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.•… Show more • 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.• 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.