Quality Control Engineering

Preethi Swaminathan

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Minnepolis, MN 55414

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EDUCATION University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Sep 2013 - Present Minneapolis, Minnesota

Master of Science

Stem Cell Biology

GPA: 3.0

Coursework includes: Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Gene Transfer, Cancer

May 2013 Biology, Immunology

SASTRA University Tanjore, India

Bachelor of Technology

Industrial Biotechnology

GPA: 3.2

Coursework included: Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering

Masters (ongoing): "Complementation of human pluripotent stem cells to generate

DISSERTATIONS

retina and dopaminergic neurons in Pitx3 -/- pig fetuses" examines the ability of

hPSCs to compliment for the loss of retinal and dopaminergic neuronal cells through

blastocyst injection of these human stem cells in a Pitx3-/-pig embryo.

B.Tech: Probing the molecular mimics of AIP-II thiolactone on Agr group

specific interactions in Staphylococcus aureus: a global antivirulent strategy

involved in-silico, in-vitro and in-vivo analyses of staphylococcal AIP mimic

compounds to achieve anti-virulence in S. aureus quorum-sensing system

• IAS Summer Research Fellowship at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics,

EXPERIENCE

Kolkata, India

Project Title: AICD and Alzheimer’s Pathogenesis

Overview: To determine the role of an adapter protein Grb2 in AICD accumulation

and AICD-Grb2 interaction in Alzheimer’s disease, through in-vitro studies in mice

neuroblastoma cells

• Implant training at ATOZ Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India in

Production Department, Quality Control and Microbiology Department

• Poster on “Characterization of chimeric human-porcine blastocysts ” at

PRESENTATIONS

the Institute for Engineering in Medicine 22 nd Annual Conference held at University of

Minnesota, Minneapolis (Sept 2014)

• Poster on “Probing the molecular mimics of AIP-II thiolactone on Agr

group specific interactions in Staphylococcus aureus: a global antivirulent

strategy” at PANACEA’13, a National Level Students Technical Symposium held at

Anna University, Trichy, India (April 2013)

• Paper on “Use of CD133+ stem cells in heart recovery”

REVERBERATIONS X, an Intra-college Technical Symposium held at SASTRA

University, Tanjore, India (October 2010)

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TECHNICAL AND Technical: Cell culture techniques (Mouse and human cell types),

SOFTWARE/COMPUTER SKILLS Immunohistochemistry and Immunocytochemistry, Intracardiac perfusion and organ

dissection (mouse, rat, pig fetus), Cryosectioning, Deconvolution and Confocal

microscopy, Flow cytometry, Molecular biology techniques (PCR cloning, Western

blotting)

• Software/Computer: Fiji (ImageJ), Nikon NS Elements (Basics),

Schrödinger, Adobe Photoshop, Chemsketch, Orign, Basics of C and C++

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