Hi, I’m
Nidhi Kaushik
Saskatoon,SK
Summary
Hardworking Microbiologist with demonstrated record of research success in Self-directed and motivated professional with highly-ethical, meticulous and thorough approach.
Overview
20
years of professional experience
Work History
University of Saskatchewan
Post-Doctoral Fellow
02.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Responsible for handling SARS-CoV-2 clinical isolates and conducting Biosafety level 3 experiments to study the Virus pathogenesis
- Establish project managements with successful milestones and leadership for ongoing evaluation of projects
- Responsible for initiating the application file with the Public Health Agency of Canada for the determination of the Risk Group (RG) and Containment Level (CL) requirements of Jing men Virus for the implementation of research activities at the University of Saskatchewan
- Lead Involvement with the project respective ethics approvals committee and other Canadian, Indian and the USA Governments and other stakeholders involved in studied projects
- Coordinate discussion with national and international research teams in various locations
- Responsible for drafting and managing project budgets, purchasing consumables and maintenance of lab equipment
- Performed studies, conduct research and collaborated on the development of mRNA vaccine for Venezuela equine encephalitis virus and their delivery for commercial purposes
- Developed assays and screening antiviral compounds for SARS-CoV-2 strains and clinical isolates
- Collaborating with MITACS and industrial partner Applied Biopharma for conducting COVID-19 pathogenies in humans
- Conducted independent research, advancing research goals and contributing to scientific knowledge
- Trained and mentored graduate and undergraduate students, enhancing their research skills and academic performance
- Collaborated with research professionals, fostering multidisciplinary research and achieving significant research outcomes
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Research Scientist I
02.2021 - 02.2022
Job overview
- Joined lab in the middle of pandemic, conducted extensive research in SARS-CoV-2 in K18 humanized ACE2 mice
- Collaborated with New York school of medicine for the study of human MxA as an antiviral for COVI19
- Lead the project for development of a live attenuated vaccine for COVID19
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary team members USA to accomplish research goals
- Maintained accurate records of research findings and provided statistical analysis of data results
- Leveraged interpersonal and communication skills to mentor PhD, graduate, and undergraduate students
- Contributed to and actively participated in research conception, design, and execution to address defined problems
- Designed research projects and alternative approaches and discussed results with other professors
- Worked in partnerships with contract research organizations and work closely with other stakeholders
- Independent management and lead of projects, plans with meticulous approach in costing and budgets to alleviate the risk
SRM University, Delhi
Assistant Professor
02.2019 - 02.2021
Job overview
- Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.
- Performed research to serve as basis for academic writing for publication.
- Helped struggling students by providing support outside of classrooms and consistently checking in on progress.
- Evaluated and supervised student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.
Param Nursing HOME
Laboratory Technician
12.2019 - 01.2021
Job overview
- Diagnostic Services, patient samples processing, performed Flu A/B, COVID-19, and RSV detection form patient samples
- Monitor Temperatures and records of patient history
- Training of laboratory technicians for response to drug resistant bacteria and setting up standard operating protocol for handling of drug-resistant bacteria
- Quantitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 from Nasopharyngeal swabs of infected patients
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Graduate Student
07.2012 - 12.2019
Job overview
- Study Hepatitis E and C interactions with hosts using virological and immunological assays
- Perform experiments to understand the innate immunity response to viral infection
- Collected, processed and isolated virus from the fecal samples of Hepatitis E virus acutely infected patients
- Collection of urine and serum samples from Hepatitis C virus infected patients for virus detection in those sample by performing ELISA
- Performed extensive yeast and bacterial assays to study virus pathogenesis
SRM Dispensary
Laboratory Technician
03.2017 - 03.2017
Job overview
- Diagnostic Services, Monitored processing of patient blood and urine samples, preparation of blood smear slide preparation
- Learned the basic operation of various machines of diagnostic systems
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Research Intern
05.2012 - 06.2012
Job overview
- Joined this lab for one month on doing research on diagnostic tools for tuberculosis
- Patient history collection observed Doctor-Patient interaction, discussion on diagnostic requisition forms, and follow-up on treatment modalities
- Job shadow for the collection and processing of sputum samples from M
- Tb infected patients
- Job shadow Diagnostic methods for Tb, culture based and molecular based
Jamia Millia Islamia University
Research Intern
11.2011 - 11.2011
Job overview
- Job shadow Post docs in the immunohistochemistry (IHC) for tissue biopsy samples from cancer patients
- Visited AIIMS for biopsy sample collections
ESI Laboratory
Volunteer Patient Care Assistant
11.2004 - 03.2006
Job overview
- Helped patients feel welcome and reduce some of the apprehension they may feel when they arrive
- Provide assistance to those patients registering for inpatient or outpatient appointments or admissions
- Monitoring Blood Pressure and Body Temperatures
- Shadowed the staff performing antimicrobial susceptibility test, Diagnostic PCR
Education
Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia
Ph.D. from Virology
12-2019
Jamia Millia Islamia UniversityIndia
Master of Science from Biosciences
07-2012
University of DelhiDelhi, India
Bachelor of Science from Microbiology
05-2010
Skills
- Research design
- Quantitative research
- Documentation requirements
- Specific research projects
- Proficient in Cell biology and Microbiology
- Project coordination
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Lab experimentation
- Laboratory assistance
- Research assignments
- Qualitative research
- Research protocols
- Project management
- Literature review
- Manuscript preparation
- Diagnostic solutions
- Assay development
- Verbal and writing communication
- Research procedures
- Experimental design
- Lab management
- Teaching experience
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved [Issue] which led to [Results].
- Supervised team of [Number] staff members.
- Achieved [Result] through effectively helping with [Task].
- Achieved [Result] by introducing [Software] for [Type] tasks.
- Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].
Selected Awards
- Travel Award, University of Alberta, Canadian Society of Virology, $500 CAD, 2022
- MITACS-Elevate Post-doctoral Award, $60,000 CAD/Year, 2022-2025
- Academic Council of India JNU-THSTI, Doctoral Award, 2019
Publications
1. Kaushik N, Subramani C, Anang S, Muthumohan R, Shalimar, Nayak B, Ranjith-Kumar CT, Milan Surjit. Zinc salts block Hepatitis E virus replication by inhibiting the activity of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. J. Virol 91(21): e00754-17.
2. Anang S, Kaushik N, Surjit M. Recent advances towards development of a potent antivirals against Hepatitis E Virus. J.Clin Trans Hepatol. 2018 vol. 6 | 1–7.
3. Anang S, Kaushik N, Smita Hingane, Anita Kumari, Shailendra Asthana, Shalimar, Baibaswata Nayak, CT Ranjith-Kumar, Milan Surjit. Potent inhibition of hepatitis E virus release by a cyclic peptide inhibitor of the interaction between viral open reading frame 3 protein and host tumour susceptibility gene 101. JVI00684-18.
4 Kaushik N, Anang S, Ganti K P, Surjit M. Zinc: A potential antiviral against the Hepatitis E Virus? DNACB 37: 7, 2018, 1–7 doi: 10.1089/dna.2018.4175.
5. Anang S, Subramani C, Nair VP, Kaul S, Kaushik N, Sharma C, Tiwari A, Ranjith-Kumar C, Surjit M. 2016. Identification of critical residues in Hepatitis E virus macro domain involved in its interaction with viral methyltransferase and ORF3 proteins. Sci Rep 6:25133.
6. Subramani C, Nair VP, Anang S, Mandal SD, Pareek M, Kaushik N, Srivastava A, Saha S, Shalimar, Nayak B, Ranjith-Kumar CT, Milan Surjit. Host-virus protein interaction network uncovers a dual strategy for exploitation of the host translation machinery by the Hepatitis E virus. mSystems 3, e00135-17.
7. Kaushik N. A ribozyme mediated generation of stable cell line for g1-Hepatitis E virus. (Under Construction).
8. Kaushik N. Homotypic and heterotypic association of human coronavirus Nucleocapsid protein (Under Construction).
9. Kaushik N. Effect of human lncRNA on SARS-CoV-2 infection (Under Construction).
Selected Scholarships
- Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Fellowship, Government of India, 07/01/12
- Junior Research Fellowship, University Grant Commission, Government of India, 07/01/12
- Department of Biotechnology, PhD thesis fellowship grant, TBD
- MITACS-Elevate Fellowship, 2022-2025
Affiliations
- University of Saskatchewan_VIDO
Teaching Experience
- SRM University Delhi NCR, January 2019-Feb 2021-Master in Microbiology Graduates
Semester-I: MSBM101 Microbiology, MSBM103 Cell Biology, MSBM105 Biochemistry, MSBM109 Molecular Biology& Genetics,
MSBM111 Lab1-Microbiology, MSBM113 Lab2-Biochemistry, MSBM115 Lab 3-Molecular Biology
Semester-II: MSBM102 Genomics & Proteomics, MSM104 Microbial Technology, MSM108 Environmental Microbiology,
MSBM110 Immunology MSM112, Lab 4-Microbial & Environmental Technology Lab MSBM114, Lab 5-Immunology Lab
- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute-JNU, Delhi, June 2014. PhD Coursework-Course Assistant. Molecular Virology for PhD Scholars.
- BMIS 417 Molecular Virology and BMIS 817 Advanced Molecular Virology. University of Saskatchewan— Teaching Course Instructor September 2023-December 2023
Timeline
Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Saskatchewan
02.2022 - Current
Research Scientist I
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
02.2021 - 02.2022
Laboratory Technician
Param Nursing HOME
12.2019 - 01.2021
Assistant Professor
SRM University, Delhi
02.2019 - 02.2021
Laboratory Technician
SRM Dispensary
03.2017 - 03.2017
Graduate Student
Jawaharlal Nehru University
07.2012 - 12.2019
Research Intern
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
05.2012 - 06.2012
Research Intern
Jamia Millia Islamia University
11.2011 - 11.2011
Volunteer Patient Care Assistant
ESI Laboratory
11.2004 - 03.2006
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Ph.D. from Virology
Jamia Millia Islamia University
Master of Science from Biosciences
University of Delhi
Bachelor of Science from Microbiology
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