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Daanyaal Lai

Daanyaal Lai

Practical Demonstrator

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Applications Support Consultant | Aspiring Medical Scientist

  • Education

    • South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

      2022 - 2022
      Master of Science - MSc Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Associate student (MSc)

      •Culturing of different cell lines. - Glioblastoma (U87, U251) - Breast Cancer (MCF-7, MDA-MB 231) - Kidney (Vero)•Testing IC50 of different crude extracts on cell lines.•Analysis of cell apoptosis using flow cytometry

    • Glenvista High School

      2013 - 2017
      High School Diploma

    • University of the Western Cape

      2021 - 2021
      BSc Honors Biotechnology

      •Extraction and culturing of fungal endophytes from plants obtained within the environment. •Extraction of DNA from plants as well as both bacterial and fungal endophytes. •Sequencing of both plant and endophytic DNA.

    • DataCamp

      2024 -
      Diploma Data Science

    • Stellenbosch University

      2022 - 2023
      Master of Science - MSc Molecular Biology (Cum Laude)

      •Culturing different extracts from lichens obtained from the environment.•Extraction and concentration of metabolic compounds from lichenous extracts.•Culturing of different cell lines. - Glioblastoma (U87, U251) - Breast Cancer (MCF-7, MDA-MB 231) - Kidney (Vero)•Seeding of glioblastoma cell lines and testing of crude extracts on cell lines. •Performing assays to determine metabolic activity of cell lines once treated with aforementioned crude extracts… Show more •Culturing different extracts from lichens obtained from the environment.•Extraction and concentration of metabolic compounds from lichenous extracts.•Culturing of different cell lines. - Glioblastoma (U87, U251) - Breast Cancer (MCF-7, MDA-MB 231) - Kidney (Vero)•Seeding of glioblastoma cell lines and testing of crude extracts on cell lines. •Performing assays to determine metabolic activity of cell lines once treated with aforementioned crude extracts. •Flow Cytometry•Oroboros•Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Analysis•Synthesis of Nanoparticles•Functionalization of Nanoparticles Show less

    • Stellenbosch University

      2021 - 2021
      BSc Honors Molecular Biology Associate student

      •Extraction and concentration of metabolic compounds from fungal endophytes. •Culturing of breast cancer cell lines. •Testing of metabolic extracts on cancer cell lines.•Performing several assays to test cell viability and cell inhibition of cancer cells once treated with the extracts.

    • University of the Western Cape

      2018 - 2020
      Undergraduate Degree Biotechnology

  • Experience

    • University of the Western Cape

      Mar 2020 - Nov 2020
      Practical Demonstrator

      • Assisted students with various disciplines within the laboratory • Familiarized students with different lab equipment• Aided students in completing their lab work correctly and efficiently

    • University of the Western Cape

      Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
      Research Affiliate

      •Culturing of endophytes obtained from different environments and sources•Sub-culturing both fungal and bacterial endophytes•Extraction of DNA from both fungal and bacterial endophytes•Sequencing of DNA from both fungal and bacterial endophytes•Production of cryo-vial stocks of all isolated fungal and bacterial endophytes

    • Chemetrix

      Jun 2024 - now
      Application Support Consultant

      •Preparing PCs for instrument installation•Reloading operating systems on customer PC's, reloading software remotely for clients, and general tech support for applications team (SPS and CMS)•Working closely with the applications team on all incoming queries and customer issues•Assist customers remotely with software related questions and queries regarding software issues for the Agilent CMS software•Update SalesForce •Responsible for setup and maintenance of PostgresSQL databases•Development of different applications with Python to assist with streamlining day to day activities Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Top Achiever in Degree

      Golden Key International Honour Society
      Feb 2022

    • Microsoft Excel Power Pivot for Data Analysis

      Udemy
      Sept 2024
      View certificate certificate

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Judge

      Issued by exposcience on Jul 2022
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