Aishwarya Sood

Experience

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  Brigham and Women's Hospital

  Jul 2021 - Jan 2022

  COVID-19 Vaccine in Pregnancy Research Co-op

  Clinical research technician for studies regarding genetics of preeclampsia and COVID-19 infection and COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy:•Collect and process maternal and fetal samples from consented patients for antibody analysis •Consent patients for study and manage and enter data into REDCap and EPIC •Data analysis for obstetric comorbidity scoring (OB-CMI)

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  Pfizer

  Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

  Microbial Fermentation Process Development Co-op

  Supported MSAT Fermentation Team's Bioprocesses: •Used computational fluid dynamics software (CFD) to create bioreactor digital twins and published findings in Journal of Biotechnology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.04.013 •Assisted in bioreactor experiments: inoculation, sampling, OD measurements, plasmid purification •Created Intro to Python and Machine Learning workshop for Experimenters on the MSAT team •Published an article about my in-silico projects on the Pfizer share-point website Show less

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  Geisinger Lab

  Jun 2023 - Jun 2024

  Research Assistant

  Studied antibiotic tolerance and resistance in ESKAPE pathogen A. baumannii:• Designed reporter strains by PCR, restriction digest cloning, and allelic exchange • Conducted tolerance and persistence assays to assess persister levels across various A. baumannii mutants• Developed flow cytometry assay to quantify single-cell fluorescence levels • Performed transposon sequencing analysis using TRANSIT software and verified hits by CRISPRi• Selected to present findings at Northeastern's RISE Expo, the nation’s largest student-focused research and creative endeavor fair Show less

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  Northeastern University

  Jan 2024 - May 2024

  Undergraduate Microbiology Lab Teaching Assistant

  Led a section of Undergraduate Microbiology lab:• Taught students how to quadrant streak, inoculate in liquid culture, quantify bacteria by spectrophotometry and colony counts (CFU), gram stain, capsule stain, transform bacterial DNA by heat shock and electroporation, and run various metabolic and biochemical tests• Guided the students through a semester-long project to isolate and characterize an environmental microbe • Held lab class weekly for 3 hours • Held weekly office hours for 1.5 hours • Graded and reviewed students' work Show less