Abel Tesfai, Phd Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

I have three key roles at the University of Westminster’s Research and Knowledge Exchange Office: i) collecting and managing HR/finance/publication/bid outcome data ii) providing secretarial support to the main committee for research and iii) supporting post-award processes for externally funded projects

• Developed and taught lessons and experiments on molecular biology
• Led a team of undergraduate students in outreach sessions
• Promoted STEM subjects at university to pupils aged 14-19 years old

London, United Kingdom

• I supported my line manager in administrative and technical duties using in-house laboratory management systems and standard operating procedures to help drive projects forward. Tasks included:
• ensuring ethics and legal compliance (data protection laws) ahead of patient data/sample acquisition and storage, preparing the necessary documentation
• writing standard operating procedures and risk assessments for members of the laboratory to follow so that research can be conducted in a safe… Show more I supported my line manager in administrative and technical.
• writing standard operating procedures and risk assessments for members of the laboratory to follow so that research can be conducted in a safe and sterile environment
• setting up meetings, taking minutes and leading on budget negotiations in coordination with my line manager and research collaboratorsI was promoted to ‘research associate’ to explore cross communication between.

London, United Kingdom

• Broad skills:
• Metabolism & biomarker discovery—novel application of UHPLC-MS/MS mass spectrometer to identify molecular trends and predict disease/survival by use of ‘Ingenuity Pathway Analysis’ (molecular analysis), principal.
• Cross collaboration & coordination with clinicians, biochemists, chemists & statisticians to tackle interdisciplinary research questions on cardiovascular biology, inflammation and cancer
• Effective… Show more Broad skills:
• Effective written & oral communication with manuscripts and abstracts leading to publications in reputable journals and oral presentations in international conferences in the UK, Japan and AmericaSpecific skills:
• Cell culture of human and mouse cells, including primary mouse cells derived from tumours

Glasgow, United Kingdom

I worked on a complex drug discovery CRUK project at the Beatson, exploring the role of a protein in breast cancer progression using an in-vivo breast cancer model and CRISPR knockouts in human and mouse mammary epithelial cells.

London, United Kingdom

• Daily processing of viral samples using molecular and cell culture techniques to provide diagnostic results in a narrow time frame whilst working in an interdisciplinary team.Broad skills:
• Experimental proficiency & time management: 12 months of delivering diagnostic results using different techniques with a turnover of 8 hours from sample arrival
• Administration and organisation: generated daily diagnostic reports with quantitative and qualitative data while also completing… Show more Daily processing of viral samples using molecular and cell culture techniques.
• Administration and organisation: generated daily diagnostic reports with quantitative and qualitative data while also completing large portfolio as part of trainee biomedical scientist and taking the initiative to.
• Customer service: cataloguing of clinical samples and data, showcasing organisational skills and responsibility to line manager as well as to hospital, patient and public stakeholders-imprinted at trainingSpecific.
• A range of molecular and cell culture techniques were used to diagnose influenza viruses and characterise them.

Canterbury, United Kingdom

• I tested alternative approaches to sonication to break open cells and observe bacterial micro-compartments.
• A wide range of techniques were employed including sonication and use of electron microscopy.
• Bacterial culture work and bacterial transformation were carried out using E.coli cell.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Clinical Medicine, Passed

Activities and Societies: • Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education (STEM) sessions leader, 2015-2018 • Undergraduate.

Master'S Degree, Biomedical Sciences, General, Distinction

Two projects done in rotation. One in cancer biology and the other in pharmacology: (1) Apoptosis, Mitochondrial Stress and Cancer.

Biomedical Science With A Sandwich Year, Biomedical Sciences, General, First Class

Activities and Societies: Fencing up to competition and Kent Snow Society Title of placement report (2012): 'Characterisation of the.

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