Bio Medical Research Associate with Business Experience

RAO GOTTIPATI

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PROFILE

Bio medical Research Associate with 10 years of research experience in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immuno Histology.

4 Years of Restaurant experience in fast- paced environment, successfully achieved 45% Sales Growth and secured No. 2 in DFW Catering business for Firehouse subs.

Dedicated Manager with strong work ethic and the ability to build lasting client relationships.

Experienced in operations management, sales, staffing and cost control.

Adept communicating effectively with customers, vendors and staff.

Exceptional organizational and planning skills, adaptable, enjoy new challenges.

Looking to utilize my existing skill set to increase company profitability.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

M.S Biotechnology (2004-2006) from Stephen F. Austin state university collaboration with University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Texas.

AWARDS:

William R. Johnson Outstanding Thesis Award-Stephen F Austin State University, 2006.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

General Manager:

Firehouse Subs, Richardson, TX (2016-Present)

Successfully managed a fast-casual Restaurant, increasing sales by 45% by developing marketing campaigns, analyzed market demographics, defined target market and achieved No 2 in Catering business in DFW by developing customer outreach strategies.

Hold full Responsibility for Restaurant daily operations and Catering.

Recruited, Supervised and managed a diverse team of 15 employees.

Oversee Purchasing and payroll processing functions.

Oversee employee work in front and back of the house to ensure compliance with company policies, regulations and food safety guidelines and improved city health score to above 94 all the time.

Optimized Profits with proactive control of employee work load, Vendor costs and food waste.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler -Research Associate (10/01/2011-03/01/2016)

University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler -Research Assistant

(03-01-07 – 09/31/2011)

University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, TX- Trained Five graduate students in Biotechnology (2007-2015)

MASTER’s THESIS:

Passive Cigarette Smoke Exposure Inhibits UVB Induced Skin Tumors in SKH-1 Hairless Mice by Blocking the NF-ĸB Signaling Pathway

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Stephen F. Austin State University, TX -Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Microbiology laboratory concepts, 01-2003 to 05-2004.

University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, TX-Graduate Research Assistant, Biotechnology, 05-20-2004 to 02-30-07.

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH:

Gene regulation of surfactant proteins in the Lung and Investigating Molecular mechanisms in Lung injury due to influenza A viral infection and Poultry dust extract.

Cell culture: Primary cell and Mammalian cell culture (adherent and suspension)

Techniques: Immuno Histo Chemistry, ELISA, Real Time-PCR, Confocal Microscopy, Western Blotting, Northern Blotting and EMSA.

Computer skills include MS office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Quantity One and Graph Pad.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Kartiga Natarajan, Keerthi Gangam, Meganathan V, Koteswara Gottipati, Mitchell C, Boggaram V. Organic dust inhibits surfactant protein expression by reducing thyroid transcription factor-1 levels in human lung epithelial cells Innate Immunity 25 (2-118-***-****.

2. Kartiga Natarajan, Koteswara Gottipati, Kiflu Berhane, Buka Samten, Usha Pendurthi and Boggaram V. Proteases and oxidant stress control organic dust induction of inflammatory gene expression inlung epithelial cells Respiratory Research 22:17(1):137 2016.

3.Vijay Boggaram, David Loose, Koteswara Gottipati, Kartiga Natarajan, and Courtney Mitchell: Gene expression profiling of the effects of organic dust in lung epithelial and THP-1 cells reveals inductive effects on inflammatory and immune response genes Am J Phisiol Physilogical Genomics Vol 48 no 4 281-289 Feb 2016.

4. Koteswara Gottipati, Shiva kumar Bandari, Matthew W. Nonnnenmann, Jeffrey L Levin, Gregory P Dooley, Stephen J Reynolds and Vijay Boggaram: Transcriptional mechanisms and protein kinase signaling mediate organic dust induction of IL-8 expression in lung epithelial and THP-1 cells Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 308: L11-21, 2015.

5. Vijay Boggaram, Koteswara Gottipati, Xisheng Wang and Buka Samten: Early secreted antigenic target of 6 kDa (ESAT-6) protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces interleukin-8 (IL-8) expression in lung epithelial cells via protein kinase signaling and reactive oxygen species J Biol Chem. 288, 25500-11, 2013.

6. Aparajita Das, Sunil Acharya, Koteswara Rao Gottipati, James B. McKnight, Joseph L. Alcorn Jr., and Vijay Boggaram: Thyroid transcription factor 1(TTF-1) gene: identification of functional Sp1, ZBP-89 and TTF-1 sites in proximal promoter and regulation by TNF-α in lung epithelial cells Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 301: L427-40, 2011.

7. Vijay Boggaram, Hemakumar Chandru, Koteswara Rao Gottipati, Vijayander Thakur, Aparajita Das and Kiflu Berhane: Transcriptional regulation of SP-B gene expression by nitric oxide in lung epithelial cells Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physio. 299(2):L252-62, 2010.

8. Barry Starcher, Alessandra d Azzo, Patrick W keller, Koteswara Rao Gottipati, Deepa Nadarajah and Alexsander Hinek: Neuraminidase-1 is Required for the Normal Assembly of Elastic Fibers. 295(4): L 637-47 Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008.

9. Koteswara Rao Gottipati, Henrik E Poulsen and Barry Starcher: Passive Cigarette Smoke Exposure Inhibits UVB Induced Skin Tumors in SKH-1 Hairless Mice by Blocking the NF-kB Signaling Pathway. 17(9): 780-7 Exp Dermatol 2008.

PRESENTATIONS:

Koteswara Rao Gottipati: Passive Cigarette Smoke Exposure Inhibits UVB Induced Skin Tumors in SKH-1 Hairless Mice by Blocking the NF-kB Signaling Pathway. Published in International conference on Frontiers in cancer prevention Research meeting-B 70 American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), Boston 2006.

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