Anam Fatima Shaikh

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  • Ph.D. Candidate
  • Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Contact Info

Biography —

Advisor: Robin Orozco

Research Interests: Immunology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Leukemia Biology, Microbiology, Cell Biology

Hometown: Mumbai, India

Education —

B.S. in Microbiology, Sophia College Mumbai University, 2013
M.S. in Microbiology, Sophia College Mumbai University, 2015

Selected Publications —

1.      Patkar, N., Kakirde, C., Shaikh, A. F., Salve, R., Bhanshe, P., Chatterjee, G., & Gujral, S. (2021). Clinical impact of panel-based error-corrected next generation sequencing versus flow cytometry to detect measurable residual disease (MRD) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Leukemia, 1-13.

2.      Shaikh, A. F., Kakirde, C., Dhamne, C., Bhanshe, P., Joshi, S., Chaudhary, S. & Gokarn, A. (2020). Machine learning derived genomics driven prognostication for acute myeloid leukemia with RUNX1-RUNX1T1. Leukemia & Lymphoma, 1-7

3.      Patkar, N., Shaikh, A. F., Kakirde, C., Nathany, S., Ramesh, H., Bhanshe, P& Chatterjee, G. (2019). A novel machine-learning-derived genetic score correlates with measurable residual disease and is highly predictive of outcome in acute myeloid leukemia with mutated NPM1. Blood cancer journal, 9(10), 1-4

4.      Shaikh, A. F. S., & Prabhu, S. (2017). Bioluminescent bacteria: The sparkling hope for pollution detection. Indian Journal of Scientific Research, 8(1), 125-130.

Selected Presentations —

1.      Presented an e-poster at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 25th Virtual Congress, Jun11-14,2020, E-poster presentation topic: Artificial intelligence-driven prognostication of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (8;21)

2.      Presented a poster at the 60th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood transfusion. November 7-10, 2019.Poster presentation topic: A novel machine learning genomics-based scoring system is predictive of outcome in Core Binding Factor- Acute Myeloid Leukemia

3.      Participated and presented as faculty at the 17th Annual Conference on Evidence Based Management of Cancers in Indian Clinical Genomics in Hemato-Oncology and Bioinformatics for Molecular Pathologists: A hands on workshop, Feb 26th- March 2nd, 2019, Presentation topic: The Illumina MiSeq Sequencer

4.      Presented at the 59th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood transfusion, October 25th -28th, 2018, Oral Presentation topic: A laboratory developed targeted RNA sequencing assay for identification of fusion genes in BCR-ABL1 like precursor B lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCR-ABL1 like BCP-ALL)

5.      Presented a poster at the 57th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood transfusion. November 10th -13th, 2016. Poster Presentation Topic: A novel PML/RARA fusion transcript in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Awards & Honors —

1.      Awarded the third prize for poster presentation (Laboratory Category) at the 60th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood transfusion. November 7-10, 2019.Poster presentation topic: A novel machine learning genomics-based scoring system is predictive of outcome in Core Binding Factor- Acute Myeloid Leukemia

2.      Awarded a travel grant for 25th Congress of the European Hematology Association, 2020