• Created an imaging analysis program that enables consistent interpretation and analysis of adipose tissue morphology in vitro and in extracted tissues• Analyzed functional and phenotypic differences, namely lipid droplet size and degree of adipose browning, induced by changes to the adipocyte thermogenic program

• Investigated HIV drug resistance mutations that hinder antiretroviral therapy treatments to reduce viral load• Developed and tested the efficacy of an automated RT-OLA-PCR assay to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms in a self-contained tube utilizing streptavidin magnetic beads• Learned technical skills such as using biomedical instruments to perform the qPCR process and the ClarioStar machine to test the quality & concentration of RNA