Personal profile
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