Christopher Um Email & Phone Number

San Diego Metropolitan Area

San Diego, California, United States

Operation Informatics DepartmentManufacturing Technology & Transfer GroupManager: Tony TahlTeam Lead: Ben Dworkin

San Diego, California, United States

Greater San Diego Area

Information Technology DepartmentSupport analyst for in-house sales app of 500+ users, and QA and configuration for Dynamics 365 CRM.

Greater San Diego Area

Research & Development DepartmentChemiluminescence Group• Carried out screening to determine antibody pairs for the chemiluminescence (CLIA) platform• Assisted in manufacturing of a newly developed CLIA assay for customer trial• Participated in biweekly R&D meetings to discuss data, experimental issues, and logistics

Greater San Diego Area

Conjugation Department• Performed a conjugation using size exclusion chromatography with an antibody clone and NHS-LC-Biotin and submitted it to Quality Control• Designed an efficient method for waste management and kept track of waste volume removed daily, increasing the number of conjugations submitted for Quality Control and Bottling to keep up with monthly back orders• Generated and ran agarose gels using IEF technique to screen for inconsistencies or impurities in the conjugations after separation• Pooled fractions based on chromatograms, filtered and adjusted concentration, and achieved a 90%+ pass rate for Quality Control for product submission• Edited SOP's of various dyes such as Alexa Fluor, PE, APC, Biotin, and more for personal use to assist with mentor conjugations• Maintained a clean and organized laboratory environment for the Conjugation lab to improve workflow• Observed Wave Lab, Tissue Culture, and Purification day-to-day tasks to learn about upstream processes, and sat in during department meetings to learn about team culture, management, and planningSupervisor: Zeeshan Lilani, https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeeshan-lilani-63805781/Mentor: Mitchell Keith, https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchell-keith-5486078a/

Cardiac Mechanics Research Group (Cmrg)

• Utilized SDS-PAGE to separate cardiac proteins by size• Ran Western Blots to transfer the separated proteins onto a membrane to be observed under UV to screen for subjects that have the deformed cardiac protein• Created perfusion and arrest buffers to keep hearts beating and viable for experimental durationPI: Andrew McCulloch, PhD and Jeffrey Omens, PhD

University Of California, San Diego

• Won “Outstanding Student Chapter” award and presented at the BMES Annual Meeting 2017 with the rest of the 2016-2017 UCSD BMES Executive Board• Developed a running balance sheet to keep track of organization finances for three quarters• Devised a sheet to keep track of reimbursements for people involved with UCSD BMES operations, events, etc.• Amassed $6400 from auctions (officer dates, pie-an-officer, Kaplan test prep code) and fundraisers (BJ's restaurant, Bioengineering Stoles)• Grossed $12500 for the 2016-2017 fiscal year and allocated $10000 in organization operations• Oversaw the Lab Expo committee to ensure a positive and organized workflow to ensure successful project implementation and member retention• Collaborated with the Publicity/Historian chair to advertise fundraising events to the UCSD undergraduate community• Planned the direction of the student chapter, general body meetings and board meetings, and BMES Annual Meeting 2016 trip with the rest of the Executive Board2016-2017 Executive Board:Alexandra Muise, Co-President, amuise@ucsd.eduBryan Yeh, Co-President, https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-yeh-100231a4/Prashila Amatya, Vice President Internal, https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashilaamatya/Eti Sinha, Vice President External, https://www.linkedin.com/in/etisinha/

University Of California, San Diego

• Structured an interdisciplinary biomedical research exposition in order to demonstrate the application of disciplines outside of biology and bioengineering to biomedical problems, and to promote scientific research and methods, undergraduate involvement, and networking opportunities• Garnered an attendance of around 360 students, volunteers, and research members with 17 biology, chemistry, and engineering labs in and around UC San Diego• Pitched the event by walking door-to-door and and successfully increased research group attendance nearly two-fold• Taught a committee on drafting professional emails to send to research groups as well as how to effectively advertise to the student population at UCSD• Prepared a cost efficient budget that included catering and fliers in order to optimize funds2015-2016 Co-Chair: Jonathan Wickes, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanwickes

Department Of Cellular & Molecular Medicine

• Carried out PCR to create copies of the desired zebrafish DNA that codes for fluorescent proteins and proteins involved in the development of the blood-immune system• Composed agarose gels and inserted zebrafish DNA into the wells to screen for positive specimens• Aliquoted some DNA, added the appropriate primers, and sent off the samples for sequencing to see the coding for the gene of interest• Mated positive specimens with wild types to produce more models for experimentation• Handled zebrafish and controlled a clean environment by cleaning aquariums and organizing equipment, and also fed the aquarium stock every other day and monitored fish growth and health• Produced and maintained laboratory reagents in stock and used a master sheet to order supplies• Sat in during lab meetings to understand the general direction of the lab's research and to also understand the scientific method in applicationPI: David Traver, PhDMentor: Bart Weijts, PhD

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Biomedical Engineering SocietyBMES: Student Mentor 2016-2018 BMES: Vice President Finance 2016-2017 BMES: Lab.

Minor, Business