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Father's name: P.R.Thiyagarajan

Date of birth: 07/08/1984

Sex: Female

Nationality: Indian

Marital status: Single

Objective

To gain wide knowledge and achieve something significant in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology by offering my services in improving the quality of Infertility clinics.

Education

2005-2008, M.Sc Clinical Embryology

Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India

Marks Secured:

M.Sc (Preliminary) - 62.4%

M.Sc (Final) - 73%

2002 - 2005,  B.Sc Nutrition, Food service management and Dietetics

Madras University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Marks Secured:

B.Sc (Final) - 81.7%

Professional Skills

Embryology and ART

1.       IVF

- Superovulation of mice

- Murine IVF including sperm extraction and oocyte collection

- Preparation of culture media

2.       Micromanipulation

- Setting up of micromanipulation system

- Preparation of sperm and oocyte for ICSI

- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Cryopreservation

- Freezing and thawing of gametes

- Vitrification of oocytes

Cytogenetics and tissue culture

- Monolayer and suspention culture

- Establishing embryonic stem cell lines

- Harvesting and fixation of metaphase chromosomes

- Comet assay in spermatozoa

- Apoptosis assay - TUNEL

Andrology

- Routine semen analysis

- Sperm wash techniques

Computer proficiency

- Microsoft office - Word, Excel, Powerpoint

- Statistics software - SPSS, Origin, Graphpad

Masters thesis

"Effect of vitamin E supplementation during semen cryopreservation"

Internships/Observerships

1. Reproductive Research Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Observership in Male Infertility

Duration: 2 months

Responsibilities involved:

    §  Took active participation in the research activities at the laboratory.

    §  Attended several research meetings, discussions and seminars organized by the department

    §  Prepared and presented a detailed research proposal titled "Development of TUNEL assay for assessment of sperm DNA damage in a routine laboratory setting", under the supervision of Dr. Ashok Agarwal

2. Madras Medical Mission

Summer Intern

Duration: 2 months

Responsibilities involved:

    §  Offered diet counseling for patients suffering from Renal and Cardio-vascular conditions

Presentations/CME/Conference

- Paper presentation in a CME on ‘ Understanding Advances in Experimental Andrology for Reproductive Care' organized by Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), Manipal, 2008

- Poster presentation on "Effects of Vitamin E supplementation on Semen Cryopreservation" in International Congress on Controversies in Management of Advanced Reproductive Care (IC-MARC), Manipal, India, 2007

- Attended a Reproductive Medicine Symposium organized by Lerners Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, 2007

- Attended a conference on ‘Recent Advances and Challenges in Reproductive Health Research', organized by Indian Council of Medical Research, 2007

- Volunteered in organizing a conference for Indian Society for Enteral and Parentral Nutrition (ISPEN) at Madras Medical Mission (MMM), Chennai, 2004