irani khatun

* Designed, led and prioritized studies on exploratory projects in diabetes and metabolic disease * Developed new projects based on the postdoctoral research work aimed to identify alterations * in intestinal lipid homeostasis in a genetically engineered mouse model * 2 Irani Khatun

* Thesis project enhanced understanding of genetic variations prevalent in ulcer causing bacteria, * Helicobacter pylori in human populations harboring unique plasmids based on geographical * location * Conducted molecular biology experiments to sequence plasmids in H. pylori strains, used * bioinformatics platform and tools for data collection and interpretation, completion led to * characterization and submission of full sequence on Pubmed GenBank, ID: DQ239897 * Lectured human anatomy and physiology for 8 semesters * Designed class activities for experiments including dissections, prepared question papers, * conducted and evaluated tests, assigned final grades

* Conclusion of thesis project enhanced mechanistic understanding of the steato-hepatic * complications associated with the current use of MTP inhibitors as lipid lowering drugs * Developed project outline, wrote and submitted predoctoral grant that got funded from * American Heart * Drafted manuscript, communicated with co-authors and incorporated appropriate inputs that * led to a high-impact publication * Presented study at national and international conferences as an oral talk and poster * Created SOPs and protocols for institutional approval