Lily (Xiao Xiao) C. Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Analyzed trends in the market and shares using Microsoft Excel to prepare reports on Microsoft PowerPoint and identified key insights in different therapeutic areas for clients in the pharmaceutical industry
• Developed discussion questions and built discussion guides in Qualtrics based on new CADTH recommendations and Health Canada approvals to better understand the treatment landscape
• Interviewed medical specialists and HCPs across Canada to collect anonymized patient-level oncology data and performed data checks
• Managed the timeline of 9+ projects while collaborating with 2-4 other colleagues

Dr. Jeehye Park's Laboratory, Department Of Genetics & Genome Biology

• Studied the role of a RNA binding protein named Matrin 3 (MATR3) to understand how mutations in MATR3 can lead to a neurodegenerative disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Presented research findings at 3 departmental retreats, 2 trainee seminars and 3 conferences where I was a poster finalist at the 2018 ALS Canada Research Forum
• Established, troubleshooted, and optimized several experimental protocols (RT-PCR, qRT-PCR, siRNA and plasmid transfection, immunoprecipitation and rescue experiments)
• Managed several ongoing projects which included my thesis project and collaborative projects
• Collaborated with 5 lab members and other labs which resulted in authorship on three manuscripts
• Mentored graduate students, rotation students and undergraduate students in the lab

Dr. Olivia Rissland's Laboratory, Department Of Molecular Structure And Function

• Studied the roles of RNA binding proteins (Cup, TRAL and ME31B) on post-transcriptional regulation in the early Drosophila embryo to understand fundamental questions in RNA regulation
• Performed immunoprecipitation coupled with mass spectrometry with fly embryo lysate which resulted in an authorship on a manuscript published in eLife
• Collaborated in a team of three to maintain fly stocks and collect fly embryo lysate

Dr. Amy Caudy's Lab, Donnelly Centre For Cellular & Biomolecular Research

• Supported the PhD Candidate by cloning two genes (Das2 and Urk1) onto a plasmid which allowed for downstream functional assays to assess if they work together in pyrimidine metabolism
• Presented results in a poster session with other summer research students from the department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry

Dr. Adam Rosebrock's Lab, Donnelly Centre For Cellular & Biomolecular Research

• Communicated thesis project results through written reports and oral presentations
• Validated results of a previously conducted high-throughput screen by generating single gene deletion mutants in budding yeast (S. cerevisiae), extracting metabolites from these mutants and preparing the samples for.
• Analyzed the significance of metabolite level changes and generated plots using R
• Maintained inventory of yeast strains to allow successful experimental execution

Dr. Sevan Hopyan's Lab, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

• Presented research findings at the SickKids Summer Research (SSuRe) Program Symposium Day and received a Poster Award for the poster presentation
• Quantitatively analyzed the epithelial cell neighbour exchanges to understand the cellular morphogenetics changes in the branchial arch of mouse embryos which resulted in a manuscript published in Nature Communications

Dr. Sevan Hopyan's Lab, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

• Sickkids Summer Student Research Program
• Validated potential interactors of Irx3/5 proteins by performing western blot and co-immunoprecipitation experiments
• Gained knowledge in new laboratory techniques such as immunoblots and co-immunoprecipitation to complementing co-localization results found through immunofluorescence experiments

Master Of Science, Molecular Genetics

Master Of Biotechnology

Honours Bachelor Of Science With High Distinction, Molecular Genetics And Microbiology Specialist Program - Genetics Stream

High School