Lab Manager

Kuljeet Kaur

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PROFILE

Dynamic Senior Research Scientist with over 13 years of extensive experience in basic research techniques. Successfully managed lab operations and proven ability to train and lead lab teams while ensuring compliance with safety protocols and keeping costs low. Expert in designing experimental protocols and executing techniques including molecular and cell biology, cell culture techniques. Excited to leverage a strong background in both research and lab management to drive innovative outcomes SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Lab management

• Lab Inventory and safety

• Compliance enforcement

• Animal colony management

• Finance Management & Budgeting

• Lab Techniques

• Effective communication

• Problem Solving

• Team training and mentorship

• Scientific and technical writing, Scientific paper Review, Scientific data communication and presentation

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills EDUCATION

PH.D. IN PHYSIOLOGY JUNE 2006 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, WINNIPEG, CANADA M.S. PHARMACY MARCH 1998 PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA, INDIA B.S. PHARMACY APRIL 1995 JAMIA HAMDARD UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI, INDIA EXPERIENCE

SENIOR LAB MANAGER TUFTS UNIVERSITY JULY/2018-PRESENT

• Lab Finance purchasing and project management: Getting quotes and negotiating for best price for supplies and equipment to keep operation cost low. Procurement of lab supplies, equipment and animals. Management of equipment calibration repair. Submitting expense reports using Apptricity and Peoplesoft system

• Lab Maintenance and safety: Maintaining and organizing lab freezers, liquid nitrogen storage tanks and other lab-related inventories. Shipping samples using dry ice. Coordinating and preparing for lab safety, chemical safety and high hazard waste safety and IACUC audits. Creating and maintaining lab SOPs to align with institutional EHS guidelines and IACUC protocols. Ensuring lab compliance with its lab safety protocols, High Hazard use registration, and animal use training.

• Animal Colony management: Keeping in compliance with all animal use protocols for animal protocol committee inspections. Maintaining animal colony using colony software from Transnetyx. Regular communication with lab members to maintain animal to ensure needed supply while reducing expenses associated with unused animals

• Lab member training and project management: Regularly training new lab members about laboratory SOP and lab skills related to cell culture, animal work, immunofluorescence, and molecular and cellular biology techniques. Training students in analysis and plotting data generated using these techniques. Meet with lab members regularly to manage the progress of projects and help design new experiments. Develop and conduct new protocol and help with experiments

ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SEP 2016-JULY 2018

• Utilized Flow Cytometry to investigate inflammatory changes and Evaluated NF-κB signaling pathway activation during the progression of atrial fibrillation. Implemented gene silencing techniques using siRNA

• Completed pivotal projects, including the evaluation of Eplerenone as a potential antiarrhythmic drug and analyzed the morphological effects of cardiac fibroblasts on cardiac myocytes in cell cultures. Also completed a project to study the role of PKP2 point mutation in cardiac fibrosis and arrhythmias Page 2

RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MAY 2012-JULY 2018

• Developed collaboration with industry to study changes in protein and gene expression during the progression of arrhythmias and to use antifibrotic drug to treat atrial arrhythmias. Identified key cellular, ionic and molecular determinants of both the electrical and structural remodeling occurring in the heart during the progression of atrial fibrillation

• Isolated and cultured ventricular and atrial cardiac fibroblasts from various species and used in various research studies. Used various molecular biology techniques for generation of adenovirus to overexpress or silence protein of interest in primary cells such as cardiac fibroblasts and cardiac myocytes POST-DOC-RESEARCH ASSOCIATE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN JULY 2006- MAY 2012

• Isolated and cultured cardiac myocytes from rodent models for various molecular biology techniques to evaluate cardiac function, including RT-PCR, ELISA, western blotting .and immunofluorescence. Studied the role of Neuronal ion channels in cardiac arrhythmias and the Implications of cardiac channel Kir 6.1 deferential expression in two ventricular chambers. Studied G protein signaling in heart failure and cardiac fibrosis

• Isolated and culture and Differentiation of neuronal stem cells into different neuron type neuronal stem cells from adult brain in Mice

TEACHING ASSISTANT -PHARMACY 472 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA SEP1999-DEC 1999

• Guided students in lab assignments for Pharmacy courses. Evaluated student presentations and facilitated scientific literature searches to enhance learning. RESEARCH ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA SEP1998-AUGUST 2000

• Synthesized, characterized, and evaluated calcium channel modulators for pharmacological studies JUNIOR LAB DEMONSTRATOR PGI, INDIA MARCH1998- SEP1998

• Worked with human serum samples and educated participants about the study protocol and objectives. TEACHING ASSISTANT PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, INDIA SEP1995-JAN1998

• Conducted lab classes for pharmacology courses, graded lab exams and prepared reports. Organized and conducted educational tours for prospective new students and for senior university staff members to advertise our newest department in the university

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

• Training in biomedical research with human CITI Program Sep 2023- Sep 2027

• Tufts Health Sciences IRB Members CITI Program Sep 2023- Sep 2027

• Formaldehyde Safety Training Tufts University Dec 2024- Dec 2025

• Dry Ice Shipping Tufts University Nov 2024-Nov 2026

• Exempt Animal or Human Specimens Shipping Tufts University Nov 2024-Nov 2026

• Annual Lab Safety Training Tufts University Jun 2024- Jun 2025

• Basic Biosafety Level 2 (BSL2) Tufts University Jun 2024- Jun 2025

• IACUC Rodent Surgery Training Tufts University Jun 2024- Jun 2027

• High-Hazard Chemical Use Tufts University May 2022-May 2025

• Mandatory Animal Care and Use Training Tufts University Jun 2023- Jun 2026

• Procurement Card (Pcard) Training Tufts University Jun 2024 PUBLICATIONS

During my 17+ year career in basic research, I have published 38 scientific papers and reviews in peer reviewed journals and four book chapters.

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