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Whilst working with Dr Karageorgos I was part of a team that was involved in characterising neuropathology in Gaucher disease; identifying and validating biomarkers of Gaucher disease and also GBA-associated Parkinson's disease, utilizing the Gaucher sheep model. During this time I gained experience in genotyping by PCR and Sanger sequencing, Western blot analysis, collecting samples, working with animals, helping with post-mortem sampling, helping with animal ethics report writing, and… Show more Whilst working with Dr Karageorgos I was part of a team that was involved in characterising neuropathology in Gaucher disease; identifying and validating biomarkers of Gaucher disease and also GBA-associated Parkinson's disease, utilizing the Gaucher sheep model. During this time I gained experience in genotyping by PCR and Sanger sequencing, Western blot analysis, collecting samples, working with animals, helping with post-mortem sampling, helping with animal ethics report writing, and developing a method for assessing sheep gait using 3-axis accelerometers. Show less

Women'S And Children'S Hospital

Working for Dr Fuller I maintained mouse colonies for Gaucher disease and Pompe disease. This involved setting up breeding pairs, genotyping mice, collecting samples (tissues, blood, and urine), and maintaining databases through Microsoft Access of mouse geneology and the tissue bank.

Adelaide, Australia

While working under Dr Lang I amplified plasmids containing zinc transporters using E.coli, and worked towards combining plasmids to create a construct that would be stably transfected into HeLa cells.

Honours Degree Of Bachelor Of Health Sciences, Electrophysiology

Under the supervision of Associate Professor Grigori Rychkov I studied the effects of sarco-endoplasmic reticulum ATPase (SERCA).

Bachelor'S Degree, Science

Majored in genetics, immunology, and microbiology.