Undergraduate Research Assistant
Newport News, Virginia, United States
Conducted research under CNU Department of Molecular Biology & Chemistry faculty in a group laboratory setting. Contributed to developing a differentially regulated expression vector to use as a university laboratory education protocol and as a positive control for gene/protein expression studies. Responsible for independently completing PCR, SDS PAGE, and bacterial transformation procedures, in addition to training shadowing research students in these procedures and on the project's goals… Show more Conducted research under CNU Department of Molecular Biology & Chemistry faculty in a group laboratory setting. Contributed to developing a differentially regulated expression vector to use as a university laboratory education protocol and as a positive control for gene/protein expression studies. Responsible for independently completing PCR, SDS PAGE, and bacterial transformation procedures, in addition to training shadowing research students in these procedures and on the project's goals. Kept a detailed laboratory notebook, created spreadsheets and organized information to efficiently conduct multi-variable experiments, performed literature reviews, utilized bioinformatics software (i.e. BLAST, Clustal/MUSCLE, ExPASy), wrote abstracts, and designed figures/posters. Presented research at the Sigma Xi Tidewater Student Research Poster Session in fall of 2023, as well as at the Paideia research conference in spring of 2024. Show less