Experience

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  Isf college of pharmacy, moga

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2009

  Research scholar

  • Behavioral studies in mouse and rat using elevated plus maze, Morris water maze, pole climbing apparatus.• Injecting drugs to rodents through subcutaneous (SC/SQ), intraperitoneal (IP), intravenous (IV), intradermal (ID), and intramuscular (IM) routes.• Collection of blood from rodents by using tail vein and retro-orbital sinus methods.• Isolation and preparation of rodent tissues and organs like heart, endothelium, ileum, fundus, colon, anococcygeus muscle to test the effect of therapeutic agents.• Ex vivo study of rat heart and endothelium muscle using Langendorff’s apparatus and Physiograph • Effect of various pharmacological agents on heart rate, coronary flow rate, and force of contraction on isolated mammalian heart by perfusing different drugs in Kreb’s solution. Show less

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  Sri sai college of pharmacy, badhani, pathankot, punjab, india

  Aug 2009 - May 2020

  Assistant professor, department of physiology and pharmacology

  • Taught theory lectures of pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology of common diseases and clinical pharmacy to B & M-Pharmacy students.• Taught physiology and pharmacology experiments using animal simulator software viz. ExPharm Pro, Xcology Pro, Exphysiology Pro and Experimental Physiology by Elsevier. • Perform, demonstrate and corroborate laboratory practical sessions of Pharmacology, Anatomy, Physiology and Health Education (Undergraduate classes).• Scientist In-charge of animal house facility of institutional animal ethics committee (IAEC) of SSCP, Badhani from Sep2012- May, 2018.• Experience in performing pre-clinical research on various diseases in the process of drug development• Published 20 research and review articles in peer reviewed journals.• Development of ischemia-reperfusion injury, diabetes, obesity, hepatotoxicity models in rodents (Mouse, Rat).• Good communication skills as author, lecturer, teacher and debater.• Writing and proofreading of research and review articles. Show less

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  Research innovation and consultancy, i.k. gujral ptu, punjab, india

  Jun 2012 - Feb 2017

  Research scholar

  • Handled project entitled “To study the pharmacological effect of different drugs on carbon tetrachloride and paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in rats”.• Output in the form of publications:• Harsimran Singh, Shabir Sidhu, Kanwaljit Chopra, MU Khan. The novel role of β-aescin in attenuating CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Pharmaceutical Biology, 2017, 55, 1, 749-57 (Impact Factor: 1.546) (ISSN: 13880209)• Harsimran Singh, Shabir Sidhu, Kanwaljit Chopra, MU Khan. Free radical scavenging property of β-aescin and trans-Chalcone: In vitro study. European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research, 2016, 3(2), 309-312 (Impact Factor: 2.026) (ISSN: 23943211)• Harsimran Singh, Shabir Sidhu, Kanwaljit Chopra, MU Khan. Hepatoprotective effect of trans-Chalcone on experimentally-induced hepatic injury in rats: Inhibition of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 2016, 94, 879-887 (Impact Factor: 1.704) (ISSN: 00084212). Show less

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  University institute of pharmaceutical sciences, panjab university

  Jun 2014 - Dec 2014

  Research scholar

  Selected under the scheme of UGC networking scheme for the facilitation of Ph.D research scholar to carry out research.• Estimation of various biochemical parameters (TBARS, GSH, LPO, SOD, Catalase by using a spectrophotometer; TGF-β, TNF-α using ELISA reader, etc).• Generation of experimental data graph using biochemical estimations and preparing the same in the form of graphs and tables.• Analysis and interpretation of data by statistical techniques like standard deviation, one-way ANOVA using Prism GraphPad, Sigma Stat software. Show less