Chloe Kirk, Phd Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Patent prosecution of US and foreign applications and portfolios.

Providing opportunities for the next generation of bioentrepreneurs, biotech leaders, and VCs in Florida academic trainees.

Miami, Florida, United States

-Develop snapshots, evaluate market potential, and explore competitive landscape of research ongoing at the University of Miami.-Conduct due diligence with labs interested in patenting and/or licensing their research.-Learn patent theory and the translation of scientific work beyond grants and publications

Miami

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,-Investigate the mechanisms of amyloid body disaggregation and the effects of cellular stress with implications in tumor cell dormancy and neurodegenerative diseases.-Manage lab ordering, delegating chore responsibilities, and training of incoming PhD and masters’ students.-Experience with cell culture, immunoblots, immunofluorescence, cloning and transfections, SDD-AGE, Proximity Ligation Assays (PLA), Fluorescence microscopy, electron microscopyPoster Presentations-Sylvester Cancer Symposium 2022, Key Biscayne, FL-National Graduate Women in Science Conference 2022, Madison, WI-Exploring Biology Conference 2022, Philadelphia, PA-Graduate Research Symposium 2022, Miami, FL-BMB Research Day 2022, Miami, FL-Eastern Scientific Research Forum 2022, Miami, FL-BMB Research Day 2021, Miami, FL-Graduate Research Symposium 2021, Miami, FLOral Talks-PhD Defense 2024, Miami, FL-ASBMB 2023, Seattle, WA-3MT University of Miami 2023-BMB Journal Club Fall 2022-Qualifying Examination Spring 2022-BMB Journal Club Fall 2021-BMB Journal Club Spring 2021-BMB Journal Club Fall 2019

Covered how to speak and write about science issues at the government level all while focusing on how to advocate for our chosen science policy issueMy advocacy issue: Florida DEI Funding Crisis in STEM

Gain experience communicating scientific topics to policymakers.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

-Coordinated communication among professors, librarians, and students in the biology area of Steenbock library, the BioCommons. -Planned and organized events targeting science majors, specifically for underrepresented groups on campus.

Bock Laboratories

Department of Integrated Biology, Laboratory of Dr. William Bement-Studied the role of lamin in wound repair in Xenopus laevis oocytes, which has important implications for wound healing and cell division. -Wrote my senior thesis as a literature review on the most recent findings of RhoGTPases and their regulators. -Gained experience in microinjection of Xenopus laevis oocytes, laser scanning confocal microscopy, molecular cloning and in vitro transcription.

Madison, Wi

STEM Immersion Student Coordinator (December 2017-October 2018)Data Analyst and Financial Specialist STEM Immersion Coordinator -Prepared and led the week long STEM Immersion bootcamp for freshmen and transfer students with four other undergraduate STEM Immersion Coordinators. -Interacted with and administrated the 350+ incoming students, transfer students and STEM Immersion Leaders-Budgeted for the entire bootcamp -Purchased the food for the bootcamp students-Prepared and implemented surveys for students and professors to provide feedback.STEM Immersion Leader (December 2016-December 2017)-Helped lead the STEM introductory bootcamp to incoming STEM freshmen undergraduate college students. -Provided support for a group of incoming freshman throughout the year, beginning in the intensive 4 day introductory bootcamp, presenting slideshows and being part of panels to bring all the opportunities UW-Madison offers to the the attention of the bootcamp participants.

Osaka, Japan

BioChemical Division-Research to improve productivity and chirality of 3-Hydroxybutyrate enantiomer R-3-Hydroxybutyrate by implementing a series of mutations to Halomonas bacteria.

Wisconsin Institute For Medical Research, Madison Wi

Department of Medicine-Cardiology. Laboratory of Dr. Jonathon Makielski.-Duties in the Makielski Laboratory included genotyping, making solutions, running western blots, transformations, transfections, cell culture, agarose gels, protein assays, biotin switch assays, restriction digests and additional projects that I have been assigned to.May 2017-January 2018-Created mutations of the cardiac sodium channel protein to discover how these mutations may have caused several individuals' sudden, unexplained cardiac arrest. December 2016-May 2017-Research project focused on how late sodium current is affected by nitrosylation of the cardiac sodium channel through measuring nitrosylation levels in biotin switch assays.

Microbial Sciences Building, Madison Wi

Department of Bacteriology. Laboratory of Dr. Katrina Forest.-Worked to solve the structure of Accessory Type IV Pilus Retraction Motor PilU in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. -Techniques I used include designing primers, protein purification, transformation and designing thermocycler protocols.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

R&D Systems. Sales Department.-Established and outlined an account mapping system for R&D System's contacts. I have created an account mapping template and a set of instructions for the sales representatives as well as have successfully account mapped Bio-Techne's key 25 accounts for fiscal year 2018. -Learned how to apply my scientific background to areas outside the laboratory while still requiring extensive knowledge of scientific procedures and products.

Scientific Protocol Implementation Unit (SPI).-Gained hands on experience with Primates, worked with and transported Primate blood, tissue and fecal matter, labeled and put together syringes and tubes, as well as performed data entry.

Biological Science Building

Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. Laboratory of Dr. Jeongsik Yong.-Acquired experience with primer design, PCR, CRISPR/cas9 and cloning. -Learned basic lab techniques and procedures such as making solutions, buffer preparation, cell media plate preparation and autoclaving.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Molecular Biology And Legal Studies

Activities and Societies: Leadership Certificate. Habitat for Humanity, Badgers With a Heart, SPILL, IMPaCT, American Society.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Association (Vice President, Treasurer, Webmaster), Graduate Student Book Club (Social Chair.

Study Abroad - Ghana, Africa, Health In A Developing Country

During this Study Abroad to Ghana, Africa, I learned about a multitude of causes and affects of health problems in developing countries.