Miranda Bauer Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Product Owner of the HML Gateway Project from March 2018-November 2018, and drove application development from beginning to go-live under tight timelines and using novel technology for the company
• Business lead on the HML Gateway Project, which is designed to take in laboratory test results from network partners and send them to the database
• Plan and design a tool that allows network partners with limited resources to submit test results electronically
• Manage and maintain the electronic reporting program for transplant center laboratories who report patient and donor confirmatory typing results
• Conduct research to determine future patient and donor screening strategies and frequencies of certain HLA alleles in the NMDP donor registry
• Ensure that contract laboratories are compliant with their testing requirements

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Find optimal donor and recipient HLA matches for bone marrow and cord blood transplants using pre-programmed computer algorithms, data mining techniques and critical thinking skills
• Write reports describing patient and donor haplotype data and donor/cord blood recommendations to transplant center coordinators and physicians
• Review HLA data from internal sources and external partners for discrepancies
• Mine internal databases using SQL in conjunction with various internal programs to find, report and fix data discrepancies to maintain registry data quality
• Analyze EM algorithm using race-specific haplotype frequencies

Mineapolis, MN

• Curated and oversaw all Blue Zones Project research and documentation.
• Proactively developed, researched and updated the company's research archive
• Identified health-improving, longevity-enhancing, or wellbeing-supporting policies and best practices.
• Built, updated and maintained the knowledge base of Blue Zones research, programs, and identified opportunities to create or improve Blue Zones programs or instruction.
• Wrote collateral for publications, blog and Blue Zones website.
• Created and updated all Blue Zones tools and checklists used to guide individuals and community organizations in making healthy changes to their environments.

• Designed primers, purified DNA, RNA and plasmids, cloned DNA using plasmid vectors, performed gel electrophoresis, restriction enzyme digests, reverse transcription PCR and analyzed gene sequences for a variety of.
• Hybridized membranes using radioactive probes to screen CHORI-260 BAC libraries for genes of interest in the turkey major histocompatibility complex and purified positive BACS for Next Generation Sequencing using the.
• Assembled, analyzed and annotated sequence obtained from the Roche 454 Next Generation Sequencing platform on multiple BACs using a variety of programs including Sequencher software and gsAssembler along with molecular.
• Amplified gene fragments using PCR and analyzed sequences obtained from Sanger sequencing using Sequencher software
• Genotyped a population of wild turkeys and analyzed RFLP-PCR MHC SNP data using Arlequin 3.1 and PHASE softwares
• Used QRT-PCR to determine gene expression changes in turkeys challenged with aflatoxin and/or lactobacillus compared to control animals

• Isolated equine DNA from skin, hair and paraffin blocks
• Processed, amplified and visualized DNA using PCR and gel electrophoresis
• Designed primers for gene amplification
• Used Microsoft Excel to record and analyze genotype data

• Designed syllabi, lectures, study guides, examinations, in-class worksheets/handouts and assignments, emphasizing both molecular and real world applications
• Delivered genetics lectures to classes of 50 students
• Integrated multimedia approaches including YouTube videos and PBS documentaries to engage students
• Implemented responsible class management skills to prevent academic dishonesty and disruptive classroom behavior to create a positive and healthy learning environment for undergraduate students

Phd, Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Social Director for Comparative and Molecular Biosciences program, 2008-2009 Active member of the recruiting.

B.S., Animal Science

Activities and Societies: •Pre-vet Club, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 2004-2007 CAFES Representative, 2006-2007 •Agricultural.