Gauri Ghaisas
Mumbai
Summary
Biotechnology professional with 10+ years of experience in genomics sales, technical support, and business development across India, Central & South Asia, and Africa
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Territory Sales Lead
Novogene Corporation
Mumbai (Remote)
04.2023 - Current
- Grow revenue pipeline through strategic outreach & key account development.
- Provide end‑to‑end support for sequencing services (Illumina, PacBio, Nanopore).
- Manage pricing, forecasting, and regional partnerships.
- Drive collection targets through structured client communication.
- Coordinate with global teams for project delivery.
Technical Support Manager
Novogene Corporation
Beijing; Mumbai (Remote)
05.2019 - 04.2023
- Provided technical consulting across genome, transcriptome & epigenome workflows.
- Maintained communication & customer satisfaction throughout project cycles.
- Prepared quotations, invoices & analyzed sales performance.
- Beijing
Senior Research Fellow
IIT Bombay
Mumbai
09.2016 - 09.2017
- Conducted promoter studies and protein engineering work in E. coli & Bacillus.
- Performed cloning, expression, purification & enzyme characterization.
Research Associate
Syngene International Ltd
Bangalore
05.2014 - 09.2016
- Purified antibodies & therapeutic proteins.
- Performed analytical HPLC, LC‑MS & MALDI‑TOF.
Education
M.Sc. - Biotechnology
Mumbai University
Mumbai, India06-2012
B.Sc. - Biotechnology
Mumbai University
Mumbai, India06-2010
Skills
- NGS Platforms (Illumina, PacBio, Nanopore)
- Sales & Business Development
- Client Relationship Mgmt
- Negotiation skills
- Revenue growth
- Communication in Mandarin
Internships
1. Project Title: “MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF MUTATIONS ON GENES PDGFRA AND C-KIT IN GASTRO-INTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS (GIST)”
Under Biotech Industrial Training program (BITP) conducted by BCIL (Biotech consortium India Limited) and sponsored by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India.
Employer: SRL Limited, Mumbai.
Techniques: DNA extraction from FFPE samples, Nested PCR, Sequencing.
(November 2013-April 2014)
2. Project Title: “ROLE OF ANTI-APOPTOTIC MCL-1 GENE IN HUMAN ORAL CANCERS/CELL LINES AND PREMALIGNANT LESIONS”
Supervisor: Dr. Tanuja Teni lab, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Center, Navi-Mumbai.
Techniques: Protein extraction, Western Blot, RNA extraction
(May, 2012-November, 2012)
3. Project Title: “ROLE OF CYTOKERATINS AND VIMENTIN AS PROGNOSTIC MARKERS IN HUMAN ORAL CANCER” (Master’s thesis project)
Supervisor: Dr. Milind Vaidya Lab, ‘Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer’ (ACTREC), Tata Hospital, Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai, India.
Techniques used: Immunohistochemistry, Immunofluorescence, Western Blotting, Protein Estimation.
The data was statistically analyzed using Kaplan Meier and Chi-Square tests and correlated to clinical data.
(May, 2011-Oct, 2011)
RESEARCH PUBLICATION:
1. Overexpression of Mcl1L Splice Variant Is Associated with Poor Prognosis and Chemo resistance in Oral Cancers.
Palve V, Mallick S, Ghaisas G, Kannan S, Teni T.
PLoS One. 2014 Nov 19;9(11):e111927. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111927.
Ecollection 2014.
Certification
- BITP, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India
- Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry, IISc Bangalore
Languages
English
Native
Native
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Mandarin
Advanced (C1)
C1
Timeline
Senior Territory Sales Lead
Novogene Corporation
04.2023 - Current
Technical Support Manager
Novogene Corporation
05.2019 - 04.2023
Senior Research Fellow
IIT Bombay
09.2016 - 09.2017
Research Associate
Syngene International Ltd
05.2014 - 09.2016
M.Sc. - Biotechnology
Mumbai University
B.Sc. - Biotechnology
Mumbai University