Tushar Kharabanda

I am a disciplined MSci cancer sciences student with a solid foundation in methodologies and techniques employed in biopharmaceutial research due to my year and a half of experience. I have a strong aptitude for precision, critical thinking and innovation in modelling complex biological systems; with hands-on experience working with in-vitro co-culture models of oncogenesis and interrogating in-silica models derived from these experiments to generate and test novel hypotheses. My commitment to a high standard of academic achievement is evidenced not only by scoring a first class in the BSc portion of my degree and my research poster being highly commended, but by achieving competetive grants from the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the University of Nottingham. This has led to submitting an abstract for the Pathological Society and securing a prestigious role with GSK’s oncology translation research team as an industrial placement student for my integrated masters.

Sportio Limited - Online Sales Associate 06/2022–09/2022, 06/2023–09/2023

Managed product listings and e-commerce operations to ensure smooth sales processes.

Conducted market research, sourced products, and oversaw order fulfilment.

Balanced analytical and practical tasks, developing organisational and problem-solving skills.

University of Nottingham Students’ Union - Cancer Sciences Course Representative

09/2023–09/2025 

Acted as liaison between students and academic staff, ensuring effective two-way communication.

Designed surveys to collect and analyse both quantitative and qualitative feedback.

Presented outcomes and concerns during Learning Community Forum meetings, and communicated updates to peers via email and social media.

University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute 3 - Laboratory Assistant

06/2024–09/2025

Generated hypotheses using single-cell RNA sequencing data from colorectal cancer cell lines co-cultured with healthy stroma, integrating published inflammatory bowel disease transcriptomic datasets.

Tested hypotheses with in vitro techniques including 2D co-culture, flow cytometry, primer design, qRT-PCR, transfection, and dose–response assays.

Research funded via competitive grants from the Pathological Society and University of Nottingham.

Contributed to an abstract submission to the Pathological Society and earned a “Highly Commended” for an undergraduate research poster.

GSK, Oncology Translational Research Team (OTRO) - Industrial Placement Student

09/2025–09/2026 (in progress)

Investigating patient-derived lung cancer organoids as a drug screening tool.

Hands-on responsibilities include organoid expansion and co-culture, cytotoxicity assays and immunological techniques. Data analysis is also included. (Further work ongoing).

University of Nottingham - Cancer Sciences MSci - Current and Expected Grade: First Class