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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Youn Lab - Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning- Using RNA-based approaches and transcriptomics to assess the activity of the CCR4-NOT complex in stress granules

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Completed three 5-week rotations in the labs of Dr. Leah Cowen, Dr. Ji-Young Youn, and Dr. Alex Ensminger- Performed a drug screen for 63 natural product extracts on Candida fungal species- Developed skills in human and fungal cell growth, protein isolation, cloning, and drug screening

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Radvanyi Lab - Clinical Translation- Supported research investigating the role of retroelement RNAs in Ewing sarcoma development- Developed wet-lab techniques such as human cell line culture, cell imaging and work with mice models- My project was on studying immune response in fibroblasts treated with cancer retroelements using confocal microscopy

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Alexander Hynes Lab - Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute- Participated in research aimed at determining how bacteriophage populations influence microbial communities and our microbiota- My project focused on systematically assaying for what conditions optimize acquisition of phage resistance via the CRISPR-Cas system in bacteria- Presented my work to a panel of McMaster professors; wrote a literature review and written thesis for evaluation; presented a poster summarizing the project at the Canadian Society of Microbiologists confrence

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jennifer Stearns Lab - Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute- Participated in research aimed at defining mechanisms and microbial interactions that affect the composition and diversity of the infant gut microbiome- Created a working bacterial isolate library originally derived from baby stool samples- Analyzed strain-level diversity of bacterial isolates using pulse field gel electrophoresis- Helped maintain the day-to-day activities in the lab (for ex. ordering lab materials, communicating with other research labs at McMaster, etc.)

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Nathan Magarvey Lab - Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research- Participating in research funded by the Gates Foundation for discovery of novel tuberculosis and malaria drugs- Performing essential procedures within the lab for natural products research, under supervision of Masters and PhD students, including cell culturing, bacterial inoculation and media preparation- Parsing through large amounts of raw data and literature to isolate valuable entries, increasing the efficiency of information communication and genomic prediction software used in lab

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

- Utilizing communication skills to effectively assist young children (ages 7 to 13) with mathematics- Worked with upwards of 85 students over career- Data entry and records management for student marks and attendance- Assisting teachers with general day-to-day tasks in the classroom such as clean-up and attendance

Master Of Science - Ms, Molecular Genetics

Hart House Symphonic Band - Alto Sax 2 (2023 - present)

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry And Biomedical Sciences Co-Op, Summa Cum Laude

Concurrent Certificate in Immunology, Microbiology, & Virology McMaster University Concert Band (2018-2019, 2021-2022) - Alto Sax 2.