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SUNITA V. SEEMANAPALLI M.D.(Brazil),M.S.(Biological Sciences-U.S.A.)

457 Jennifer Jean Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Email:[email protected]

OBJECTIVE


A challenging position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate

with the opportunity for professional growth where I can use my abilities to their fullest.

EDUCATION

Master of Science (M.S.), Biological Sciences
Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 1996- July 1998. GPA: 3.8


Degree of Medicine (equivalent to U.S. M.D. degree), Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil, February 1988- March 1994. GPA: 3.8

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research and Teaching

03/15/99 - presently Research Associate, Louisiana State University (School of Veterinary Medicine); working at the Hansen's Disease Center. Currently, performing cytotoxicity assays and primary and secondary drug screenings for drug resistant M. tuberculosis strains.

01/11/99-05/11/99 Adjunct Instructor, Baton Rouge Community College, Instructor for General Biology Laboratory Courses (basic and advanced courses).

08/10/97 - 05/19/98 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, Southern University. Instructor for General Biology Laboratory Course for undergraduate freshmen students.

08/19/96 - 05/19/97 Graduate Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, Southern University. "The Importance of p53 Elevation in Human Cytomegalovirus Infected Permissive and Non-permissive Cells."

M.S. THESIS WORK.

Advisor:Professor Perpetua Muganda, Ph.D.
01/92-12/92 Research Worker, Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil.
Federal Government Research Organ. Analyzed the effect of hydrostatic pressure on flexible tubes in an analogy to human blood vessels.

LABORATORY SKILLS

Performed harvest of murine bone marrow-derived macrophages from femurs of adult BALB/c mice in culture medium.

Performed cytotoxicity assays utilizing Vero (African Green Monkey Kidney) cells. (The assay involved the use of Non-radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay kit and an ELISA plate reader).


Well acquainted with the microplate Alamar Blue Assay (MABA) and the BACTEC 460 system (radiorespirometric assay) for primary and secondary (determination of Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations) drug screenings versus M. tuberculosis H37 Rv.


Mastered cell culture techniques for the following cell lines: - Human Embryonic Lung (HEL) Fibroblasts - Smooth Muscle Cells of the Aorta (HA-VSMC) - Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) - Human Small Intestinal Epithelial Cells (FHs 74 Int) - Undifferentiated Glioblastoma Cell Lines A172 and T98G - Astrocytoma/Glioblastoma Cell Line: Hs683 - THP-1 Monocytes/Macrophages - Fresh blood derived monocytes/lymphocytes



Performed isolation of lymphocytes and monocytes from whole blood and differentiation of monocytes to macrophages.



Well acquainted with virus work, spectrophotometeric protein analysis, SDS-PAGE polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, western blot analysis and immunofluorescence technique.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

3rd place award among Graduate Students' Presentations at the 54th Annual Beta Kappa Chi Meeting held April 3-6, 1997, in Baton Rouge, LA.



Travel Award to the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX for an Oral Presentation
(February 25-27, 1998).


ASM Sustaining Member Student Travel Award for a Poster Presentation at the American Society for Microbiology 98th General Meeting held May 7-12, 1998, Atlanta, GA.



One among 75 outstanding students (whose poster presentations were accepted) invited for an Oral Presentation at a Special Student Session at the ASM 98th General Meeting held May 7-12, 1998, Atlanta, GA.



Selected from more than 200,000 examinees (who tested at recent International Test of English as a Foreign Language - TOEFL administrations) to participate in a Pilot Study - pilot administration of the new computerized test questions for TOEFL - November 24th,1997.

PROFESSIONAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS



1. S. Seemanapalli and P. Muganda. "The Status of the Cellular Protein p53 in Human Cytomegalovirus Infected Permissive and Non-permissive Cells." Oral Presentation at the 54th Annual Beta Kappa Chi Meeting. held April 3-6, 1997, in Baton Rouge, LA.



2. S. Seemanapalli and P. Muganda. "The Status of the Cellular Protein p53 in Human Cytomegalovirus Infected Permissive and Non-permissive Cells." Oral Presentation at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Undergraduate Research Symposium, held February 25-27, 1998 at Galveston, TX.



3. S. Seemanapalli and P. Muganda. "The Status of the Cellular Protein p53 in Human Cytomegalovirus Infected Permissive and Non-permissive Cells." Poster Presentation at the 98th ASM General Meeting, held May 7-12, 1998 in Atlanta, GA.



4. S. Seemanapalli and P. Muganda. "The Status of the Cellular Protein p53 in Human Cytomegalovirus Infected Permissive and Non-permissive Cells." Oral Presentation at the 98th ASM Meeting, held May 7-12, 1998 in Atlanta, GA.

ACADEMIC AFFILIATION/MEMBERSHIPS

Member, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), January 1998- present

Member, Sigma Xi- The Scientific Research Society, January 1998- present

PAPERS



- Manuscript in preparation; Title: "Human Cytomegalovirus Elevates p53 in Permissive Non-transformed Cells but not in Non-permissive Cells"; to be submitted by July, 1999.

VOLUNTEER WORK

Volunteered at the Earl K. Long Hospital- LSU Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Baton Rouge, LA: helped Dr. Alfredo Soarez (Pathologist) with autopsies; accompanied him in analysis of surgery specimens, and cytological and histological slides (Nov.15th - Jan 15th 1999).

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Well acquainted with IBM, IBM compatible and Macintosh computer systems. Test Editing/Composing: WORD PERFECT 5.1, MICROSOFT WORDS 6.0, MS-DOS.

FLUENCY IN LANGUAGES
English
Portuguese
Telugu (South Indian)
Hindi (North Indian)

REFERENCES

1. Scott Franzblau, Ph.D.

Chief, Pharmacology Research Department Laboratory Research Branch GWL Hansen's Disease Center P. O. Box : 25072 Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Ph: (225)-346-5786 Email: [email protected].

2. Perpetua Muganda, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Southern University Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Ph: (225)-771-3622 (W)
(225)-293-8509 (H)


3. Twintillia Tate, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Southern University Baton Rouge, LA 70813 Ph: (225)-771-3612 (W)

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Am interested in dancing, playing basket-ball, volley-ball and indoor-games as chess, table-tennis, bridge, etc

Phone and Fax:(225)769 8311 : Email: [email protected]