Kelsey W Email & Phone Number

United States

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Maintained immortalized mammalian cell lines with in vitro cell culture techniques.• Transfection and transduction into the cell with various plasmids and vectors, respectively. Production and purification of lentiviral vectors. Lenti-virus transductions and selections. • Performed cell based assays including flow cytometry analysis and ELISA. • Communicated effectively with the PI and other members of the team to establish systematic, rapid workflows focused on producing results. • Executed procedures and experiments independently with minimal supervision.• Experience with laboratory technology, pH meters, and microscopes.

United States

Provided live, online math instruction to K-12 students throughout schools nationwide Strengthened student engagement and understanding of state standard-level learning objectives Performed live, online math tutoring demonstrations for potential clients/school networks Acted as a stand-in lead coach with the responsibility of load-balancing to maintain student-to-tutor ratio goals during daily operations

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Kent Rossman, PhD, Assistant Professor in Pharmacology Relevant Training: Qiagen Maxiprep Protocol, Preparation of LB Antibiotic Plates and Antibiotic Aliquots • Nicole Baker, graduate student in Pharmacology department Relevant Training: QuikChange Site-directed Mutagenesis Protocol, QIAprep Spin Miniprep Protocol, Lentivirus Production in 293T cells Protocol • Tikvah Hayes, Predoctoral Fellowship in Genetics and Molecular Biology Department Relevant Training: Splitting and Maintenance of cell lines, Western Blotting, Northern Blotting • Samuel George, Post-Baccalaureate, primary lab technician Relevant Training: PCR protocols

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Improved the sterility and effectiveness of the prep room for graduate students and postdocs. • Prepared common media, reagents and LB Agar plates needed for the research conducted by graduate students and postdocs. • Systematized, tabulated and logged reagents and chemical powders’ stock information. • Facilitated the recruitment of prep room assistants under the supervision of Dr. Kent Rossman. • Trained prep room assistants for the duties and protocols of the prep room. • Managed the schedules of the prep room assistants. • Updated the prep room manual and developed prep room protocols. • Articulated low stock and reagent prep room information to Der lab’s main technician.