Uma Rani
Leicester
Summary
Proficient Molecular Biologist offering 5 years of experience and advanced understanding of Infectious Diseases. Meticulous and methodical professional possessing outstanding hand-eye coordination and familiarity of various scientific techniques such as RT-PCR, RNA and DNA isolation, etc. Knowledgeable about strategies for testing, troubleshooting and resolving issues with research topics and project handling. Skilled in facilitating communication and collaboration while building long-lasting relationships.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Leader
Lifecell International Pvt. Ltd.
Manesar, India
09.2020 - 09.2023
- Provided leadership and direction for employees, supervising activities to drive productivity and efficiency.
- Supported team to overcome new challenges by forecasting knowledge and skills gaps.
- Prioritised and assigned tasks for strategic and optimised distribution of workloads.
- Maintained data, reporting and quality assurance standards throughout investigations.
- Investigated and addressed non-conformities through root cause analysis.
- Used LIMS Software to track and process 1000+ samples per day.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Teams, PowerPoint and Access to execute weekly presentations.
- Defined strategic Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets for direct reports, consistently monitoring performance to drive successful results.
Scientific Officer
Neuberg Clinical Laboratories
Chennai, India
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Maintained data, reporting and quality assurance standards throughout investigations.
- Reviewed patient medical information and discussing current symptoms and concerns to gain complete picture of present health and wellness.
- Elevated team member performance by delivering bespoke training and development sessions targeted to department shortfalls.
- Shared ideas with team and management to drive continuous improvement within laboratory environments.
- Analysed 1000+ daily samples, including internal checks and analysis of standards.
- Applied rigorous research methodology to manage large statistical datasets.
Research Assistant
Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology
Chennai, India
05.2017 - 02.2020
- worked under ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) funded project, Title - " Bacteriocin from Marine Lactic Acid Bacteria against Latent and drug resistant tuberculosis.
- Collected qualitative and quantitative data using varied techniques, maximising findings' accuracy.
- Collaborated with external teams on in-depth subject studies, broadening research possibilities.
- Developed Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for continued optimisation and development of department research.
- Led 10 classes each semester for both undergraduate and graduate-level students.
- Guided students through exercises to challenge personal worldviews and open individual minds to different approaches.
- Worked in both BSL-3 & BSL-2 facilities.
- Presented research findings at conferences with confident public speaking style.
- Documented all procedures meticulously to ensure repeatability of experiments.
- Managed lab inventory effectively, reduced unnecessary expenditure on supplies.
- Prepared detailed reports summarising research findings to facilitate decision-making.
- Conducted comprehensive literature reviews for project groundwork.
Education
Master of Science - Bioinformatics
University of Bath
United Kingdom 09.2023 - 10.2024
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Lovely Professional University
Jalandhar, Punjab 08.2014 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Triple Major: Biotechnology, Botany and Chemistry
Rungta College of Science & Technology
Durg, Chhattisgarh 07.2011 - 04.2014
Skills
Soft Skills
- MS Office
- SUFALAM
- SLIMS
- Planning and Coordination
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Interpersonal Communication
- Trouble shooting & Decision Making
- Organization and Time Management
- Multitasking Abilities
- Active Listening
Technical Skills
- Chromatographic techniques (Column, HPLC, etc)
- Extraction Methods (Nucleic Acid and protein)
- ELISA assay
- Statistical analysis
- Electrophoresis (Nucleic Acid and Protein)
- PCR Primer Designing and PCR techniques
- SOP preparation
- BSL2 and BSL3 working experience
- LRP assay
- Antimicrobial assays
- Biochemical assays
- Basic bioinformatic knowledge
- DNA Library preparation
Instruments Handled
- Incubators ( Bacterial, shaker, CO2, etc)
- Autoclave (Vertical and Horizontal)
- Luminometer
- ELISA
- Real-Time PCR instruments (BIO-RAD CFX96 dx, BIO-RAD CFX96 Maestro dx, Quantstudio 5 dx, Quantstudio 5, Roche, and Qiagen Rotorgene)
- Extraction Machine (Qiasymphony, Kingfisher flex, Qiacube, etc)
- Conventional PCR (Applied Biosystem Proflex, Applied Biosystem Veriti, etc)
- HPLC (Shimadzu Prominence HPLC system with SPD-M20A DAD)
Languages
Hindi
Native language
English
Upper intermediate
B2
Tamil
Intermediate
B1
Certification
- Workshop on Enzymology - 2 days
- Environmental Sciences, Allele Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd - 2 months
- Poster Presentation, Development of Bacteriophage therapy against fish pathogens with special reference to Mycobacterium marinum, Recent Advances in Marine Science, 13th -14th Sep 2017.
- Poster Presentation, Immunomodulatory Potential of Bacteriocin, Bioactive Marine Natural Products & Their Therapeutic Applications, 24th - 25th Jan 2018.
- Oral Presentation, Isolation of Marine Lactic Acid Bacteria and Screening their Bacteriocins for Antimycobacterial Activity, 19th - 21stDec 2018
- Oral Presentation, Isolation, Identification and Antimycobacterial Potential of Lactic Acid Bacteria isolated from Marine Sediments, East Coast of Tamil Nadu,India. 17th - 18th Sep 2019.
- Hands Training on NGS DNA Library Prepration. 24th and 25th November 2022.
- 100 days of python code: The complete python pro bootcamp - Udemy
- Bioinformatics Data Analysis: Master python, R and Linux - Udemy
Accomplishments
- GATE Examination 2016. Above 91 percentile. 697 All India Ranking.
- ICMR Fellowship. May 2017 - Feb 2020.
- Got appraisal within 3 months of Joining, while working in Neuberg.
- Achieved Team Leader position with in six months at LifeCell International.
References
Will be provided on request.
Publication
Potential Applications of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bactericins in anti - mycobacterial therapy-mini review, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, (2018), 11(8), 453 – 459. https://doi.org/10.4103/1995- 7645.240080
Purification and characterization of bacteriocins active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis from lactic acid bacteria. Research Journal of Biotechnology Vol 15 (2020): 4.
Timeline
Master of Science - Bioinformatics
University of Bath
09.2023 - 10.2024
Team Leader
Lifecell International Pvt. Ltd.
09.2020 - 09.2023
Scientific Officer
Neuberg Clinical Laboratories
03.2020 - 08.2020
Research Assistant
Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology
05.2017 - 02.2020
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Lovely Professional University
08.2014 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Triple Major: Biotechnology, Botany and Chemistry
Rungta College of Science & Technology
07.2011 - 04.2014
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