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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Illumina develops, manufactures, and markets integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and biological function
• Coordinating and executing on installations including facility inspections, instrument validation, and customer training
• Troubleshooting issues related to experimental design, software and instruments
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with customers
• Supporting sales efforts through technical presentations and customer management
• Acting as a key contributor of customer feedback to marketing and product development teams

Ontario, Canada

Helping customers uncover new insights in health and disease, identify meaningful biomarkers and accelerate therapeutic development with proprietary CyTOF® and microfluidics technologies- Developed custom proteomic reagents for specific customer projects- Liaised with field application and sales teams to generate business development opportunities and.

County Cork, Ireland

• Engineering bacteria into medicines (live bio-therapeutics) for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and autism.
• Worked on MicroDx, a microbiome profiling platform
• Independently led 2 avenues of investigation
• Processed pre-clinical and Phase I/II clinical samples
• Conducted molecular assays including PCR, qPCR, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• Analyzed Volatile Organic Compounds (FAIMS)

London, United Kingdom

• Directed communication between research staff and Animal Welfare staff/vets
• Training incumbents in animal techniques and Home Office regulation
• Managed staff scheduling for animal house dutiesAnimal Welfare | Home Office License | People management | Regulatory compliance

• Training students in laboratory techniques
• Demonstrating at undergraduate laboratory practicals
• Marking undergraduate poster presentationsTeaching | Training

County Dublin, Ireland

• Funded by Society for General Microbiology (also awarded by Wellcome but restricted to 1 grant). Supervised by Prof. Geraldine Butler.
• Researched the role of CZF1 and WOR1 on biofilm formation in Candida parapsilosi. Skills included chemical transformation and colony PCR, biofilm assays, phenotyping, microarray analysis, protein tagging with myc by.
• Attended the Irish Fungal Society AGM ConferenceGenetics | Microscopy | Mycobiology | Phenotyping

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Immunology

"The effect of Poly I:C on hematopoeitic stem cells in the Zebrafish model" Fully funded by Wellcome Co-supervised by Prof. M. Dallman.

Master Of Research (Mres), Cell And Molecular Basis Of Infection, Distinction

Fully funded by Wellcome. Graduated with Distinction Cell and Molecular Basis of Infection in 3 rotations with dissertation: 1. “Fat.

Honors Bachelor (Bhsc), 4 Years, Genetics

Activities and Societies: DramaSoc, UCD Diving Club Dissertation “Characterization of an intracellular deficient Legionella mutant using.