Preetinder Kaur

A biotechnology professional with a combined 5+ years of research, teaching, with ongoing professional development certifications in ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines, Food and Drug regulations Part C Division 5, and FDA regulations. Strong analytical, data management and academic writing skills. My educational background includes both bachelor's and master's degrees in biotechnology, supplemented by a Project Management and Professional Development certification from MacEwan University and 1 year graduate certificate in Clinical Research from Seneca Polytechnic College, Toronto with the focus on various aspects including clinical study trial protocol writing, ICFs, CRFs, regulation while conducting clinical trials, Risk-based monitoring plan and audit plans.

I actively contribute to the academic community as a volunteer peer reviewer for the European Journal for Clinical and Experimental Medicine and towards healthcare literacy through my volunteer work as medical writer and medical reviewer for the Med Report Foundation. Simultaneously, I am dedicated to addressing two healthcare concerns associated with COVID-19 and Antibiotic resistance.

Noteworthy achievements include identifying new potential sources of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) Asparaginase chemotherapy, constructed genetic variants for Arabidopsis Col-0growing to improve their salt tolerance, teaching research techniques to over 500 undergraduate students, and organizing career development workshops. Skilled in Microsoft office, Insilco Dug Designing tools and biological databases like NCBI, PDB, Pymol, Swiss Prot, BLAST, ORF Finder, ClustalW, Hex 5.1, Modeler 9v8, MEGA, MEME, toxicological and bioavailability exploration of the potent drug target using Osiris Property explorer and data REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) software. Recipient of AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) scholarship for Masters in technology in Biotechnology), Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering), and Junior research fellowship from Department of Science and Technology, India for conducting research.