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Rockville, Maryland, United States

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

• Utilize molecular biology assays such as DNA/RNA isolation, sequencing and purification a well as qPCR technology to diagnose animals with bacterial and viral infections.
• Perform necropsy to obtain tissue samples for DNA/RNA extraction.
• Analyze clinical data and prepare and maintain reports as per internal guidelines.
• Responsible for maintenance, inventory and training of new technicians in the PCR lab.

College Park, MD

• Assist students with experiments conducted in the lab.
• Ensure correct lab attire is worn and protection measures are in place to ensure the safety of students.
• Answer any questions pertaining to lab protocols and provide clarity on assignments.

College Park

Mentored students in the Found in Translation stream within the First-Year Innovation and Research experience. Taught lab techniques such as plasmid isolation, bacterial transformation, and mammalian cell culture. Communicated with the Research Educator to ensure individuals understand the research they are conducting and are completing lab assignments on.

- Designing and cloning plasmids for recombinant mAb expression- Protein expression optimization in tissue culture- Protein purification by AKTA FPLC- SDS-PAGE, ELISA and Western blot analysis

University Of Maryland, College Park

Collaborated with other undergraduate research students of the Found in TRanslation stream within the First-Year Innovation and Research Experience (FIRE) Program to clone and test viral sequences for their ability to utilize a molecular mechanism known as Programmed -1 Ribosomal Frameshifting.Applied various techniques such as plasmid design, molecular.