Shraddha Mehta, PhD

Experience

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  Sheth L.U Jhaveri College of Arts and Sir M.V. College of Science & Commerce

  Jul 2008 - Oct 2009

  LecturerFull-time Lecturer for the Bachelors Degree Program in Biotechnology

  Co-ordinated and conducted theory and practical laboratory sessions for the undergraduate students enrolled under the Bachelors in Biotechnology (3 year course); organized industrial visits, set question papers, assessed answer sheets, and invigilated exams.

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  Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing

  Sept 2009 - Jan 2015

  Senior Research Fellow

  Key achievements:• Eight first author/corresponding author publications• Mentored 1 intern, 6 postgraduates, & 3 undergraduate students for their research projects• Assisted establishment of the proteomics facility at Haffkine Institute• Recipient of the ICMR senior research fellowship for carrying out research of medical importance• Re-initiated the Rabies Research Unit and diagnostic facility at Haffkine Institute • Recipient of the oral presentation prize for best paper in Immunology• Organizing committee member for the “National Ensemble on Rabies and other Viral Encephalitis” symposium • Core team member for molecular diagnosis of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 from clinical samples Show less

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  Grant Medical College & Sir JJ Group Of Hospitals, Mumbai

  Jan 2015 - Nov 2016

  Technical Officer

  Managed the overall working of a National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) - Government of India (GOI) sponsored National Family Health Surveillance Program-4 to determine the prevalence of HIV-1/2 in the general population of the country.Key responsibilities:• Monitored receiving, logging and storing of Dried Blood Spots (DBS) cards • Programmed and maintained microtitre plate washers and readers for enzyme immunoassays• Supervised technicians conducting HIV testing using ELISA1, ELISA2 and western blot kits• Validated the results, generated test reports and monitored internal quality control data using Levey-Jennings plots • Managed the project staff, administrative activities, equipment/consumables requirements and purchases, etc. Show less

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  School of Biological Sciences, UM-DAECentre for Excellence in Basic Sciences

  Nov 2016 - Nov 2019

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  Project Summary:Isolation and characterization of multiprotein complexes from the flagella of a unicellular, bi-flagellate green alga— Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using various proteomic tools and microscopic techniques. I also established an alternative model system to study cilia/flagella—a primary ependymal cell culture system from mouse brain cells. Key Achievements:• Three manuscripts in progress• Oral presentation award at the National Post-Doc symposium• Mentored 3 PhD students in general laboratory practices, molecular cloning, & algal biology • Mentored and co-supervised 6 postgraduates and 6 undergraduates for their research projects• Guest topic editor for Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology• Recipient of the DST-SERB International Travel Support Fellowship, ICGEB grant, & EMBO travel grant• Adjunct committee member of the SBC(I) Mumbai Chapter meeting• Executive team member: teacher’s training program on molecular biology and protein expression Show less

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  Kolabtree

  Feb 2020 - now

  Medical/Scientific Editor
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  Haffkine Institute for Training, Research & Testing

  May 2020 - Jun 2020

  Molecular diagnosis of COVID-19

  Assisted laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 at the Department of Virology in affiliation with the Govt. of India.

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  Cactus Communications

  Jun 2020 - Nov 2021

  Scientific Editor

  Scientific editing services for international clients including:-lending subject expertise-improving the language, grammar, and sentence structures adhering to the original intended meaning-content reorganization to improve presentation of information-attention to detail including typographical errors, consistency in terminology, and style - meeting formatting requirements as per journal guidelines

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  JoVE

  Jun 2021 - now

  • Customer Success manager, APAC

    Dec 2021 - now

  • Curriculum Specialist

    Jun 2021 - Dec 2021