Breaun Meeks, M.S. Email & Phone Number

Parkville, MD, US

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

United States

• Reduced TAT time for cfDNA quantitation on Agilent Tapestation by 10% through leading Lean Six Sigma project.
• Independently performed laboratory testing on 500 kits over one month allowing key projects to proceed to completion.
• Collaborated on projects with 2 members of R&D team; performed wet lab procedures and collected quantification data for plasma extractions for 352 samples within 3 months.
• Performed testing of laboratory-developed tests according to established SOPs for DNA isolation and quantification, protein immunoassay, methylation and NGS library prep for aneuploid.
• Created spaghetti diagram using Lucidchart to design walking path measurement for continuous improvement project.
• Revised, edited, and reviewed five laboratory SOPs and Work Instructions within one year for analytical workflows.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Independently processed 1500 kits within two months allowing key projects to proceed to completion.
• Trained five Laboratory Operators plus Supervisor on accessioning and automating blood processing.
• Utilized LIMS/LIS to track and record samples during each process.
• Provided troubleshooting for blood processing runs utilizing basic guides and automation investigations using Verkada and automation trace files.

Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States

• Performed microbiological tests on 50-100 batches per week on products, recorded qualitative and quantitative data to ensure product quality.
• Executed EM/UM sampling and Microbiological Testing including Media Growth Promotion Testing, Microorganisms ID, Sterility and Endotoxin Testing.
• Isolated and maintained cultures of bacteria and other microorganisms such as algae, fungi, and types of parasites with both pathogenic and non-pathogenic abilities.

Towson, Maryland

• Extracted DNA from 285 wood frog samples collected from 10 sites in the Baltimore region within 6 months.
• Designed and amplified almost 100 microsatellite loci primers from American bullfrog using conventional PCR within 4 months.
• Identified microsatellites in the wood frog genome; found many genes using NCBI Genbank.
• Assisted cohort with collecting Western blot data on the role of RTA ubiquitin ligase in Kaposi’s Sarcoma herpesviruses with host machinery using western blot / SDS page.
• Performed gene / molecular cloning on gene of interest (RTA and repressor proteins) using competent Escherichia coli cells.

Columbia, South Carolina

• Trained three undergraduate students on isolating and characterizing Caulobacter bacteriophages.
• Compared similarities in seven newly isolated Caulobacter bacteriophages physical and genetic attributes to previous bacteriophage isolates within one year using scanning electron microscope and RFLP.
• Identified genetic differences in two structural genes, capsid and tail protein, in 10 newly isolated bacteriophages compared to previous isolates using MEGA 6 Sequence Alignment Software within three months.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, General

Master Of Science - Ms, Biology, General