Prashanna Koirala

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Goal-oriented candidate caring with students of different learning levels and backgrounds. Always ready to step in and positively impact student learning or teacher wellbeing with timely support. Reliable in maintaining orderly spaces and preparing daily materials.

Awarded with McRight Scholarship ($2300) for Summer 2022

Awarded with Steve and Mary Ann Cockerham Scholarship ($2000) for Summer 2023

• ICITSE2020 1st International Conference on Innovative Technologies for a Sustainable Environment, Society of Environment Engineers of the Philippines, 12/28/2020
• Leadership and Life Skills, National Youth Engagement Network (NYEN), 12/5/2020
• National Conference on Recent Advancement in Biomedical Engineering (NCRABE'20), Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, 12/3/2020
• Webinar from the ISSUP National Chapters in Asian Region, The Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders in the Asia Region: A Two-Decade Perspective on New Tendencies and Substances, 11/20/2020
• 4th Global Conference (Virtual) of the World Association of Academic Doctors, The Wave of the Future: Perspectives of Entrepreneurship, Education, and Technology, 10/21/2020 - 10/22/2020
• Conference (Virtual) on Drug Demand Reduction in Africa Prevention Treatment and Epidemiology
• Basics of CRISPR/Cas9, The Jackson Laboratory, 10/8/2020
• Bacterial Genomes: Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacterial Pathogens, FutureLearn, 09/23/2020
• Bacterial Genomes: Disease Outbreaks and Antimicrobial Resistance, FutureLearn, 09/24/2020
• Workshop on Internet of Things (IoT), NXTGEN, Nepal, 08/28/2020 - 08/29/2020
• Online training programme on Research Paper Writing, 05/17/2020
• COVID-19: Tackling the novel coronavirus, FutureLearn, 04/18/2020

• Fundamentals of Immunology Specialization, Rice University, Coursera, 2020
• Biology of Cancer, Cancer Metastasis & Prostrate Cancer, Johns Hopkins University, Coursera, 2020
• Introduction to Breast Cancer, Yale University, Coursera, 2020
• Thoracic Oncology, University of Michigan, Coursera, 2020
• The Science of Stem Cells, American Museum of Natural History, Coursera, 2020
• Drug Discovery, Development and Commercialization, University of California, San Diego, Coursera, 2020
• Nanotechnology: A Maker's Course, Duke University, Coursera, 2020
• Nanotechnology and Nanosensors: Part 1 & 2, Israel Institute of Technology, Coursera, 2020

• Shrestha, R., McCann, T., Saravanan, H., Lieberth, J., Koirala, P., & Bloomekatz, J. (2023). The myocardium utilizes a platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (Pdgfra)-phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling cascade to steer toward the midline during zebrafish heart tube formation. eLife, 12, e85930. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85930
• Koirala, P., Dhakal, S., Malla, B., Ghimire, A., Siddiqui, M. A., & Dawadi, P. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Burden in Wastewater and its Elimination Using Disinfection. Microbiology insights, 16, 11786361231201598. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786361231201598
• Pandey, G. R., Shrestha, A., Karki, T. B., Neupane, S., Ojha, S., Koirala, P., & Timilsina, P. M. (2022). Screening and Identification of Thermotolerant and Osmotolerant Bacillus amyloliquefaciens BKHE Isolated from Kinema of Eastern Nepal for Alkaline Protease Production. International journal of microbiology, 2022, 6831092. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6831092
• Gorkhali, N. A., Koirala, P., Sapkota, S., Mishra, A., Subedi, U., Adhikari, D., Pokhrel, B. R., & Bhattarai, N. (2021). Carcass and Meat Quality Characteristics of Wild Boar Crossbreds. Indonesian Journal of Applied Research (IJAR), 2(2), 104-116. https://doi.org/10.30997/ijar.v2i2.123
• Amatya Gorkhali, N., Sherpa, C., Koirala, P., Sapkota, S., & Pokharel, B. R. (2021). The Global Scenario of A1, A2 β-Casein Variant in Cattle and its Impact on Human Health. Global Journal of Agricultural and Allied Sciences, 3(1), 16-24. https://doi.org/10.35251/gjaas.2021.003
• Gorkhali, R., Koirala, P., Rijal, S., Mainali, A., Baral, A., & Bhattarai, H. K. (2021). Structure and Function of Major SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV Proteins. Bioinformatics and biology insights, 15, 11779322211025876. https://doi.org/10.1177/11779322211025876
• Gorkhali, N. A. ., Sherpa, C. ., Dhakal, A. ., Dhungana, S. ., Sapkota, S. ., Koirala, P. ., Pokhrel, B. R. ., Kolachhapati , M. ., & Bhattarai , N. . (2021). Genetic Diversity of Nepalese Indigenous Cattle Breeds Based on D-Loop Mitochondrial DNA. Nepal Journal of Science and Technology, 19(2), 103–108. https://doi.org/10.3126/njst.v20i1.39440
• Gorkhali, N., Dhakal, R., Sapkota, S., Koirala, P., Pokhrel, B., Kolachhapati, M., & Bhattarai, N. (2021). Polymorphism of Sakini Chicken Population From Different Locations/Altitudes of Nepal Using Randomly Amplified Polymorphic Dna Markers. SAARC Journal of Agriculture, 18(2), 115–124. https://doi.org/10.3329/sja.v18i2.51113

• Joshua Bloomekatz, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department, of Biology, University of Mississippi, josh@olemiss.edu, +18583807449
• Paras Mani Timilsina, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Kathmandu University, timipara@ku.edu.np, +977-9841257978
• Neena Amatya Gorkhali, PhD, Chief & Senior Scientist (S-4), National Animal Breeding and Genetics Center, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), neenagorkhali@hotmail.com, +977-9851209135