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I am originally from Nawanshahar,
Punjab, a small town located in northwest of India. I received my degree
in Medicine, M.B.B.S from India and was subsequently trained as ENT surgeon.
I started the Molecular and Cellular Pathology Graduate program at UNC
in August 2006. During my first year, I did three research rotations.
My first rotation project was in the laboratory of Dr.
Alisa Wolberg. In her lab, I worked on understanding the pathogenesis
of Antiphospholipid Syndrome especially in relation to interactions between
Beta-2 Glycoprotein1 and Annexin A2. My second rotation was in the
laboratory of Dr.
William Coleman, where my rotation project focused on increasing the
efficacy of chemotherapeutics using demethylating agents in hypermethylator
breast tumor cells. I also rotated in the laboratory of Dr.
Young Whang, where my rotation project focused on the regulation of
androgen receptor activity in progression of prostate cancer in relation
to the role of cytoplasmic signaling pathways. I joined the lab of
Dr. William Coleman in May 2007 where I am working on breast cancer research
project and looking into different ways to sensitize breast tumor cells
to chemotherapeutics along with the epigenetic mechanisms playing a role
in the process.
In my spare time, I like to spend time with my husband and our son, Avneet,
and to watch movies.
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