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Emeryville, Ca, Us

Emeryville, Ca, Us

Emeryville, California, Us

Emeryville, California, Us

• Develop high throughput antibody cloning/expression/purification/characterization• Purify and reconstitute (detergent solubilization, Nanodisc, Proteoliposome) a variety of difficult membrane proteins for use as antigens to screen for viable antibodies• Biophysical characterization of membrane proteins and antibodies, such as binding kinetics, epitope binning, aggregation/stability, and Tm/Tagg• Design, express, and purify bispecific antibodies• mRNA encapsulation and characterization for immunization campaigns for viable antibodies• Maintained cell lines and conducted transient transfection in mammalian Expi293 and CHO cells, as well as insect SF9 cells• Train and oversee lab technicians

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

• Optimize protein expression through method development• Document experiments in an organized electronic notebook format• Work in GLP environment• Expressed and purified proteins in large industrial scale

St. Louis, Mo, Us

• Designed and optimized methods for high-throughput conjugation of bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) from E. coli into several Streptomyces and Bacillus species• Extraction and purification of several gram-positive bacteria strains, Streptomyces and Bacillus, from solid and liquid cultures• Extraction and purification of fungal extracts from solid cultures• Compound Identification of natural products utilizing high-resolution mass spectrometry• Design vectors to activate cryptic gene clusters using non-native promoters• Transform large BACs into E. coli strains through electroporation• Developed and implemented new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for various biological protocols• Played a role (Principle Investigator) in the grant writing process• Trained new employees on a variety of biological and chemical techniques

St. Louis, Mo, Us

• Designed and optimized purification techniques for secondary metabolite extraction from bacterial cultures using various resin columns, HPLC, nickel resin exchange, and FPLC.• Expressed, purified, and performed in vitro enzymatic assays to elucidate the chemical mechanisms for small molecule production in bacteria.• Performed multi-step synthetic route to make a variety of small molecules used as substrates for enzymatic assays.• Proficient with analytical software including DNASTAR Lasergene Suite, PyMol, ChemDraw, and MestreNova.• Proficient with presentation and editing software including Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop.• Proficient in the use of and in troubleshooting the software and hardware of preparatory HILIC and C18 HPLC, FPLC, and LC-MS.• Proficient in the use of UV-VIS, and NMR.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

General Chemistry Lab (3 semesters, 151 and 152)General Chemistry Lecutre (2 semesters, 111 and 112)Organic Chemistry II Lecture (1 semester 262)• Facilitated General Chemistry Laboratories (approximately 20-30 students) by supervising and implementing a safe lab environment. Demonstrated proper lab techniques and chemical analysis of data obtained from the lab.• Taught Recitation Sections in General Chemistry Lecture (approximately 20 students) by providing and going over questions relevant to material covered in lecture.• Taught Recitation Sections in Organic Chemistry II Lecture (approximately 10-20 students) in a more hands-on environment, providing and going over questions relevant to material covered in lecture, and answering any other questions brought up by students.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Expressed and purified biofilm producing S. aureus and studied the promoting aspects of Congo Red dye to biofilm production.

Stanford, Ca, Us

General Chemistry (1 semester, 31A)• Taught Recitation Sections in General Chemistry (approximately 20 students) by demonstrating and facilitating basic chemistry lab techniques in a safe manner. Provided and went over questions relevant to the lab and to lectures.• Taught Office Hours in General Chemistry (approximately 20 students) by answering questions brought up by students to help with homework and additional material for preparation of exams.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Chemistry