Gagandeep Kaur Email & Phone Number

Rochester, New York, United States

Projects: -Understanding the role of cellular senescence in aging and smoke-related lung pathologies; -Identifying the biomarkers from lung exosomes in patients with chronic obstrctive pulmonary disease.Achievements:-Published 6 first-author papers, 2 reviews and 2 original articles in collaboration.-Presented 11 research abstracts at national and international conferences.-Guest Speaker for 4 webinars and guest lecturer for 1 module in Toxicology at New York University (NYU).-Recipient of a pilot grant funded by NIH/FDA-funded Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science.-Appointed to 3 leadership positions (postdoctoral representative) at various subgroups within Society of Toxicology (SOT).-Serving as the Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the postdocs at Dept. of Environmental Medicine.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Projects:-Study the epigenetic regulation of inflammation upon cigarette smoke exposure in vitro.-Identifying DNA methylation changes, miRNA targets and histone modifications are gene promoter sites using targeted and genome-wide approaches.Achievements:- Published 2 original first-author manuscripts and 5 in collaboration. Also published two reviews during this time.-Recieved three summer grants from Lousiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN) to fund my graduate research.- Recipient of travel awards (3 times), best platform presentation (4 times) and bet poster award (1 time) for the scientific abstracts presented for the annual conferences organized by Society of Toxicology, Beta Kappa Chi Honors society and LBRN.-Mentored K-12, undergraduates and summer students in the lab.

Greater Boston Area

-Conducted drug toxicity studies using in vitro (3D) model for Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI).- Designed and validated the cell-based assay and miRNA assay as a biomarker for liver toxicity during both pre-clinical and clinical studies.- Performed metabolic phenotyping (mass spectrometry) of the in vitro model for human liver to determine its suitability for toxicity assessments.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Been associated with LBRN for 4 years now and have received the summer grants from their initiative for 3 consecutive years.Successfully completed my proposed research, presented my research at various platforms, networked and established useful collaborations and most importantly leant important skills (ChIP assays, Bisulphite sequencing and analysis) from experienced mentors,

New Delhi Area, India

Responsible to prepare the pipeline for the project to determine the identical sequences from the human sequenced data from centenarians. I successfully prepared the pipeline for this project while training myself in programming in Python for the purposes of the project.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Environmental Toxicology, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Beta kappa chi honors society SOTAwarded the Southern University System Foundation Scholarship for the years.

Master'S Degree, Biotechnology, 18.44/22 (Distinction)

Activities and Societies: Member of the Red Cross Society and Glasgow University Union. Work as an E-mentor for the International Society.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Biotechnology, 8.39-Cgpa (83.9 Percent)

Activities and Societies: Team leader of Community Service team Member of Biotech Club Participated in Dramatics and Presentation-based.