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Work History
Education
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References
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Priyanka Tyagi

Priyanka Tyagi

Product And Application Specialist-Diagnostics
New Delhi,DL

Summary

Experienced Product and Application specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the area of molecular diagnostics and immunophenotyping, microbial pathogenesis and drug development. Dynamic, result oriented and team player, with strong multi-tasking skills, with ability to simultaneously manage several projects and schedules. Excellent public-facing point person for clients, with strong focus on adaptability and team collaboration for smooth operations. Demonstrated ability to leverage technical expertise in converting leads into business through effective communication, relationship-building, and value-driven engagement.


Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

PRODUCT AND APPLICATION SPECIALIST-Diagnostics

Genetix Biotech Asia Ltd.
03.2023 - Current
  • Assist product teams in resolving product design and development.
  • Conducting Field study for in-field evaluation of Molecular diagnostic kits (Infectious diseases).
  • Application support for Molecular diagnostic kits to clients.
  • Develop training programs and educational workshops for clients and internal marketing team members.
  • Identify potential business development opportunities through the analysis of market trends and competitive information.
  • Assist in installation, maintenance and commissioning of products.
  • Preparing marketing collaterals with graphic designers.

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (SRF)

Tata Memorial Hospital, ACTREC
03.2020 - 03.2021
  • Worked in clinical settings with hematopathology department on immuno-oncology research specimens from bone marrow and peripheral blood to carry out flow cytometry tests for leukemia and lymphoma immunophenotyping, and TB&NK analysis.
  • Identifying co-relation of new biomarkers with existing markers of B-cell leukemia.
  • Exploiting exosomes surface markers for the early diagnosis of neuroblastoma.

Ph.D. SCHOLAR

ICGEB, New-Delhi, and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
08.2012 - 08.2019
  • Designed, Developed, and executed the Ph.D. project “Investigating redox signaling during TB and HIV-TB co-infection” and “To investigate the mechanism of action of anti-TB compound.” in inter/intra laboratory collaboration environment.
  • Managed and negotiated for lab consumables, equipment’s and services. Assisted in lab maintenance and organization.
  • Extensively involved in setting up a BSL3 facility from scratch.

Education

Ph.D. - Life Sciences (Cellular Immunology)

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
New Delhi, India
01.2022

M.Sc. - Life Sciences

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
New Delhi, India
04.2012

B.Sc. - Microbiology (H)

University of Delhi (DU)
New Delhi, India
05.2010

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Interests

Reading, Travel, Hiking, Drama

Accomplishments

  • Awarded certificate of recognition for presenting the innovation “Commercialization and deployment of GeneNAT 300 real-time PCR analyzer for detection of MTB and MDR-TB, under NTEP” at the India innovation Summit, organized on March 18-19, 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
  • Awarded Global Travel Health Award by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to attend Keystone Symposia meeting on “HIV and Co-Infections: Pathogenesis, Inflammation, and Persistence” Whistler, British Columbia Canada, April 15-19, 2018.
  • Awarded Best Poster Award entitled “Unraveling Mechanism of HIV activation from latency by Mtb in HIV- TB co-infected Individuals” in “Symposium on Biology and Molecular Pathogenesis of Viruses”, IISc, Bangalore, June 20-21, 2016
  • Prof. Gauri Shankar Singhal Merit Award for highest C.G.P.A. at the end of M.Sc. Third semester-2011
  • Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in august 2014.
  • Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in august2012.
  • Qualified JOINT CSIR-UGC NET (Dec-2011) for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) with All India Rank-18
  • All India rank- 93 in GATE-2011 (Life Sciences) – 2011
  • National Industrial training in Ranbaxy (R & D center) Gurgaon for basic molecular biology techniques (June 2009)
  • Awarded 2nd Rank in inter-college (Microbiology) Quiz 2009/College

References

  • Mayank, Tiwari, Business Head (Govt. Business), Genetix Biotech Asia Ltd.
  • Avishek, Kumar, R&D and Production Head, Genetix Biotech Asia Ltd.
  • Amit, Singh, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
  • Dhiraj, Kumar, HOD- Cellular Immunology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India

PUBLICATIONS

  • Sriram H, Khanka T, Kedia S, Tyagi P, Ghogale S, Deshpande N, Chatterjee G, Rajpal S, Patkar NV, Subramanian PG, Gujral S, Hasan S, Tembhare PR. Improved protocol for plasma microRNA extraction and comparison of commercial kits. Biochem Med (Zagreb). 2021 Oct 15;31(3):030705. doi: 10.11613/BM.2021.030705. PMID: 34658646; PMCID: PMC8495618.
  • Tyagi P, Pal VK, Agrawal R, Singh S, Srinivasan S, Singh A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Reactivates HIV-1 via Exosome-Mediated Resetting of Cellular Redox Potential and Bioenergetics. mBio. 2020 Mar 3;11(2): e03293-19. doi: 10.1128/mBio.03293-19.
  • Awanti Sameer, Abhinandan Devaprasad, Priyanka Baloni, Madhulika Mishra, Abhilash Mohan, Priyanka Tyagi, Amit Singh, Akshata JS, Razia Sultana, and Shashidhar Buggi, Nagasuma Chandra, Meta-analysis of host response networks identifies a common core in tuberculosis. npj Systems Biology and Applications 3, Article number: 4 (2017)
  • Tyagi, P., Dharmaraja, A. T., Bhaskar, A., Chakrapani, H., and Singh, A. (2015) Mycobacterium tuberculosis has diminished capacity to counteract redox stress induced by elevated levels of endogenous superoxide. Free radical biology & medicine 84, 344-354

Timeline

PRODUCT AND APPLICATION SPECIALIST-Diagnostics

Genetix Biotech Asia Ltd.
03.2023 - Current

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (SRF)

Tata Memorial Hospital, ACTREC
03.2020 - 03.2021

Ph.D. SCHOLAR

ICGEB, New-Delhi, and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
08.2012 - 08.2019

M.Sc. - Life Sciences

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

B.Sc. - Microbiology (H)

University of Delhi (DU)

Ph.D. - Life Sciences (Cellular Immunology)

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Priyanka TyagiProduct And Application Specialist-Diagnostics