2023 - Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship
I completed my integrated BTech/MTech in Biotechnology from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida and PhD from CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi. I am looking forward to study the drug resistance complexities in Glioblastoma Multiforme.
I like to spend my free time listening to music or watching suspense thriller series.
Email: samikshakukal@yahoo.com
2025 - Research Scientist
I did my B.Sc. (Hons.) Zoology from Ramjas College, University of Delhi, and M.Sc. in Zoology from Aligarh Muslim University. I have qualified CSIR-UGC NET in Life Sciences (JRF, three times) and GATE-XL. I have completed my PhD in Biosciences with a specialization in cancer biology from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Post PhD, I have been awarded ‘CSIR-Research Associateship (RA)’ in GEN BIO-13 for postdoctoral research under Prof. Saran Kumar at IIT Delhi. My research focuses on "Investigating therapeutic implications of intratumoral heterogeneity in triple-negative breast cancer".
Email: masoodnadeem05@gmail.com
2026 - ICMR Project Scientist
I completed my B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biochemistry and M.Sc. in Biotechnology, followed by a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Aligarh Muslim University. I have qualified several highly competitive national examinations, including CSIR-JRF (three times), DBT-JRF (two times), and GATE (two times). I completed two years of postdoctoral research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where I worked on Listeria monocytogenes-based immunotherapy targeting ovarian and pancreatic cancers. Subsequently, I gained two additional years of research experience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
I am currently focusing on immunotherapeutic strategies targeting Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) and Glioblastoma under the mentorship of Dr. Saran Kumar, with particular interest in tumor immunology, translational oncology, and next-generation cancer immunotherapies.
Email: shabaz.shazlee@gmail.com