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New York, NY, US

Brooklyn, NY

Jacobi Medical Center

• Operated and maintained analyzers and records.
• Conducted quality assurance and quality control on all instruments.
• Performed routine and preventive maintenance on laboratory equipment.
• Troubleshooted on methodologies, basic instrumentation, reagents and technical problems.
• Assisted pathologists in preparing bone marrow aspirations and biopsies, including smear prep and staining.
• Independently performed and interpreted lab results.

• Performed research in a neuro-epigenetics laboratory by profiling DNA methylation levels in prefrontal cortical neurons from post-mortem brains of depression and schizophrenia using several genetic techniques including.
• Analyzed several candidate genes associated with suicide and depression, including fatty acid desaturase to determine methylation abnormalities.

• Assisted in breeding transgenic zebrafish lines and screening embryos with labeled vasculature using a confocal fluorescence microscope and immunohistochemistry techniques.
• Prepared visualization of the development in transparent embryos in-vivo and real-time to understand the signaling pathways and anatomical pattern of cerebral and hindbrain angiogenesis, and pathways that regulate the.

• Performed research on the effects of common pesticides, dieldrin and DDE on the gene expression in the whole embryo model of zebrafish, specifically on the developmental and androgen signaling pathway through Boston.
• Utilized techniques such as DNA/RNA extraction, gel electrophoresis, cDNA synthesis, PCR, RT- qPCR, and cloning to determine if the combination of pesticides interacted additively, synergistically, or antagonistically.

Boston University Ichthyology Laboratory

Assisted graduate students with fish husbandry. Performed field studies: scuba and free-dived to gather data for fish habituation and migration to determine the effects of natural occurrences including hurricanes, increasing water temperatures, and coral bleaching on fish populations around the island of the Wee Wee Caye Marine Lab in Belize.

Processed mammography files and X-ray orders, interacted with X-ray patients and provided administrative support to the Radiology Administration and X-ray technicians.

Aided technicians and supervisor in blood bank: processed blood products, transfusion slips and tested blood types under supervision of technician.

B.A., Biology

Activities and Societies: Marine Science Association, Habitat for Humanity, Boston University Snowboard Team Dean's List: Fall 2010 and.

Advanced Certificate, Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist