Kassandra Baron Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Starzl Transplantation Institute Lab of Heth Turnquist, PhDFellowship (2023-2025): Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER) T-32 grant

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Immune Transplant and Therapy CenterCellular therapeutic manufacturingProject Focus: Pre-Clinical manufacturing/development of Regulatory T Cell TherapyConceptualized and optimized GMP-grade processing and manufacturing protocols for regulatory T cell isolation and subsequent ex-vivo expansion from human blood and stem cell products. Familiar with utilizing GMP Clinical grade Miltenyi applications for cellular processing such as MACSQuant Tyto cell sorter, CliniMACS Prodigy, and ClinicMACS Plus. Proficient in Flow Cytometry and panel design.Experienced in GMP and GLP.Position ended due to lack of funding.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Assisted in the design and development of cell-based biochemical analytical assays, executed laboratory experiments and presented data to department and project teams. Assisted in the development, and qualification of assays and experiments. Performed data analysis review and interpreted the results of experiments and assays. Generated reports including result summaries related to assay qualification and research experiments. Specific projects worked on included the development of a neuro-based inflammatory assay using murine microglia cells and cell characterization and phenotyping using Flow Cytometry. Knowledge in GMP and GLP.

Lab of Mark Shlomchik, MD/PhDProject focus: Autoimmunity in various murine modelsAssisted in experiments in cellular and molecular immunology. Experience in murine husbandry, which included breeding, weaning and PCR screening of genetically altered mouse lines. Analyzed and interpreted sequencing data using various molecular biology software.Additional skills: ELISA, PCR, qPCR, tissue culture, animal husbandry and necropsy, flow cytometry

Chicago, Il

Research intern in the Gilbert laboratory at the University of Chicago's department of surgery. My research focused on bacterial communities associated with two ctenophore genera Mnemiopsis and Pleurobrachia. This internship taught me computational and statistical analysis skills by applying an open-source bioinformatics pipeline, QIIME (Quantitative Insights into Microbial Ecology), to my data. Through this investigation I built a solid foundation in using amplicon sequencing and molecular approaches to interrogate host-microbe relationships. I identified the bacterial genus Polaribacter as having a core associative relationship with the Pleurobrachia. Much of my work was very collaborative and I worked closely alongside post-doctoral fellows and graduate students.

Byfield, Ma

Research Intern at Marine Biological Laboratory Ecosystems Center Field Station investigating the role of the high-marsh snail, Melampus bidentatus, on grass decomposition. This internship was my first experience in which I learned how to keep detailed experimental notes, to oversee and maintain experiments involving live organisms, and collect data and translate it into results and conclusions.

Graduate Student, Infectious Disease And Microbiology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology