Kreshan Prem Kumar Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Conducting bioanalytical tests on vaccine formulation properties such as assessing particle size, encapsulation efficiency and integrity of mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccines.
• Screening compounds for excipient selection and performing stability studies on vaccine formulations.
• Performing mammalian cell culture to analyse the expression of mRNA vaccines.
• Data analysis and documentation of test results in compliance with GLP and GMP quality management systems.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Established a reverse genetic system for a novel insect-specific virus using CPER, by building a cDNA library to facilitate its gene manipulation.
• Characterised the insect-specific virus against monoclonal antibodies isolated from immunised mice to determine which structural regions of the virus are crucial for infection.
• Optimised immuno-plaque assays for virus quantification
• Culturing and maintaining mammalian, insect, and hybridoma cell lines using aseptic technique.
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• Collecting and interpreting data from experiments and presenting findings to the laboratory team Show less

• Mapping NGS reads of tick species Ixodes holocyclus to reference genome using Geneious software
• Extracting consensus sequences and performing pairwise alignment
• Analysing bioinformatics data from Geneious and communicating results to supervisors

• This role is part of the UQ Ventures Startup AdVentures program. The startup I interned with is Graphics et al.
• Conducted market research to generate leads on potential clients.
• Conducted article research and wrote a blog on the importance of graphics in digital health.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Setting up and operating AV and Video Conferencing systems for corporate meetings, events and conferences for clients.
• Providing ad hoc AV support to clients during corporate events and meetings.
• Providing reception and corporate hospitality support, including food & beverage.

Malaysia

• I conducted and facilitated training sessions on digital design with a focus on Microsoft PowerPoint and Canva.Currently, I have trained over 200 participants to:
• Create powerful slides and design effective posters for presentations and social media marketing.
• Leveraging on free online tools and resources to enhance their design and increase their productivity.
• Improve their creativity by understanding design concepts and applying this knowledge to their work.

Bachelor Of Biotechnology (Honours), Medical Biotechnology, Honours Class I

Australian Degree Transfer Program, Biotechnology

Extracurricular Activities • Nominated by faculty to participate in the INTI Leadership Series as one of INTI's Top 10 Students Leadership.

South Australian Certificate Of Education (Sace) International, Science, Atar: 91.80

Academic Activities • Carried out a Research Project on the research question ‘Acupuncture: Is Traditional Chinese Medicine more effective.

Spm, Science, 4A+, 5A

Activities and Societies: Interact Club Extracurricular Achievements • Achieved 2nd Place in English Language Debate Competition (State.