Sindhu K J

I am a young researcher pursuing Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, interested in addressing the health issues applicable to Indian sub-continent through research and innovation. The future goal is to transition into translational research and head towards a stress-free, fun, inclusive and evolving research environment that will contribute to the well-being of human society. Current expertise includes but not limited to cell culture handling, storage and retrieval, cell proliferation and anti-proliferation assays, FACS, western blotting, real-time PCR, computational tools and databases and statistical analysis, proficient in conducting laboratory and field experiments while informing new hires on research methods and data collection procedures, skilled in conceptualization, design and implementation of hypothesis driven projects while learning new skillsets for execution of the projects.

• Presented poster titled ‘MiR-34b promotes cellular senescence and ROS generation in human cervical cancer cells’ at AACR annual meeting 2023 published in conference proceedings: K J Sindhu, Devarajan Karunagaran MiR-34b promotes cellular senescence and ROS generation in human cervical cancer cells Abstract In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2023; Part 1 (Regular and Invited Abstracts); 2023 Apr 14-19; Orlando, FL AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(7_Suppl): Abstract nr 3774
• Participated in AACR annual meeting 2021 virtually
• Presented poster titled ‘A pilot study on miR-34 and its targets-An effective use of TCGA database and prediction programs’ at the 7th International Conference on Translational Cancer Research held at Chennai from Feb 8-11th,2018
• Conference proceedings: Ambak Kumar Rai, K J Sindhu, A K Kureel, S Saini, S Kumari and P Verma (2018) Characterization of phosphate transporter(s) and understanding their role in Leishmania donovani parasite, J Infect Dis Ther 2017, 5:2 (Suppl)
• Participated in the National Conference on “Biotechnology: UK and Indian perspective” held at Anna University

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Women Leading IITM (WLI IITM)

Rotary International

Additional Publications:

• Nalini Venkatesan, Ashley Xavier, Sindhu K.J., Himanshu Sinha, Karunagaran Devarajan (2021). Identification and validation of putative target genes regulated by miR-34 in cervical cancer, bioRxiv 2021.09.02.458804; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.02.458804 .
• 2 manuscripts under progress in collaboration with Prof. V.Kesavan (In vitro experiments in progress), and 1 manuscript under progress from computational work under Prof. Karunagaran. (Manuscript to be submitted soon)

Organisational skills:

• Organized and participated in the 7th International Conference on Translational Cancer Research held at IIT, Madras, Chennai in February 2018
• Organized the international conference Biosangam at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad 2016.

References:

• Prof. D.Karunagaran, karuna@iitm.ac.in, 401, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, India. Ph- +91-44-2257 4126
• Prof. V.Kesavan, vkesavan@iitm.ac.in, 405, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, India. Ph- +91-44-2257 4124
• Asst.Prof. Ambak Kumar Rai, ambakrai@mnnit.ac.in, Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad-211004, India. Ph- +91-532-2271241