Bhoomika Sharma

PhD Candidate

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Bhoomika Sharma earned a Master of Science in Life Sciences from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, India, graduating with an overall grade of A++ (First Class Exemplary). Her master’s thesis focused on assessing the morphological, cytological, and biochemical responses to abiotic stress in two agriculturally relevant species. During her postgraduate studies, Bhoomika assisted faculty members in authoring and proofreading three research publications, in addition to contributing to her own research work. She received specialized training at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), India, where she gained hands-on experience in cell culture and advanced microscopy. Additionally, she completed training at BMCHRC, India, under the guidance of onco-pathologists, to gain an understanding of the molecular basis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) and Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL). She also hold a Bachelor of Science in Biology with triple majors in Zoology, Botany, and Chemistry, graduating with distinction in all three disciplines. Main interests include translational research in cell and molecular biology.

Her doctoral project is conducted as Doctoral Candidate 9 within the IMPLANTEU consortium, which aims to advance and transform our understanding of embryo implantation. This research is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN). It aims to deepen the understanding of ovarian and embryonic competence in the bovine model through the following objectives:

  • Validate the relationship between ovarian reserve and embryo mortality.
  • Identify the developmental and molecular dialogue underlying implantation failure and its association with ovarian reserve.
  • Sequence embryos to identify key factors conferring implantation competence and establish a comprehensive transcriptomic profile.
  • Investigate specific subsets of Toll-like Receptors (TLRs) as potential modulators contributing to maternal recognition during early development.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0050-2817
UNIMI VAS: https://dottorati.unimi.it/vas/faculty/sharma-bhoomika/

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