Andy Y. Email & Phone Number

San Carlos, California, United States

Redwood City, California, United States

Menlo Park, California, United States

Menlo Park, California, United States

South San Francisco, California

- Validated automation scripts for both Tecan Evo and Hamilton Nimbus Liquid Handling Workstations used for NGS Libraries.- Optimized the biochemistry process in the NGS library construction methods. - Developed and executed appropriate experiments to validate automation scripts for the Hamilton Star at various steps in the NGS biochemistry process.

- Generated the infrastructure for the new QC Department by locating lab spaces, purchased equipment, wrote QC documentation, trained QC personnel, established the internal QC / QA product retain policy, set-up the incoming raw and final product inspections guidelines and product specifications. - Performed real-time and accelerated stability studies to.

- Assisted in the reagent stability studies that are use in generating genomic libraries andsequencing.- Performed vendor qualifications on reagents to find an alternate source supplier and to reduce costs. - Technical writer for new reagent process’s instructions and QC methods prior to manufacturing implementation; revised current documentation for.

- Worked with Quality Assurance & Control, Planning, Purchasing, and Material & Logistic and other departments to meet inventory demands for the Plan of Records (PORs) utilizing JD Edwards (ERP System) and Adobe Workflow.- Supervised a team of 5 research assistants and 1 technician for making genotyping and expression reagents.- Performed real time.

- Formulated and performed functional testing on expression and genotyping reagents per batch records, test methods, and DOPs to meet inventory demands each quarter.- Experienced in generating Nonconformance Reports (NCMR) and deviations. - Experienced in various expression and SNPs Genotyping Assays involving but not limited to restriction digests.

- Performed high-throughput universal assay to genotype mice using quantitative real-time PCR (Taqman) in a 384-well format and analyzed data.- Assumed management responsibilities in supervisor’s absence to attend meetings, review genotyping data, and report issues.- Identified unknown mouse genomic DNA sequences using a method “Genome Walker” involving.

- Assembled and analyzed mouse DNA sequences using Sequencher software to designed primers to facilitate the identification of homologous recombination events in mice knockouts used in PCR based screening assays - Performed high throughput genotyping on mouse DNA.- Imaged specific mice tissue samples for company’s DeltaBaseTM product.

- Screened for immunoglobulin subclasses (Ig) in mouse and rat utilizing immunoassay. - Generated, updated, and reviewed Department and Standard Operating Procedures to meet ISO standards. - Performed functional QC on products prior to release to Production for labeling and packaging.- Inspected final products, labels, and packaging prior to release into.