Uma Darbha
Toronto,ON
Summary
Undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, completing a double major in Human Biology and Molecular Biology. Highly motivated, with four years of laboratory experience. Eager to pursue higher education in cell biology and develop a career path in research.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Undergraduate Thesis Student
Moses Lab, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
09.2024 - 04.2025
- Conducting a thesis project studying the functional similarities of enhancer sequence binding motifs across D. melanogaster orthologs.
- Meeting regularly with academic advisors to ensure progress towards educational goals.
- Developing code in RScript and Python for the analysis of sequence clustering.
Content Coordinator
Best Version Media
Toronto, Ontario
01.2025 - Current
- Maintaining editorial calendars for upcoming projects, and assigning tasks accordingly.
- Managing multiple writing and editing assignments in a dynamic environment, within stated timelines.
- Proofing copies to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
Tutor
Tutorax
Toronto, Canada
01.2022 - Current
- Teaching Science (General, Biology, Chemistry), Mathematics (Calculus and Vectors, Functions/Advanced Functions), English and French from Primary to the Grade 12 level.
- Created and delivered tailored tutoring curriculum for 20+ students, resulting in an average grade increase of 7%.
- Monitoring student progress and adjusting learning speed to best help learning.
- Scheduling regular meetings with students' parents to address learning goals and progress.
Student Technical Writer
Evertz Microsystems Ltd.
Burlington, Canada
06.2024 - 09.2024
- Consolidated educational documents about various broadcasting equipment design processes into novice-friendly and digestible training materials including wiki documents and explanatory videos
- Recorded and edited product demonstration and training videos for the purpose of distribution among clients and employees
- Designed protocols for recording and editing training materials in the designated media room used throughout the company
Student Research Assistant
Mind-Brain Centre, Amrita University
Kerala, India
07.2023 - 08.2024
- Conducted an independent meta-literature review on mechanistic relations correlating to manifestations of Alzheimer's Disease
- Summarized and organized results from various PubMed and Web of Science sources
- Developed strong communication skills through researching and writing for a variety of projects
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Josselyn-Frankland Lab, Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada
08.2022 - 05.2023
- Conducted research experiments in the wet lab such as immunohistochemistry, plasmid cloning, and vibratome brain slicing
- Extracted and manually scored relevant information from video data of behavioural optogenetic experiments
- Prepared materials, solutions, and chemicals for use throughout the lab
Undergraduate Research Student
Tabor Lab, William Marsh Rice University
Houston, USA
06.2022 - 09.2022
- Improved upon a middle/high-school lab protocol designed to expose students to the DNA to Protein central dogma of biology through synthetic biology
- Ran wet and dry lab experiments to determine the efficiency of enzyme concentration, light intensity, and cell culture incubation times
- Gathered and presented findings on potential improvements and ideas for the Bactograph project in the Tabor Lab
Innovator
The Knowledge Society
Toronto, Canada
09.2020 - 06.2021
- Completed a self-directed focus project in Optogenetics, necessitating the consolidation and creation of relevant video and written content
- Edited videos from several TKS students for submission in various focus projects using DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro
- Corresponded with professionals in Biotechnology, Biology and Artificial Intelligence through cold outreach
- Delivered a workshop on Cold Outreach at the year-end TKS symposium
Education
Honours Bachelor of Science - Cell and Molecular Biology, Human Biology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada04.2025
Skills
- Programming (Python, R)
- Wet Lab Techniques
- Data analysis and entry
- Literature and data review
- Research methodology
- Project management
Languages
- English, Native speaker
- French, Very good command
- Japanese, Good working knowledge
- Telugu, Good working knowledge
- Tamil, Good working knowledge
Timeline
Content Coordinator
Best Version Media
01.2025 - Current
Undergraduate Thesis Student
Moses Lab, University of Toronto
09.2024 - 04.2025
Student Technical Writer
Evertz Microsystems Ltd.
06.2024 - 09.2024
Student Research Assistant
Mind-Brain Centre, Amrita University
07.2023 - 08.2024
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Josselyn-Frankland Lab, Hospital for Sick Children
08.2022 - 05.2023
Undergraduate Research Student
Tabor Lab, William Marsh Rice University
06.2022 - 09.2022
Tutor
Tutorax
01.2022 - Current
Innovator
The Knowledge Society
09.2020 - 06.2021
Honours Bachelor of Science - Cell and Molecular Biology, Human Biology
University of Toronto
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