Expertise
Molecular Biology, Genetics, MicrobiologyResearch Interests
Cancer BiologyEducation
- M.S.: Integrated Biosciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
- B.Sc.: Genetics, Chemistry, and Microbiology, St. Ann’s College for Women, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
- Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD): Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Biosketch
Nooreen received her Bachelor of Science in Genetics, Chemistry and Microbiology from St. Ann’s College for Women, Osmania University, in Hyderabad, India. During her undergraduate studies, she was a scholarship recipient in the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program and studied microbiology at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, where she developed her interest in biomedical research. She went on to earn her Master of Science in Integrated Biosciences from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Her master’s thesis, “Impacts of T. cruzi Strain Variability on Metabolism and Genetic Manipulation,” examined how natural genetic variation in Trypanosoma cruzi (T.cruzi), the parasite that causes Chagas disease, affects its metabolism, antibiotic susceptibility, and response to genetic manipulation. The work also contributed to the development of flexible CRISPR/Cas9 tools for future genetic studies in T. cruzi.
Nooreen is now a Ph.D. student in Indrayani Waghmare’s lab at UMass Lowell. She uses the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to study how cells communicate through cell-surface proteins and how disruptions in cell-cell communication may drive tumor progression.