Project Manager

M A NPREE T KAUR GORAYA

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OBJECT I V E:

Looking for a career that offers growth in scientific and business skills and personal

development.

MAJOR COURSEWORK:

• Advanced Immunology, Tissue Culture Techniques and Stem Cell Technology, Advanced Stem cell

technology, DNA and Protein Sequence Analysis, Project Management, Cell and Molecular Biology .

• Principles of management and marketing, Analysis of Financial accounting, The Entrepreneurial

manager, Strategy and Leadership, Managing Business operations, High performance management, The

contemporary fi rm, Team Project.

R ESEARC H EXPER I E NCES:

1.I n te rnship October

2010 to September 2011

University: University of California Santa Ba rbara

Project: Reprogramming of Somatic cells to RPE

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I n te rnship M ay

2007 to July 2007

I ndust ry: Verka M il k Plant, I ndia

P roject: Milk and milk related food processing techniques including fermentation

3. Research project, J uly 2008 to

D ecember 2008

University- Panjab University, I ndia

Project: Effect of pesticides on Citrus fruits

MAJOR SK I L LS:

Basic laboratory techniques

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M A NPREE T KAUR GORAYA

651 S. SAN MARCOS RD. SANTA BARBARA CA 93111 209-***-****

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• Gateway Cloning®, D NA Isolation and purification by Qiagen’s Maxiprep and Miniprep, Polymerase

Chain Reaction (PCR), Chromatographic techniques, E lectrophoretic Techniques, U V spectrophotometer,

qPCR, Primer designing, Transformation, preparing Standard Operating Procedures.

T issue Culture:

• Experience with maintenance and differentiation of human neural stem cells, mouse embryonic stem

cells. Culture maintenance of CHO, Jurkat, I MR90, CCD1079sk, HEK293 and HEK293T cells .

• Preparing kill curves, using lentivirus to make stable cell lines.

• Using small molecules like BIX01294, Valproic Acid and RG108 on various cell lines.

• Cell viability assays and microscopic techniques

Computer skills:

• Database searches (NCBI, PDB, SWISSPROT), Structural analysis using DeepView, Phylogenetic t ree

construction using UPGMA.

• Using CRM tools, electronic commerce, databases and data mining, IT infrastructure & strategy.

• Maintained website while working as a Graduate student assistant at Center for International affairs,

CSU Channel Islands.

• Analyzed financial statements on MS Excel and knows basics of MS WORD, MS POWERPOINT, and

PREZI etc.

ACADE M I C PROJECT:

P roject M anagement October

2009- December 2009

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Developed a theoretical case study, under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Schulze P hD, Faculty

A dvisor and to identify the potential therapy for Non-Small cell lung cancer.

Team P roject July

2011- September 2011

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Developed a potential scientific and business plan for t reatment of Multiple Sclerosis under Dr.

T homas Schulze PhD, Faculty Advisor and Prof. Doug Lane Faculty Advisor a t CSU Channel

I slands

The project involved intensive literature research, patent searches and extensive market research in order

to justify our case study in terms of its economic feasibility.

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M A NPREE T KAUR GORAYA

651 S. SAN MARCOS RD. SANTA BARBARA CA 93111 209-***-****

p **********@*****.***

JOB EXPER I E NCE:

• Working as a CIRM intern at University of California Santa Barbara from October 2010.

• Worked as a Graduate Student Assistant in Center of International Affairs from May 2009 to September

2010.

• Worked as a part time tutor from July 2006- October 2008.

E D UCAT IO N PROF I LE:

• Master of Science in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics with emphasis in S tem Cell Technology

California State Univer sity Channel Islands, E xpected date of graduation -

September 2011

• Masters in Business Administration D ual degree

California State Univer sity Channel Islands, E xpected date of graduation -

September 2011

• Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Biotechnology,

M ay 2008

Punjab University, India

GPA: 3.96/4.00

ACT I V I T I ES:

• Granted CIRM Bridges Award for 2010-2011.

• Presented poster in CIRM bridges meeting in Burlingame, CA on July 2011.

• Attended ISSCR International Conference in Toronto in June 2011.

• Took “Advanced Stem cell technology” course from University of Southern California.

• President for International Education Exchange Council (IEEC) from May 2010 to December 2010.

• Worked as Vice- President for International Education Exchange Council from July 2009- April

2010.

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