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--Performed analyses of NSF and NIH funding opportunity announcements (FOA)--Wrote project summaries about RCC collaborations with University faculty--Drafted language for grant proposals--Compiled funding data from NIH Reporter

Laboratory of Dr. Eugene Chang (Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology)--Develop quantitative LC-MS methods for targeted metabolomic analyses by University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Research Core Center investigators and other collaborators--Research regulation of epigenetic DNA methylation processes in mammals by intestinal microbes--Train students at multiple educational levels (high school through post-graduate) in conduct of biomedical research and scientific communication--Teach lectures on cellular and molecular biology for undergraduate and graduate courses at University of Chicago and Midwestern University--Serve as peer reviewer for ISME Journal and Cell Metabolism--Assist with writing review articles and grants

Laboratory of Prof. Chuan He, Department of Chemistry, HHMI--Execute research program investigating structural basis of bacterial transcription factor function, including protein cloning, expression, crystallization, collection of X-ray structure data, and computational analysis for structure modeling.--Published work in Journal of Biological Chemistry, cited over 20 times as of June 2014--Presented and defended data at lab meetings, thesis committee meetings, student seminar series, graduate program retreat, and public dissertation defense.

Teaching assistant for graduate level courses in nucleic acid biochemistry, and molecular biology--Led discussion sections on course concepts and reviews of primary literature.--Graded assignments and exams and provided feedback on student critiques of primary literature.

Laboratory of Dr. Shawn Burgess, Senior Investigator, Genome Technology Branch--Assisted a postdoctoral fellow with project creating retroviral mutagenesis library in zebrafish (D. rerio):*Generated mutants by microinjecting retroviral vector into embryos*Screened mutations by PCR and qPCR*Helped present project results at a major international scientific conference--Performed and analyzed experimental data measuring activity of FoxI1 binding sites in live zebrafish embryos with fluorescent reporter construct.

Laboratory of Dr. Mark Kainz, June-August 2004 and January-May 2006. --Cloned and expressed N protein from Tomato spotted wilt virus for biochemical assays.--Performed in vitro binding assays between N protein and viral RNA sequences.--Presented data at regular lab meetings.--Wrote and defended thesis for high honors.