Daniel Shaffer Email & Phone Number

Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

Bar Harbor, Maine

Portland, Maine Area

Portland, Maine Area

• Formerly manager of a technology development team focused on amplification systems that rival (and often exceed) PCR performance characteristics. Applications include the development of Point-of-Need detection systems.
• Staff Scientist at Myriad Genetics, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, and co-discoverer of the human breast and ovarian cancer gene (BRCA1).
• Research Associate at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology.
• Lab Manager developing and applying new methods to determine the gene expression patterns associated with the onset of diseases such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE – Lupus) and tumor rejection at the Jackson.
• Senior Research Assistant developing methods to study mutations and tumorigenesis with Charles Sidman, Ph.D., at JAX.
• Research Assistant working on gene regulatory elements at both JAX and the Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA while working for Dr. Allan M. Maxam. Dr. Maxam was the developer of the Maxam and Gilbert DNA Sequencing.