life Sciences, 304, 120727

· Mohanty, S., Yadav, P., Lakshminarayanan,   H., Sharma, P., Vivekanandhan, A., & Karunagaran, D. (2022). RETRA   induces necroptosis in cervical cancer cells through RIPK1, RIPK3, MLKL and   increased ROS production. European Journal of Pharmacology, 920,   174840.

· Neogi, K., Murumkar, P. R., Sharma, P., Yadav, P.,   Tewari, M., Karunagaran, D., ... & Yadav, M. R. (2022). Design, synthesis   and evaluation of 4, 7-disubstituted 8-methoxyquinazoline derivatives as   potential cytotoxic agents targeting β-catenin/TCF4 signaling pathway. Translational   oncology, 19, 101395