Sujith Molakala
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Research Mentor
University of Texas at Austin, Sarah Simmons Lab
01.2021 - 08.2023
- Trained and mentored over 60 undergraduate students and researchers, majoring in biology, biochemistry, and chemistry in basic laboratory techniques, laboratory etiquette, and statistical and graphical analysis using R
- Led 2 microbiology projects on light effects on dark grown Arabidopsis seedling growth and the discovery of the physiological consequences of eATP.
- Developed a novel automated grading method based on 4 kinds of student performances on 7 assignments from over 150 SQL tables and solved data cleaning issues and improved usability of the lab
Research Assistant
University of Texas at Austin, Boufraqech Lab
02.2020 - 08.2023
- Investigated anaplastic thyroid cancer progression and metastasis to elucidate the mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapy
- Designed and conducted experiments to evaluate the expression and function miR-145 in thyroid cancer and its potential clinical application as a biomarker. Investigated the overexpression of miR-145 in thyroid cell lines and its effect on PI3K/Akt pathway.
- Collaborated with research teams from MD Anderson, National Institute of Health, and the FDA on drug discovery and the effects of Metformin on the growth of thyroid cancer in vitro and in vivo and on mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase expression
Research Assistant
University Of Texas At Austin, Sarah Simmons Lab
01.2019 - 08.2023
- Investigated the effects of eATP and far-red light treatments on dark grown Arabidopsis root hair growth rates
- Analyzed large-scale data sets to extract useful genomic data using Bioconductor and GenomnicRanges packages
- Conducted computational analysis and interpretation of DNA and RNA sequencing datasets
- Used dplyr package tools in R to clean in preprocess data for statistical analysis
- Conducted graphical analysis using R visualization packages ggplot2 and shiny
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Columbia University
New York, NY05.2026
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TX05.2022
Tandon Bridge Program - Computer Science
New York University
New York 01.2024 - 05.2024
Skills
R, Python, SQL, Data Analysis/Collection
Timeline
Tandon Bridge Program - Computer Science
New York University
01.2024 - 05.2024
Research Mentor
University of Texas at Austin, Sarah Simmons Lab
01.2021 - 08.2023
Research Assistant
University of Texas at Austin, Boufraqech Lab
02.2020 - 08.2023
Research Assistant
University Of Texas At Austin, Sarah Simmons Lab
01.2019 - 08.2023
Master of Science - Computer Science
Columbia University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Texas At Austin
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