Brooks Hoehn, Jr. Email & Phone Number

San Carlos, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

• Mouse Technician for Dr. Ophir Klein's laboratory
• Support over a dozen postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and staff members in ear tagging, tail clipping, and genotyping their mouse colonies as well as my own. Total colony size for the lab is over 1200 cages.
• Tag and tail over 200 mice (up to 400) and run on average over 500 (and up to 800) PCRs per week.
• Established an online tagging and tailing request submission process to manage my workflow with a weekly turnaround.
• Maintain stock of wild type, reporter, and other miscellaneous mouse lines for the lab, around 100 cages total.
• Assist Post-Docs in the execution of miscellaneous protocols, including dissection, sectioning, RNAscope, and others.

Greennbrae, CA And San Francisco, CA

• UCSF Prenatal Diagnostics Center at Greenbrae and at Mission Bay in San Francisco
• Scheduled and checked in patients for the clinic.
• Communicated with doctors, genetic counselors, and ultrasound technicians.
• Performed general office administration.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Shadowed Dr. Peter Anastassiou and others during surgeries, clinical appointments, and rounds.
• Shadowed Dr. Lloyd Miyawaki performing radiation treatments, discussions with patients, and other activities.
• Compiled a database of prostate cancer patients to analyze their treatment.
• Shadowed Dr. Benson Chen in the ICU, throughout various procedures, and during clinical appointments.
• Attended multiple Tumor Boards to discuss treatment plans.

• Professor Rohinton Kamakaka’s lab
• Performed and analyzed genetic transformations of E. coli and S. cerevisae (yeast), using high and low efficiency protocols.
• Performed and analyzed PCR. Ran gel electrophoresis, photographed, and analyzed gels.
• Performed DNA purification via Winston Prep.
• Performed E. coli plasmid purification via Qaigen Midiprep.
• Performed yeast dissections using a dissection microscope.

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• As a group project, read, analyzed, summarized, presented, and discussed articles and studies related to toxic chemicals. Discussed study methods, ethics, and the use of “human guinea pigs”.
• Searched databases for relevant articles to gather information on various hazardous chemicals.
• Listened and discussed presentations on various chemicals performed by various employees of the company.
• Learned various toxicological concepts, such as method of exposure and its effect on toxicity, the difference between acute toxins and carcinogens, LD50, and the use of model organisms within studies and their efficacy.
• Created Excel report of clients over the past year sorted by account size.
• Performed general office administrative functions.

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area