Dr. MRINALINI J SINGH

(* yrs. experience)

Mobile: +91-996******* / 843-***-****

E-mail: adeqme@r.postjobfree.com

D.O.B. 22/05/1985

Address: A-302, Sonam Palace, New Golden Nest -

Phase 1, Bhayander – East, Thane-401105.

Maharashtra.

Location Preference: Anywhere

OBJECTIVE

SUMMARY

Scientist Position in Life

Science field of R&D / Pharma

/ Healthcare / Biotech /

Industry / Education Sector that

will enable me to utilize my

strong organizational skills,

educational background, and

ability to work well with

people.

Experience in medical journalism, medico legal writing, digital healthcare writing, SEO based medical writing, SMM (social media marketing)

Ph.D. on actinomycetes drug discovery studies.

Joint CSIR UGC JRF NET & GATE (Life science) Qualifier

Two years and four months working experience as Microbiologist (Quality Control) before PhD and as Guest Lecturer for two years during PhD tenure.

Exposure to industrial, agricultural, and pharma studies using wet lab

(Microbiology, Biotech) & dry lab (Biostatistics & Bioinformatics) skills, MS-Office, Adobe Photoshop & CorelDraw

Independent optimistic never-say-die attitude team worker with excellent communication, presentation and conceptual analysis for the timely execution of the well planned qualitative task.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Applied Microbiology-

Interdisciplinary with Botany)

Nirmala College for Women,

Bharathiar University

PhD coursework - 81%

(Highly Commended)

2011 – 2014

Viva:25/09/15

Thesis Title: “Multi-disciplinary studies on actinomycetes endophytic to Neem leaves – Antibiotic from Superefficacious Streptomyces sp. mrinalini7”. M.Sc. (Applied Microbiology) PSG College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar Univ.

77% 2006-2008

Project Title: “Antimicrobial activity of extracts of two microalgae from the South Eastern Coast of Tamil Nadu”

B.Sc. (Microbiology) Vysya College, Periyar

University

74.2% 2003-2006

HSC Stanes Higher Secondary

School

88.6% 2002

SSC Stanes Higher Secondary

School

82.2%

2000

AWARDS & HONORS

Joint CSIR-UGC JRF NET Life Science in 2011 State rank in Tamil & Physics during SSC public exam GATE Life science in 2011 State rank in English during HSC public exam Best employee of the quarter – Health Dynamics (2017) WORK EXPERIENCE

Healthcare content writer Hifinite Inc., Mumbai May 21st, 2019 – till date Medical content writer Infomoko technologies - Babychakra, Mumbai

– www.babychakra.com

April 2019 – May 2019

Medical writer - (Market research) Stratview Market Research, Mumbai November 2018 – till date Medical writer – (Medicolegal) P.K. Pharmatech Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai May 2018 – Sep 2018 Freelance Medical Writer

(Medico-journalism)

Shenzhen Drugdu Technology Co., Ltd. China

http://media.drugdu.com/category/latest-

information?dtag=100*******

May 2018 - till date

Freelance content writer

(Digital healthcare – IT)

OSP Lab Solutions, Mumbai

www.osplabs.com

May 2018 – Mar 2019

Specialist & Manager (Research) Health Dynamics Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai Jan 2016 – June 2018 Pioneer of Research Dept. - Medical writing & content writing with SEO / SMM www.healthforu.com

https://www.facebook.com/healthforu/?ref=br_rs

http://www.ayurvedichomeremedies.net/say-no-to-tick-who-suck-you-follow-these-11-home-remedies/ http://medwonders.com/medblogs/general/grow-these-plants-to-stay-away-from-mosquitoes-8085.htm Guest lecturer Nirmala College for Women, CBE. Oct 2011 - Oct 2013 Taught Microbiology, Molecular biology, Biostatistics and Population Genetics Microbiologist O2 Weaver Aqua, Mumbai Mar 2011 – Aug 2011 Quality Check of Drinking water

Scientific Officer - Microbiology Piramal diagnostics, Mumbai Sep 2008 - July 2010 Bacterial and Fungal diagnosis from the given clinical samples Quality check of Air India food and water products Operation theatre surveillance

SKILLS

Microbiology

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Bioinformatics

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MEGA 6, DNA Baser,

Codon Code Aligner,

Chroma, BLAST,

Molecular docking –

Argus lab and Basic

Immuno-informatics

Team

Management

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English

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Biotechnology

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Agarose gel electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, PCR,

Sequencing, ELISA, RT PCR (Demo), Lyophilizer,

Chromatography (TLC, HPLC), Plant Tissue culture

Biostatistics

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SPSS, Graph Prism, Origin

Lab

Communication

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Tamil

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Biochemistry

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Computer

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MS Office, SQL, Adobe

Photoshop, CorelDraw

Time

Management

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Hindi

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Phytochemistry

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Multi-Tasking

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Malayalam

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Basic Immunology

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Strategy

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Diagnostics - Vitek, Bac T Alert

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PUBLICATIONS

1. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr.S.Padmavathy (2013) Environmental push for green: A microbial exploratory solution through upcoming technologies. International Journal of Computer Applications (0095-8887). ICGCT (1):16-20. Impact factor: 0.821.

2. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr.S.Padmavathy (2014). Isolation, screening and characterization of endophytic PGPR actinomycetes present commonly in Neem & Tulsi leaves - in vitro study (tomato). International Journal of Recent Scientific Research 5(3):574-579. Impact factor: 3.908; ICV: 5.72. 3. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr.S.Padmavathy (2014). Isolation, screening and characterization of Uranium microremediable actinomycetes from fallen leaves of Azadirachta indica in Western Ghats. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 302 (3): 1303-1307. SPRINGER Publication – DOI 10.1007/s10967-014-3546-7 Impact Factor: 1.415. NAAS rating: 7.47

4. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr.S.Padmavathy (2014). Microbial Biodiversity: Innovative Strategic Initiatives. International Journal of Recent Research in Life Sciences (IJRRLS). 1(2): 11-13. 5. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr.S.Padmavathy (2014). Comparative screening of enzyme producing endophytic actinomycetes from fresh and fallen leaves of Emblica officinalis in Western Ghats. International Journal of Biological Research 2(2): 129-130.

6. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr.S.Padmavathy (2015). Nocardiopsis sp.5 Endophytic to Tulsi leaves – Isolation and antimicrobial activity. British Microbiology Research Journal – SCIENCEDOMAIN International ISSN 2231-0886 - 5(3):194-202.

7. Mrinalini. J Singh and Dr.S.Padmavathy (2014). Structural and Immunogenicity Prediction of Asp O21 allergen from Aspergillus oryzae – An Immunoinformatics Approach. Journal of Computational methods in Molecular design

(JCMMD). 4(3):84-91.

8. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr.S.Padmavathy (2014). Docking against nosocomial infection - Staphylococcus epidermidis. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 6(10):584-586. ICV: 5.72; Impact 1.1 9. Mrinalini J Singh (2014). Preliminary comparative antimicrobial activity of two macroalgae Extracts from South Eastern Coast of Tamil Nadu. Central European Journal of Experimental Biology 3(3):27-29. 10. Mrinalini J Singh (2014). Studies on the antimicrobial potency of the marine algae – Caulerpa scalpelliformis and Spyridia species. International Journal of Biological Research 2(2): 131-133. 11. Mrinalini J Singh and C.K.Raadha (2015). Studies on the Antimicrobial Potency of the Marine Algae Gracilaria corticata var cylindrica and Hydroclathrus clathratus. Advances in Lifesciences and Health 2(1):50-55. 12. Mrinalini J Singh (2014). Studies on the Antimicrobial Potency of the Marine Algae – Gracilaria corticata var corticata and Dictyota dichotoma. LS - International Journal of Life sciences 3(3):124-127 - DOI: 10.5958/2319- 1198.2014.01096.3

13. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr. S. Padmavathy (2014). Optimized reduction of Biopollutants: Is it possible? International Journal of Novel Research in Life Sciences 1(2):6-9. 14. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr. Padmavathy Sedhuraman (2015). Biosurfactant, Polythene, Plastic and Diesel biodegradation activity of endophytic Nocardiopsis sp. mrinalini9 isolated from Hibiscus rosasinensis leaves. Bioresources and Bioprocessing – a SpringerOpen Journal 2(2):1-7 – DOI: 10.1186/s40643-014-0034-4. 15. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr. S. Padmavathy (2015). Hydrocarbon biodegradation by endophytic bacteria from Neem leaves. LS - International Journal of Life sciences 4(1):33-36. – DOI: 10.5958/2319-1198.2015.00004.4 16. Aishwarya N. Naik, Mrinalini Singh, Yasrib Qurishi. Algal biofuel: A promising perspective. Annals of Plant Sciences 7.5 (2018) pp. 2262-2266. http://dx.doi.org/10.21746/aps.2018.7.5.10 17. Vanitha G, Mrinalini J Singh and Dr. S. Padmavathy (2013). Chapter 23 on “Quality control by avoiding excess nutrient leaching” in the book entitled, “Turning plants into medicines – Novel Approach” edited by T.Parimelazhagan, New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi -110034. ISBN: 978-93-81450-46-8; Pg: 187-191. 18. Mrinalini J Singh (2015). Chapter 16 (DOI: 10.5772/61308) on “Green Nano Actinobacteriology: An Interdisciplinary Study” in the book entitled, “Actinobacteria – Basics & Biotechnological Applications”, INTECH PUBLISHER ISBN: 978-***-**-****-6. (Reached 1000 downloads) 19. Genbank Submission: KF916611, KF916612, KF909124, KF909125, KF909126, KF909127, KF909128, KF909129, KF909130, KF909131, KF909132, KJ767778.

20. Pubchem submission: 1, 6-dihydroxy-8-hydroxymethyl anthraquinone [CID 11471206; SID 165245632]. PRESENTATIONS

1. Mrinalini J Singh. Hydrocarbon biodegradation by endophytic bacteria from Neem leaves. National Conference on

“Environmental Issues and food security in India: Let’s voice together towards a sustainable future” organized by Foundation for science and Environment held on 10 August 2014 at Kolkata (Oral). 2. Mrinalini J Singh, Mekala. V and Dr.S.Padmavathy. Docking against nosocomial infection – Staphylococcus epidermidis. National Seminar on Data mining applications in Genomics and Proteomics Held at Bharathiar University on 24

th

January 2014 (Oral).

3. Mekala V, Mrinalini J Singh and S Padmavathy. Microbial Biodiversity – Innovative Strategic Initiatives. National Conference on Recent strategies in Biodiversity Conservation (RSBC’14) held at Sree Narayana Guru College on 22

nd

January 2014 (Oral).

4. Mrinalini J Singh, V.Mekala and Dr. S. Padmavathy. Biopollutants: Is there any standardized method to reduce its deleterious effects in Laboratory? – National Conference on Ecotechnologies for wastewater treatment: Present challenges and future horizons (NCEWT-14) held at Bharathiar University during 21-22 January 2014. (Oral). 5. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr.S.Padmavathy. Insilico epitope prediction of Asp O21 allergen from Aspergillus oryzae. National conference on Immunoinformatics – An Insilico aid towards better medicines (CIMI – 2013) held at Nirmala College for Women on 3

rd

and 4

th

October 2013. (Oral).

6. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr. S. Padmavathy. Environmental push for green – The Microbial Approach – International Conference on Green Computing and Technology held at SIES, Mumbai during September 5-6, 2013. (Oral). 7. Mrinalini J Singh and Dr. S. Padmavathy. Isolation, screening and characterization of Uranium microremediable actinomycetes from fallen leaves of Azadirachta indica in Western Ghats. – Fifth symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-V) held at BARC, Mumbai on January 20-24, 2014. (Poster). 8. Vanitha G, Mrinalini J Singh and Dr. S. Padmavathy. Quality control by avoiding excess nutrient leaching – National conference on Phytomedicine held at Bharathiar University on 4 th

and 5

th

October 2012. (Poster)

9. Mrinalini J Singh. Bioremediation of oil polluted soil using microbes. Cognizant Burgeon, Vysya college, Salem – 2006 (Poster)

WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS

1. Two days National Level Workshop on Molecular and Plant Tissue Culture Techniques - Sree Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore – 17/12/2013 & 18/12/2013.

2. One day workshop on Measuring Techniques for Nanotechnology – PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore

- 25/10/2013.

3. One day workshop on Nanotechnology applications towards Business incubation – PSG STEP in association with PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore - 22/03/2013. 4. Two days’ workshop on Man and Medicinal Plants – Dept. of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 23/02/2012

& 24/02/2012.

5. One day seminar on Opportunities and Challenges in Biosciences – Sree Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore – 10/10/2013.

6. National Seminar on Thrust Research Areas in Modern Biosciences – Dept. of Microbiology, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore -24/01/2008 & 25/01/2008.

7. ICMR sponsored workshop cum training on Research Methodology – PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore – 31/08/2007 & 01/09//2007.

8. International Conference on Biomarkers in Health & Environmental Management - Dept. of Environmental Science, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore from 10/01/2007 - 12/01/2007. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

1. Actively involved as a team member under the supervision of my guide for organizing National Conference on Immunoinformatics – An insilico aid towards better medicines (October, 2013) and Popular Lecture on Current Trends in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (March, 2012) in Department of Bioinformatics, Nirmala College for Women during PhD tenure.

2. Actively involved in DBT – STAR COLLEGE, DST, DRDO, MOEF, UGC Innovative Course (Bioinformatics) and UGC (Bonsai and Human Rights Education) project proposal writing under the supervision of my guide in Nirmala College for Women during PhD tenure.

3. Remained as one of the board member in framing syllabus for UGC Innovative Course – Bioinformatics and UGC

(Bonsai and Human Rights Education) in Nirmala College for Women during PhD tenure. 4. Reviewer of the Journals – African Journal of Microbiology Research (AJMR); Microbiology Research Journal; International Journal of Research in Biosciences; Research in medicinal and aromatic plants, Research in Biotechnology and JRNC (SPRINGER).

REFERENCES

Ms. Pradnya Tarkar Dr.Krishnan Srinivasaraghavan Dr S. Sivashankari Research Assistant Incharge, Asian and Pacific Center Assistant Professor for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) Bioinformatics

The Foundation for C-2, Qutab Institutional Area, Nirmala College for Women Medical Research, New Delhi – 110016. Coimbatore – 641018 Mumbai - 400018.

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