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San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco, California, United States

Paris, France

• Combined cell culture, in vivo, and computational approaches to mechanistically define how viral infection modulates stem cell proliferation and differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster
• Utilized RNA sequencing to identify novel host responses to viral infection
• Secured over $780,000 of competitive funding through grant and fellowship applications
• Validated custom antibodies for applications in ELISA, immunofluorescence, and western blots
• Led an industrial collaboration with DNA Script to develop RNA FISH methods using enzymatically synthesized oligonucleotides, resulting in the publication of an Application Note on the company website, a presentation.
• Authored 3 scientific journal articles and communicated research at 6 international conferences

Davis, CA

• Leveraged molecular biology techniques along with transcriptome, whole genome, and small RNA sequencing to identify novel antiviral responses in arthropods
• Used Gibson assembly, site-directed mutagenesis, and cell-free cloning to construct viral vectors for modulating gene expression in insects and plants
• Wrote custom bioinformatic pipelines in bash, python, and R for analysis of Illumina sequencing data
• Co-authored 9 scientific journal articles and presented findings at 5 international conferences

West Sacramento

• Collaborated across the microbiology and computational teams to develop microbe-based strategies for crop improvement and disease management
• Developed a method for the stable presentation of nucleic acids on bacterial spores
• Wrote and implemented bioinformatic pipelines in bash, python, and R for custom analyses of whole-genome sequencing data from bacteria
• Organized meetings between key representatives of different functional areas to coordinate experimental design and implementation

Bozeman, MT

- Evaluated growth conditions for the solid state fermentation of novel filamentous fungi producing fuel associated hydrocarbons and high value terpenes- Compiled reports and protocols to guide future research directions and methodology

Bozeman, MT

- Investigated the regulation of secondary metabolism in endophytic fungi- Discovered and characterized novel enodophytic fungi.

Bozeman, MT

Used yeast two-hybrid screening to identify potential protein-protein interactions between Rotavirus non-structural protein 1 and eukaryotic host proteins.

Bachelor’S Degree, Biotechnology - Microbial Systems

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology