HARMAN SHARMA

Recent graduate with foundational knowledge in molecular biology, microbiology, immunology and neuroscience as well as experience in academic teaching. Equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and make meaningful contributions with dedication and enthusiasm.

• Skills: Animal handling, microbiology techniques, anaesthesia, bladder infusions, gross tissue dissections, precise nerve dissections, electrophysiological nerve recording, anterograde labelling, flow cytometry, RNA sequencing analysis, immunohistochemistry and histology
• Imaging and analysis: Fluorescence and confocal microscopy, Imaris software, FlowJo, Spike 2, ImageJ, Prism, R software
• Languages: English (proficient), Hindi (native), Punjabi (native)

• Koirala S, Sharma H, Chew YL, Konopka A. (2024) SimplySmart_v1, a new tool for the analysis of DNA damage optimized in primary neuronal cultures. BMC Bioinformatics, vol. 25: 318.
• Sharma H, Koirala S, Chew YL, Konopka A. (2024) DNA Damage and Chromatin Rearrangement Work Together to Promote Neurodegeneration. Molecular Neurobiology.
• Sharma H, Bourloutous G, Grundy L. (2023) Post-Infectious Bladder Hypersensitivity in the Development of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS). In: Brierley SM, Spencer NJ (eds) Visceral Pain. Springer, Cham.
• Sharma H, Kyloh M, Brookes SJ, Costa M, Spencer NJ, Zagorodnyuk VP. (2020) Morphological and neurochemical characterisation of anterogradely labelled spinal sensory and autonomic nerve endings in the mouse bladder. Autonomic Neuroscience, vol. 227. 102697.
• Sharma H, JI E, Yap P, Vilimas P, Kyloh M, Spencer NJ, Haberberger RV, Barry C. (2018) Innervation Changes Induced by Inflammation in the Murine Vagina. Neuroscience, vol. 372, pp. 16-26.
• Spencer NJ, Greenheigh S, Kyloh M, Hibberd TJ, Sharma H, Grundy L, Brierley SM, Harrington AM, Beckett EA, Brookes SJ, Zagorodnyuk VP. (2018) Identifying unique subtypes of spinal afferent nerve endings within the urinary bladder of mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 526, pp. 707-20.
• Barry C, JI E, Sharma H, Yap P, Spencer NJ, Matusica D, Haberberger RV. (2017) Peptidergic nerve fibres in the urethra: Morphological and neurochemical characteristics in female mice of reproductive age. Neurourology and Urodynamics, vol. 37, pp. 960-70.
• Barry C, JI E, Sharma H, Beukes L, Vilimas P, DeGraaf Y, Matusica D, Haberberger RV. (2017) Morphological and neurochemical differences in peptidergic nerve fibres of the mouse vagina. Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 525, no. 10, pp. 2394-2410.
• Zagorodnyuk VP, Kyloh M, Nicholas S, Sharma H, Brookes SJ, Spencer NJ. (2017) Identification of different types of pelvic afferent endings in the mouse bladder using anterograde tracing from dorsal root ganglia in vivo. Neurology and Urodynamics, Vol. 36, No 3, pp. 496.

Dr. Luke Grundy
Flinders University
✉️ luke.grundy@flinders.edu.au
📞 0468 439 454

Dr. Anna Konopka
Flinders University
✉️ anna.konopka@flinders.edu.au
📞 0432 065 945

Miss Amanda Weragoda
HDCT, Flinders University
✉️ amanda.weragoda@flinders.edu.au