asifa zaidi

research scientist

About

I have 8 year of research experience in inflammatory disorder specifically mast cell and basophil biology. My goal is to understand the function of basophils/mast cells in regulation of inflammatory disorders and chronic and acute hypersensitivity responses. Special focus is on asthma.

Country

canada

City

edmonton

Industry

research

Skill

basophils, mast cells, asthma, cell biology, molecular biology, cell, purification, flow cytometry, transgenic mice, confocal microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, immunostaining, immunohistochemistry, elisa, western blotting, biochemistry, biotechnology, problem solving, molecular cloning, signal transduction, in vivo, animal models, cell culture, inflammation, protein purification, fluorescence, protein expression, cell signaling, tissue culture, immunoprecipitation, cancer, transfection, laboratory, pcr, translational research, dna, stem cells, rt pcr, lifesciences, site directed mutagenesis, sds page, rna isolation, assay development, immunofluorescence, microscopy, qpcr, in vitro, dna extraction, immunology

Experience

researcher

tulane university

2013-9 - 2014-8 · 1 yr

Regulation of of inflammation in allergic inflammatory disorders.

instructor of medicine

johns hopkins school of medicine

2009-11 - 2011-10 · 2 yrs

Defining the specific function of basophils in asthma and allergic diseases using murine model.

postdoctoral fellow

johns hopkins school of medicine

2007-9 - 2008-8 · 1 yr

Regulation of Syk Kinase and FcRβ Expression in human Basophils During Treatment with Omalizumab

postdoc

university of pennsylvania school of medicine

2003-9 - 2007-9 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Working of mast cell function in regulation of inflammatory diseases

scientific officer d

bhabha atomic research center

1999-1 - 2005-1 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Developing strategies for radioprotection of normal tissues/cells during cancer radiotherapy.

scientific officer c

bhabha atomic research center

1996-1 - 1999-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Development of strategies for protection of normal tissues during cancer radiotherapy. Demonstrated whole body hyperthermia as a radioprotective agent for normal tissue during cancer radiotherapy in murine transplantable tumor model system.

scientific officer trainee

bhabha atomic research center

1995-9 - 1996-8 · 1 yr

research associate

case western reserve university

2015-1 - 2016-9 · 1 yr 9 mos

Regulation of NK cell-mediated antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) and modulation by CD160. Exploration of cheek skin microbiome of normal vs rosacea twin subjects. Understanding the function of pDCs in the development of psoriasis using imiquimod-induced skin inflammation model in feeble (pDC with non-responsive TLR7 signaling) mice. Proteomic analysis of different development stages of C. elegans to understand the protein metabolism in normal vs stressed environmental condition.

research

case western reserve university

2013-6 - 2013-8 · 3 mos

Regulation of inflammatory disease mechanism

research associate of medicine

johns hopkins university

2008-9 - 2009-10 · 1 yr 2 mos

High affinity IgE receptor dynamics during maturation of basophils in murine model

research scientist

university of alberta

2019-7 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

research scientist

case western reserve university

2016-10 - 2018-1 · 1 yr 4 mos

system biology and bioinformatics

case western reserve university

2014-9 - 2016-5 · 1 yr 9 mos

I graduated from the class of 2016 of MS System Biology and Bioinformatics Exploration of cheek skin microbiome of normal vs rosacea twin subjects. Proteomic analysis of different development stages of C. elegans to understand the protein metabolism in normal vs stressed environmental condition.