ISHITA TANDON

MSc Experimental Medicine (Thesis)

from McGill University

Montreal, Canada +1-438-***-****

EDUCATION

MSc in Experimental Medicine (Thesis) from McGill

University, Montreal, Canada (September 2019- May 2022) under the supervision of Dr. Bassam Abdulkarim.

Thesis title: Role of TGM2 protein in Glioblastoma. B.Tech. Biotechnology from Dr. D.Y.Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Pune, India (July 2012- June 2016) Thesis Title: Effects of Antioxidants and Pro-oxidants in PMA induced inflammatory response in U937.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Trainee

Dr. D.Y.Patil Biotechnology Institute Pune

October 2018 - May 2019

Computational Approach on Drug Targeted Proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Molecular Modelling, Inhibitor Design Docking and Dynamics Studies

Research Assistant

Central Dogma Pvt. Ltd, India

January 2018 - August 2018

Isolation of genomic DNA from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from community and patient samples and its genetic confirmation by amplification of methicillin resistance gene.

Research Assistant

Dr. D.Y. Patil Biotechnology Institute, India

September 2016 - December 2017

To study and understand the profile of tumor heterogeneity To study the tumor heterogeneity in the breast

WORK EXPERIENCE

QA/QC Technician

A.M.G.Medical Inc. Montreal, Canada

Started 31st May 2022

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STRENGTH

Hard-working

Meticulous

Team Player

Committed

LANGUAGES

English - Advanced

Hindi - Advanced

French - Intermediate

TECHNICAL SKILLS

● Cell culture

● Molecular biology techniques

● Microbiology techniques

● Cell Viability assays

● ELISA

● Mouse models

● GCP/GLP

● QC certification

HOBBIES/ COMMUNITY SERVICE

Music, Dance and Painting, Community Service, Teaching Computer skills to seniors and youth in need

REFERENCES

1. Dr. Anne-Marie Lauzon

Director – Experimental medicine division, McGill

(https://www.mcgill.ca/expmed/dr-anne-marie-lauzon) Email address: adz80f@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 514-***-**** ext 76176

2. Dr. James Martin

Professor - Division of Experimental Medicine

Email address: adz80f@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 514-***-**** ext. 76304

PUBLICATIONS

1. Ishita Tandon, Roshni Pal, Jayanta K Pal, Nilesh K Sharma. Extrachromosomal circular DNAs: an extra piece of evidence to depict tumor heterogeneity. Future Sci OA. 2019 May 31;5(6):FSO390. https://doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2019-0024

2. Ishita Tandon and Nilesh K Sharma (2019). Macrophage flipping from foe to friend: A matter of interest in breast carcinoma heterogeneity driving drug resistance. Current cancer drug targets 19.3, pp.189–198. https://doi.org/:10.2174/1568009618666180628102247 3. Ishita Tandon, Asawari Waghmode, and Nilesh Kumar Sharma (2019). Cancer Stem Cells Equipped with Powerful Hedgehog Signaling and Better Epigenetic Memory: Avenues to Look for Cancer Therapeutics. Current Cancer Drug Targets 19, pp. 1–8. https://doi:10.2174/1568009619666190808155432. 4 .Devashree Jahagirdar, Ishita Tandon, et al. (2018). Induction of Apoptotic Death and Cell Cycle Arrest in HeLa Cells byExtracellular Factors of Breast Cancer Cells. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention: APJCP 19.12, p. 3307-3316. https://doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2018.19.12.3307 5. Pritish Nilendu, Ishita Tandon et, al. (2018). Mutual concessions and compromises between stromal cells and cancer cells: driving tumor development and drug resistance. Cellular Oncology 41.4, pp.353–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13402-018-0388-2

CONFERENCES

1. Devashree Jahagirdar, Ishita Tandon, et al. (2018). Induction of Apoptotic Death and Cell Cycle Arrest in HeLa Cells by Extracellular Factors of Breast Cancer Cells . Presented at Proceedings of Next Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT) Conference (Sept 30th – Oct 2nd, 2018).

2. Manjusha Dake, Ishita Tandon. Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of Cold Lipase. Presented at Proceedings of Next Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT) Conference (October 3 rd to 5 th 2016).

3. Manjusha Dake, Ishita Tandon. Comparative Study on Yeast Flocculation. Presented at Savitribai Phule Pune University (BCUD) (3rd-4 th February 2016). National Conference on Applied Physical, Chemical and Life Sciences, p. 132.

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