Name: Vaidya Poonam Sham
E-Mail: *************@**********.***
Mobile: +1-617-***-****
Visa status: Authorized to work in Canada for any employer.
In quest of challenging assignments in Research & Development with a reputed organization
Synopsis
• Offering 1 year of experience as a Research Fellow from Piramal Life Science, Mumbai .
• Previously associated with Zelle Biotechnology Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai as Customer Support Executive.
• Executed project in InSilico Protein Modeling of 6PAX and its Docking with Ligand involved in Hypothyroidism (Bio-Informatics Project)
• Completed M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Bangalore University in 2008 with 73.8%.
• Acquired a PG Diploma in Intellectual Property rights and Patenting.
• An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills.
Employment Recital
Last Employer:
Piramal Life Science, Mumbai as Junior Research Fellow from Dec 2009- Jan 2011
Key Deliverables:
• High Throughput Screening of compounds for a DBT (Dept. Of Biotechnology, India), Project.
• Cell Culturing (Maintaining mammalian cell lines, and passaging).
• Performing Cell Proliferation and Cytotoxicity assays.
• Performing Assays to determine Activation and Inhibition of enzymes (Cell and Enzyme based ELISA’s).
• Data QC, processing, analysis and presentation.
Previous Employer:
Zelle Biotechnology Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai as Customer Support Executive from April 2009- Dec 2009
Key Deliverables:
• Providing technical details and support to the clients.
• Maintaining a balanced relation between sales people on field and the staff in the office.
• Facilitating support in preparing global tender.
Certifications
• PG Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights and Patenting from NLSIU, Bangalore in 2009.
• Advance Diploma of 3 years in Biotechnology in 2008.
Academic Projects
• Bioinformatics Project in InSilico Protein Modelling of 6PAX and its Docking with Ligand involved in Hypothyroidism
Organization: Celestial Labs Ltd., Hyderabad
• Extraction/ Purification Techniques and Instrumental Analysis (GLC, HPLC, COLUMN Chromatography)
Organization: Institute of Wood and Science Technology (ICFRE), Bangalore
Workshop & Training
• Attended workshop on InSilico Drug Designing at Institute of Computational Biology (IOCB), Bangalore.
• Pathology Lab Training
Organization: Breach Candy Hospital, Churni Road, Mumbai
Other Laboratory & Technical Skills I am well acquainted with
• Microbial techniques – Isolation, culturing of microbes, antibiotic assays, MPN test, biochemical characterization of micro org.
• Chromatographic Techniques – HPLC, TLC, GLC, Paper Chromatography, Column Chromatography.
• Conversant with Bioinformatics Tools.
• MS office.
• Data Collation, compilation, and organization for the same.
Academia
• M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Bangalore University in 2008 with 73.8%.
• B.Sc. in Microbiology from Mumbai University in 2006 with 61.5%.
• XII from MSBSHSE Board with 76% in 2003.
• X from MSBSHSE Board with 73.60% in 2001.
Personal Dossier
• Languages: English, Hindi & Marathi
• Current Address: Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA.
(Willing to relocate)
References: Contact Information of former employers-
Dr. Asha Almeida, Group leader HTS Dept. -Piramal Life Science- +91-22-308***** / 13
Dr. Adrian Almeida, Managing Director at BioAzure Technologies Pvt.Ltd.
Mr. Anurag Tulsyan, Managing Director, Zelle Biotechnology Pvt. Ltd. - +91-982*******
- POONAM VAIDYA