Ashrut Narula Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This volunteer consulting engagement aimed to develop a marketing strategy for a volunteering platform that seeks to inform local volunteers and connect them with the organizations that need them.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Supervisors: Dr. Olivia Rissland & Dr. James Ellis | Hospital for Sick Children & University of TorontoThesis: Investigating the extent to which coding sequence regulates human transcript stabilityPublications:
• Coding regions affect mRNA stability in human cells. Ashrut Narula, James Ellis, J. Matthew Taliaferro, Olivia S. Rissland. RNA. 2019 Dec;25(12):1751-1764. PMID 31527111.
• Regulatory Expansion in Mammals of Multivalent hnRNP Assemblies that Globally Control Alternative… Show more Supervisors: Dr. Olivia Rissland & Dr. James Ellis | Hospital for Sick Children & University of.
• Regulatory Expansion in Mammals of Multivalent hnRNP Assemblies that Globally Control Alternative Splicing. Serge Gueroussov*, Robert J. Weatheritt*, Dave O’Hanlon, Zhen-Yuan Lin, Ashrut Narula, Anne-Claude Gingras.
• Awarded best all-round M.Sc. student in department (Top 1 of over 100) in 2016
• Developed a novel RNA-sequencing based methodology to systematically investigate mRNA stability

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Simulated the role of a market access specialist with an industry mentor, by developing and evaluating a strategy for an FDA approved therapy to expand into the Canadian patient market.
• Conducted clinical review and competitor analysis to negotiate reimbursement terms with stakeholders.

Toronto

• Provided pro-bono consulting services to a non-profit addressing food insecurity in northern Canada
• Researched and parsed real-world data into a financial model framework to optimise client product portfolio
• Quantified market demand and generated a pricing strategy targeting a 10-year break-even timeline
• Presented regular progress updates in a team of 5 to the client over an 8-month engagement

Toronto, Canada Area

As a Laboratory TA, I assisted in guiding and evaluating fourth year undergraduate students in the Dept. of Biochemistry’s advanced laboratory course, while ensuring they retained the underlying scientific principles

Toronto, Canada Area

Supervisor: Dr. Grant W. BrownThesis: Characterising interactors of the DNA Damage Tolerance protein Rad5 in S. cerevisiaePublication: Rad5 Recruits Error-Prone DNA Polymerases for Mutagenic Repair of ssDNA Gaps on Undamaged Templates. David Gallo, TaeHyung Kim, Barnabas Szakal, Xanita Saayman, Ashrut Narula, Yoona Park, Dana Branzei, Zhaolei Zhang, Grant.

Toronto, Canada Area

Supervisor: Dr. Marc D. MeneghiniThesis: Roles of the histone demethylase Jhd2 in gene expression and mitochondrial feedback control in S. cerevisiaePublication: Mitochondrial control through nutritionally regulated global histone H3 lysine-4 demethylation. Maria Soloveychik, Mengshu Xu, Olga Zaslaver, Kwanyin Lee, Ashrut Narula, River Jiang, Adam.

Toronto, Canada Area

Supervisor: Dr. Jinrong MinThesis: Structural studies of the transcriptional regulators DPF2/3 and the oxidative stress mediator TXNIPPublication: Structural basis for the regulatory role of the PPxY motifs in the thioredoxin-interacting protein TXNIP. Yanli Liu, Johnathan Lau, Weiguo Li, Wolfram Tempel, Aiping Dong, Ashrut Narula, Su Qin, Jinrong Min..

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Molecular Genetics

Activities and Societies: Toronto RNA Enthusiast's Day (TREnD), Toronto RNA Club, Molecular Genetics Graduate Student’s Association.

Quantitative Methods For Business Management

Honours Bachelor Of Science (Hons. B.Sc), Biochemistry, 3.95/4.00 (Final 2 Years)

Activities and Societies: Biochemistry Undergraduate Student Society Fourth Year Thesis: Dr. Grant W. Brown's Lab, Department of.

International Baccalaureate Diploma, 42/45 (Top 2.5% Worldwide)

Activities and Societies: Volunteer Teacher at Pratham Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity Biology HL, Chemistry HL, Mathematics HL.

High School Diploma, Cbse Year 10, 90.8%