Hello All,
  
 I am interested in the scientific imaging and would like to pursue training on 
confocal and image analysis software. I have been working for around 16 
months at Post Doctoral Fellow level  the Knudsen lab, Molecular Diagnostics 
Program in the Division of Public Health Sciences; Fred Hutchinson Cancer 
Research Center, Seattle. 
  
My work is has been in the area of molecular pathology, signaling pathway and 
biomarkers that are related to the prevention, treatment, and prognostication 
of ovarian and prostate cancer. The research is centered on analyzing the 
expression of the HGF/c-MET and activation of two downstream signaling 
pathways (PI3K/AKT and MAPK) in ovarian cancer tissues and cell lines that 
are complex, context dependent and include cross talks with other signaling 
pathways. Apart from the ovarian cancer project, I had an opportunity to 
analyze immunohistochemistry, western blot and tissue micro array of breast 
cancer and tissue blocks & histopathology slides of prostate.   
  
I received my graduation in medicine (MD) and Post Graduate Diploma in Family 
Medicine from India and worked as a resident in India, Africa and the UK. My 
passion for pathology and the study of molecular mechanisms underlying 
pathogenesis has now intensified, in part, due to my involvement in research 
at the Fred Hutch and I look forward more avenues and unique opportunities 
to further enhance my research experience towards becoming a board 
certified pathologist. I've put emphasis on research experience because I 
believe it is one of the foremost assets, combined with other factors for a 
candidate applying for pathology residency. I have forthcoming publications 
and appreciable experience in presentation and manipulating sets of data

  
With around 1-2  years of my time until the next pathology residency match, I 
hope to gain experience on confocal.  I am very confident that my passion for 
molecular pathology combined with research & clinical background would help 
me contribute to the core. I am also currently doing freelance medical 
illustration and have created models of scaffold chambers, flowcharts and 
pathways using graphic software.
  
Can you suggest any possible options?  Thank you for your consideration. I am 
willing to relocate.  

 
Best,
 
Radha (Sabarinath Radhakrishnan)