Postdoctoral Researcher, Tulane Center for Aging
Email: mdash@tulane.edu
Bio:
Dr. Dash received her PhD in Biotechnology from Kumaun University, India in 2021. Her research focused on malaria, a significant problem in India and other tropical countries. Post PhD, she worked as a Scientist at GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India, on acute myocardial infarction. The research involved acquisition and bioinformatic analysis of methylation state of cell-free DNA from the AMI patients with an aim to design diagnostic biomarker and disease management. She also worked in a pan-India project under National Family Health Survey 5 (NFHS-5) in India to understand the prevalence of malaria and its drug resistance. Dr. Dash has over a decade of research experience, with valuable expertise in both dry lab and wet lab skills. She is trained in molecular biology and cell culture techniques and experienced scientist with expertise in bioinformatics, population genetics, and multi-omics data analysis.
Working as a Research scholar on several government-funded projects at the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, she has developed expertise in project management and team leadership. Additionally, she has gained extensive experience in computational analysis and interpretation of biological data, as well as training and mentoring dissertation students in bioinformatics projects.
Dr. Dash has several peer-reviewed publications, notable research includes the determination of the putative PvCSP gene as a potential vaccine target for Plasmodium vivax malaria in India and gametogenesis in Plasmodium vivax. She is a proactive and results-driven individual with demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and scientists. She enjoys working in a challenging and dynamic work environment to contribute to the advancement of scientific research.
Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow working at Genomics Core, Center for Aging in the Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine at Tulane University. She is associated with single cell transcriptomics and Visium spatial transcriptomics library preparation and sequencing in Illumina platform using NextSeq 2000, along with her research in aging biology.
Researcher, Tulane Center for Aging
Email: mawoal@tulane.edu
Bio:
Mr. Awoal received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh in 2013. He got Masters in Pharmaceutical Science from the same university in 2015. He worked in International regulatory affairs department of Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Bangladesh for around 3 years. He completed another master’s in biomedical science from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans in 2021. Mr. Awoal has been working in Tulane Center for Aging- Genomics Core from July 2021 as medical research specialist where he is taking care of sanger sequencing work, qPCR, next-generation sequencing (NGS) by both Ion Torrent and Illumina platforms such as RNA-Seq, Ampli-Seq and single cell RNA-Seq etc., cell line validation and analysis of DNA and RNA samples by Bioanalyzer. He is also involved with library preparation and sequencing work for Visium spatial transcriptomics.
