Research
Ridhi is an avid independent researcher with an interest in genomics and mRNA vaccine design. She strongly believes that AI has the power to revolutionize the healthcare field!
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mRNA Vaccines for Global Health Threats
Ridhi devised a method to develop mRNA vaccines for pathogens based just off of their genome sequences. Her technique is 9 times faster than Moderna and led her to develop the world's first vaccines for MERS (COVID relative), Marburg (world's deadliest virus), and glioblastoma (single deadliest brain cancer). Her work has been accepted for publication in several graduate level conferences with recognition from national science fairs and business events.
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Oncolysis
Ridhi founded a cancer mRNA vaccine design startup dedicated to creating mRNA solutions for the world's deadliest cancers. Beyond glioblastoma, Ridhi has created vaccine candidates for non small cell lung cancer and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Her work was recognized by the diamond challenge, the world's most prestigious youth entrepreneurship competition, as an international finalist. Harvard Medical School has shown interest in using her research as a large scale mRNA design tool.
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GENOMI
Ridhi devised a method to map regulatory networks in genomes for enhanced application to commercial genetic engineering. Ridhi developed GENOMI (gene expression network optimized mutual information), a patent pending genomics pipeline to map regulatory networks from gene expression data alone. Ridhi discovered the most complete regulatory network of E. coli, the bacterium most commonly used in genetic engineering applications. Her work enables regulatory inference as a commercial optimization technique for the first time, enabling breakthroughs in the construction of recombinant vaccines, drugs, and environmentally sustainable fuel solutions.
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Cryptosporidium
Ridhi had the amazing opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Carol Gilchrist at UVA to apply her revolutionary mRNA technology to efforts dedicated to developing a vaccine for Cryptosporidium, a parasite causing deadly gastroenteric infection in Bangladeshi children.
Post-Doc
Conference Invites
Sharing insights at prestigious conferences like IEEE IATMSI, ISCB-Africa, GLBIO, and ISMB. Engaging with Harvard Medical School and UPenn Weissman Lab.
