Dylan Luce Email & Phone Number

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Laboratory of Dr. Victor DiRita• Designed a high throughput genetic screen to investigate desiccation tolerance inEnterobacter cloacae and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter hormaechei.• Created and screened a transposon mutant library in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterhormaechei to investigate genes essential for survival against desiccation stress.• Proficient with genetic manipulation via Lambda Red recombination, created amutant strain of E. hormaechei to investigate the role of trehalose biosynthesis inEnterobacter hormaechei desiccation tolerance.• Used RT-qPCR to optimize Lambda Red recombination efficiency in Enterobactercloacae.

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Works with teaching team to help prepare and edit problem-set questions for students aimed to help develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.• Helps guide students through problem-set questions during class using Socratic teaching method to expand understanding of introductory microbiology and meet set learning objectives.• Helped create and implement vocabulary quizzes to assist in student content comprehension and understanding of course material.

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Works with the Office of Undergraduate Research as an advisor for the Pathway to Research program with the goal of helping students obtain research positions on campus.• Supports and assists undergraduate students interested in obtaining research positions, with a concentration on first-generation college students interested in STEM research.• Hosts online advising sessions with students on discussing benefits of participating in undergraduate research, providing guidance on finding potential mentors, helping draft initial emails to potential mentors, and interview preparation.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program Intern in the Laboratory of Dr. Erin Green• Investigated mutualistic relationships between Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecaliswhen desiccated in isolation and in co-association with Acinetobacter baumannii• Optimized electroporation protocol for Enterococcus spp. to expand genetic toolsavailable to lab.• Gained additional knowledge in career opportunities and scientific communication through completion of the Leadership Alliance Virtual Professional Development Series.• Work culminated in oral presentation at national undergraduate conference (Leadership Alliance National Symposium in Hartford, CT.)

Marquette, Michigan, United States

• Worked closely with colleagues and managers to ensure exceptional customer service.• Demonstrated eagerness to go above and beyond to meet deadlines.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Undergraduate Research Intern in the Laboratory of Dr. Eric Skaar• Investigated the ability of an intrinsically disordered protein expressed by Acinetobacter baumannii to confer protection against monoclonal antibodies when exposed to heat inactivation (in collaboration with the Laboratory of Dr. James Crowe).• Optimized intrinsically disordered protein purification protocol to improve protein concentration for effectively running biochemical assays.• Proficient in molecular cloning, created a shuttle vector used for Lactobacillus rhamnosus to assist in survival versus desiccation stress via Gibson Assembly.